Checklist for Kenya

eBird Field Checklist

Kenya

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705 species (+22 other taxa) -

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Somali Ostrich

Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

White-backed Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Egyptian Goose

Spur-winged Goose

Blue-billed Teal

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Cape Teal

Red-billed Duck

Southern Pochard

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Vulturine Guineafowl

Eastern Crested Guineafowl

Stone Partridge

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Shelley's Francolin

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Jackson's Spurfowl

Hildebrandt's Spurfowl

Scaly Spurfowl

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Red-necked Spurfowl

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Eared Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Rameron Pigeon

Delegorgue's Pigeon

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.

Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Black-faced Sandgrouse

Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse

Bustards

Kori Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Buff-crested Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

Hartlaub's Bustard

Turacos

Great Blue Turaco

Schalow's Turaco

Black-billed Turaco

Hartlaub's Turaco

Ross's Turaco

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Eastern Plantain-eater

Cuckoos

Blue-headed Coucal

White-browed Coucal

Black Coucal

Blue Malkoha

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Nightjars

Sombre Nightjar

Montane Nightjar

Swamp Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Slender-tailed Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Bat-like Spinetail

Scarce Swift

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Nyanza Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

Horus Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Flufftails

White-spotted Flufftail

Red-chested Flufftail

flufftail sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Black Crake

Baillon's Crake

rail/crake sp.

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Senegal Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Three-banded Plover

Long-toed Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Black-headed Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Black-winged Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Kittlitz's Plover

Chestnut-banded Plover

White-fronted Plover

Greater Painted-Snipe

African Jacana

Whimbrel

Black-tailed Godwit

Common Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Curlew Sandpiper

Little Stint

Small Buttonquail

Three-banded Courser

Double-banded Courser

Somali Courser

Temminck's Courser

Collared Pratincole

Madagascar Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Sooty Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

African Skimmer

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

Lesser Crested Tern

Great Crested Tern

Storks

African Openbill

African Woolly-necked 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

White-backed Night Heron

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

Olive Ibis

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Secretarybird

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

White-headed Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Rüppell's Griffon

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Bat Hawk

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Eastern Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

African Marsh Harrier

African Goshawk

Shikra

Little Sparrowhawk

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Mountain Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

hawk sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

African Scops-Owl

Grayish Eagle-Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

African Wood-Owl

Marsh Owl

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

White-headed Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Bar-tailed Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Violet Woodhoopoe

White-headed Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Abyssinian Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Crowned Hornbill

Hemprich's Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill

Trumpeter Hornbill

Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Mangrove Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Blue-headed Bee-eater

White-fronted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Somali Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Madagascar Bee-eater

Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Lilac-breasted Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

Broad-billed Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Yellow-billed Barbet

Red-and-yellow Barbet

D'Arnaud's Barbet

Green Barbet

Gray-throated Barbet

White-eared Barbet

Moustached Tinkerbird

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

Yellow-spotted Barbet

Hairy-breasted Barbet

Red-fronted Barbet

Spot-flanked Barbet

Black-throated Barbet

White-headed Barbet

Brown-breasted Barbet

Double-toothed Barbet

Honeyguides

Green-backed Honeyguide

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Least Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

honeyguide sp.

Woodpeckers

Rufous-necked Wryneck

Golden-crowned Woodpecker

Bearded Woodpecker

Speckle-breasted Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Brown-backed Woodpecker

African Gray Woodpecker

Mountain Gray Woodpecker

Buff-spotted Woodpecker

Fine-banded Woodpecker

Green-backed Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

Mombasa Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Pygmy Falcon

Eurasian Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Gray Kestrel

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Red-headed Lovebird

Fischer's x Yellow-collared Lovebird (hybrid)

Red-fronted Parrot

Meyer's Parrot

Red-bellied Parrot

African and Green Broadbills

African Broadbill

Cuckooshrikes

Gray Cuckooshrike

Black Cuckooshrike

Petit's Cuckooshrike

Purple-throated Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

African Golden Oriole

Western Black-headed Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

Black-tailed Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Jameson's Wattle-eye

Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye

Short-tailed Batis

Chinspot Batis

Western Black-headed Batis

Eastern Black-headed Batis

Pygmy Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Gray-crested Helmetshrike

Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike

African Shrike-flycatcher

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Northern Puffback

Pringle's Puffback

Black-backed Puffback

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Three-streaked Tchagra

tchagra sp.

Red-naped Bushshrike

Lühder's Bushshrike

Tropical Boubou

Zanzibar Boubou

Black-headed Gonolek

Papyrus Gonolek

Slate-colored Boubou

Rosy-patched Bushshrike

Gray-green Bushshrike

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Black-fronted Bushshrike

Doherty's Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Sharpe's Drongo

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Crested Flycatcher

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Gray-backed Fiscal

Long-tailed Fiscal

Magpie Shrike

Taita Fiscal

Mackinnon's Shrike

Northern Fiscal

shrike sp.

White-rumped Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Piapiac

House Crow

Cape Crow

Pied Crow

Fan-tailed Raven

White-necked Raven

Hyliotas

Yellow-bellied Hyliota

Fairy Flycatchers

African Blue Flycatcher

Dusky Crested Flycatcher

White-tailed Crested Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-bellied Tit

Dusky Tit

Somali Tit

Red-throated Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit

African Penduline-Tit

Larks

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark

Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark

Pink-breasted Lark

Fawn-colored Lark

Red-winged Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Flappet Lark

Williams's Lark

Singing Bushlark

Red-capped Lark

Somali Short-toed Lark

Short-tailed Lark

lark sp.

Nicators

Eastern Nicator

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

White-browed Crombec

Northern Crombec

Red-faced Crombec

Somali Crombec

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-vented Eremomela

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Greencap Eremomela

Turner's Eremomela

White-chinned Prinia

Black-collared Apalis

Gray Wren-Warbler

Green-backed Camaroptera

Olive-green Camaroptera

Buff-bellied Warbler

Black-throated Apalis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Buff-throated Apalis

Chestnut-throated Apalis

Black-headed Apalis

Gray Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Pale Prinia

Banded Prinia

Red-fronted Prinia

Black-faced Rufous-Warbler

Gray-capped Warbler

Red-faced Cisticola

Singing Cisticola

Whistling Cisticola

Chubb's Cisticola

Hunter's Cisticola

Boran Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Ashy Cisticola

Coastal Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Carruthers's Cisticola

Levaillant's Cisticola

Stout Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Aberdare Cisticola

Tabora Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Tiny Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Black-backed Cisticola

Pectoral-patch Cisticola

Wing-snapping Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

African Yellow-Warbler

Mountain Yellow-Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Greater Swamp Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Evergreen-forest Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Little Rush Warbler

White-winged Swamp Warbler

Highland Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Rock Martin

Barn Swallow

Ethiopian Swallow

Angola Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Rufous-chested Swallow

Mosque Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Sombre Greenbul

Slender-billed Greenbul

Red-tailed Bristlebill

Yellow-throated Greenbul

Joyful Greenbul

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Shelley's Greenbul

Eastern Mountain Greenbul

Little Greenbul

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Plain Greenbul

Ansorge's Greenbul

Tiny Greenbul

Terrestrial Brownbul

Northern Brownbul

Fischer's Greenbul

Cabanis's Greenbul

Toro Olive-Greenbul

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Brown Woodland-Warbler

Uganda Woodland-Warbler

Hylias

Green Hylia

Bush Warblers and Allies

Yellow Flycatcher

Sylviid Warblers

African Hill Babbler

Banded Parisoma

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Pale White-eye

Kikuyu White-eye

Northern Yellow White-eye

Ground Babblers and Allies

Mountain Illadopsis

Scaly-breasted Illadopsis

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Rufous Chatterer

Scaly Chatterer

Brown Babbler

Hinde's Pied-Babbler

Scaly Babbler

Arrow-marked Babbler

Black-lored Babbler

Northern Pied-Babbler

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

Wattled Starling

Violet-backed Starling

Slender-billed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Waller's Starling

Bristle-crowned Starling

Magpie Starling

Abbott's Starling

Stuhlmann's Starling

Black-bellied Starling

Hildebrandt's Starling

Rüppell's Starling

Golden-breasted Starling

Superb Starling

Fischer's Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

myna/starling sp.

Thrushes

Red-tailed Ant-Thrush

White-tailed Ant-Thrush

Spotted Ground-Thrush

Abyssinian Ground-Thrush

Abyssinian Thrush

African Bare-eyed Thrush

African Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

Swamp Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Chapin's Flycatcher

Silverbird

Northern Black-Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher

Bearded Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

Cape Robin-Chat

Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat

Rüppell's Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

Collared Palm-Thrush

Spotted Morning-Thrush

White-starred Robin

Brown-chested Alethe

Gray-winged Robin-Chat

Equatorial Akalat

East Coast Akalat

Little Rock-Thrush

African Stonechat

Moorland Chat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Sooty Chat

Northern Anteater-Chat

Capped Wheatear

Familiar Chat

Brown-tailed Chat

Abyssinian Wheatear

wheatear sp.

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

Green Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Green-headed Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Green-throated Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Hunter's Sunbird

Tacazze Sunbird

Bronze Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Red-tufted Sunbird

Golden-winged Sunbird

Olive-bellied Sunbird

Northern Double-collared Sunbird

Eastern Double-collared Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Red-chested Sunbird

Black-bellied Sunbird

Purple-banded Sunbird

Tsavo Sunbird

Shining Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

Copper Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

White-headed Buffalo-Weaver

Speckle-fronted Weaver

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver

Rufous-tailed Weaver

Gray-headed Social-Weaver

Black-capped Social-Weaver

Red-headed Malimbe

Red-headed Weaver

Baglafecht Weaver

Little Weaver

Slender-billed Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Olive-naped/Black-necked Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

Black-billed Weaver

African Golden-Weaver

Holub's Golden-Weaver

Golden Palm Weaver

Taveta Golden-Weaver

Northern Brown-throated Weaver

Northern Masked-Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Vitelline Masked-Weaver

Speke's Weaver

Vieillot's Black Weaver

Village Weaver

Black-headed Weaver

Golden-backed Weaver

Chestnut Weaver

Forest Weaver

Brown-capped Weaver

Cardinal Quelea

Red-headed Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Zanzibar Red Bishop

Black-winged Bishop

Black Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Fire-fronted Bishop

Yellow Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Red-cowled Widowbird

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Long-tailed Widowbird

Jackson's Widowbird

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Gray-headed Silverbill

Bronze Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

African Silverbill

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Abyssinian Crimsonwing

White-breasted Nigrita

Gray-headed Nigrita

Black-faced Waxbill

Black-cheeked Waxbill

Kandt's Waxbill

Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Black-rumped Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Cut-throat

Zebra Waxbill

Purple Grenadier

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Blue-capped Cordonbleu

Red-headed Bluebill

Green-winged Pytilia

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Jameson's Firefinch

Bar-breasted Firefinch

estrildid finch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Steel-blue Whydah

Straw-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

Parasitic Weaver

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Kenya Rufous Sparrow

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Parrot-billed Sparrow

Swahili Sparrow

Chestnut Sparrow

Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Cape Wagtail

Mountain Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

African Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Malindi Pipit

Sokoke Pipit

pipit sp.

Golden Pipit

Sharpe's Longclaw

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Pangani Longclaw

Rosy-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

African Citril

Southern Citril

Reichenow's Seedeater

White-bellied Canary

Southern Grosbeak-Canary

Brimstone Canary

Streaky Seedeater

Thick-billed Seedeater

Yellow-crowned Canary

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

Somali Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Striolated Bunting