Kenya Birds
Amboseli, August 2001
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The Beasts
| Scientific | Common |
|---|---|
| Struthio camelus | Common Ostrich |
| Struthio molybdophanes | Somali Ostrich |
| Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis | Little Grebe |
| Pelecanus onocrotalus | Great White Pelican |
| Pelecanus rufescens | Pink-backed Pelican |
| Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus | Great Cormorant |
| Phalacrocorax africanus africanus | Long-tailed Cormorant |
| Anhinga rufa | African Darter |
| Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax | Black-crowned Night Heron |
| Bubulcus ibis ibis | Cattle Egret |
| Egretta garzetta garzetta | Little Egret |
| Egretta ardesiaca | Black Heron |
| Ardeola ralloides | Squacco Heron |
| Mesophoyx intermedia branchyrhyncha | Yellow-billed Egret |
| Casmerodius albus melanorhynchos | Great Egret |
| Ardea cinerea cinerea | Grey Heron |
| Ardea purpurea purpurea | Purple Heron |
| Ardea goliath | Goliath Heron |
| Ardea melanocephala | Black-headed Heron |
| Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | Saddle-billed Stork |
| Leptoptilos crumeniferus | Marabou Stork |
| Threskiornis aethiopicus aethiopicus | Sacred Ibis |
| Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris | Hadada Ibis |
| Plegadis falcinellus falcinellus | Glossy Ibis |
| Platalea alba | African Spoonbill |
| Phoenicopterus roseus | Greater Flamingo |
| Phoeniconaias minor | Lesser Flamingo |
| Dendrocygna bicolor | Fulvous Whistling Duck |
| Dendrocygna viduata | White-faced Whistling Duck |
| Plectropterus gambensis gambensis | Spur-winged Goose |
| Alopochen aegyptiacus | Egyptian Goose |
| Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos | Knob-billed Duck |
| Anas capensis | Cape Teal |
| Anas erythrorhyncha | Red-billed Teal |
| Anas hottentota | Hottentot Teal |
| Netta erythrophthalma brunnea | Southern Pochard |
| Sagittarius serpentarius | Secretary Bird |
| Necrosyrtes monachus pileatus | Hooded Vulture |
| Trigonoceps occipitalis | White-headed Vulture |
| Circaetus pectoralis | Black-chested Snake Eagle |
| Circaetus cinereus | Brown Snake Eagle |
| Haliaeetus vocifer | African Fish Eagle |
| Gypohierax angolensis | Palm-nut Vulture |
| Aquila rapax rapax | Tawny Eagle |
| Aquila nipalensis orientalis | Steppe Eagle |
| Francolinus leucoscepus | Yellow-necked Spurfowl |
| Numida meleagris | Helmeted Guineafowl |
| Amaurornis flavirostris | Black Crake |
| Gallinula chloropus meridionalis | Common Moorhen |
| Gallinula angulata | Lesser Moorhen |
| Fulica cristata | Red-knobbed Coot |
| Balearica regulorum gibbericeps | Grey Crowned Crane |
| Ardeotis kori struthiunculus | Kori Bustard |
| Eupodotis hartlaubii | Hartlaub's Bustard |
| Actophilornis africanus | African Jacana |
| Himantopus himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt |
| Burhinus vermiculatus vermiculatus | Water Thick-knee |
| Rhinoptilus africanus gracilis | Two-banded Courser |
| Glareola pratincola fuelleborni | Collared Pratincole |
| Vanellus crassirostris crassirostris | Long-toed Plover |
| Vanellus armatus | Blacksmith Plover |
| Vanellus spinosus | Spur-winged Plover |
| Vanellus coronatus coronatus | Crowned Plover |
| Charadrius pecuarius | Kittlitz's Plover |
| Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris | Three-banded Plover |
| Calidris minuta | Little Stint |
| Calidris ferruginea | Curlew Sandpiper |
| Philomachus pugnax | Ruff |
| Tringa stagnatilis | Marsh Sandpiper |
| Tringa nebularia | Common Greenshank |
| Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper |
| Actitis hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper |
| Chlidonias hybridus delalandii | Whiskered Tern |
| Chlidonias leucopterus | White-winged Tern |
| Oena capensis capensis | Namaqua Dove |
| Streptopelia capicola somalica | Ring-necked Dove |
| Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis | Laughing Dove |
| Centropus superciliosus superciliosus | White-browed Coucal |
| Colius striatus kikuyuensis | Speckled Mousebird |
| Halcyon leucocephala leucocephala | Grey-headed Kingfisher |
| Alcedo cristata galerita | Malachite Kingfisher |
| Ceryle rudis rudis | Pied Kingfisher |
| Merops pusillus cyanostictus | Little Bee-eater |
| Coracias caudata | Lilac-breasted Roller |
| Upupa epops | Hoopoe |
| Calandrella cinerea | Red-capped Lark |
| Eremopterix leucopareia | Fischer's Sparrow-Lark |
| Motacilla aguimp vidua | African Pied Wagtail |
| Anthus cinnamomeus lacuum | Grassland Pipit |
| Macronyx aurantiigula | Pangani Longclaw |
| Riparia cincta suahelica | Banded Martin |
| Hirundo smithii smithii | Wire-tailed Swallow |
| Hirundo rustica rustica | Barn Swallow |
| Hirundo abyssinica unitatis | Lesser Striped Swallow |
| Psalidoprocne holomelas massaicus | Black Roughwing |
| Pycnonotus barbatus | Common Bulbul |
| Turdoides rubiginosus rubiginosus | Rufous Chatterer |
| Cisticola galactotes | Winding Cisticola |
| Cisticola juncidis uropygialis | Zitting Cisticola |
| Camaroptera brachyura | Grey-backed Camaroptera |
| Terpsiphone viridis | African Paradise Flycatcher |
| Lanius dorsalis | Taita Fiscal |
| Laniarius funebris | Slate-coloured Boubou |
| Dicrurus adsimilis | Common Drongo |
| Lamprotornis hildebrandti | Hildebrandt's Starling |
| Lamprotornis superbus | Superb Starling |
| Creatophora cinerea | Wattled Starling |
| Buphagus africanus africanus | Yellow-billed Oxpecker |
| Nectarinia senegalensis | Scarlet-chested Sunbird |
| Passer griseus | Grey-headed Sparrow |
| Passer domesticus indicus | House Sparrow |
| Ploceus castaneiceps | Taveta Golden Weaver |
| Quelea quelea aethiopica | Red-billed Quelea |
| Lagonosticta senegala ruberrima | Red-billed Firefinch |
| Estrilda rhodopyga centralis | Crimson-rumped Waxbill |