Kenya Birds
Maasai Mara, January 2001
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The Beasts
| Scientific | Common |
|---|---|
| Struthio camelus | Common Ostrich |
| Bubulcus ibis ibis | Cattle Egret |
| Ardea cinerea cinerea | Grey Heron |
| Ardea melanocephala | Black-headed Heron |
| Ciconia nigra | Black Stork |
| Leptoptilos crumeniferus | Marabou Stork |
| Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris | Hadada Ibis |
| Threskiornis aethiopicus aethiopicus | Sacred Ibis |
| Alopochen aegyptiacus | Egyptian Goose |
| Dendrocygna viduata | White-faced Whistling Duck |
| Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos | Knob-billed Duck |
| Sagittarius serpentarius | Secretary Bird |
| Elanus caeruleus caeruleus | Black-shouldered Kite |
| Milvus migrans | Black Kite |
| Necrosyrtes monachus pileatus | Hooded Vulture |
| Gyps africanus | African White-backed Vulture |
| Circaetus pectoralis | Black-chested Snake Eagle |
| Trigonoceps occipitalis | White-headed Vulture |
| Terathopius ecaudatus | Bateleur |
| Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus | Eurasian Marsh Harrier |
| Circus pygargus | Montagu's Harrier |
| Melierax metabates metabates | Dark Chanting Goshawk |
| Aquila nipalensis orientalis | Steppe Eagle |
| Aquila rapax rapax | Tawny Eagle |
| Falco ardosiaceus | Grey Kestrel |
| Falco naumanni | Lesser Kestrel |
| Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus | Common Kestrel |
| Coturnix delegorguei delegorguei | Harlequin Quail |
| Francolinus afer | Red-necked Spurfowl |
| Numida meleagris | Helmeted Guineafowl |
| Balearica regulorum gibbericeps | Grey Crowned Crane |
| Ardeotis kori struthiunculus | Kori Bustard |
| Eupodotis senegalensis canicollis | White-bellied Bustard |
| Vanellus armatus | Blacksmith Plover |
| Vanellus coronatus coronatus | Crowned Plover |
| Vanellus senegallus lateralis | African Wattled Plover |
| Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris | Three-banded Plover |
| Turtur chalcospilos | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove |
| Streptopelia capicola somalica | Ring-necked Dove |
| Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis | Laughing Dove |
| Poicephalus meyeri | Brown Parrot |
| Corythaixoides personatus leopoldi | Bare-faced Go-away-bird |
| Clamator glandarius | Great Spotted Cuckoo |
| Centropus superciliosus superciliosus | White-browed Coucal |
| Apus affinis affinis | Little Swift |
| Apus caffer | White-rumped Swift |
| Colius striatus kikuyuensis | Speckled Mousebird |
| Halcyon chelicuti chelicuti | Striped Kingfisher |
| Merops pusillus cyanostictus | Little Bee-eater |
| Coracias caudata | Lilac-breasted Roller |
| Bucorvus leadbeateri | Southern Ground Hornbill |
| Tockus nasutus | African Grey Hornbill |
| Pogoniulus pusillus affinis | Red-fronted Tinkerbird |
| Tricholaema diademata | Red-fronted Barbet |
| Mirafra africana | Rufous-naped Lark |
| Mirafra africanoides intercedens | Fawn-colored Lark |
| Anthus leucophrys | Plain-backed Pipit |
| Macronyx croceus croceus | Yellow-throated Longclaw |
| Macronyx ameliae wintoni | Rosy-breasted Longclaw |
| Riparia cincta suahelica | Banded Martin |
| Riparia riparia riparia | Sand Martin |
| Hirundo smithii smithii | Wire-tailed Swallow |
| Hirundo abyssinica unitatis | Lesser Striped Swallow |
| Hirundo senegalensis saturatior | Mosque Swallow |
| Pycnonotus barbatus | Common Bulbul |
| Cossypha heuglini heuglini | White-browed Robin-Chat |
| Oenanthe oenanthe | Northern Wheatear |
| Oenanthe pleschanka pleschanka | Pied Wheatear |
| Saxicola rubetra | Whinchat |
| Myrmecocichla aethiops cryptoleuca | Northern Anteater Chat |
| Myrmecocichla nigra | Sooty Chat |
| Bradornis microrhynchus | African Grey Flycatcher |
| Bradornis pallidus | Pale Flycatcher |
| Melaenornis pammelaina | Southern Black Flycatcher |
| Cisticola natalensis | Croaking Cisticola |
| Cisticola robustus nuchalis | Stout Cisticola |
| Cisticola chinianus | Rattling Cisticola |
| Prinia subflava melanorhyncha | Tawny-flanked Prinia |
| Sylvietta whytii | Red-faced Crombec |
| Terpsiphone viridis | African Paradise Flycatcher |
| Eurocephalus rueppellii | Northern White-crowned Shrike |
| Lanius collaris humeralis | Common Fiscal |
| Dicrurus adsimilis | Common Drongo |
| Corvus albicollis | White-necked Raven |
| Lamprotornis chalybaeus | Greater Blue-eared Starling |
| Lamprotornis hildebrandti | Hildebrandt's Starling |
| Lamprotornis purpuropterus | Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling |
| Lamprotornis superbus | Superb Starling |
| Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | Violet-backed Starling |
| Buphagus africanus africanus | Yellow-billed Oxpecker |
| Buphagus erythrorhynchus | Red-billed Oxpecker |
| Nectarinia hunteri | Hunter's Sunbird |
| Nectarinia bifasciata | Purple-banded Sunbird |
| Passer griseus | Grey-headed Sparrow |
| Passer domesticus indicus | House Sparrow |
| Ploceus spekei | Speke's Weaver |
| Ploceus cucullatus | Black-headed Weaver |
| Anaplectes rubriceps | Red-headed Weaver |
| Euplectes capensis crassirostris | Yellow Bishop |
| Euplectes albonotatus eques | White-winged Widowbird |
| Euplectes macrourus | Yellow-mantled Widowbird |
| Euplectes jacksoni | Jackson's Widowbird |
| Ortygospiza atricollis muelleri | Quail-finch |
| Vidua macroura | Pin-tailed Whydah |
| Serinus mozambicus | Yellow-fronted Canary |
| Emberiza tahapisi tahapisi | Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting |
| Passer rufocinctus | Rufous Sparrow |
| Cercotrichas leucophrys | White-browed Scrub Robin |