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Kenya, January 2001
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| Scientific | Common |
|---|---|
| Struthio camelus | Common Ostrich |
| Podiceps nigricollis | Black-necked Grebe |
| Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis | Little Grebe |
| Pelecanus onocrotalus | Great White Pelican |
| Pelecanus rufescens | Pink-backed Pelican |
| Phalacrocorax africanus africanus | Long-tailed Cormorant |
| Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus | Great Cormorant |
| 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 |
| Ciconia abdimii | Abdim's Stork |
| Ciconia ciconia ciconia | White Stork |
| Ciconia episcopus microscelis | Woolly-necked Stork |
| Ciconia nigra | Black Stork |
| Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | Saddle-billed Stork |
| 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 |
| Plectropterus gambensis gambensis | Spur-winged Goose |
| Amadina fasciata | Cut-throat Finch |
| Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos | Knob-billed Duck |
| Anas capensis | Cape Teal |
| Anas acuta acuta | Northern Pintail |
| Anas querquedula | Garganey |
| Anas undulata undulata | Yellow-billed Duck |
| Anas clypeata | Northern Shoveler |
| Anas erythrorhyncha | Red-billed Teal |
| Anas hottentota | Hottentot Teal |
| 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 |
| Circaetus pectoralis | Black-chested Snake Eagle |
| Trigonoceps occipitalis | White-headed Vulture |
| Circaetus cinereus | Brown Snake Eagle |
| Circus macrourus | Pallid Harrier |
| Polyboroides typus typus | African Harrier-Hawk |
| Terathopius ecaudatus | Bateleur |
| Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus | Eurasian Marsh Harrier |
| Circus pygargus | Montagu's Harrier |
| Melierax metabates metabates | Dark Chanting Goshawk |
| Melierax poliopterus | Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk |
| Micronisus gabar aequatorius | Gabar Goshawk |
| Accipiter badius | Shikra |
| Buteo augur augur | Augur Buzzard |
| Gypohierax angolensis | Palm-nut Vulture |
| Haliaeetus vocifer | African Fish Eagle |
| Aquila nipalensis orientalis | Steppe Eagle |
| Aquila rapax rapax | Tawny Eagle |
| Lophaetus occipitalis | Long-crested Eagle |
| Polemaetus bellicosus | Martial Eagle |
| Falco biarmicus biarmicus | Lanner Falcon |
| Polihierax semitorquatus castanonotus | Pygmy Falcon |
| Falco ardosiaceus | Grey Kestrel |
| Falco naumanni | Lesser Kestrel |
| Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus | Common Kestrel |
| Coturnix delegorguei delegorguei | Harlequin Quail |
| Francolinus sephaena | Crested Francolin |
| Francolinus afer | Red-necked Spurfowl |
| Francolinus leucoscepus | Yellow-necked Spurfowl |
| Numida meleagris | Helmeted Guineafowl |
| Amaurornis flavirostris | Black Crake |
| Gallinula angulata | Lesser Moorhen |
| Gallinula chloropus meridionalis | Common Moorhen |
| Balearica regulorum gibbericeps | Grey Crowned Crane |
| Fulica cristata | Red-knobbed Coot |
| Ardeotis kori struthiunculus | Kori Bustard |
| Eupodotis ruficrista gindiana | Crested Bustard |
| Eupodotis hartlaubii | Hartlaub's Bustard |
| Eupodotis senegalensis canicollis | White-bellied Bustard |
| Actophilornis africanus | African Jacana |
| Microparra capensis | Lesser Jacana |
| Himantopus himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt |
| Burhinus oedicnemus oedicnemus | Stone Curlew |
| Burhinus vermiculatus vermiculatus | Water Thick-knee |
| Burhinus capensis | Spotted Thick-knee |
| Rhinoptilus africanus gracilis | Two-banded Courser |
| Vanellus armatus | Blacksmith Plover |
| Vanellus crassirostris crassirostris | Long-toed Plover |
| Vanellus spinosus | Spur-winged Plover |
| Vanellus tectus | Black-headed Plover |
| Vanellus coronatus coronatus | Crowned Plover |
| Vanellus senegallus lateralis | African Wattled Plover |
| Charadrius hiaticula tundrae | Ringed Plover |
| Charadrius pecuarius | Kittlitz's Plover |
| Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris | Three-banded Plover |
| Calidris minuta | Little Stint |
| Charadrius asiaticus | Caspian Plover |
| Calidris temminckii | Temminck's Stint |
| Calidris ferruginea | Curlew Sandpiper |
| Gallinago gallinago gallinago | Common Snipe |
| Philomachus pugnax | Ruff |
| Limosa limosa limosa | Black-tailed Godwit |
| Tringa nebularia | Common Greenshank |
| Tringa stagnatilis | Marsh Sandpiper |
| Tringa totanus ussuriensis | Common Redshank |
| Actitis hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper |
| Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper |
| Tringa ochropus | Green Sandpiper |
| Larus cirrocephalus poiocephalus | Grey-headed Gull |
| Larus ridibundus | Black-headed Gull |
| Chlidonias hybridus delalandii | Whiskered Tern |
| Chlidonias leucopterus | White-winged Tern |
| Pterocles decoratus | Black-faced Sandgrouse |
| Oena capensis capensis | Namaqua Dove |
| Turtur chalcospilos | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove |
| Columba guinea guinea | Speckled Pigeon |
| Streptopelia decipiens | African Mourning Dove |
| Streptopelia semitorquata | Red-eyed Dove |
| Streptopelia capicola somalica | Ring-necked Dove |
| Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis | Laughing Dove |
| Poicephalus gulielmi massaicus | Red-fronted Parrot |
| Poicephalus meyeri | Brown Parrot |
| Poicephalus rufiventris rufiventris | African Orange-bellied Parrot |
| Tauraco hartlaubi | Hartlaub's Turaco |
| Criniferoides leucogaster | White-bellied Go-away-bird |
| Corythaixoides personatus leopoldi | Bare-faced Go-away-bird |
| Oxylophus jacobinus | Black and White Cuckoo |
| Clamator glandarius | Great Spotted Cuckoo |
| Cuculus canorus canorus | Eurasian 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 |
| Glaucidium perlatum licua | Pearl-spotted Owlet |
| Apus aequatorialis aequatorialis | Mottled Swift |
| Apus affinis affinis | Little Swift |
| Apus caffer | White-rumped Swift |
| Colius leucocephalus turneri | White-headed Mousebird |
| Colius striatus kikuyuensis | Speckled Mousebird |
| Urocolius macrourus pulcher | Blue-naped Mousebird |
| Halcyon albiventris orientalis | Brown-hooded Kingfisher |
| Halcyon leucocephala leucocephala | Grey-headed Kingfisher |
| Halcyon chelicuti chelicuti | Striped Kingfisher |
| Halcyon senegalensis senegalensis | Woodland Kingfisher |
| Ispidina picta picta | African Pygmy Kingfisher |
| Ceryle rudis rudis | Pied Kingfisher |
| Megaceryle maxima maxima | Giant Kingfisher |
| Merops apiaster | Eurasian Bee-eater |
| Merops persicus persicus | Blue-cheeked Bee-eater |
| Merops oreobates | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater |
| Coracias garrulus garrulus | Eurasian Roller |
| Merops pusillus cyanostictus | Little Bee-eater |
| Coracias caudata | Lilac-breasted Roller |
| Phoeniculus purpureus | Green Wood-hoopoe |
| Rhinopomastus minor cabanisi | Abyssinian Scimitarbill |
| Bucorvus leadbeateri | Southern Ground Hornbill |
| Tockus erythrorhynchus erythrorhynchus | Red-billed Hornbill |
| Tockus deckeni | Von der Decken's Hornbill |
| Tockus jacksoni | Jackson's Hornbill |
| Tockus alboterminatus geloensis | Crowned Hornbill |
| Tockus hemprichii | Hemprich's Hornbill |
| Tockus nasutus | African Grey Hornbill |
| Pogoniulus pusillus affinis | Red-fronted Tinkerbird |
| Tricholaema diademata | Red-fronted Barbet |
| Lybius leucocephalus | White-headed Barbet |
| Tricholaema lacrymosa radcliffei | Spot-flanked 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 |
| Mirafra africana | Rufous-naped Lark |
| Mirafra hypermetra hypermetra | Red-winged Lark |
| Mirafra africanoides intercedens | Fawn-colored Lark |
| Calandrella cinerea | Red-capped Lark |
| Eremopterix leucopareia | Fischer's Sparrow-Lark |
| Motacilla aguimp vidua | African Pied Wagtail |
| Motacilla clara torrentium | Mountain Wagtail |
| Motacilla flava | Yellow Wagtail |
| Anthus cinnamomeus lacuum | Grassland Pipit |
| Anthus leucophrys | Plain-backed Pipit |
| Anthus cervinus | Red-throated Pipit |
| Macronyx aurantiigula | Pangani Longclaw |
| Macronyx croceus croceus | Yellow-throated Longclaw |
| Tmetothylacus tenellus | Golden Pipit |
| Macronyx ameliae wintoni | Rosy-breasted Longclaw |
| Riparia cincta suahelica | Banded Martin |
| Riparia riparia riparia | Sand Martin |
| Hirundo rustica rustica | Barn Swallow |
| Hirundo smithii smithii | Wire-tailed Swallow |
| Hirundo daurica emini | Red-rumped Swallow |
| Hirundo abyssinica unitatis | Lesser Striped Swallow |
| Hirundo senegalensis saturatior | Mosque Swallow |
| Psalidoprocne holomelas massaicus | Black Roughwing |
| Andropadus latirostris latirostris | Yellow-whiskered Greenbul |
| Pycnonotus barbatus | Common Bulbul |
| Turdoides sharpei | Black-lored Babbler |
| Turdoides plebejus cinereus | Brown Babbler |
| Turdoides rubiginosus rubiginosus | Rufous Chatterer |
| Cossypha heuglini heuglini | White-browed Robin-Chat |
| Cossypha semirufa intercedens | Rüppell's Robin-Chat |
| Cichladusa guttata | Spotted Morning Thrush |
| Luscinia megarhynchos | Nightingale |
| Oenanthe oenanthe | Northern Wheatear |
| Oenanthe pleschanka pleschanka | Pied Wheatear |
| Saxicola rubetra | Whinchat |
| Oenanthe isabellina | Isabelline Wheatear |
| Oenanthe pileata livingstonii | Capped Wheatear |
| Cercomela scotocerca turkana | Brown-tailed Rock Chat |
| Myrmecocichla aethiops cryptoleuca | Northern Anteater Chat |
| Myrmecocichla nigra | Sooty Chat |
| Monticola saxatilis | Common Rock Thrush |
| Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris subrufipennis | White-shouldered Cliff Chat |
| Turdus olivaceus abyssinicus | Olive Thrush |
| Muscicapa striata | Spotted Flycatcher |
| Muscicapa adusta interposita | African Dusky Flycatcher |
| Melaenornis fischeri | White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher |
| Bradornis microrhynchus | African Grey Flycatcher |
| Bradornis pallidus | Pale Flycatcher |
| Melaenornis pammelaina | Southern Black Flycatcher |
| Hippolais pallida elaeica | Eastern Olivaceous Warbler |
| Phylloscopus trochilus | Willow Warbler |
| Cisticola nanus | Tiny Cisticola |
| Cisticola natalensis | Croaking Cisticola |
| Cisticola robustus nuchalis | Stout Cisticola |
| Cisticola chinianus | Rattling Cisticola |
| Cisticola aridulus tanganyika | Desert Cisticola |
| Cisticola juncidis uropygialis | Zitting Cisticola |
| Prinia somalica erlangeri | Pale Prinia |
| Prinia subflava melanorhyncha | Tawny-flanked Prinia |
| Calamonastes simplex | Grey Wren Warbler |
| Spiloptila rufifrons | Red-fronted Warbler |
| Sylvietta whytii | Red-faced Crombec |
| Eremomela icteropygialis | Yellow-bellied Eremomela |
| Phyllolais pulchella | Buff-bellied Warbler |
| Zosterops poliogaster | Montane White-eye |
| Parus thruppi barakae | Northern Grey Tit |
| Terpsiphone viridis | African Paradise Flycatcher |
| Eurocephalus rueppellii | Northern White-crowned Shrike |
| Lanius collurio | Red-backed Shrike |
| Lanius isabellinus | Red-tailed Shrike |
| Lanius cabanisi | Long-tailed Fiscal |
| Lanius excubitoroides | Grey-backed Fiscal |
| Lanius collaris humeralis | Common Fiscal |
| Lanius dorsalis | Taita Fiscal |
| Nilaus afer | Brubru |
| Tchagra australis emini | Brown-crowned Tchagra |
| Malaconotus sulphureopectus similis | Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike |
| Rhodophoneus cruentus | Rosy-patched Bush-shrike |
| Laniarius aethiopicus | Tropical Boubou |
| Laniarius funebris | Slate-coloured Boubou |
| Dryoscopus cubla | Black-backed Puffback |
| Dicrurus adsimilis | Common Drongo |
| Oriolus larvatus rolleti | Black-headed Oriole |
| Oriolus oriolus oriolus | Eurasian Golden-Oriole |
| Corvus albicollis | White-necked Raven |
| Corvus albus | Pied Crow |
| Corvus rhipidurus | Fan-tailed Raven |
| Corvus capensis | Cape Rook |
| Onychognathus salvadorii | Bristle-crowned Starling |
| Lamprotornis chalybaeus | Greater Blue-eared Starling |
| Lamprotornis hildebrandti | Hildebrandt's Starling |
| Lamprotornis purpuropterus | Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling |
| Cosmopsarus regius | Golden-breasted Starling |
| Lamprotornis shelleyi | Shelley's Starling |
| Lamprotornis superbus | Superb Starling |
| Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | Violet-backed Starling |
| Speculipastor bicolor | Magpie Starling |
| Spreo fischeri | Fischer's Starling |
| Buphagus africanus africanus | Yellow-billed Oxpecker |
| Buphagus erythrorhynchus | Red-billed Oxpecker |
| Creatophora cinerea | Wattled Starling |
| Anthreptes orientalis | Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird |
| Nectarinia amethystina | Amethyst Sunbird |
| Nectarinia hunteri | Hunter's Sunbird |
| Nectarinia venusta | Variable Sunbird |
| Nectarinia preussi kikuyuensis | Northern Double-collared Sunbird |
| Nectarinia bifasciata | Purple-banded Sunbird |
| Nectarinia tacazze jacksoni | Tacazze Sunbird |
| Nectarinia pulchella | Beautiful Sunbird |
| Passer griseus | Grey-headed Sparrow |
| Passer domesticus indicus | House Sparrow |
| Passer eminibey | Chestnut Sparrow |
| Petronia pyrgita | Yellow-spotted Petronia |
| Bubalornis niger intermedius | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Dinemellia dinemelli | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Bubalornis albirostris | White-billed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Plocepasser mahali melanorhynchus | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver |
| Pseudonigrita cabanisi | Black-capped Social-Weaver |
| Ploceus baglafecht | Baglafecht Weaver |
| Ploceus luteolus | Little Weaver |
| Ploceus ocularis | Spectacled Weaver |
| Ploceus castaneiceps | Taveta Golden Weaver |
| Ploceus jacksoni | Jackson's Golden-backed Weaver |
| Ploceus velatus uluensis | Vitelline Masked Weaver |
| Ploceus intermedius | Lesser Masked Weaver |
| Ploceus spekei | Speke's Weaver |
| Ploceus taeniopterus taeniopterus | Northern Masked Weaver |
| Ploceus cucullatus | Black-headed Weaver |
| Ploceus rubiginosus rubiginosus | Chestnut Weaver |
| Anaplectes rubriceps | Red-headed Weaver |
| Quelea cardinalis | Cardinal Quelea |
| Quelea quelea aethiopica | Red-billed Quelea |
| Euplectes capensis crassirostris | Yellow Bishop |
| Euplectes albonotatus eques | White-winged Widowbird |
| Euplectes axillaris | Fan-tailed Widowbird |
| Euplectes macrourus | Yellow-mantled Widowbird |
| Euplectes progne delameri | Long-tailed Widowbird |
| Euplectes jacksoni | Jackson's Widowbird |
| Pytilia melba | Green-winged Pytilia |
| Lagonosticta senegala ruberrima | Red-billed Firefinch |
| Lagonosticta rhodopareia | Jameson's Firefinch |
| Uraeginthus bengalus | Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu |
| Uraeginthus ianthinogaster | Purple Grenadier |
| Estrilda rhodopyga centralis | Crimson-rumped Waxbill |
| Ortygospiza atricollis muelleri | Quail-finch |
| Lonchura bicolor | Black and White Mannikin |
| Vidua purpurascens | Purple Indigobird |
| Vidua macroura | Pin-tailed Whydah |
| Serinus striolatus striolatus | Streaky Seedeater |
| Serinus mozambicus | Yellow-fronted Canary |
| Serinus dorsostriatus | White-bellied Canary |
| Serinus sulphuratus sharpii | Brimstone Canary |
| Emberiza tahapisi tahapisi | Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting |
| Emberiza flaviventris kalaharica | Golden-breasted Bunting |
| Emberiza poliopleura | Somali Golden-breasted Bunting |
| Passer rufocinctus | Rufous Sparrow |
| Apalis flavida | Yellow-breasted Apalis |
| Camaroptera brachyura | Grey-backed Camaroptera |
| Cercotrichas leucophrys | White-browed Scrub Robin |
| Cisticola galactotes | Winding Cisticola |