Checklist for Central, KE

eBird Field Checklist

Central, KE

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461 species (+25 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year

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Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

White-backed Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Egyptian Goose

Spur-winged Goose

Blue-billed Teal

Northern Shoveler

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Red-billed Duck

Northern Pintail

Southern Pochard

Maccoa Duck

duck sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Eastern Crested Guineafowl

Crested Francolin

Elgon Francolin

Shelley's Francolin

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Jackson's Spurfowl

Scaly Spurfowl

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Grebes

Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Rameron Pigeon

Delegorgue's Pigeon

Lemon Dove

Dusky Turtle-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

African Green-Pigeon

pigeon/dove sp.

Turacos

Hartlaub's Turaco

Purple-crested Turaco

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Cuckoos

Blue-headed Coucal

White-browed Coucal

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Sombre Nightjar

Montane Nightjar

Swifts

Mottled Spinetail

Scarce Swift

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Common Swift

Nyanza Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Flufftails

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Black Crake

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Long-toed Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Black-winged Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Kittlitz's Plover

Greater Painted-Snipe

Lesser Jacana

African Jacana

African Snipe

Common Snipe

snipe sp.

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Ruff

Little Stint

Small Buttonquail

Temminck's Courser

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Gull-billed Tern

Whiskered Tern

Storks

African Openbill

Black Stork

Abdim's Stork

White 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

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Little Egret

Striated Heron

Squacco 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

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

European Honey-buzzard

African Cuckoo-Hawk

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Bat Hawk

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Booted Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Cassin's Hawk-Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Western Marsh Harrier

African Goshawk

Little Sparrowhawk

Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Mountain Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Cape Eagle-Owl

African Wood-Owl

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Bar-tailed Trogon

african trogon sp.

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

White-headed Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Abyssinian Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Crowned Hornbill

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Brown-hooded 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

European Bee-eater

European Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Red-and-yellow Barbet

D'Arnaud's Barbet

White-eared Barbet

Moustached Tinkerbird

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Barbet

Spot-flanked Barbet

White-headed Barbet

Honeyguides

Green-backed Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Rufous-necked Wryneck

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Brown-backed Woodpecker

Mountain Gray Woodpecker

Fine-banded Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Amur Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

falcon sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Red-fronted Parrot

Cuckooshrikes

Gray Cuckooshrike

Black Cuckooshrike

Purple-throated Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

African Golden Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

Black-tailed Oriole

old world oriole sp.

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Chinspot Batis

Bushshrikes and Allies

Black-backed Puffback

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Tropical Boubou

Slate-colored Boubou

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Black-fronted Bushshrike

Doherty's 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

Northern Fiscal

shrike sp.

White-rumped Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Cape Crow

Pied Crow

White-necked Raven

Fairy Flycatchers

White-tailed Crested Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-bellied Tit

Larks

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Flappet Lark

Red-capped Lark

lark sp.

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

White-browed Crombec

Red-faced Crombec

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Greencap Eremomela

Black-collared Apalis

Gray Wren-Warbler

Green-backed Camaroptera

Buff-bellied Warbler

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

Winding Cisticola

Levaillant's Cisticola

Stout Cisticola

Aberdare Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Wing-snapping Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

African Yellow-Warbler

Mountain Yellow-Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Evergreen-forest Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Highland Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Barn Swallow

Angola Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Mosque Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Sombre Greenbul

Slender-billed Greenbul

Eastern Mountain Greenbul

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Northern Brownbul

Gray-olive Greenbul

Cabanis's Greenbul

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Willow Warbler

Common Chiffchaff

Brown Woodland-Warbler

Phylloscopus sp.

Sylviid Warblers

Eurasian Blackcap

Garden Warbler

African Hill Babbler

Brown Parisoma

Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Pale White-eye

Kikuyu White-eye

Northern Yellow White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Rufous Chatterer

Hinde's Pied-Babbler

Black-lored Babbler

Northern Pied-Babbler

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

Abbott's Starling

Hildebrandt's Starling

Rüppell's Starling

Superb Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

myna/starling sp.

Thrushes

Abyssinian Ground-Thrush

Orange Ground-Thrush

Abyssinian Thrush

African Bare-eyed Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher

Brown-backed Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

Cape Robin-Chat

Rüppell's Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat

Spotted Morning-Thrush

White-starred Robin

Brown-chested Alethe

Thrush Nightingale

Little Rock-Thrush

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

African Stonechat

Moorland Chat

Northern Anteater-Chat

Northern Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

Pied Wheatear

Abyssinian Wheatear

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Green-headed Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Tacazze Sunbird

Bronze Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Red-tufted Sunbird

Golden-winged Sunbird

Northern Double-collared Sunbird

Eastern Double-collared Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Black-bellied Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

Speckle-fronted Weaver

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Gray-headed Social-Weaver

Red-headed Weaver

Baglafecht Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

African Golden-Weaver

Holub's Golden-Weaver

Golden Palm Weaver

Vitelline Masked-Weaver

Speke's Weaver

Village Weaver

Chestnut Weaver

Brown-capped Weaver

Ploceus sp.

Cardinal Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Yellow Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Red-cowled Widowbird

Long-tailed Widowbird

Jackson's Widowbird

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Bronze Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Abyssinian Crimsonwing

Gray-headed Nigrita

nigrita sp.

Black-faced Waxbill

Kandt's Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Zebra Waxbill

Purple Grenadier

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Green-winged Pytilia

Orange-winged Pytilia

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

whydah sp.

Parasitic Weaver

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Kenya Rufous Sparrow

Parrot-billed Sparrow

Chestnut Sparrow

Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Cape Wagtail

Mountain Wagtail

Gray Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

African Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Tree Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Sharpe's Longclaw

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

African Citril

Reichenow's Seedeater

White-bellied Canary

Brimstone Canary

Streaky Seedeater

Thick-billed Seedeater

Yellow-crowned Canary

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Others

passerine sp.