Kenya Birds
Baringo, January 2001
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The Beasts
| Scientific | Common |
|---|---|
| Struthio camelus | Common Ostrich |
| Podiceps nigricollis | Black-necked Grebe |
| 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 |
| Mycteria ibis | Yellow-billed Stork |
| Leptoptilos crumeniferus | Marabou Stork |
| Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris | Hadada Ibis |
| 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 |
| Anas capensis | Cape Teal |
| Anas acuta acuta | Northern Pintail |
| Anas querquedula | Garganey |
| Anas clypeata | Northern Shoveler |
| Anas hottentota | Hottentot Teal |
| Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus | Eurasian Marsh Harrier |
| Melierax metabates metabates | Dark Chanting Goshawk |
| Accipiter badius | Shikra |
| Haliaeetus vocifer | African Fish Eagle |
| Aquila nipalensis orientalis | Steppe Eagle |
| Lophaetus occipitalis | Long-crested Eagle |
| Falco biarmicus biarmicus | Lanner Falcon |
| Polihierax semitorquatus castanonotus | Pygmy Falcon |
| Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus | Common Kestrel |
| Francolinus sephaena | Crested Francolin |
| Actophilornis africanus | African Jacana |
| Himantopus himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt |
| Burhinus vermiculatus vermiculatus | Water Thick-knee |
| Vanellus armatus | Blacksmith Plover |
| Vanellus spinosus | Spur-winged Plover |
| Charadrius hiaticula tundrae | Ringed Plover |
| Charadrius pecuarius | Kittlitz's Plover |
| Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris | Three-banded Plover |
| Calidris minuta | Little Stint |
| Calidris temminckii | Temminck's Stint |
| Calidris ferruginea | Curlew Sandpiper |
| Gallinago gallinago gallinago | Common Snipe |
| Tringa nebularia | Common Greenshank |
| Tringa stagnatilis | Marsh Sandpiper |
| Tringa totanus ussuriensis | Common Redshank |
| Actitis hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper |
| Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper |
| Larus cirrocephalus poiocephalus | Grey-headed Gull |
| Larus ridibundus | Black-headed Gull |
| Chlidonias leucopterus | White-winged Tern |
| Oena capensis capensis | Namaqua Dove |
| Turtur chalcospilos | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove |
| Columba guinea guinea | Speckled Pigeon |
| Streptopelia decipiens | African Mourning Dove |
| Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis | Laughing Dove |
| Criniferoides leucogaster | White-bellied Go-away-bird |
| Oxylophus jacobinus | Black and White Cuckoo |
| Chrysococcyx caprius | Diederik Cuckoo |
| Chrysococcyx klaas | Klaas' Cuckoo |
| Centropus superciliosus superciliosus | White-browed Coucal |
| Ptilopsis leucotis | Northern White-faced Owl |
| Bubo lacteus | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl |
| Colius striatus kikuyuensis | Speckled Mousebird |
| Urocolius macrourus pulcher | Blue-naped Mousebird |
| Halcyon senegalensis senegalensis | Woodland Kingfisher |
| Ispidina picta picta | African Pygmy Kingfisher |
| Ceryle rudis rudis | Pied Kingfisher |
| Merops apiaster | Eurasian Bee-eater |
| Merops persicus persicus | Blue-cheeked Bee-eater |
| Merops pusillus cyanostictus | Little Bee-eater |
| Coracias caudata | Lilac-breasted Roller |
| Phoeniculus purpureus | Green Wood-hoopoe |
| Tockus erythrorhynchus erythrorhynchus | Red-billed Hornbill |
| Tockus jacksoni | Jackson's Hornbill |
| Tockus hemprichii | Hemprich's Hornbill |
| Tricholaema diademata | Red-fronted Barbet |
| Tricholaema melanocephala stigmatothorax | Black-throated Barbet |
| Trachyphonus darnaudii | D'Arnaud's Barbet |
| Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | Red-and-yellow Barbet |
| Indicator indicator | Greater Honeyguide |
| Indicator minor teitensis | Lesser Honeyguide |
| Campethera nubica | Nubian Woodpecker |
| Dendropicos fuscescens | Cardinal Woodpecker |
| Eremopterix leucopareia | Fischer's Sparrow-Lark |
| Motacilla aguimp vidua | African Pied Wagtail |
| Motacilla flava | Yellow Wagtail |
| Anthus cinnamomeus lacuum | Grassland Pipit |
| Anthus cervinus | Red-throated Pipit |
| Hirundo rustica rustica | Barn Swallow |
| Hirundo daurica emini | Red-rumped Swallow |
| Pycnonotus barbatus | Common Bulbul |
| Turdoides plebejus cinereus | Brown Babbler |
| Turdoides rubiginosus rubiginosus | Rufous Chatterer |
| Cichladusa guttata | Spotted Morning Thrush |
| Oenanthe oenanthe | Northern Wheatear |
| Oenanthe isabellina | Isabelline Wheatear |
| Cercomela scotocerca turkana | Brown-tailed Rock Chat |
| Monticola saxatilis | Common Rock Thrush |
| Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris subrufipennis | White-shouldered Cliff Chat |
| Muscicapa striata | Spotted Flycatcher |
| Bradornis microrhynchus | African Grey Flycatcher |
| Hippolais pallida elaeica | Eastern Olivaceous Warbler |
| Phylloscopus trochilus | Willow Warbler |
| Cisticola juncidis uropygialis | Zitting Cisticola |
| Prinia somalica erlangeri | Pale Prinia |
| Spiloptila rufifrons | Red-fronted Warbler |
| Sylvietta whytii | Red-faced Crombec |
| Eremomela icteropygialis | Yellow-bellied Eremomela |
| Phyllolais pulchella | Buff-bellied Warbler |
| Parus thruppi barakae | Northern Grey Tit |
| Terpsiphone viridis | African Paradise Flycatcher |
| Eurocephalus rueppellii | Northern White-crowned Shrike |
| Lanius isabellinus | Red-tailed Shrike |
| Lanius excubitoroides | Grey-backed Fiscal |
| Lanius collaris humeralis | Common Fiscal |
| Nilaus afer | Brubru |
| Malaconotus sulphureopectus similis | Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike |
| Dicrurus adsimilis | Common Drongo |
| Oriolus larvatus rolleti | Black-headed Oriole |
| Corvus rhipidurus | Fan-tailed Raven |
| Onychognathus salvadorii | Bristle-crowned Starling |
| Lamprotornis purpuropterus | Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling |
| Lamprotornis superbus | Superb Starling |
| Speculipastor bicolor | Magpie Starling |
| Creatophora cinerea | Wattled Starling |
| Anthreptes orientalis | Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird |
| Nectarinia hunteri | Hunter's Sunbird |
| Nectarinia pulchella | Beautiful Sunbird |
| Passer griseus | Grey-headed Sparrow |
| Dinemellia dinemelli | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Bubalornis albirostris | White-billed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Plocepasser mahali melanorhynchus | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver |
| Ploceus luteolus | Little Weaver |
| Ploceus jacksoni | Jackson's Golden-backed Weaver |
| Ploceus velatus uluensis | Vitelline Masked Weaver |
| Ploceus intermedius | Lesser Masked Weaver |
| Ploceus taeniopterus taeniopterus | Northern Masked Weaver |
| Ploceus cucullatus | Black-headed Weaver |
| Anaplectes rubriceps | Red-headed Weaver |
| Quelea quelea aethiopica | Red-billed Quelea |
| Pytilia melba | Green-winged Pytilia |
| Lagonosticta senegala ruberrima | Red-billed Firefinch |
| Uraeginthus bengalus | Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu |
| Serinus dorsostriatus | White-bellied Canary |
| Apalis flavida | Yellow-breasted Apalis |
| Camaroptera brachyura | Grey-backed Camaroptera |
| Cercotrichas leucophrys | White-browed Scrub Robin |