Kenya Birds
Ziwani, January 2001
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The Beasts
| Scientific | Common |
|---|---|
| Struthio camelus | Common Ostrich |
| Ardeola ralloides | Squacco Heron |
| Egretta ardesiaca | Black Heron |
| Mesophoyx intermedia branchyrhyncha | Yellow-billed Egret |
| Ardea cinerea cinerea | Grey Heron |
| Casmerodius albus melanorhynchos | Great Egret |
| Mycteria ibis | Yellow-billed Stork |
| Leptoptilos crumeniferus | Marabou Stork |
| Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris | Hadada Ibis |
| Threskiornis aethiopicus aethiopicus | Sacred Ibis |
| Plegadis falcinellus falcinellus | Glossy Ibis |
| Alopochen aegyptiacus | Egyptian Goose |
| Plectropterus gambensis gambensis | Spur-winged Goose |
| Amadina fasciata | Cut-throat Finch |
| Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos | Knob-billed Duck |
| Polyboroides typus typus | African Harrier-Hawk |
| Melierax poliopterus | Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk |
| Micronisus gabar aequatorius | Gabar Goshawk |
| Haliaeetus vocifer | African Fish Eagle |
| Francolinus sephaena | Crested Francolin |
| Francolinus leucoscepus | Yellow-necked Spurfowl |
| Numida meleagris | Helmeted Guineafowl |
| Amaurornis flavirostris | Black Crake |
| Gallinula angulata | Lesser Moorhen |
| Gallinula chloropus meridionalis | Common Moorhen |
| Eupodotis ruficrista gindiana | Crested Bustard |
| Actophilornis africanus | African Jacana |
| Burhinus oedicnemus oedicnemus | Stone Curlew |
| Vanellus armatus | Blacksmith Plover |
| Vanellus spinosus | Spur-winged Plover |
| Vanellus tectus | Black-headed Plover |
| Vanellus coronatus coronatus | Crowned Plover |
| Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris | Three-banded Plover |
| Limosa limosa limosa | Black-tailed Godwit |
| Actitis hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper |
| Tringa ochropus | Green Sandpiper |
| Pterocles decoratus | Black-faced Sandgrouse |
| Columba guinea guinea | Speckled Pigeon |
| Streptopelia semitorquata | Red-eyed Dove |
| Poicephalus rufiventris rufiventris | African Orange-bellied Parrot |
| Criniferoides leucogaster | White-bellied Go-away-bird |
| Colius leucocephalus turneri | White-headed Mousebird |
| Halcyon albiventris orientalis | Brown-hooded Kingfisher |
| Halcyon leucocephala leucocephala | Grey-headed Kingfisher |
| Halcyon chelicuti chelicuti | Striped Kingfisher |
| Ceryle rudis rudis | Pied Kingfisher |
| Megaceryle maxima maxima | Giant Kingfisher |
| Merops apiaster | Eurasian Bee-eater |
| Coracias garrulus garrulus | Eurasian Roller |
| Coracias caudata | Lilac-breasted Roller |
| Rhinopomastus minor cabanisi | Abyssinian Scimitarbill |
| Tockus erythrorhynchus erythrorhynchus | Red-billed Hornbill |
| Tockus deckeni | Von der Decken's Hornbill |
| Tockus nasutus | African Grey Hornbill |
| Trachyphonus darnaudii | D'Arnaud's Barbet |
| Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | Red-and-yellow Barbet |
| Motacilla aguimp vidua | African Pied Wagtail |
| Anthus cinnamomeus lacuum | Grassland Pipit |
| Hirundo rustica rustica | Barn Swallow |
| Hirundo abyssinica unitatis | Lesser Striped Swallow |
| Pycnonotus barbatus | Common Bulbul |
| Oenanthe oenanthe | Northern Wheatear |
| Monticola saxatilis | Common Rock Thrush |
| Bradornis microrhynchus | African Grey Flycatcher |
| Eremomela icteropygialis | Yellow-bellied Eremomela |
| Eurocephalus rueppellii | Northern White-crowned Shrike |
| Lanius isabellinus | Red-tailed Shrike |
| Lanius cabanisi | Long-tailed Fiscal |
| Lanius dorsalis | Taita Fiscal |
| Nilaus afer | Brubru |
| Rhodophoneus cruentus | Rosy-patched Bush-shrike |
| Dicrurus adsimilis | Common Drongo |
| Lamprotornis chalybaeus | Greater Blue-eared Starling |
| Lamprotornis hildebrandti | Hildebrandt's Starling |
| Cosmopsarus regius | Golden-breasted Starling |
| Lamprotornis superbus | Superb Starling |
| Spreo fischeri | Fischer's Starling |
| Buphagus africanus africanus | Yellow-billed Oxpecker |
| Anthreptes orientalis | Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird |
| Nectarinia hunteri | Hunter's Sunbird |
| Nectarinia venusta | Variable Sunbird |
| Passer eminibey | Chestnut Sparrow |
| Bubalornis niger intermedius | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Dinemellia dinemelli | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Pseudonigrita cabanisi | Black-capped Social-Weaver |
| Ploceus castaneiceps | Taveta Golden Weaver |
| Ploceus velatus uluensis | Vitelline Masked Weaver |
| Ploceus cucullatus | Black-headed Weaver |
| Quelea quelea aethiopica | Red-billed Quelea |
| Euplectes albonotatus eques | White-winged Widowbird |