Kenya Birds
Maasai Mara, August 2001
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The Beasts
| Scientific | Common |
|---|---|
| Struthio camelus | Common Ostrich |
| Ardeola ralloides | Squacco Heron |
| Casmerodius albus melanorhynchos | Great Egret |
| Ardea cinerea cinerea | Grey Heron |
| Ardea goliath | Goliath Heron |
| Ardea melanocephala | Black-headed Heron |
| Scopus umbretta umbretta | Hamerkop |
| Ciconia episcopus microscelis | Woolly-necked Stork |
| Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | Saddle-billed Stork |
| Leptoptilos crumeniferus | Marabou Stork |
| Mycteria ibis | Yellow-billed Stork |
| Threskiornis aethiopicus aethiopicus | Sacred Ibis |
| Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris | Hadada Ibis |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Gyps rueppellii ruppellii | Rüppell's Griffon Vulture |
| Torgos tracheliotus tracheliotus | Lappet-faced Vulture |
| Trigonoceps occipitalis | White-headed Vulture |
| Circaetus pectoralis | Black-chested Snake Eagle |
| Terathopius ecaudatus | Bateleur |
| Circus ranivorus | African Marsh-Harrier |
| Melierax metabates metabates | Dark Chanting Goshawk |
| Buteo augur augur | Augur Buzzard |
| Haliaeetus vocifer | African Fish Eagle |
| Aquila rapax rapax | Tawny Eagle |
| Polemaetus bellicosus | Martial Eagle |
| Falco ardosiaceus | Grey Kestrel |
| Coturnix delegorguei delegorguei | Harlequin Quail |
| Francolinus coqui | Coqui Francolin |
| Francolinus afer | Red-necked Spurfowl |
| Numida meleagris | Helmeted Guineafowl |
| Turnix sylvatica lepurana | Common Button-quail |
| Amaurornis flavirostris | Black Crake |
| Eupodotis melanogaster melanogaster | Black-bellied Bustard |
| Actophilornis africanus | African Jacana |
| Vanellus armatus | Blacksmith Plover |
| Vanellus spinosus | Spur-winged Plover |
| Vanellus coronatus coronatus | Crowned Plover |
| Vanellus senegallus lateralis | African Wattled Plover |
| Tringa ochropus | Green Sandpiper |
| Actitis hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper |
| Pterocles gutturalis saturatior | Yellow-throated Sandgrouse |
| Turtur chalcospilos | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove |
| Streptopelia capicola somalica | Ring-necked Dove |
| Corythaixoides personatus leopoldi | Bare-faced Go-away-bird |
| Centropus superciliosus superciliosus | White-browed Coucal |
| Centropus grillii | Black Coucal |
| Tyto alba affinis | Barn Owl |
| Apus affinis affinis | Little Swift |
| Colius striatus kikuyuensis | Speckled Mousebird |
| Urocolius macrourus pulcher | Blue-naped Mousebird |
| Halcyon senegalensis senegalensis | Woodland Kingfisher |
| Halcyon chelicuti chelicuti | Striped Kingfisher |
| Alcedo cristata galerita | Malachite Kingfisher |
| Merops pusillus cyanostictus | Little Bee-eater |
| Coracias caudata | Lilac-breasted Roller |
| Bucorvus leadbeateri | Southern Ground Hornbill |
| Tockus alboterminatus geloensis | Crowned Hornbill |
| Mirafra africana | Rufous-naped Lark |
| Motacilla aguimp vidua | African Pied Wagtail |
| Anthus cinnamomeus lacuum | Grassland Pipit |
| Anthus leucophrys | Plain-backed Pipit |
| Macronyx croceus croceus | Yellow-throated Longclaw |
| Riparia cincta suahelica | Banded Martin |
| Riparia paludicola ducis | Plain Martin |
| Hirundo abyssinica unitatis | Lesser Striped Swallow |
| Pycnonotus barbatus | Common Bulbul |
| Turdoides jardineii emini | Arrow-marked Babbler |
| Cossypha heuglini heuglini | White-browed Robin-Chat |
| Myrmecocichla aethiops cryptoleuca | Northern Anteater Chat |
| Myrmecocichla nigra | Sooty Chat |
| Melaenornis edolioides | Northern Black Flycatcher |
| Bradornis pallidus | Pale Flycatcher |
| Cisticola juncidis uropygialis | Zitting Cisticola |
| Cisticola brunnescens | Pectoral-patch Cisticola |
| Prinia subflava melanorhyncha | Tawny-flanked Prinia |
| Camaroptera brachyura | Grey-backed Camaroptera |
| Terpsiphone viridis | African Paradise Flycatcher |
| Lanius excubitoroides | Grey-backed Fiscal |
| Lanius collaris humeralis | Common Fiscal |
| Laniarius aethiopicus | Tropical Boubou |
| Laniarius funebris | Slate-coloured Boubou |
| Dryoscopus cubla | Black-backed Puffback |
| Dicrurus adsimilis | Common Drongo |
| Corvus albicollis | White-necked Raven |
| Lamprotornis chalybaeus | Greater Blue-eared Starling |
| Lamprotornis purpuropterus | Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling |
| Lamprotornis superbus | Superb Starling |
| Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | Violet-backed Starling |
| Creatophora cinerea | Wattled Starling |
| Buphagus africanus africanus | Yellow-billed Oxpecker |
| Nectarinia senegalensis | Scarlet-chested Sunbird |
| Nectarinia venusta | Variable Sunbird |
| Passer griseus | Grey-headed Sparrow |
| Dinemellia dinemelli | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Ploceus baglafecht | Baglafecht Weaver |
| Ploceus ocularis | Spectacled Weaver |
| Ploceus rubiginosus rubiginosus | Chestnut Weaver |
| Euplectes capensis crassirostris | Yellow Bishop |
| Euplectes jacksoni | Jackson's Widowbird |
| Uraeginthus ianthinogaster | Purple Grenadier |
| Serinus reichenowi | Yellow-rumped Seedeater |
| Serinus mozambicus | Yellow-fronted Canary |