Checklist for Western, KE

eBird Field Checklist

Western, KE

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636 species (+58 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Egyptian Goose

Spur-winged Goose

African Pygmy-Goose

Garganey

Blue-billed Teal

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

duck sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Western Crested Guineafowl

Crested Francolin

Ring-necked Francolin

Red-winged Francolin

Elgon Francolin

Blue Quail

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Jackson's Spurfowl

Scaly Spurfowl

Red-necked Spurfowl

Grebes

Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Rameron Pigeon

Delegorgue's Pigeon

Lemon Dove

Dusky Turtle-Dove

Mourning Collared-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

African Green-Pigeon

pigeon/dove sp.

Turacos

Great Blue Turaco

Black-billed Turaco

White-crested Turaco

Hartlaub's Turaco

Ross's Turaco

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

Eastern Plantain-eater

Cuckoos

Senegal Coucal

Blue-headed Coucal

White-browed Coucal

coucal sp.

Blue Malkoha

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Standard-winged Nightjar

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Montane Nightjar

Swamp Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Slender-tailed Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Sabine's Spinetail

Scarce Swift

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Common Swift

Nyanza Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

Horus Swift

White-rumped Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Flufftails

White-spotted Flufftail

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Red-chested Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Black Crake

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Long-toed Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Black-winged Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Caspian Plover

Kittlitz's Plover

Greater Painted-Snipe

African Jacana

Great Snipe

African Snipe

Common Snipe

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Spotted Redshank

Common Greenshank

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Little Stint

Black-rumped Buttonquail

Rock Pratincole

shorebird sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Gull-billed Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

Storks

African Openbill

Black Stork

Abdim's Stork

White Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

Cormorants and Anhingas

African Darter

Long-tailed Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Dwarf Bittern

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black Heron

Little Egret

Striated Heron

Rufous-bellied Heron

Squacco Heron

Malagasy Pond-Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Yellow-billed Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Black-headed Heron

Goliath Heron

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

Bearded Vulture

European Honey-buzzard

African Cuckoo-Hawk

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Bateleur

Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Banded Snake-Eagle

Bat Hawk

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Booted Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Grasshopper Buzzard

Western Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

African Goshawk

Shikra

Levant Sparrowhawk

Little Sparrowhawk

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Mountain Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

African Scops-Owl

Grayish Eagle-Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Cape Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Red-chested Owlet

African Wood-Owl

Marsh Owl

owl sp.

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Bar-tailed Trogon

african trogon sp.

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

White-headed Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Crowned Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill

Kingfishers

Shining-blue Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Blue-breasted Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Blue-headed Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Blue-breasted Bee-eater

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Madagascar Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

European Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

Broad-billed Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Yellow-billed Barbet

Gray-throated Barbet

Moustached Tinkerbird

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

tinkerbird sp.

Yellow-spotted Barbet

Hairy-breasted Barbet

Red-fronted Barbet

Spot-flanked Barbet

White-headed Barbet

Black-billed Barbet

Double-toothed Barbet

Honeyguides

Cassin's Honeyguide

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Least Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

honeyguide sp.

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck

Rufous-necked Wryneck

Golden-crowned Woodpecker

Bearded Woodpecker

Speckle-breasted Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Brown-backed Woodpecker

African Gray Woodpecker

Brown-eared Woodpecker

Buff-spotted Woodpecker

Fine-banded Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Gray Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

Amur Falcon

Eleonora's Falcon

Sooty Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Red-headed Lovebird

Fischer's x Yellow-collared Lovebird (hybrid)

Gray Parrot

Red-fronted Parrot

Meyer's Parrot

African and Green Broadbills

African Broadbill

Cuckooshrikes

Gray Cuckooshrike

White-breasted Cuckooshrike

Black Cuckooshrike

Petit's Cuckooshrike

Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

Purple-throated Cuckooshrike

african cuckooshrike sp.

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

African Golden Oriole

Western Black-headed Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

Black-tailed Oriole

old world oriole sp.

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Chestnut Wattle-eye

Jameson's Wattle-eye

Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye

Chinspot Batis

Western Black-headed Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

African Shrike-flycatcher

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Northern Puffback

Pink-footed Puffback

Marsh Tchagra

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

tchagra sp.

Lühder's Bushshrike

Tropical Boubou

Black-headed Gonolek

Papyrus Gonolek

Slate-colored Boubou

Lowland Sooty Boubou

boubou sp.

Gray-green Bushshrike

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Black-fronted Bushshrike

Doherty's Bushshrike

Drongos

Sharpe's Drongo

Fork-tailed Drongo

Velvet-mantled Drongo

drongo sp.

Monarch Flycatchers

Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Black-headed x African Paradise-Flycatcher (hybrid)

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Red-tailed Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Gray-backed Fiscal

Yellow-billed Shrike

Mackinnon's Shrike

Northern Fiscal

Woodchat Shrike

shrike sp.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Piapiac

Cape Crow

Pied Crow

Fan-tailed Raven

White-necked Raven

Hyliotas

Yellow-bellied Hyliota

Southern Hyliota

Fairy Flycatchers

African Blue Flycatcher

Dusky Crested Flycatcher

White-tailed Crested Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-shouldered Black-Tit

White-bellied Tit

Dusky Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

African Penduline-Tit

Larks

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Flappet Lark

lark sp.

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Green Crombec

White-browed Crombec

Northern Crombec

Red-faced Crombec

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Cisticolas and Allies

Green-backed Eremomela

Turner's Eremomela

White-chinned Prinia

Black-collared Apalis

Green-backed Camaroptera

Olive-green Camaroptera

Buff-bellied Warbler

Black-throated Apalis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Buff-throated Apalis

Chestnut-throated Apalis

Gray Apalis

apalis sp.

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Banded Prinia

Red-winged Prinia

Black-faced Rufous-Warbler

Gray-capped Warbler

Red-faced Cisticola

Singing Cisticola

Whistling Cisticola

Chubb's Cisticola

Hunter's Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Carruthers's Cisticola

Stout Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

African Yellow-Warbler

Mountain Yellow-Warbler

Icterine Warbler

Hippolais sp.

Sedge Warbler

Marsh Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Greater Swamp Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Fan-tailed Grassbird

Evergreen-forest Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

White-winged Swamp Warbler

Highland Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

Gray-rumped Swallow

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Ethiopian Martin (undescribed form)

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Montane Blue Swallow

Barn Swallow

Angola Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Rufous-chested Swallow

Mosque Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Slender-billed Greenbul

Red-tailed Bristlebill

Yellow-throated Greenbul

Joyful Greenbul

Honeyguide Greenbul

Shelley's Greenbul

Eastern Mountain Greenbul

Little Greenbul

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Plain Greenbul

Gray Greenbul

Ansorge's Greenbul

Eurillas sp.

Cabanis's Greenbul

Toro Olive-Greenbul

greenbul sp.

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler

Willow Warbler

Common Chiffchaff

Brown Woodland-Warbler

Uganda Woodland-Warbler

Phylloscopus sp.

Hylias

Green Hylia

Sylviid Warblers

Eurasian Blackcap

Garden Warbler

African Hill Babbler

Barred Warbler

Brown Parisoma

Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Northern Yellow White-eye

Green/Northern Yellow White-eye

Ground Babblers and Allies

Brown Illadopsis

Pale-breasted Illadopsis

Mountain Illadopsis

Scaly-breasted Illadopsis

illadopsis sp.

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Brown Babbler

Black-lored Babbler

Treecreepers

African Spotted Creeper

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

Wattled Starling

Violet-backed Starling

Slender-billed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Waller's Starling

Sharpe's Starling

Stuhlmann's Starling

Rüppell's Starling

Superb Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Purple Starling

Bronze-tailed Starling

Lamprotornis sp.

myna/starling sp.

Thrushes

White-tailed Ant-Thrush

Abyssinian Ground-Thrush

Abyssinian Thrush

African Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Swamp Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Chapin's Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Silverbird

Northern Black-Flycatcher

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher

Brown-backed Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

Cape Robin-Chat

Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

robin-chat sp.

White-starred Robin

Brown-chested Alethe

Gray-winged Robin-Chat

Equatorial Akalat

White-throated Robin

Thrush Nightingale

Common Nightingale

Semicollared Flycatcher

European Pied Flycatcher

European Pied/Collared/Semicollared Flycatcher

Ficedula sp.

Common Redstart

Little Rock-Thrush

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

African Stonechat

Moorland Chat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Northern Anteater-Chat

Northern Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

Pied Wheatear

wheatear sp.

Dapple-throats

Gray-chested Babbler

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Western Violet-backed Sunbird

Green Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Green-headed Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Green-throated Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Tacazze Sunbird

Bronze Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Red-tufted Sunbird

Golden-winged Sunbird

Olive-bellied Sunbird

Northern Double-collared Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Red-chested Sunbird

Purple-banded Sunbird

Orange-tufted Sunbird

Superb Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

Copper Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Red-headed Malimbe

Red-headed Weaver

Baglafecht Weaver

Little Weaver

Slender-billed Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

Black-billed Weaver

Holub's Golden-Weaver

Northern Brown-throated Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Heuglin's Masked-Weaver

Vieillot's Black Weaver

Chestnut-and-black/Vieillot's Black Weaver

Village Weaver

Weyns's Weaver

Black-headed Weaver

Golden-backed Weaver

Yellow-mantled Weaver

Forest Weaver

Brown-capped Weaver

Ploceus sp.

Compact Weaver

Cardinal Quelea

Red-headed Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Black-winged Bishop

Black Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Yellow Bishop

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Red-cowled Widowbird

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Marsh Widowbird

Euplectes sp.

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Bronze Mannikin

Magpie Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Green-backed Twinspot

Abyssinian Crimsonwing

White-breasted Nigrita

Gray-headed Nigrita

Black-faced Waxbill

Black-crowned Waxbill

Kandt's Waxbill

Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Black-rumped Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Locustfinch

Cut-throat

Zebra Waxbill

Purple Grenadier

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Red-headed Bluebill

Black-bellied Seedcracker

Green-winged Pytilia

Brown Twinspot

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Black-bellied Firefinch

Bar-breasted Firefinch

firefinch sp.

estrildid finch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

whydah sp.

indigobird sp.

Parasitic Weaver

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Kenya Rufous Sparrow

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Parrot-billed Sparrow

Passer sp.

Wagtails and Pipits

Cape Wagtail

Mountain Wagtail

Gray Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

wagtail sp.

African Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Tree Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

pipit sp.

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Rosy-throated Longclaw

longclaw sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Oriole Finch

Yellow-fronted Canary

Western Citril

Southern Citril

Papyrus Canary

Black-throated Canary

Reichenow's Seedeater

White-bellied Canary

Brimstone Canary

Streaky Seedeater

Thick-billed Seedeater

West African Seedeater

african seedeater sp.

Yellow-crowned Canary

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Others

passerine sp.