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Bird list for Kenya and NE Tanzania, July 2003,
Rob Bouwman and Remco Hofland(A fuller, Excel version of this file, showing day to day sightings is available from Remco at the e-mail address below.)
| BIRDS | |
| Struthionidae | |
| Ostrich | Struthio camelus |
| Somali Ostrich | Struthio molybdophanes |
| Phasianidae | |
| Coqui Francolin | Peliperdix coqui |
| Crested Francolin | Peliperdix sephaena |
| Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi |
| Hildebrandt's Francolin | Pternistis hildebrandti |
| Scaly Francolin | Pternistis squamatus |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus |
| Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer |
| Jackson's Francolin | Pternistis jacksoni |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
| Numididae | |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani |
| Dendrocygnidae | |
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus |
| Anatidae | |
| Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa |
| Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| Hottentot Teal | Anas hottentota |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma |
| Turnicidae | |
| Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvatica |
| Indicatoridae | |
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| Green-backed Honeyguide | Prodotiscus zambesiae |
| Picidae | |
| Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
| Mombasa Woodpecker | Campethera mombassica |
| Little Spotted Woodpecker | Campethera cailliautii |
| Brown-eared Woodpecker | Campethera caroli |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Dendropicos namaquus |
| Golden-crowned Woodpecker | Dendropicos xantholophus |
| Grey-headed Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus |
| Lybiidae | |
| Grey-throated Barbet | Gymnobucco bonapartei |
| White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis |
| Green Barbet | Stactolaema olivacea |
| Moustached Green-Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
| Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus |
| Yellow-spotted Barbet | Buccanodon duchaillui |
| Hairy-breasted Barbet | Tricholaema hirsuta |
| Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata |
| Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa |
| Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala |
| White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus |
| Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito |
| Double-toothed Barbet | Lybius bidentatus |
| Usambiro Barbet | Trachyphonus usambiro |
| Yellow-billed Barbet | Trachyphonus purpuratus |
| Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus |
| D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii |
| Bucerotidae | |
| Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris |
| Jackson's Hornbill | Tockus jacksoni |
| Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni |
| Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus |
| Hemprich's Hornbill | Tockus hemprichii |
| African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus |
| Trumpeter Hornbill | Ceratogymna bucinator |
| Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Ceratogymna brevis |
| Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Ceratogymna subcylindricus |
| Bucorvidae | |
| Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri |
| Upupidae | |
| African Hoopoe | Upupa africana |
| Phoeniculidae | |
| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis |
| White-headed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei |
| Rhinopomastidae | |
| Common Scimitar-bill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
| Abyssinian Scimitar-bill | Rhinopomastus minor |
| Trogonidae | |
| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina |
| Coraciidae | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudata |
| Alcedinidae | |
| Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Alcedo cristata |
| African Pygmy-Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
| Halcyonidae | |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| Cerylidae | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| Meropidae | |
| Blue-headed Bee-eater | Merops muelleri |
| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates |
| Somali Bee-eater | Merops revoilii |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis |
| Madagascar Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus |
| Coliidae | |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
| Cuculidae | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| Yellowbill | Ceuthmochares aereus |
| Centropodidae | |
| Black Coucal | Centropus grillii |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| Psittacidae | |
| Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi |
| Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
| Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris |
| Lovebird hybrids | Agapornis fischeri x ??? |
| Apodidae | |
| Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus |
| African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
| Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| Horus Swift | Apus horus |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| Musophagidae | |
| Fischer's Turaco | Tauraco fischeri |
| Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi |
| White-crested Turaco | Tauraco leucolophus |
| Ross's Turaco | Musophaga rossae |
| Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides personatus |
| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides leucogaster |
| Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata |
| Strigidae | |
| Sokoke Scops-Owl EN | Otus ireneae |
| White-faced Scops-Owl | Otus leucotis |
| Mackinder's Eagle-Owl | Bubo (capensis) mackinderi |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| Nduk (Usumbara) Eagle-Owl (T) VU | Bubo vosseleri |
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus |
| Greyish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens |
| African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| Red-chested Owlet | Glaucidium tephronotum |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis |
| Caprimulgidae | |
| Sombre (Dusky) Nightjar | Caprimulgus fraenatus |
| Usumbara Nightjar | Caprimulgus guttifer |
| Nubian Nightjar | Caprimulgus nubicus |
| Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus |
| Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus |
| Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii |
| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Macrodipteryx vexillarius |
| Columbidae | |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| African Olive-Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba delegorguei |
| Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calva |
| Otididae | |
| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
| Buff-crested Bustard | Eupodotis gindiana |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis |
| Gruidae | |
| Grey Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
| Heliornithidae | |
| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis |
| Rallidae | |
| White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra |
| Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostra |
| African Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| Pteroclidae | |
| Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis |
| Black-faced Sandgrouse | Pterocles decoratus |
| Scolopacidae | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| Common Sandpiper | Tringa hypoleucos |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
| Jacanidae | |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| Burhinidae | |
| Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis |
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
| Charadriidae | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus |
| Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| Glareolidae | |
| Crab Plover | Dromas ardeola |
| Heuglin's(Three-banded) Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus |
| Somali Courser | Cursorius somalensis |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii |
| Madagascar Pratincole | Glareola ocularis |
| Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis |
| Laridae | |
| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris |
| Sooty Gull | Larus hemprichii |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| Grey-headed Gull | Larus cirrocephalus |
| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica |
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| Accipitridae | |
| African Baza | Aviceda cuculoides |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| Yellow-billed Kite | Milvus parasitus |
| African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppellii |
| Lappet-faced Vulture VU | Torgos tracheliotus |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| Fasciated Snake-Eagle | Circaetus fasciolatus |
| Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| African Marsh-Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
| Gabar Goshawk | Melierax gabar |
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus |
| Black Goshawk (Gr.Sparrowhawk) | Accipiter melanoleucus |
| Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus spilogaster |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| Crowned Hawk-Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
| Sagittariidae | |
| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
| Falconidae | |
| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| Grey Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus |
| African Hobby | Falco cuvierii |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| Podicipedidae | |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
| Anhingidae | |
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
| Phalacrocoracidae | |
| Long-tailed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| Ardeidae | |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus payesi |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| Madagascar Pond-Heron VU | Ardeola idae |
| Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striatus |
| Scopidae | |
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| Phoenicopteridae | |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoenicopterus minor |
| Threskiornithidae | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
| Pelecanidae | |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
| Ciconiidae | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumeniferus |
| Eurylaimidae | |
| African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis |
| Laniidae | |
| Grey-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides |
| Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi |
| Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis |
| Common Fiscal | Lanius collaris |
| White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus rueppelli |
| Corvidae | |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens |
| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus |
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis |
| African Golden-Oriole | Oriolus auratus |
| Green-headed Oriole | Oriolus chlorocephalus |
| Western Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus brachyrhynchus |
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
| Black-tailed (Montane) Oriole | Oriolus percivali |
| Grey Cuckooshrike | Coracina caesia |
| Black Cuckoo-shrike | Campephaga flava |
| Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike | Campephaga quiscalina |
| Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| Yellow Flycatcher | Erythrocercus holochlorus |
| African Blue-Flycatcher | Elminia longicauda |
| Dusky Crested-Flycatcher | Elminia nigromitrata |
| White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher | Elminia albonotata |
| African Crested-Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | White phase |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla affinis |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus c. hamatus |
| Pink-footed Puffback | Dryoscopus angolensis |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| Luehder's Bushshrike | Laniarius luehderi |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus |
| Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus |
| Grey-green Bushshrike | Telophorus bocagei |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus |
| Black-fronted Bushshrike | Telophorus nigrifrons |
| Grey-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
| White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
| Grey-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops poliolophus |
| Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii |
| Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike | Prionops scopifrons |
| African Shrike-flycatcher | Bias flammulatus |
| Short-tailed (Forest) Batis | Batis mixta |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| Pale Batis | Batis soror |
| Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo |
| Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea |
| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata |
| Chestnut Wattle-eye | Platysteira castanea |
| Jameson's Wattle-eye | Platysteira jamesoni |
| Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye | Platysteira concreta |
| Muscicapidae | |
| Red-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus rufus |
| White-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis |
| Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus |
| Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Zoothera piaggiae |
| Spotted Ground-Thrush EN | Zoothera guttata |
| African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
| Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus |
| Taita Thrush CR | Turdus helleri |
| Brown-chested Alethe | Alethe poliocephala |
| White-chested Alethe (T) | Alethe fuelleborni |
| Silverbird | Empidornis semipartitus |
| Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus |
| Large (Afr. Grey) Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus |
| Abyssinian (Wh-eyed) Slaty-Flycatche | Dioptrornis fischeri |
| Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides |
| Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
| Swamp Alseonax | Muscicapa aquatica |
| Dusky Alseonax | Muscicapa adusta |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata |
| Equatorial Akalat | Sheppardia aequatorialis |
| Sharpe's Akalat (T) | Sheppardia sharpei |
| East Coast Akalat VU | Sheppardia gunningi |
| Usumbara Akalat (T) EN | Sheppardia montana |
| Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra |
| Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat | Cossypha cyanocampter |
| Grey-winged Robin-Chat | Cossypha polioptera |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis |
| Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla |
| Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata |
| Bearded Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas quadrivirgata |
| Brown-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas hartlaubi |
| Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola axillaris |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| Moorland Chat | Cercomela sordida |
| Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops |
| Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra |
| Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
| Sturnidae | |
| Stuhlmann's Starling | Poeoptera stuhlmanni |
| Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki |
| Waller's Starling | Onychognathus walleri |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| Bristle-crowned Starling | Onychognathus salvadorii |
| Black-bellied Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis corruscus |
| Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| Rueppell's Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis purpuropterus |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
| Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti |
| Sharpe's Starling | Cinnyricinclus sharpii |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| Fischer's Starling | Spreo fischeri |
| Golden-breasted Starling | Cosmopsarus regius |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus |
| Paridae | |
| Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus |
| White-bellied Tit | Parus albiventris |
| Dusky Tit | Parus funereus |
| Red-throated Tit | Parus fringillinus |
| Somali (North. Grey) Tit | Parus thruppi |
| Hirundinidae | |
| Grey-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| Banded Martin | Riparia cincta |
| Rock Martin | Hirundo fuligula |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica |
| Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| Lesser Striped-Swallow | Hirundo abyssinica |
| Mosque Swallow | Hirundo senegalensis |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Hirundo daurica |
| White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps |
| Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne holomelas |
| Pycnonotidae | |
| Garden Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| Shelley's Greenbul | Andropadus masukuensis |
| Kakamega Greenbul | Andropadus kakamegae |
| Little Greenbul | Andropadus virens |
| (Little) Grey Greenbul | Andropadus gracilis |
| Ansorge's Greenbul | Andropadus ansorgei |
| Plain (Cameroon Sombre) Greenbul | Andropadus curvirostris |
| Slender-billed Greenbul | Andropadus gracilirostris |
| (Zanzibar) Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus |
| Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Andropadus latirostris |
| Mountain Greenbul | Andropadus nigriceps nigriceps |
| Mountain Greenbul | Andropadus n. kikuyensis |
| Stripe-cheeked Greenbul | Andropadus milanjensis |
| Honeyguide Greenbul | Baeopogon indicator |
| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| Joyful Greenbul | Chlorocichla laetissima |
| Cabanis's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi |
| Fischer's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus fischeri |
| Placid Greenbul | Phyllastrephus placidus |
| Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans |
| Toro Olive-Greenbul | Phyllastrephus hypochloris |
| Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus |
| Tiny Greenbul | Phyllastrephus debilis |
| Common Bristlebill | Bleda syndactyla |
| Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis |
| Priniidae | |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
| Trilling Cisticola | Cisticola woosnami |
| Hunter's Cisticola | Cisticola hunteri |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes |
| Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus |
| Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus |
| Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| Pale Prinia | Prinia somalica |
| White-chinned Prinia | Prinia leucopogon |
| Red-faced Apalis / Rufous-fronted Wrbl | Spiloptila rufifrons |
| Black-collared Apalis | Apalis pulchra |
| Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica |
| Taita Apalis CR | Apalis fuscigularis |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| Black-headed Apalis | Apalis melanocephala |
| Grey Apalis | Apalis cinerea |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| "Grey-backed" Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota |
| Grey Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex |
| Zosteropidae | |
| African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis |
| Broad-ringed (Montane) White-eye | Zosterops poliogaster |
| Taita White-eye EN | Zosterops silvanus |
| White-breasted (Abyss.) White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus |
| Sylviidae | |
| Grey-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida |
| African Bush-/ Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala |
| Cameroon Scrub(Evergreen Forest)Wr | Bradypterus lopezi |
| Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus |
| Black-faced Rufous Warbler | Bathmocercus rufus |
| African Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus |
| Lesser Swamp-Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| Mountain Flycatcher-(Yellow) Warbler | Chloropeta similis |
| Long-billed Tailorbird (T) CR | Orthotomus moreaui |
| African Tailorbird (T) | Orthotomus metopias |
| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| Turner's Eremomela EN | Eremomela turneri |
| Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura |
| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
| Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus ruficapillus |
| Uganda Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus budongoensis |
| Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens |
| Pale-breasted Illadopsis | Illadopsis rufipennis |
| Brown Illadopsis | Illadopsis fulvescens |
| Abyssinian Hill-Babbler | Pseudoalcippe abyssinica |
| Rufous Chatterer | Turdoides rubiginosus |
| Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei |
| Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleucus |
| Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus |
| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
| Alaudidae | |
| White-tailed Lark | Mirafra albicauda |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana |
| Pink-breasted Lark | Mirafra poecilosterna |
| Fischer's Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia |
| Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix signata |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
| Athi Short-toed Lark | Calandrella athensis |
| Short-tailed Lark | Pseudalaemon fremantlii |
| Nectariniidae | |
| Plain-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi |
| Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis |
| Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes neglectus |
| Amani Sunbird EN | Anthreptes pallidigaster |
| Green Sunbird | Anthreptes rectirostris |
| Collared Sunbird | Anthreptes collaris |
| Olive Sunbird | Nectarinia olivacea |
| Green-headed Sunbird | Nectarinia verticalis |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Nectarinia amethystina |
| Green-throated Sunbird | Nectarinia rubescens |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Nectarinia senegalensis |
| Hunter's Sunbird | Nectarinia hunteri |
| Variable Sunbird | Nectarinia venusta |
| Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Nectarinia preussi |
| Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Nectarinia mediocris |
| Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze |
| Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
| Golden-winged Sunbird | Nectarinia reichenowi |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa |
| Red-chested Sunbird | Nectarinia erythrocerca |
| Mariqua Sunbird | Nectarinia mariquensis |
| Purple-banded Sunbird | Nectarinia bifasciata |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Nectarinia pulchella |
| Passeridae | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Kenya Rufous-Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus |
| Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis |
| Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus |
| Yellow-spotted Petronia | Petronia pyrgita |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara |
| Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
| Sharpe's Pipit EN | Macronyx sharpei |
| Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae |
| Pangani Longclaw | Macronyx aurantiigula |
| Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis |
| Nairobi Pipit | Anthus (similis) chyuluensis |
| Sokoke Pipit EN | Anthus sokokensis |
| White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris |
| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli |
| Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus |
| Black-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus |
| Lesser Masked Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis |
| Black-billed Weaver | Ploceus melanogaster |
| African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus |
| Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| Golden Palm Weaver | Ploceus bojeri |
| Northern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus taeniopterus |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei |
| Vieillot's Black Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus |
| Black-headed (Yellow-backed) Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus |
| Golden-backed Weaver | Ploceus jacksoni |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| Forest Weaver | Ploceus bicolor |
| Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis |
| Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus |
| Red-headed Malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| Cardinal Quelea | Quelea cardinalis |
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
| Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
| Orange (Northern Red) Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus |
| Zanzibar Bishop | Euplectes nigroventris |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
| Yellow-shouldered Widowbird | Euplectes macrourus |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens |
| Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne |
| Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni |
| Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
| White-breasted Negrofinch | Nigrita fusconota |
| Grey-headed Negrofinch | Nigrita canicapilla |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula |
| Abyssinian Crimson-wing | Cryptospiza salvadorii |
| Red-headed Bluebill | Spermophaga ruficapilla |
| Peters's Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| Purple Grenadier | Uraeginthus ianthinogaster |
| Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Estrilda quartinia |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| Grey-headed Silverbill | Spermestes griseicapilla |
| Bronze Munia | Spermestes cucullata |
| Black-and-white Munia | Spermestes bicolor |
| African Silverbill | Lonchura cantans |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| Fringillidae | |
| Cape (Yellow-crowned) Canary | Serinus canicollis |
| African Citril | Serinus citrinelloides |
| East African Citril | Serinus hypostictus |
| Kenya Yellow-rumped Seedeater | Serinus reichenowi |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Serinus mozambicus |
| White-bellied Canary | Serinus dorsostriatus |
| Brimstone Canary | Serinus sulphuratus |
| Streaky Seedeater | Serinus striolatus |
| Thick-billed Seedeater | Serinus burtoni |
| Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| African Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
| Cabanis's Bunting (T) | Emberiza cabanisi |
| MAMMALS AND OTHERS | |
| Angola Pied Colobus | Colobus angolensis |
| Guereza Colobus | Colobus guereza |
| Olive Baboon | Papio anubis |
| Yellow Baboon | Papio cynocephalus |
| Vervet Monkey | Cercopithecus aethiops |
| Syke's Monkey | Cercopithecus spec. |
| Mount Kenya Sykes Monkey | Cercopithecus albogularis |
| Red-tailed Monkey | Cercopithecus cephus |
| Blue Monkey | Cercopithecus mitis |
| Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew | Rhynchocyon chrysopygus |
| Cape Hare | Lepus capensis |
| Red-legged Sun Squirrel | Heliosciurus rufobrachium |
| Olive Bush Squirrel | Paraxerus spec. |
| "Small Black Squirrel" | |
| Spring Hare | Pedetes capensis |
| Bat-eared Fox | Octocyon megalotis |
| Black-backed Jackel | Canis mesomelas |
| Zorilla | Ictonyx striatus |
| Banded Mongoose | Mungos mungo |
| Marsh Mongoose | Atilax paludinosus |
| White-tailed Mongoose | Ichneumia albicauda |
| Dwarf Mongoose | Helogale parvula |
| Striped Hyaena | Hyaena hyaena |
| Spotted Hyaena | Crocuta crocuta |
| Common Genet | Genetta genetta |
| Blotched Genet | Genetta tigrina |
| Cheetah | Acinonyx jubatus |
| Leopard | Panthera pardus |
| Lion | Panthera leo |
| Rock Hyrax | Procavia johnstoni |
| Tree Hyrax | Dendrohyrax arboreus |
| Tree Hyrax | Procavia ?????? |
| African Elephant | Loxodonta africana |
| Common Zebra | Equus quagga |
| Grevy's Zebra | Equus grevyi |
| Black Rhinoceros | Diceros bicornis |
| White Rhinoceros | Ceratotherium simum |
| Hippopotamus | Hippopotamus amphibius |
| Common Warthog | Phacochoerus africanus |
| Giraffe | Giraffe camelopardalis |
| Reticulared Giraffe | Giraffe reticulate |
| Rothschild's Giraffe | Giraffe rothchildi |
| African Buffalo | Syncerus caffer |
| Greater Kudu | Tragelaphus strepsiceros |
| Bushbuck | Tragelaphus scriptus |
| Sitatunga | Tragelaphus spekii |
| Eland | Taurotragus oryx |
| Red Duiker | Cephalophus spec. |
| Steinbuck | Raphicerus campestris |
| Kirk's Dikdik | Madoqua kirkii |
| Mountain Reedbuck | Redunca fulvorufula |
| Waterbuck | Kobus ellipsiprymnus |
| Thomson's Gazelle | Gazella rufifrons |
| Grant's Gazelle | Gazella granti |
| Gerenuk | Litocranius walleri |
| Impala | Aepyceros melampus |
| Topi | Damaliscus lunatus |
| Hartebeest | Alcelaphus buselaphus |
| Wildebeest | Connochaetes taurinus |
| Oryx | Oryx gazella |
| Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew | Rhynchocyon chrysopygus |
| Long-toed Elephant Shrew | Rhynchocyon tetradactylus |
| Nile Crocodile | (photographed) |
| Three-horned (Kikuyu) Chameleon | (photographed) |
| Small green chameleon | (photographed) |
| Green Treesnake | (photographed) |
| Nile Monitor |
Key and notes
| Black-headed (Yellow-backed) Weaver | (name according to Stevenson) |
| (T) | Tanzanian endemic |
| Jackson's Widowbird | East African endemic |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| CR | Critically endangered |
| P | pair |
| m | male |
| f | female |
| im | immature |
| HO | heard only |
| H | heard |
| X | recorded, no count |
| C | Common |
| VC | Very common |
| A | Abundant |
| 1+ | 1 seen, more heard |
| Inquiries about this report? | |
| Rob Bouwman | robbouwman@hetnet.nl |
| Remco Hofland | remcohofland@hetnet.nl |
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