Kenya Birds
Amboseli, January 2001
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The Beasts
| Scientific | Common |
|---|---|
| Struthio camelus | Common Ostrich |
| Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis | Little Grebe |
| Pelecanus onocrotalus | Great White Pelican |
| Pelecanus rufescens | Pink-backed Pelican |
| Phalacrocorax africanus africanus | Long-tailed Cormorant |
| Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus | Great Cormorant |
| Bubulcus ibis ibis | Cattle Egret |
| Egretta garzetta garzetta | Little Egret |
| Ardeola ralloides | Squacco Heron |
| Egretta ardesiaca | Black Heron |
| Mesophoyx intermedia branchyrhyncha | Yellow-billed Egret |
| Ardea cinerea cinerea | Grey Heron |
| Ardea goliath | Goliath Heron |
| Casmerodius albus melanorhynchos | Great Egret |
| Ardea melanocephala | Black-headed Heron |
| Scopus umbretta umbretta | Hamerkop |
| Ciconia abdimii | Abdim's Stork |
| Ciconia ciconia ciconia | White Stork |
| Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | Saddle-billed Stork |
| Mycteria ibis | Yellow-billed Stork |
| Leptoptilos crumeniferus | Marabou Stork |
| Threskiornis aethiopicus aethiopicus | Sacred Ibis |
| Phoenicopterus roseus | Greater Flamingo |
| Platalea alba | African Spoonbill |
| Plegadis falcinellus falcinellus | Glossy Ibis |
| Dendrocygna bicolor | Fulvous Whistling Duck |
| Phoeniconaias minor | Lesser Flamingo |
| Alopochen aegyptiacus | Egyptian Goose |
| Dendrocygna viduata | White-faced Whistling Duck |
| Plectropterus gambensis gambensis | Spur-winged Goose |
| Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos | Knob-billed Duck |
| Anas erythrorhyncha | Red-billed Teal |
| Anas hottentota | Hottentot Teal |
| Sagittarius serpentarius | Secretary Bird |
| Circaetus cinereus | Brown Snake Eagle |
| Terathopius ecaudatus | Bateleur |
| Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus | Eurasian Marsh Harrier |
| Circus pygargus | Montagu's Harrier |
| Gypohierax angolensis | Palm-nut Vulture |
| Haliaeetus vocifer | African Fish Eagle |
| Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus | Common Kestrel |
| Francolinus leucoscepus | Yellow-necked Spurfowl |
| Numida meleagris | Helmeted Guineafowl |
| Balearica regulorum gibbericeps | Grey Crowned Crane |
| Fulica cristata | Red-knobbed Coot |
| Eupodotis hartlaubii | Hartlaub's Bustard |
| Eupodotis senegalensis canicollis | White-bellied Bustard |
| Actophilornis africanus | African Jacana |
| Microparra capensis | Lesser Jacana |
| Himantopus himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt |
| Burhinus vermiculatus vermiculatus | Water Thick-knee |
| Burhinus capensis | Spotted Thick-knee |
| Rhinoptilus africanus gracilis | Two-banded Courser |
| Vanellus armatus | Blacksmith Plover |
| Vanellus crassirostris crassirostris | Long-toed Plover |
| Vanellus spinosus | Spur-winged Plover |
| Vanellus coronatus coronatus | Crowned Plover |
| Charadrius pecuarius | Kittlitz's Plover |
| Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris | Three-banded Plover |
| Charadrius asiaticus | Caspian Plover |
| Gallinago gallinago gallinago | Common Snipe |
| Philomachus pugnax | Ruff |
| Tringa stagnatilis | Marsh Sandpiper |
| Actitis hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper |
| Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper |
| Chlidonias hybridus delalandii | Whiskered Tern |
| Chlidonias leucopterus | White-winged Tern |
| Oena capensis capensis | Namaqua Dove |
| Columba guinea guinea | Speckled Pigeon |
| Streptopelia decipiens | African Mourning Dove |
| Streptopelia capicola somalica | Ring-necked Dove |
| Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis | Laughing Dove |
| Oxylophus jacobinus | Black and White Cuckoo |
| Centropus superciliosus superciliosus | White-browed Coucal |
| Colius striatus kikuyuensis | Speckled Mousebird |
| Halcyon albiventris orientalis | Brown-hooded Kingfisher |
| Halcyon leucocephala leucocephala | Grey-headed Kingfisher |
| Ceryle rudis rudis | Pied Kingfisher |
| Merops pusillus cyanostictus | Little Bee-eater |
| Bucorvus leadbeateri | Southern Ground Hornbill |
| Dendropicos fuscescens | Cardinal Woodpecker |
| Calandrella cinerea | Red-capped Lark |
| Eremopterix leucopareia | Fischer's Sparrow-Lark |
| Motacilla aguimp vidua | African Pied Wagtail |
| Motacilla flava | Yellow Wagtail |
| Macronyx aurantiigula | Pangani Longclaw |
| Hirundo abyssinica unitatis | Lesser Striped Swallow |
| Hirundo senegalensis saturatior | Mosque Swallow |
| Pycnonotus barbatus | Common Bulbul |
| Luscinia megarhynchos | Nightingale |
| Oenanthe isabellina | Isabelline Wheatear |
| Oenanthe pileata livingstonii | Capped Wheatear |
| Muscicapa striata | Spotted Flycatcher |
| Bradornis microrhynchus | African Grey Flycatcher |
| Cisticola nanus | Tiny Cisticola |
| Eurocephalus rueppellii | Northern White-crowned Shrike |
| Rhodophoneus cruentus | Rosy-patched Bush-shrike |
| Lamprotornis superbus | Superb Starling |
| Creatophora cinerea | Wattled Starling |
| Nectarinia pulchella | Beautiful Sunbird |
| Passer griseus | Grey-headed Sparrow |
| Dinemellia dinemelli | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Plocepasser mahali melanorhynchus | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver |
| Ploceus castaneiceps | Taveta Golden Weaver |
| Ploceus rubiginosus rubiginosus | Chestnut Weaver |
| Quelea cardinalis | Cardinal Quelea |
| Quelea quelea aethiopica | Red-billed Quelea |
| Euplectes axillaris | Fan-tailed Widowbird |
| Lagonosticta senegala ruberrima | Red-billed Firefinch |
| Camaroptera brachyura | Grey-backed Camaroptera |
| Cisticola galactotes | Winding Cisticola |