Checklist for Kenya

eBird Field Checklist

Kenya

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510 species (+19 other taxa) -

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Somali Ostrich

Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-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

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Elgon Francolin

Shelley's Francolin

Harlequin Quail

Hildebrandt's Spurfowl

Scaly Spurfowl

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Red-necked Spurfowl

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Rameron Pigeon

Lemon Dove

Dusky Turtle-Dove

Mourning Collared-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

African Green-Pigeon

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

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Ross's Turaco

Schalow's Turaco

Hartlaub's Turaco

Fischer's Turaco

Cuckoos

White-browed Coucal

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Lesser Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Eurasian Nightjar

Donaldson Smith's Nightjar

Montane Nightjar

Slender-tailed Nightjar

Square-tailed Nightjar

Swifts

Mottled Spinetail

Bat-like Spinetail

Scarce Swift

Nyanza Swift

Little Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

Flufftails

Red-chested Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

African Swamphen

Black Crake

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Black-bellied Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Long-toed Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Black-headed Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Black-winged Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Tibetan Sand-Plover

Greater Sand-Plover

sand-plover sp.

Kittlitz's Plover

Lesser Jacana

African Jacana

Whimbrel

Black-tailed Godwit

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Spotted Redshank

Common Greenshank

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Temminck's Stint

Sanderling

Little Stint

Crab-Plover

Double-banded Courser

Temminck's Courser

Collared Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Sooty Gull

Gull-billed Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

Common Tern

Lesser Crested Tern

Great Crested Tern

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Storks

African Openbill

African Woolly-necked Stork

White Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

Cormorants and Anhingas

African Darter

Reed Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Olive Ibis

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black Heron

Little Egret

White-backed Night Heron

Striated Heron

Rufous-bellied Heron

Squacco Heron

Western Cattle-Egret

Great Egret

Yellow-billed Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Black-headed Heron

Goliath Heron

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Secretarybird

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

White-headed Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Rüppell's Griffon

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Gabar Goshawk

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Eastern Chanting-Goshawk

Little Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Western Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Augur Buzzard

Common Buzzard

hawk sp.

Owls

African Scops-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Marsh Owl

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Trogons and Quetzals

Bar-tailed Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Abyssinian Scimitarbill

Hornbills

African Gray Hornbill

Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Bee-eaters

White-fronted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Olive Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Rollers and Allies

European Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Purple Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Red-and-yellow Barbet

D'Arnaud's Barbet

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Barbet

Spot-flanked Barbet

White-headed Barbet

Brown-breasted Barbet

Honeyguides

Green-backed Honeybird

Lesser Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Mountain Gray Woodpecker

Fine-banded Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Pygmy Falcon

Lesser Kestrel

Amur Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

Lanner Falcon

falcon sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Fischer's x Yellow-collared Lovebird (hybrid)

Red-fronted Parrot

Meyer's Parrot

Red-bellied Parrot

Cuckooshrikes

Gray Cuckooshrike

Purple-throated Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

Black-tailed Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Chinspot Batis

Pygmy Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White-crested Helmetshrike

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Black-backed Puffback

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Three-streaked Tchagra

Tropical Boubou

Black-headed Gonolek

Slate-colored Boubou

Rosy-patched Bushshrike

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Red-tailed Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Gray-backed Fiscal

Long-tailed Fiscal

Taita Fiscal

Northern Fiscal

White-rumped Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

House Crow

Cape Crow

Pied Crow

Fan-tailed Raven

Fairy Flycatchers

White-tailed Crested Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-bellied Tit

Larks

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark

Pink-breasted Lark

Fawn-colored Lark

Singing Bushlark

Flappet Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Sentinel Lark

Red-winged Lark

Red-capped Lark

Nicators

Eastern Nicator

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

White-browed Crombec

Northern Crombec

Red-faced Crombec

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Gray Wren-Warbler

Green-backed Camaroptera

Buff-bellied Warbler

Taita Apalis

Black-throated Apalis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Chestnut-throated Apalis

Black-headed Apalis

Gray Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Gray-capped Warbler

Red-faced Cisticola

Singing Cisticola

Hunter's Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Ashy Cisticola

Coastal Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Stout Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Pectoral-patch Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

African Yellow-Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Evergreen-forest Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Little Rush Warbler

Highland Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Red-throated Crag-Martin

Barn Swallow

Ethiopian Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

African Red-rumped Swallow

European/African Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Mosque Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Sombre Greenbul

Slender-billed Greenbul

Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul

Olive-headed Greenbul

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Tiny Greenbul

Cabanis's Greenbul

greenbul sp.

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Willow Warbler

Brown Woodland-Warbler

Sylviid Warblers

Garden Warbler

African Hill Babbler

Banded Parisoma

Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Pale White-eye

Kikuyu White-eye

Taita White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Rufous Chatterer

Hinde's Pied-Babbler

Arrow-marked Babbler

Northern Pied-Babbler

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

Wattled Starling

Violet-backed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Waller's Starling

Black-bellied Starling

Hildebrandt's Starling

Rüppell's Starling

Superb Starling

Fischer's Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Thrushes

Abyssinian Thrush

African Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Silverbird

Southern Black-Flycatcher

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher

Brown-backed Scrub-Robin

White-browed Scrub-Robin

Cape Robin-Chat

Rüppell's Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat

Spotted Morning-Thrush

White-starred Robin

Thrush Nightingale

Common Nightingale

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

African Stonechat

Sooty Chat

Northern Anteater-Chat

Northern Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Green-headed Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Hunter's Sunbird

Tacazze Sunbird

Bronze Sunbird

Golden-winged Sunbird

Northern Double-collared Sunbird

Eastern Double-collared Sunbird

Gorgeous Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Black-bellied Sunbird

Purple-banded Sunbird

Tsavo Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

White-billed Buffalo-Weaver

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

White-headed Buffalo-Weaver

Speckle-fronted Weaver

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Gray-capped Social-Weaver

Black-capped Social-Weaver

Red-headed Weaver

Baglafecht Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

Holub's Golden-Weaver

Golden Palm Weaver

Taveta Golden-Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Vitelline Masked-Weaver

Speke's Weaver

Village Weaver

Golden-backed Weaver

Chestnut Weaver

Brown-capped Weaver

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Zanzibar Red Bishop

Black Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Fire-fronted Bishop

Yellow Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Red-cowled Widowbird

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Jackson's Widowbird

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Gray-headed Silverbill

Bronze Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

African Silverbill

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Gray-headed Nigrita

Black-faced Waxbill

Black-cheeked Waxbill

Kandt's Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Purple Grenadier

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Blue-capped Cordonbleu

Green-winged Pytilia

Orange-winged Pytilia

Brown Twinspot

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

firefinch sp.

estrildid finch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Straw-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

whydah sp.

indigobird sp.

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Somali Sparrow

Kenya Rufous Sparrow

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Parrot-billed Sparrow

Chestnut Sparrow

Passer sp.

Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Cape Wagtail

Mountain Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

wagtail sp.

African Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Striped Pipit

Tree Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

pipit sp.

Golden Pipit

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Pangani Longclaw

Rosy-throated Longclaw

longclaw sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

African Citril

Reichenow's Seedeater

White-bellied Canary

Southern Grosbeak-Canary

Brimstone Canary

Streaky Seedeater

Yellow-crowned Canary

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Others

passerine sp.