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Kenya, September 2002
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| Scientific | Common |
|---|---|
| Struthio camelus | Common Ostrich |
| Struthio molybdophanes | Somali Ostrich |
| Podiceps nigricollis | Black-necked Grebe |
| Tachybaptus ruficollis | Little Grebe |
| Pelecanus onocrotalus | Great White Pelican |
| Pelecanus rufescens | Pink-backed Pelican |
| Phalacrocorax carbo | Great Cormorant |
| Phalacrocorax africanus | Long-tailed Cormorant |
| Nycticorax nycticorax | Black-crowned Night Heron |
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret |
| Egretta garzetta | Little Egret |
| Egretta dimorpha | Dimorphic Egret |
| Ardeola ralloides | Squacco Heron |
| Butorides striatus | Green-backed Heron |
| Casmerodius albus | Great Egret |
| Ardea cinerea | Grey Heron |
| Ardea purpurea | Purple Heron |
| Ardea goliath | Goliath Heron |
| Ardea melanocephala | Black-headed Heron |
| Scopus umbretta | Hamerkop |
| Leptoptilos crumeniferus | Marabou Stork |
| Mycteria ibis | Yellow-billed Stork |
| Anastomus lamelligerus | African Open-billed Stork |
| Threskiornis aethiopicus | Sacred Ibis |
| Bostrychia hagedash | Hadada Ibis |
| Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis |
| Platalea alba | African Spoonbill |
| Phoenicopterus roseus | Greater Flamingo |
| Phoeniconaias minor | Lesser Flamingo |
| Dendrocygna bicolor | Fulvous Whistling Duck |
| Dendrocygna viduata | White-faced Whistling Duck |
| Thalassornis leuconotus | White-backed Duck |
| Alopochen aegyptiacus | Egyptian Goose |
| Sarkidiornis melanotos | Knob-billed Duck |
| Anas sparsa | African Black Duck |
| Anas capensis | Cape Teal |
| Anas undulata | Yellow-billed Duck |
| Anas erythrorhyncha | Red-billed Teal |
| Anas hottentota | Hottentot Teal |
| Netta erythrophthalma | Southern Pochard |
| Oxyura maccoa | Maccoa Duck |
| Sagittarius serpentarius | Secretary Bird |
| Elanus caeruleus | Black-shouldered Kite |
| Milvus migrans | Black Kite |
| Neophron percnopterus | Egyptian Vulture |
| Necrosyrtes monachus | Hooded Vulture |
| Gyps africanus | African White-backed Vulture |
| Gyps rueppellii | Rüppell's Griffon Vulture |
| Torgos tracheliotus | Lappet-faced Vulture |
| Circaetus pectoralis | Black-chested Snake Eagle |
| Circaetus cinereus | Brown Snake Eagle |
| Terathopius ecaudatus | Bateleur |
| Polyboroides typus | African Harrier-Hawk |
| Micronisus gabar | Gabar Goshawk |
| Melierax metabates | Dark Chanting Goshawk |
| Melierax poliopterus | Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk |
| Accipiter melanoleucus | Great Sparrowhawk |
| Kaupifalco monogrammicus | Lizard Buzzard |
| Buteo oreophilus | Mountain Buzzard |
| Buteo augur | Augur Buzzard |
| Haliaeetus vocifer | African Fish Eagle |
| Gypohierax angolensis | Palm-nut Vulture |
| Aquila rapax | Tawny Eagle |
| Lophaetus occipitalis | Long-crested Eagle |
| Polemaetus bellicosus | Martial Eagle |
| Polihierax semitorquatus | Pygmy Falcon |
| Falco biarmicus | Lanner Falcon |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon |
| Falco tinnunculus | Common Kestrel |
| Francolinus sephaena | Crested Francolin |
| Francolinus leucoscepus | Yellow-necked Spurfowl |
| Acryllium vulturinum | Vulturine Guineafowl |
| Numida meleagris | Helmeted Guineafowl |
| Porphyrio porphyrio | Purple Swamphen |
| Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen |
| Gallinula angulata | Lesser Moorhen |
| Fulica cristata | Red-knobbed Coot |
| Balearica regulorum | Grey Crowned Crane |
| Eupodotis ruficrista | Crested Bustard |
| Eupodotis melanogaster | Black-bellied Bustard |
| Eupodotis hartlaubii | Hartlaub's Bustard |
| Actophilornis africanus | African Jacana |
| Rostratula benghalensis | Greater Painted Snipe |
| Himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt |
| Burhinus vermiculatus | Water Thick-knee |
| Burhinus capensis | Spotted Thick-knee |
| Cursorius somalensis | Somali Courser |
| Glareola pratincola | Collared Pratincole |
| Glareola ocularis | Madagascar Pratincole |
| Vanellus crassirostris | Long-toed Plover |
| Vanellus armatus | Blacksmith Plover |
| Vanellus spinosus | Spur-winged Plover |
| Vanellus tectus | Black-headed Plover |
| Vanellus coronatus | Crowned Plover |
| Pluvialis squatarola | Grey Plover |
| Charadrius hiaticula | Ringed Plover |
| Charadrius pecuarius | Kittlitz's Plover |
| Charadrius tricollaris | Three-banded Plover |
| Calidris minuta | Little Stint |
| Calidris ferruginea | Curlew Sandpiper |
| Limicola falcinellus | Broad-billed Sandpiper |
| Numenius phaeopus | Whimbrel |
| Tringa stagnatilis | Marsh Sandpiper |
| Tringa nebularia | Common Greenshank |
| Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper |
| Actitis hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper |
| Xenus cinereus | Terek Sandpiper |
| Sterna nilotica | Gull-billed Tern |
| Sterna hirundo | Common Tern |
| Chlidonias hybridus | Whiskered Tern |
| Chlidonias leucopterus | White-winged Tern |
| Rynchops flavirostris | African Skimmer |
| Pterocles decoratus | Black-faced Sandgrouse |
| Treron calva | African Green Pigeon |
| Turtur chalcospilos | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove |
| Turtur afer | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove |
| Oena capensis | Namaqua Dove |
| Columba guinea | Speckled Pigeon |
| Streptopelia semitorquata | Red-eyed Dove |
| Streptopelia decipiens | African Mourning Dove |
| Streptopelia capicola | Ring-necked Dove |
| Streptopelia senegalensis | Laughing Dove |
| Poicephalus gulielmi | Red-fronted Parrot |
| Poicephalus rufiventris | African Orange-bellied Parrot |
| Corythaeola cristata | Great Blue Turaco |
| Musophaga rossae | Ross's Turaco |
| Tauraco hartlaubi | Hartlaub's Turaco |
| Corythaixoides personatus | Bare-faced Go-away-bird |
| Criniferoides leucogaster | White-bellied Go-away-bird |
| Chrysococcyx caprius | Diederik Cuckoo |
| Centropus superciliosus | White-browed Coucal |
| Bubo lacteus | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl |
| Glaucidium perlatum | Pearl-spotted Owlet |
| Neafrapus boehmi | Böhm's Spinetail |
| Cypsiurus parvus | African Palm-Swift |
| Apus aequatorialis | Mottled Swift |
| Colius striatus | Speckled Mousebird |
| Colius leucocephalus | White-headed Mousebird |
| Urocolius macrourus | Blue-naped Mousebird |
| Halcyon leucocephala | Grey-headed Kingfisher |
| Halcyon senegaloides | Mangrove Kingfisher |
| Halcyon chelicuti | Striped Kingfisher |
| Alcedo cristata | Malachite Kingfisher |
| Ispidina picta | African Pygmy Kingfisher |
| Ceryle rudis | Pied Kingfisher |
| Merops superciliosus | Madagascar Bee-eater |
| Merops nubicus | Carmine Bee-eater |
| Merops albicollis | White-throated Bee-eater |
| Merops bullockoides | White-fronted Bee-eater |
| Merops muelleri | Blue-headed Bee-eater |
| Merops pusillus | Little Bee-eater |
| Merops oreobates | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater |
| Merops revoilii | Somali Bee-eater |
| Coracias caudata | Lilac-breasted Roller |
| Eurystomus glaucurus | Broad-billed Roller |
| Upupa epops | Hoopoe |
| Phoeniculus bollei | White-headed Wood-hoopoe |
| Phoeniculus purpureus | Green Wood-hoopoe |
| Rhinopomastus minor | Abyssinian Scimitarbill |
| Bucorvus leadbeateri | Southern Ground Hornbill |
| Tockus erythrorhynchus | Red-billed Hornbill |
| Tockus flavirostris | Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill |
| Tockus deckeni | Von der Decken's Hornbill |
| Tockus jacksoni | Jackson's Hornbill |
| Tockus hemprichii | Hemprich's Hornbill |
| Tockus alboterminatus | Crowned Hornbill |
| Tockus nasutus | African Grey Hornbill |
| Bycanistes brevis | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill |
| Bycanistes subcylindricus | Black-and-White-casqued Hornbill |
| Gymnobucco bonapartei | Grey-throated Barbet |
| Pogoniulus bilineatus | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird |
| Tricholaema diademata | Red-fronted Barbet |
| Tricholaema melanocephala | Black-throated Barbet |
| Lybius leucocephalus | White-headed Barbet |
| Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | Red-and-yellow Barbet |
| Trachyphonus darnaudii | D'Arnaud's Barbet |
| Indicator indicator | Greater Honeyguide |
| Indicator minor | Lesser Honeyguide |
| Campethera nubica | Nubian Woodpecker |
| Dendropicos fuscescens | Cardinal Woodpecker |
| Dendropicos namaquus | Bearded Woodpecker |
| Dendropicos xantholophus | Yellow-crested Woodpecker |
| Dendropicos goertae | Grey Woodpecker |
| Mirafra hypermetra | Red-winged Lark |
| Mirafra poecilosterna | Pink-breasted Lark |
| Eremopterix signata | Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark |
| Motacilla aguimp | African Pied Wagtail |
| Motacilla clara | Mountain Wagtail |
| Anthus cinnamomeus | Grassland Pipit |
| Anthus leucophrys | Plain-backed Pipit |
| Tmetothylacus tenellus | Golden Pipit |
| Macronyx croceus | Yellow-throated Longclaw |
| Riparia paludicola | Plain Martin |
| Hirundo smithii | Wire-tailed Swallow |
| Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow |
| Hirundo daurica | Red-rumped Swallow |
| Hirundo abyssinica | Lesser Striped Swallow |
| Hirundo fuligula | Rock Martin |
| Psalidoprocne albiceps | White-headed Saw-wing |
| Andropadus ansorgei | Ansorge's Greenbul |
| Andropadus latirostris | Yellow-whiskered Greenbul |
| Chlorocichla laetissima | Joyful Greenbul |
| Pycnonotus barbatus | Common Bulbul |
| Bleda syndactyla | Red-tailed Bristlebill |
| Turdoides sharpei | Black-lored Babbler |
| Turdoides plebejus | Brown Babbler |
| Turdoides rubiginosus | Rufous Chatterer |
| Pogonocichla stellata | White-starred Robin |
| Cossypha semirufa | Rüppell's Robin-Chat |
| Cossypha heuglini | White-browed Robin-Chat |
| Cossypha niveicapilla | Snowy-headed Robin-Chat |
| Cichladusa guttata | Spotted Morning Thrush |
| Cercotrichas leucophrys | White-browed Scrub Robin |
| Oenanthe oenanthe | Northern Wheatear |
| Cercomela scotocerca | Brown-tailed Rock Chat |
| Myrmecocichla aethiops | Northern Anteater Chat |
| Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | White-shouldered Cliff Chat |
| Turdus olivaceus | Olive Thrush |
| Turdus pelios | African Thrush |
| Turdus tephronotus | Bare-eyed Thrush |
| Muscicapa adusta | African Dusky Flycatcher |
| Muscicapa aquatica | Swamp Flycatcher |
| Melaenornis fischeri | White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher |
| Melaenornis edolioides | Northern Black Flycatcher |
| Bradornis microrhynchus | African Grey Flycatcher |
| Empidornis semipartitus | Silverbird |
| Bathmocercus rufus | Black-faced Rufous Warbler |
| Cisticola galactotes | Winding Cisticola |
| Cisticola juncidis | Zitting Cisticola |
| Prinia subflava | Tawny-flanked Prinia |
| Camaroptera brachyura | Grey-backed Camaroptera |
| Apalis flavida | Yellow-breasted Apalis |
| Apalis cinerea | Grey Apalis |
| Apalis melanocephala | Black-headed Apalis |
| Spiloptila rufifrons | Red-fronted Warbler |
| Sylvietta brachyura | Northern Crombec |
| Sylvietta whytii | Red-faced Crombec |
| Phyllolais pulchella | Buff-bellied Warbler |
| Parisoma boehmi | Banded Parisoma |
| Zosterops poliogaster | Montane White-eye |
| Zosterops senegalensis | Yellow White-eye |
| Parus thruppi | Northern Grey Tit |
| Parus albiventris | White-bellied Tit |
| Anthoscopus musculus | Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit |
| Erythrocercus holochlorus | Little Yellow Flycatcher |
| Elminia longicauda | African Blue Flycatcher |
| Terpsiphone viridis | African Paradise Flycatcher |
| Batis molitor | Chin-spot Batis |
| Batis perkeo | Pygmy Batis |
| Prionops plumatus | White-crested Helmet-shrike |
| Eurocephalus rueppellii | Northern White-crowned Shrike |
| Lanius excubitoroides | Grey-backed Fiscal |
| Lanius cabanisi | Long-tailed Fiscal |
| Lanius dorsalis | Taita Fiscal |
| Lanius collaris | Common Fiscal |
| Nilaus afer | Brubru |
| Tchagra senegala | Black-crowned Tchagra |
| Malaconotus sulphureopectus | Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike |
| Malaconotus blanchoti | Grey-headed Bush-shrike |
| Rhodophoneus cruentus | Rosy-patched Bush-shrike |
| Laniarius erythrogaster | Black-headed Gonolek |
| Laniarius aethiopicus | Tropical Boubou |
| Laniarius funebris | Slate-coloured Boubou |
| Dryoscopus gambensis | Northern Puffback |
| Nicator gularis | Eastern Nicator |
| Campephaga flava | Black Cuckoo-shrike |
| Coracina caesia | Grey Cuckoo-shrike |
| Dicrurus adsimilis | Common Drongo |
| Dicrurus ludwigii | Square-tailed Drongo |
| Oriolus larvatus | Black-headed Oriole |
| Corvus splendens | House Crow |
| Corvus albus | Pied Crow |
| Corvus rhipidurus | Fan-tailed Raven |
| Corvus capensis | Cape Rook |
| Onychognathus morio | Red-winged Starling |
| Onychognathus salvadorii | Bristle-crowned Starling |
| Lamprotornis chalybaeus | Greater Blue-eared Starling |
| Lamprotornis purpuropterus | Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling |
| Lamprotornis hildebrandti | Hildebrandt's Starling |
| Lamprotornis superbus | Superb Starling |
| Cosmopsarus regius | Golden-breasted Starling |
| Spreo fischeri | Fischer's Starling |
| Speculipastor bicolor | Magpie Starling |
| Creatophora cinerea | Wattled Starling |
| Buphagus erythrorhynchus | Red-billed Oxpecker |
| Anthreptes orientalis | Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird |
| Anthreptes pallidigaster | Amani Sunbird |
| Anthreptes collaris | Collared Sunbird |
| Nectarinia rubescens | Green-throated Sunbird |
| Nectarinia senegalensis | Scarlet-chested Sunbird |
| Nectarinia hunteri | Hunter's Sunbird |
| Nectarinia venusta | Variable Sunbird |
| Nectarinia preussi | Northern Double-collared Sunbird |
| Nectarinia mariquensis | Marico Sunbird |
| Nectarinia tacazze | Tacazze Sunbird |
| Nectarinia kilimensis | Bronze Sunbird |
| Nectarinia erythrocerca | Red-chested Sunbird |
| Nectarinia nectarinioides | Black-bellied Sunbird |
| Nectarinia pulchella | Beautiful Sunbird |
| Passer griseus | Grey-headed Sparrow |
| Passer rufocinctus | Rufous Sparrow |
| Passer domesticus | House Sparrow |
| Passer eminibey | Chestnut Sparrow |
| Petronia pyrgita | Yellow-spotted Petronia |
| Dinemellia dinemelli | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Bubalornis niger | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Bubalornis albirostris | White-billed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Plocepasser donaldsoni | Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-Weaver |
| Plocepasser mahali | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver |
| Pseudonigrita arnaudi | Grey-capped Social-Weaver |
| Pseudonigrita cabanisi | Black-capped Social-Weaver |
| Sporopipes frontalis | Speckle-fronted Weaver |
| Ploceus baglafecht | Baglafecht Weaver |
| Ploceus pelzelni | Slender-billed Weaver |
| Ploceus luteolus | Little Weaver |
| Ploceus nigricollis | Black-necked Weaver |
| Ploceus bojeri | Golden Palm Weaver |
| Ploceus velatus | Vitelline Masked Weaver |
| Ploceus intermedius | Lesser Masked Weaver |
| Ploceus taeniopterus | Northern Masked Weaver |
| Ploceus spekei | Speke's Weaver |
| Ploceus cucullatus | Black-headed Weaver |
| Ploceus nigerrimus | Vieillot's Black Weaver |
| Ploceus rubiginosus | Chestnut Weaver |
| Ploceus bicolor | Dark-backed Weaver |
| Anaplectes rubriceps | Red-headed Weaver |
| Quelea quelea | Red-billed Quelea |
| Euplectes nigroventris | Zanzibar Red Bishop |
| Euplectes capensis | Yellow Bishop |
| Euplectes axillaris | Fan-tailed Widowbird |
| Euplectes jacksoni | Jackson's Widowbird |
| Pytilia melba | Green-winged Pytilia |
| Cryptospiza salvadorii | Abyssinian Crimsonwing |
| Spermophaga ruficapilla | Red-headed Bluebill |
| Lagonosticta senegala | Red-billed Firefinch |
| Lagonosticta rubricata | African Firefinch |
| Uraeginthus bengalus | Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu |
| Uraeginthus cyanocephalus | Blue-capped Cordon-bleu |
| Uraeginthus ianthinogaster | Purple Grenadier |
| Estrilda quartinia | Yellow-bellied Waxbill |
| Estrilda astrild | Common Waxbill |
| Lonchura cucullata | Bronze Mannikin |
| Amadina fasciata | Cut-throat Finch |
| Serinus striolatus | Streaky Seedeater |
| Serinus reichenowi | Yellow-rumped Seedeater |
| Serinus burtoni | Thick-billed Seedeater |
| Serinus citrinelloides | African Citril |
| Serinus mozambicus | Yellow-fronted Canary |
| Serinus dorsostriatus | White-bellied Canary |
| Emberiza flaviventris | Golden-breasted Bunting |