SAIWA SWAMP
KENYA
state ()
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha
Protected/registered status
July to September (September-October 2004)
Birding Site Guide
The swamp if you can find it is worth birding for a morning.
Species seen. For full bird and mammal species list with scientific names go to KENYA FULL TRIP LIST
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides SS
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens SS, LNa
- Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer SS
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus SS
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis SS
- Black-collared Apalis Apalis pulchra SS
- African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus SS
- African Yellow Warbler Chloropeta natalensis SS
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata SS
- African Blue-Flycatcher Elminia longicauda SS, K
- Luehder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi SS, K
- Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus SS
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula SS
- Common Kenyan species some of which were seen here and the rest generally
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
- Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
- Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Secretary-bird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Hildebrandt's Francolin Francolinus hildebrandti
- Yellow-necked Francolin Francolinus leucoscepus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
- Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Ruff Philomachus pugnax
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Gray-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
- Saunders' Tern Sternula saundersi
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Klaas' Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
- Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Common Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Gray Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans
- Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Black Sawwing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Plain Martin Riparia paludicola
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lesser Striped-Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga quiscalina
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Andropadus latirostris
- Eastern Mountain-Greenbul Andropadus nigriceps
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Carruthers' Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Bush-Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
- Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
- White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Gray Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis
- Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Platysteira concreta
- African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus
- Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
- Gray Tit Melaniparus afer
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Gray-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Common Fiscal Lanius collaris
- White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Marsh Tchagra Tchagra minutus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- House Crow Corvus splendens intro
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
- White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Holub's Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni NT
- White-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita fusconotus
- Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus
- KEY
- CR = Critical
- E = Endangered
- V = Vulnerable
- NT = Near-threatened
- e = endemic
- intro = introduced
- no sites given for common species or species more readily found in Europe
- A = Athi Plains
- L = Liota Plains
- LB = Lake Baringo
- LN = Lake Nakuru
- LNa = Lake Naivasha
- MM = Masia Mara NP
- Mt = Mount Kenya NP
- N = Niarobi NP
- N to M = Niarobi to Mombasa
- R = Red Brick Dam, Lake Victoria
- S = Samburu GR
- SF = Sokoke Forest & coast
- SS = Saiwa Swamp
- T = Tsavo
- h = heard only
Author: BSG
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