eBird Field Checklist
Maasai Mara NR--Mara Triangle
, Rift Valley, KE
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482 species (+39 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Garganey
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
crested guineafowl sp.
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Red-winged Francolin
Blue Quail
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
old world quail sp.
Hildebrandt's Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Bustards
Kori Bustard
Denham's Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos
Schalow's Turaco
Ross's Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Sombre Nightjar
Montane Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Scarce Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Little/Baillon's Crake
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
crane sp.
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
lapwing sp.
Caspian Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
Eurasian Curlew
Great Snipe
African Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
Small Buttonquail
Three-banded Courser
Double-banded Courser
Temminck's Courser
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
White-winged Tern
Storks
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
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Cormorants and Anhingas
Long-tailed Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night 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
ibis sp.
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon
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
Greater Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila sp.
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
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Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
White-headed Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little 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
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Gray-throated Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Black-billed Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Honeyguides
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
honeyguide sp.
Woodpeckers
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eleonora's Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Meyer's Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Gray Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
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Wattle-eyes and Batises
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Gray-crested Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Slate-colored Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Magpie Shrike
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
shrike sp.
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Hyliotas
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Fairy Flycatchers
African Blue Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-bellied Tit
Red-throated Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
African Penduline-Tit
Larks
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Melodious Lark
Red-capped Lark
Somali Short-toed Lark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Miombo Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Gray Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Rock-loving Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Black-backed Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Basra Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Fan-tailed Grassbird
Highland Rush Warbler
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Martins and Swallows
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
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
South African Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Slender-billed Greenbul
Joyful Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Cabanis's Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Banded Parisoma
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Northern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Hildebrandt's Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
Abyssinian Thrush
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Silverbird
Northern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Sooty Chat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Familiar Chat
wheatear sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
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White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke's Weaver
Village Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Cardinal Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Red-cowled Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Jackson's Widowbird
Euplectes sp.
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Gray-headed Silverbill
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Black-faced Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
firefinch sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Swahili Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Mountain Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
pipit sp.
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw
longclaw sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
African Citril
Southern Citril
Reichenow's Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
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