Kenya Birds
Samburu, August 2001
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The Beasts
| Scientific | Common |
|---|---|
| Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax | Black-crowned Night Heron |
| Bubulcus ibis ibis | Cattle Egret |
| Butorides striatus atricapillus | Green-backed Heron |
| Leptoptilos crumeniferus | Marabou Stork |
| Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris | Hadada Ibis |
| Alopochen aegyptiacus | Egyptian Goose |
| Necrosyrtes monachus pileatus | Hooded Vulture |
| Gyps africanus | African White-backed Vulture |
| Terathopius ecaudatus | Bateleur |
| Polyboroides typus typus | African Harrier-Hawk |
| Melierax poliopterus | Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk |
| Gypohierax angolensis | Palm-nut Vulture |
| Aquila wahlbergi | Wahlberg's Eagle |
| Aquila verreauxii | Verreaux's Eagle |
| Hieraaetus spilogaster | African Hawk-Eagle |
| Polemaetus bellicosus | Martial Eagle |
| Polihierax semitorquatus castanonotus | Pygmy Falcon |
| Falco peregrinus minor | Peregrine Falcon |
| Francolinus sephaena | Crested Francolin |
| Francolinus leucoscepus | Yellow-necked Spurfowl |
| Acryllium vulturinum | Vulturine Guineafowl |
| Numida meleagris | Helmeted Guineafowl |
| Burhinus vermiculatus vermiculatus | Water Thick-knee |
| Burhinus capensis | Spotted Thick-knee |
| Vanellus spinosus | Spur-winged Plover |
| Actitis hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper |
| Pterocles decoratus | Black-faced Sandgrouse |
| Turtur chalcospilos | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove |
| Oena capensis capensis | Namaqua Dove |
| Columba guinea guinea | Speckled Pigeon |
| Streptopelia decipiens | African Mourning Dove |
| Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis | Laughing Dove |
| Poicephalus rufiventris rufiventris | African Orange-bellied Parrot |
| Criniferoides leucogaster | White-bellied Go-away-bird |
| Bubo lacteus | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl |
| Glaucidium perlatum licua | Pearl-spotted Owlet |
| Apus aequatorialis aequatorialis | Mottled Swift |
| Colius striatus kikuyuensis | Speckled Mousebird |
| Colius leucocephalus turneri | White-headed Mousebird |
| Urocolius macrourus pulcher | Blue-naped Mousebird |
| Halcyon leucocephala leucocephala | Grey-headed Kingfisher |
| Merops pusillus cyanostictus | Little Bee-eater |
| Merops revoilii | Somali Bee-eater |
| Coracias caudata | Lilac-breasted Roller |
| Phoeniculus purpureus | Green Wood-hoopoe |
| Rhinopomastus minor cabanisi | Abyssinian Scimitarbill |
| Tockus erythrorhynchus erythrorhynchus | Red-billed Hornbill |
| Tockus flavirostris | Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill |
| Tockus deckeni | Von der Decken's Hornbill |
| Tricholaema melanocephala stigmatothorax | Black-throated Barbet |
| Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | Red-and-yellow Barbet |
| Trachyphonus darnaudii | D'Arnaud's Barbet |
| Indicator indicator | Greater Honeyguide |
| Indicator minor teitensis | Lesser Honeyguide |
| Campethera nubica | Nubian Woodpecker |
| Dendropicos namaquus schoensis | Bearded Woodpecker |
| Dendropicos goertae rhodeogaster | Grey Woodpecker |
| Mirafra hypermetra hypermetra | Red-winged Lark |
| Mirafra africanoides intercedens | Fawn-colored Lark |
| Mirafra poecilosterna | Pink-breasted Lark |
| Motacilla aguimp vidua | African Pied Wagtail |
| Tmetothylacus tenellus | Golden Pipit |
| Macronyx croceus croceus | Yellow-throated Longclaw |
| Hirundo smithii smithii | Wire-tailed Swallow |
| Pycnonotus barbatus | Common Bulbul |
| Turdoides rubiginosus rubiginosus | Rufous Chatterer |
| Cercotrichas leucophrys | White-browed Scrub Robin |
| Melaenornis pammelaina | Southern Black Flycatcher |
| Bradornis microrhynchus | African Grey Flycatcher |
| Calamonastes simplex | Grey Wren Warbler |
| Spiloptila rufifrons | Red-fronted Warbler |
| Sylvietta brachyura | Northern Crombec |
| Eremomela flavicrissalis | Yellow-vented Eremomela |
| Batis molitor | Chin-spot Batis |
| Batis perkeo | Pygmy Batis |
| Eurocephalus rueppellii | Northern White-crowned Shrike |
| Lanius dorsalis | Taita Fiscal |
| Nilaus afer | Brubru |
| Rhodophoneus cruentus | Rosy-patched Bush-shrike |
| Laniarius funebris | Slate-coloured Boubou |
| Dicrurus adsimilis | Common Drongo |
| Oriolus larvatus rolleti | Black-headed Oriole |
| Corvus rhipidurus | Fan-tailed Raven |
| Lamprotornis chalybaeus | Greater Blue-eared Starling |
| Lamprotornis superbus | Superb Starling |
| Cosmopsarus regius | Golden-breasted Starling |
| Spreo fischeri | Fischer's Starling |
| Creatophora cinerea | Wattled Starling |
| Buphagus africanus africanus | Yellow-billed Oxpecker |
| Anthreptes orientalis | Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird |
| Nectarinia hunteri | Hunter's Sunbird |
| Nectarinia nectarinioides | Black-bellied Sunbird |
| Passer griseus | Grey-headed Sparrow |
| Passer eminibey | Chestnut Sparrow |
| Petronia pyrgita | Yellow-spotted Petronia |
| Dinemellia dinemelli | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Bubalornis niger intermedius | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Plocepasser donaldsoni | Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-Weaver |
| Plocepasser mahali melanorhynchus | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver |
| Pseudonigrita cabanisi | Black-capped Social-Weaver |
| Sporopipes frontalis emini | Speckle-fronted Weaver |
| Ploceus intermedius | Lesser Masked Weaver |
| Ploceus rubiginosus rubiginosus | Chestnut Weaver |
| Anaplectes rubriceps | Red-headed Weaver |
| Lagonosticta senegala ruberrima | Red-billed Firefinch |
| Estrilda charmosyna | Black-cheeked Waxbill |