KENYA FULL TRIP LIST September-October 2004 

Some species may not have been seen at the actual site, but on the journey to or from there. Unfortunately for a few less common species the area was not noted down. Also see the separate site accounts and their lists on BSG.

Birding Site Guide

  • STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae
  • Ostrich Struthio camelus S
  • PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
  • Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
  • PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
  • Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus LN, LNa
  • Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens KE to K
  • PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
  • Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
  • Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
  • PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae
  • Darter Anhinga melanogaster T, A
  • CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
  • 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
  • Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus LB
  • CICONIIFORMES: Scopidae
  • Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
  • CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
  • Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
  • African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus SF
  • Black Stork Ciconia nigra Mt, S
  • Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
  • Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus KE to K
  • White Stork Ciconia ciconia LN, LB
  • Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
  • Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
  • CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
  • Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
  • Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
  • Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
  • African Spoonbill Platalea alba LN, LNa
  • PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae
  • Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
  • Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor NT LN
  • ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
  • White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata Mt, SF
  • White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus SF
  • Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
  • Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos SF, LB
  • African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus SF
  • Cape Teal Anas capensis LN
  • Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
  • Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha Mt, SF
  • Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma SF
  • FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae
  • Osprey Pandion haliaetus
  • FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
  • African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides SS
  • Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
  • Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
  • Black Kite Milvus migrans
  • African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
  • Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis S
  • Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus S
  • Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus S
  • White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
  • Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppellii S, LN
  • Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus S, LN
  • White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis Mt, S, LN
  • Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
  • Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus MM, S, LN
  • Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens T
  • Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus S, LN, T
  • Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus
  • African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus
  • Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus NT Mt
  • Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
  • African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
  • Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
  • Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates LB, K, T
  • Eastern Chanting-Goshawk Melierax poliopterus LB
  • Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
  • African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro Nairobi to Mombasa
  • Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus S, SF, LNa
  • Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus Mt
  • Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
  • Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
  • Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
  • Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis LN, T
  • Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca V MM
  • Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi S, LN
  • Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii A
  • Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus S
  • Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
  • Crowned Hawk-Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus Mt, LN
  • FALCONIFORMES: Sagittariidae
  • Secretary-bird Sagittarius serpentarius
  • FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
  • Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus S
  • Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni V MM
  • Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
  • Gray Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus LB
  • African Hobby Falco cuvierii LB
  • Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
  • GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
  • Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui MM, LN
  • Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena S, T
  • Shelley's Francolin Francolinus shelleyi Mt, K
  • Hildebrandt's Francolin Francolinus hildebrandti
  • Yellow-necked Francolin Francolinus leucoscepus
  • Jackson's Francolin Francolinus jacksoni e Mt
  • GALLIFORMES: Numididae
  • Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
  • Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani K
  • Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum S
  • GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
  • Gray Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum LN, LB
  • GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
  • African Rail Rallus caerulescens SS, LNa
  • Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra
  • Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio LB
  • Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
  • Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata LNa
  • Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata Mt, SF, LB
  • GRUIFORMES: Otididae
  • Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori MM, T, A
  • White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis MM, A
  • Buff-crested Bustard Eupodotis gindiana Nairobi to Mombasa
  • Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii A
  • CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
  • African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
  • CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae
  • Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
  • CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae
  • Crab Plover Dromas ardeola LN
  • CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
  • Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
  • Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
  • CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
  • Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus R
  • CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae
  • Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii A
  • Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus S
  • Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus LB
  • Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola SF
  • Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis KE
  • CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
  • Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris LNa
  • Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus
  • Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus SF, R
  • Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus LN
  • Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
  • Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
  • Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula SF, LNa
  • Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius SF
  • Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
  • White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus SF
  • Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii
  • CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
  • African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis LNa
  • Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
  • Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
  • Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
  • Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus SF
  • 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
  • Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii LNa
  • Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
  • Dunlin Calidris alpina
  • Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus SF
  • Ruff Philomachus pugnax
  • CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
  • Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii SF
  • European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
  • Gray-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
  • CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae
  • Saunders' Tern Sternula saundersi
  • Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
  • Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia SF
  • White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus LN, LB
  • Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida LNa
  • Common Tern Sterna hirundo
  • Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii SF
  • Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis SF
  • PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae
  • Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis A
  • Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus LN
  • COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
  • Rock Pigeon Columba livia
  • Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea LN, LB
  • Delegorgue's Pigeon Columba delegorguei Mt
  • Dusky Turtle-Dove Streptopelia lugens Mt
  • African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
  • Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata Mt
  • Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola S, LNa
  • Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
  • Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
  • Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer SS
  • Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
  • Namaqua Dove Oena capensis S, LN
  • African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus Mt, KE
  • PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
  • Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri LNa
  • Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius KE
  • Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi Mt
  • Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus LB
  • Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris S
  • CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae
  • Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata KF
  • White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus K
  • Fischer's Turaco Tauraco fischeri NT SF
  • Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
  • Ross' Turaco Musophaga rossae KE
  • Bare-faced Go-away-bird Corythaixoides personatus MM
  • White-bellied Go-away-bird Corythaixoides leucogaster KE
  • Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
  • CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
  • Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
  • Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius LNa
  • Klaas' Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
  • African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus K
  • Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius SF, K
  • Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus
  • Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus SS
  • Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis SF
  • White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
  • STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
  • Sokoke Scops-Owl Otus ireneae E SF
  • Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis LB
  • Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus LN, LB
  • Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus LB
  • Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum N
  • CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
  • Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis KE
  • Abyssinian Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus Mt
  • Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus LB
  • APODIFORMES: Apodidae
  • Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus Mt
  • Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri SF
  • African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus
  • Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Mt
  • Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis SF
  • Common Swift Apus apus
  • Nyanza Swift Apus niansae Mt, LN
  • Little Swift Apus affinis
  • Horus Swift Apus horus Mt
  • White-rumped Swift Apus caffer R, T
  • COLIIFORMES: Coliidae
  • Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
  • White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus S
  • Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus S, LB
  • TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae
  • Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
  • CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
  • Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
  • African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta SF, LNa
  • Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
  • Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis SS
  • Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti LN,
  • Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maximus Mt, LN
  • Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
  • CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
  • Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri K
  • White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides LN, LNa
  • Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus S
  • Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
  • Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii S
  • White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
  • Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
  • European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
  • Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
  • CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
  • European Roller Coracias garrulus NT T, TNa
  • Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
  • Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias noevius MM
  • CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae
  • Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops S, LB
  • CORACIIFORMES: Phoeniculidae
  • Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus T, LNa
  • Violet Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis Mt, LN
  • Common Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
  • Abyssinian Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus minor T
  • CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae
  • Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus S, T
  • Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris S, LB, T
  • Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni SF
  • Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni MM, LB, T
  • Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus SF, LNa
  • African Gray Hornbill Tockus nasutus MM, K, T,
  • Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Ceratogymna brevis Mt
  • Black-&-white-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna subcylindrica K
  • Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri MM, T
  • PICIFORMES: Capitonidae
  • Red-&-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus LB
  • D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii LB
  • Usambiro Barbet Trachyphonus usambiro MM
  • Gray-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei K
  • Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea h
  • Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex h
  • Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
  • Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus LB, K
  • Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui K
  • Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta K
  • Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata LB
  • Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa K
  • Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala S, LB
  • White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus Mt, K
  • Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito K
  • Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus K
  • PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae
  • Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus LB, K
  • Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis K
  • Thick-billed Honeyguide Indicator conirostris K
  • Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor S, LNa
  • Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus LB
  • Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
  • PICIFORMES: Picidae
  • Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica S
  • Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni SF
  • Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi K
  • Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa K
  • Brown-eared Woodpecker Campethera caroli K
  • Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus K
  • Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
  • Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus LB
  • Golden-crowned Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus K
  • Gray Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
  • PASSERIFORMES: Eurylaimidae
  • African Broadbill Smithornis capensis h
  • PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
  • Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans
  • White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda A
  • Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
  • Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna S, T, A
  • Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides S, LN
  • Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
  • Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia S, T, A
  • Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea LN, A
  • Somali Short-toed Lark Calandrella somalica A
  • Short-tailed Lark Pseudalaemon fremantlii A
  • PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
  • White-headed Sawwing Psalidoprocne albiceps Mt, K
  • Black Sawwing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
  • Gray-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga LN
  • Plain Martin Riparia paludicola
  • Bank Swallow Riparia riparia LN
  • Banded Martin Riparia cincta LN
  • Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
  • Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis K, R
  • Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
  • Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica SF
  • Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula LN, LB
  • House Martin Delichon urbicum
  • Lesser Striped-Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
  • Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis MM, Mt, SF
  • Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
  • PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
  • African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
  • Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis LN, K
  • Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys Mt, LN
  • Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Mt, K
  • Sokoke Pipit Anthus sokokensis E SF
  • Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus SF, T
  • Sharpe's Longclaw Hemimacronyx sharpei e E LNa
  • Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus MM
  • Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula T
  • Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
  • African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
  • Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
  • Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis LNa
  • Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea K
  • Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara LN
  • PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae
  • Gray Cuckoo-shrike Coracina caesia Mt
  • Petit's Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga petiti K
  • Black Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga flava Mt, K
  • Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga quiscalina
  • PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
  • Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
  • Shelley's Greenbul Andropadus masukuensis K
  • Little Greenbul Andropadus virens K
  • Ansorge's Greenbul Andropadus ansorgei K
  • Plain Greenbul Andropadus curvirostris K
  • Slender-billed Greenbul Andropadus gracilirostris LN, K
  • Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus SF
  • Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Andropadus latirostris
  • Eastern Mountain-Greenbul Andropadus nigriceps
  • Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
  • Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris SF
  • Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima K
  • Placid Greenbul Phyllastrephus placidus K, LNa
  • Toro Olive-Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris K
  • Common Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus K
  • Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis SF, LNa
  • PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
  • Red-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus rufus SF
  • White-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus poensis K
  • Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis
  • Abyssinian Ground-Thrush Zoothera piaggiae Mt
  • Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus Mt, LN
  • African Thrush Turdus pelios
  • African Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus K
  • Brown-chested Alethe Alethe poliocephala K, LNa
  • PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
  • Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
  • Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi K
  • Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri Mt
  • Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana LN, SF
  • Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus S, T
  • Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
  • Carruthers' Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
  • Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus K
  • Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis LN, LNa
  • Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens A
  • Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava S, LN
  • Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii K
  • White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon K
  • Black-collared Apalis Apalis pulchra SS
  • Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni K
  • Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
  • Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis K
  • Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema Mt
  • Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala SF
  • Gray Apalis Apalis cinerea Mt, LN
  • Red-fronted Warbler Urorhipis rufifrons S, T
  • Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
  • Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota K
  • Gray Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex T
  • PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
  • African Bush-Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
  • Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus Mt
  • Black-faced Rufous-Warbler Bathmocercus rufus K
  • Moustached Grass-Warbler Melocichla mentalis T
  • African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus SS
  • Lesser Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris S
  • Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida LNa
  • Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum LB, T
  • African Yellow Warbler Chloropeta natalensis SS
  • Mountain Yellow Warbler Chloropeta similis Mt
  • Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella LNa
  • Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis S
  • Turner's Eremomela Eremomela turneri E K
  • White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys Mt
  • Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
  • Green Hylia Hylia prasina K
  • Uganda Wood-Warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis K
  • Brown Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens Mt, Lna
  • Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
  • Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
  • Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix SF
  • Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
  • Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
  • Garden Warbler Sylvia borin K
  • Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria SF
  • Banded Warbler Parisoma boehmi A
  • PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
  • Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus Mt, K
  • Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
  • African Gray Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus S, MM, T
  • White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
  • Northern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides K
  • Southern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina Mt, S
  • Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata LN, SF
  • Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica K
  • African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta Mt, LN
  • Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens SF
  • Gray Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
  • Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
  • White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata MT, S, LNa
  • Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis
  • East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi V SF
  • Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra Mt, LN
  • Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter K
  • Gray-winged Robin-Chat Cossypha polioptera K
  • Rueppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa LN, SF
  • White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini K
  • Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla Mt
  • Spotted Morning-Thrush Cichladusa guttata S, LB
  • Bearded Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata SF
  • Red-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys K, T
  • Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
  • Whinchat Saxicola rubetra LN
  • African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
  • Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe LN, MM
  • Mourning Wheatear (Schalow's) Oenanthe lugens LN
  • Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka LN
  • Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata MM, LNa
  • Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
  • Northern Anteater-Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops LN, LNa
  • Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra MM
  • Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris LN, LB
  • PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae
  • African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus K
  • Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea K
  • Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata SS
  • Chestnut Wattle-eye Platysteira castanea K
  • Jameson's Wattle-eye Platysteira jamesoni K
  • Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Platysteira concreta
  • Short-tailed Batis Batis mixta SF
  • Chinspot Batis Batis molitor Mt, LN
  • Pale Batis Batis soror SF
  • Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo S, LB
  • PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
  • Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus SF
  • African Blue-Flycatcher Elminia longicauda SS, K
  • Dusky Crested-Flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata K
  • White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher Elminia albonotata Mt
  • African Crested-Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas SF
  • Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer K
  • African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
  • PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae
  • Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus
  • Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
  • Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens K
  • African Hill Babbler Pseudoalcippe abyssinica LN, LNa
  • Rufous Chatterer Turdoides rubiginosa S, LN, LB
  • Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei LNa
  • Northern Pied-Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca Mt
  • Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus LB
  • Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii SF, LNa
  • PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
  • White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris Mt, LNa
  • Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus K
  • Gray Tit Melaniparus afer
  • PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae
  • Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonotus K
  • PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae
  • African Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus caroli R, LNa
  • PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae
  • Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis S, LN, LB
  • Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris SF
  • Amani Sunbird Hedydipna pallidigaster E SF
  • Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
  • Eastern Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea K
  • Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
  • Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
  • Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis LN
  • Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
  • Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze Mt
  • Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis Mt, LN
  • Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa Mt
  • Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi LN
  • Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius K
  • Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi LN
  • Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris Mt
  • Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus LB
  • Mariqua Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis K
  • Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus K, LNa
  • Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides S
  • Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus SF
  • Orange-tufted Sunbird Cinnyris bouvieri K
  • Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus Mt, LN
  • Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus Mt
  • PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
  • African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis LB
  • Broad-ringed White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus Mt, LN, LNa
  • White-breasted White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus T
  • PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
  • African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus SF, T
  • Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrhynchus K
  • African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
  • Black-tailed Oriole Oriolus percivali Mt
  • PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
  • Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio K
  • Rufous-tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinus LN, T
  • Gray-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
  • Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
  • Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis S
  • Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni K
  • Common Fiscal Lanius collaris
  • Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina K
  • White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
  • PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae
  • Brubru Nilaus afer S, LN
  • Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis S, LN
  • Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii T
  • Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla Mt
  • Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis K
  • Marsh Tchagra Tchagra minutus
  • Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
  • Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
  • Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi S
  • Luehder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi SS, K
  • Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus S, LN, LB
  • Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris T
  • Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus S, K
  • Gray-green Bushshrike Telophorus bocagei K
  • Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus LB
  • Many-colored Bushshrike Telophorus multicolor LNa
  • Four-colored Bushshrike Telophorus viridis LB
  • Gray-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti T
  • PASSERIFORMES: Prionopidae
  • White Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus K, T
  • Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii SF
  • Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons SF
  • PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
  • Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii K
  • Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
  • PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
  • House Crow Corvus splendens intro
  • Cape Crow Corvus capensis LN, LNa
  • Pied Crow Corvus albus
  • Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus S, LB
  • PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
  • Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
  • Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus Mt, LN
  • Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus SS
  • Rueppell's Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera LN, T, LNa
  • Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius T
  • Black-bellied Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis corruscus SF
  • Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
  • Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti MM, T
  • Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Mt
  • Fischer's Starling Spreo fischeri T
  • Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
  • Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris K
  • Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri Mt, K, Lna
  • Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii LB
  • Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni
  • Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus S, LN, SF
  • Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus Mt
  • PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus
  • Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus S
  • Kenya Rufous Sparrow Passer rufocinctus Mt, LN
  • Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus S, LN, LB
  • Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey MM
  • PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae
  • Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
  • White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
  • Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis S
  • White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
  • Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
  • Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser donaldsoni S
  • Black-capped Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi S, T
  • Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis K
  • Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
  • Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus LB
  • Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni R
  • Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis K
  • Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis Mt, LNa
  • Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster K
  • African Golden-Weaver Ploceus subaureus T
  • Holub's Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops
  • Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri SF
  • Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
  • Northern Masked-Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus LB
  • Vitelline Masked-Weaver Ploceus vitellinus SF
  • Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei S, LN, MM
  • Vieillot's Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus K
  • Clarke's Weaver Ploceus golandi e E SF
  • Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus R
  • Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni K, R
  • Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus S
  • Forest Weaver Ploceus bicolor K, SF
  • Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis Mt, K
  • Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus K
  • Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis Mt
  • Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
  • Zanzibar Bishop Euplectes nigroventris SF
  • Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus R
  • Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis T, A
  • White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus T
  • Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens Mt
  • Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris Mt, T
  • Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne LN
  • Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni NT
  • Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons K
  • PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
  • Gray-headed Negrofinch Nigrita canicapillus Mt
  • White-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita fusconotus
  • Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia Mt, LN
  • Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
  • Abyssinian Crimson-wing Cryptospiza salvadorii Mt
  • Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga LB
  • Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Mt
  • Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula SS
  • Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla Mt
  • Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla K, T, A
  • Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
  • Blue-capped Cordonbleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus T
  • Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster S
  • Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba S, LB
  • Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala K
  • Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
  • Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara K
  • African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata LB
  • Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia S
  • Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus Mt, K
  • Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor Mt, LN
  • Gray-headed Munia Lonchura caniceps intro Mt, LB
  • PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae
  • Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
  • Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea S
  • Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri S
  • PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
  • Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex S
  • African Citril Serinus citrinelloides Mt, K
  • Papyrus Canary Serinus koliensis K
  • Reichenow's Seedeater Serinus reichenowi LN, MM
  • Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus K
  • White-bellied Canary Serinus dorsostriatus S
  • Brimstone Canary Serinus sulphuratus LN
  • Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus
  • Thick-billed Seedeater Serinus burtoni Mt, LNa
  • PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
  • Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi LN, T
  • Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris Mt
  • Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura S



  • 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 L = Liota Plains LB = Lake Baringo LN = Lake Nakuru LNa = Lake Naivasha MM = Masia Mara NP Mt = Mount Kenya NP N = Niarobi NP R = Red Brick Dam, Lake Victoria S = Samburu GR SF = Sokoke Forest & coast SS = Saiwa Swamp T = Tsavo h = heard only 

Mammals seen 

  • Order: Macroscelidea (elephant-shrews)
  • Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew EN Rhynchocyon chrysopygus
  • Order: Hyracoidea (hyraxes)
  • Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax LC Heterohyrax brucei
  • Cape Hyrax LC Procavia capensis
  • Order: Proboscidea (elephants)
  • African Bush Elephant VU Loxodonta africana
  • Order: Primates
  • Chlorocebus (Green Monkey) LR/lc Cercopithecus aethiops
  • Black-cheeked White-nosed Monkey (Red-tailed Monkey) LR/lc Cercopithecus ascanius
  • Blue Monkey (Blue Sykes or White-throated Monkey) LR/lc Cercopithecus mitis
  • Olive Baboon LR/lc Papio anubis
  • Angola Colobus LR/lc Colobus angolensis
  • Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)
  • Springhare LC Pedetes capensis
  • Striped Ground Squirrel LC Xerus erythropus
  • Order: Carnivora (carnivores)
  • Wildcat LC Felis silvestris
  • Cheetah VU Acinonyx jubatus
  • Serval LC Leptailurus serval
  • Lion Panthera leo VU
  • Egyptian Mongoose LR/lc Herpestes ichneumon
  • Spotted Hyena LR/cd Crocuta crocuta
  • Golden Jackal LC Canis aureus
  • Order: Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)
  • Black Rhinoceros CR Diceros bicornis
  • White Rhinoceros
  • Burchell's Zebra LC Equus burchellii
  • Grevy's Zebra EN Equus grevyi
  • Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
  • Warthog LR/lc Phacochoerus africanus
  • Hippopotamus VU Hippopotamus amphibius
  • Giraffe LR/cd Giraffa camelopardalis
  • Grant's Gazelle LR/cd Gazella granti
  • Thomson's Gazelle LR/cd Gazella thomsonii
  • Gerenuk LR/cd Litocranius walleri
  • Guenther's Dikdik LR/lc Madoqua guentheri
  • Steenbok LR/lc Raphicerus campestris
  • African Buffalo LR/cd Syncerus caffer
  • Common Eland LR/cd Tragelaphus oryx


Author: BSG

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