Kenya Birds
Highlands, February 2001
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The Beasts
| Scientific | Common |
|---|---|
| Alopochen aegyptiacus | Egyptian Goose |
| Anas sparsa | African Black Duck |
| Ardea cinerea | Gray Heron |
| Ardea alba | Great Egret |
| Bostrychia hagedash | Hadada Ibis |
| Threskiornis aethiopicus | Sacred Ibis |
| Ciconia ciconia | White Stork |
| Leptoptilos crumeniferus | Marabou Stork |
| Elanus caeruleus | Black-shouldered Kite |
| Milvus migrans | Black Kite |
| Melierax poliopterus | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk |
| Buteo augur | Augur Buzzard |
| Aquila rapax | Tawny Eagle |
| Aquila verreauxii | Verreaux's Eagle |
| Polemaetus bellicosus | Martial Eagle |
| Lophaetus occipitalis | Long-crested Eagle |
| Stephanoaetus coronatus | Crowned Hawk-Eagle |
| Francolinus jacksoni | Jackson's Francolin |
| Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper |
| Actitis hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper |
| Himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt |
| Vanellus armatus | Blacksmith Plover |
| Columba guinea | Speckled Pigeon |
| Columba arquatrix | African Pigeon |
| Columba delegorguei | Delegorgue's Pigeon |
| Streptopelia lugens | Dusky Turtle-Dove |
| Streptopelia semitorquata | Red-eyed Dove |
| Turtur afer | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove |
| Oena capensis | Namaqua Dove |
| Poicephalus gulielmi | Red-fronted Parrot |
| Colius striatus | Speckled Mousebird |
| Tauraco hartlaubi | Hartlaub's Turaco |
| Cuculus clamosus | Black Cuckoo |
| Chrysococcyx cupreus | African Emerald Cuckoo |
| Bubo lacteus | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl |
| Caprimulgus poliocephalus | Montane Nightjar |
| Schoutedenapus myoptilus | Scarce Swift |
| Apus melba | Alpine Swift |
| Apus affinis | Little Swift |
| Merops oreobates | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater |
| Tockus alboterminatus | Crowned Hornbill |
| Pogoniulus leucomystax | Moustached Green-Tinkerbird |
| Pogoniulus bilineatus | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird |
| Campethera tullbergi | Tullberg's Woodpecker |
| Terpsiphone viridis | African Paradise-Flycatcher |
| Corvus capensis | Cape Crow |
| Corvus albus | Pied Crow |
| Oriolus percivali | Black-tailed Oriole |
| Coracina caesia | Grey Cuckoo-shrike |
| Campephaga quiscalina | Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike |
| Lanius collaris | Common Fiscal |
| Laniarius aethiopicus | Tropical Boubou |
| Telophorus sulfureopectus | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike |
| Batis molitor | Chinspot Batis |
| Zoothera piaggiae | Abyssinian Ground-Thrush |
| Turdus olivaceus | Olive Thrush |
| Lamprotornis chalybaeus | Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling |
| Lamprotornis superbus | Superb Starling |
| Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | Violet-backed Starling |
| Buphagus erythrorhynchus | Red-billed Oxpecker |
| Bradornis microrhynchus | Large Grey Flycatcher |
| Dioptrornis chocolatinus | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher |
| Muscicapa adusta | African Dusky Flycatcher |
| Pogonocichla stellata | White-starred Robin |
| Cossypha heuglini | White-browed Robin-Chat |
| Cercomela sordida | Moorland Chat |
| Riparia paludicola | Plain Martin |
| Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow |
| Hirundo senegalensis | Mosque Swallow |
| Psalidoprocne holomelas | Black Sawwing |
| Pycnonotus barbatus | Common Bulbul |
| Andropadus latirostris | Yellow-whiskered Bulbul |
| Andropadus nigriceps | Mountain Greenbul |
| Zosterops poliogaster | Broad-ringed White-eye |
| Cisticola hunteri | Hunter's Cisticola |
| Cisticola chinianus | Rattling Cisticola |
| Prinia subflava | Tawny-flanked Prinia |
| Apalis pulchra | Black-collared Apalis |
| Apalis cinerea | Grey Apalis |
| Eminia lepida | Grey-capped Warbler |
| Camaroptera brachyura | Green-backed Camaroptera |
| Bradypterus cinnamomeus | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler |
| Hippolais pallida | Olivaceous Warbler |
| Chloropeta similis | Mountain Warbler |
| Sylvietta leucophrys | White-browed Crombec |
| Phylloscopus trochilus | Willow Warbler |
| Phylloscopus collybita | Common Chiffchaff |
| Passer motitensis | Rufous Sparrow |
| Cryptospiza salvadorii | Abyssinian Crimson-wing |
| Lagonosticta senegala | Red-billed Firefinch |
| Uraeginthus bengalus | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu |
| Estrilda quartinia | Yellow-bellied Waxbill |
| Estrilda astrild | Common Waxbill |
| Estrilda atricapilla | Black-headed Waxbill |
| Lonchura cucullata | Bronze Mannikin |
| Vidua purpurascens | Purple Indigobird |
| Motacilla aguimp | African Pied Wagtail |
| Motacilla flava | Yellow Wagtail |
| Motacilla clara | Mountain Wagtail |
| Ploceus baglafecht | Baglafecht Weaver |
| Euplectes capensis | Yellow Bishop |
| Euplectes progne | Long-tailed Widowbird |
| Anthreptes collaris | Collared Sunbird |
| Nectarinia rubescens | Green-throated Sunbird |
| Nectarinia amethystina | Amethyst Sunbird |
| Nectarinia senegalensis | Scarlet-chested Sunbird |
| Nectarinia preussi | Northern Double-collared Sunbird |
| Nectarinia mediocris | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird |
| Nectarinia tacazze | Tacazze Sunbird |
| Nectarinia kilimensis | Bronze Sunbird |
| Serinus canicollis | Cape Canary |
| Serinus citrinelloides | African Citril |
| Serinus reichenowi | Kenya Yellow-rumped Seedeater |
| Serinus striolatus | Streaky Seedeater |
| Serinus burtoni | Thick-billed Seedeater |