Checklist for Coast, KE

eBird Field Checklist

Coast, KE

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756 species (+109 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Somali Ostrich

Common/Somali Ostrich

Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

White-backed Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Egyptian Goose

Spur-winged Goose

African Pygmy-Goose

Garganey

Blue-billed Teal

Yellow-billed Duck

Cape Teal

Red-billed Duck

Northern Pintail

Southern Pochard

Maccoa Duck

duck sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Vulturine Guineafowl

Eastern Crested Guineafowl

crested guineafowl sp.

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Shelley's Francolin

Blue Quail

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

old world quail sp.

Hildebrandt's Spurfowl

Scaly Spurfowl

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Red-necked Spurfowl

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Rameron Pigeon

Delegorgue's Pigeon

Columba sp.

Lemon Dove

Mourning Collared-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.

Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Black-faced Sandgrouse

sandgrouse sp.

Bustards

Kori Bustard

Heuglin's Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Buff-crested Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

Hartlaub's Bustard

bustard sp.

Turacos

Fischer's Turaco

Hartlaub's Turaco

Purple-crested Turaco

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Cuckoos

White-browed Coucal

Black Coucal

Green Malkoha

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Lesser Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

African/Common Cuckoo

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Eurasian Nightjar

Sombre Nightjar

Nubian Nightjar

Donaldson Smith's Nightjar

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Plain Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Slender-tailed Nightjar

Square-tailed Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Mottled Spinetail

Bat-like Spinetail

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Common Swift

Nyanza Swift

African Swift

Forbes-Watson's Swift

Little Swift

Horus Swift

White-rumped Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

Corn Crake

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Black Crake

Baillon's Crake

rail/crake sp.

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Demoiselle Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Northern Lapwing

Long-toed Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Black-headed Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Caspian Plover

Tibetan Sand-Plover

Greater Sand-Plover

sand-plover sp.

Kittlitz's Plover

Chestnut-banded Plover

White-fronted Plover

Kentish Plover

small plover sp.

plover sp.

Greater Painted-Snipe

Lesser Jacana

African Jacana

Whimbrel

Eurasian Curlew

Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Great Snipe

Common Snipe

Red-necked Phalarope

Red/Red-necked Phalarope

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Spotted Redshank

Common Greenshank

Tringa sp.

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Ruff

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Temminck's Stint

Long-toed Stint

Sanderling

Little Stint

Pectoral Sandpiper

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

large shorebird sp.

Small Buttonquail

Quail-plover

Crab-Plover

Bronze-winged Courser

Three-banded Courser

Double-banded Courser

Somali Courser

Temminck's Courser

Black-winged Pratincole

Collared Pratincole

Madagascar Pratincole

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Brown Skua

jaeger sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Sabine's Gull

Slender-billed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Gray-hooded Gull

Pallas's Gull

Sooty Gull

Kelp Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

gull sp.

African Skimmer

Brown Noddy

Lesser Noddy

Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern

Little Tern

Saunders's Tern

Little/Saunders's Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias sp.

Arctic Tern

Common Tern

White-cheeked Tern

Roseate Tern

Sterna sp.

Sandwich Tern

Lesser Crested Tern

Great Crested Tern

Thalasseus sp.

large tern sp.

tern sp.

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird

Red-billed Tropicbird

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Albatrosses

White-capped Albatross

Black-browed Albatross

albatross sp.

Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

Leach's Storm-Petrel

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Cape Petrel

Antarctic Prion

Slender-billed Prion

prion sp.

Jouanin's Petrel

White-chinned Petrel

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater

Persian Shearwater

black-and-white shearwater sp.

Storks

African Openbill

Black Stork

Abdim's Stork

African Woolly-necked Stork

White Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

stork sp.

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Lesser Frigatebird

Great Frigatebird

frigatebird sp.

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

Cormorants and Anhingas

African Darter

Long-tailed Cormorant

Great Cormorant

cormorant sp.

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

Western Reef-Heron

White-backed Night Heron

Striated Heron

Squacco Heron

Malagasy Pond-Heron

pond-heron sp.

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Yellow-billed Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Black-headed Heron

Goliath Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

ibis sp.

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Secretarybird

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

Scissor-tailed Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

Bearded Vulture

Egyptian Vulture

European Honey-buzzard

African Cuckoo-Hawk

White-headed Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Rüppell's Griffon

old world vulture sp.

Bateleur

Short-toed Snake-Eagle

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Fasciated Snake-Eagle

Banded Snake-Eagle

snake-eagle sp.

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

Imperial Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Aquila sp.

Lizard Buzzard

Eastern Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Grasshopper Buzzard

Western Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

Pallid/Montagu's Harrier

harrier sp.

African Goshawk

Shikra

Levant Sparrowhawk

Little Sparrowhawk

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Mountain Buzzard

Long-legged Buzzard

Common/Long-legged Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Sokoke Scops-Owl

Eurasian Scops-Owl

African Scops-Owl

Southern White-faced Owl

Grayish Eagle-Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pel's Fishing-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

African Barred Owlet

African Wood-Owl

Marsh Owl

owl sp.

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

White-headed Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

mousebird sp.

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Violet Woodhoopoe

Green/Violet 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

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Trumpeter Hornbill

hornbill sp.

Kingfishers

Half-collared Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Mangrove Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

kingfisher sp.

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

White-fronted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Somali Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Böhm's Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Madagascar Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Northern Carmine Bee-eater

bee-eater sp.

European Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

Broad-billed Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Red-and-yellow Barbet

D'Arnaud's Barbet

Green Barbet

White-eared Barbet

Green Tinkerbird

Moustached Tinkerbird

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Barbet

Spot-flanked Barbet

Black-throated Barbet

White-headed Barbet

Black-collared Barbet

Brown-breasted Barbet

Honeyguides

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Pallid Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

honeyguide sp.

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Brown-backed Woodpecker

Mountain Gray Woodpecker

Green-backed Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

Reichenow's Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Mombasa Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Pygmy Falcon

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Dickinson's Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

Amur Falcon

Red-footed/Amur Falcon

Eleonora's Falcon

Sooty Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Taita Falcon

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Fischer's x Yellow-collared Lovebird (hybrid)

Meyer's Parrot

Brown-headed Parrot

Red-bellied Parrot

African and Green Broadbills

African Broadbill

Old World Pittas

African Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

Gray Cuckooshrike

Black Cuckooshrike

african cuckooshrike sp.

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

African Golden Oriole

Green-headed Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Short-tailed Batis

Chinspot Batis

Pale Batis

Eastern Black-headed Batis

Pygmy Batis

batis sp.

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Retz's Helmetshrike

Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Pringle's Puffback

Black-backed Puffback

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Three-streaked Tchagra

tchagra sp.

Red-naped Bushshrike

Coastal Boubou

Tropical Boubou

Zanzibar Boubou

Slate-colored Boubou

Rosy-patched Bushshrike

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Black-fronted Bushshrike

Four-colored Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Square-tailed Drongo

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Crested Flycatcher

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Red-tailed Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Long-tailed Fiscal

Taita Fiscal

Northern Fiscal

Woodchat Shrike

shrike sp.

White-rumped Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

House Crow

Pied Crow

White-necked Raven

crow/raven sp.

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-bellied Tit

Somali 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

Friedmann's Lark

Singing Bushlark

Red-capped Lark

Greater Short-toed Lark

Short-tailed Lark

lark sp.

Nicators

Eastern Nicator

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Northern Crombec

Red-faced Crombec

Somali Crombec

crombec sp.

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Kretschmer's Longbill

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-vented Eremomela

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Greencap Eremomela

Gray Wren-Warbler

Green-backed Camaroptera

Buff-bellied Warbler

Taita Apalis

White-winged Apalis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Black-headed Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Pale Prinia

Red-fronted Prinia

prinia sp.

Red-faced Cisticola

Singing Cisticola

Rock-loving Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Ashy Cisticola

Tana River Cisticola

Coastal Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Stout Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Tiny Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

African Yellow-Warbler

Upcher's Warbler

Olive-tree Warbler

Icterine Warbler

Hippolais sp.

Sedge Warbler

Marsh Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Marsh/Common Reed Warbler

Basra Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus sp.

Grassbirds and Allies

River Warbler

Savi's Warbler

Evergreen-forest Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Little Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

Gray-rumped Swallow

Mascarene Martin

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Barn Swallow

Ethiopian Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Mosque Swallow

South African Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Sombre Greenbul

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Stripe-cheeked Greenbul

Little Greenbul

Tiny Greenbul

Yellow-streaked Greenbul

Terrestrial Brownbul

Northern Brownbul

Gray-olive Greenbul

Fischer's Greenbul

Cabanis's Greenbul

Phyllastrephus sp.

greenbul sp.

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler

Willow Warbler

Common Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler/Common Chiffchaff

Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler

Phylloscopus sp.

Bush Warblers and Allies

Yellow Flycatcher

Sylviid Warblers

Eurasian Blackcap

Garden Warbler

Barred Warbler

Banded Parisoma

Greater Whitethroat

old world warbler sp.

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Pale White-eye

Taita White-eye

white-eye sp.

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Rufous Chatterer

Scaly Chatterer

Scaly Babbler

Arrow-marked Babbler

Northern Pied-Babbler

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

Wattled Starling

Violet-backed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Waller's Starling

Magpie Starling

Sharpe's Starling

Abbott's Starling

Kenrick's Starling

Black-bellied Starling

Hildebrandt's Starling

Shelley's Starling

Rüppell's Starling

Golden-breasted Starling

Superb Starling

Fischer's Starling

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis sp.

myna/starling sp.

Thrushes

Red-tailed Ant-Thrush

Spotted Ground-Thrush

Orange Ground-Thrush

Taita Thrush

African Bare-eyed Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Gambaga Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Silverbird

Southern Black-Flycatcher

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher

Bearded Scrub-Robin

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

scrub-robin sp.

Cape Robin-Chat

Rüppell's Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Collared Palm-Thrush

Spotted Morning-Thrush

White-starred Robin

East Coast Akalat

White-throated Robin

Thrush Nightingale

Common Nightingale

Thrush/Common Nightingale

Common Redstart

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

Siberian Stonechat

African Stonechat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Arnot's Chat

Northern Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

Desert Wheatear

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

Pied Wheatear

wheatear sp.

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Plain-backed Sunbird

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Amani Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Mouse-colored Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Hunter's Sunbird

Bronze Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Golden-winged Sunbird

Usambara Double-collared Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Black-bellied Sunbird

Purple-banded Sunbird

Tsavo Sunbird

Violet-breasted Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

White-headed Buffalo-Weaver

Speckle-fronted Weaver

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Gray-headed Social-Weaver

Black-capped Social-Weaver

Red-headed Weaver

Red Weaver

Baglafecht Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Olive-naped/Black-necked Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

African Golden-Weaver

Golden Palm Weaver

Taveta Golden-Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Vitelline Masked-Weaver

Speke's Weaver

Village Weaver

Clarke's Weaver

Golden-backed Weaver

Chestnut Weaver

Forest Weaver

Ploceus sp.

Cardinal Quelea

Red-headed Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Zanzibar Red Bishop

Black-winged Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Fire-fronted Bishop

Yellow Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Red-cowled Widowbird

Red-collared Widowbird

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes sp.

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Gray-headed Silverbill

Bronze Mannikin

Magpie Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

African Silverbill

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Green-backed Twinspot

Black-faced Waxbill

Black-cheeked Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

waxbill sp.

Quailfinch

Cut-throat

Zebra Waxbill

Purple Grenadier

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Blue-capped Cordonbleu

cordonbleu sp.

Green-winged Pytilia

Orange-winged Pytilia

Peters's Twinspot

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Jameson's Firefinch

firefinch sp.

estrildid finch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Steel-blue Whydah

Straw-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

Purple Indigobird

whydah sp.

indigobird sp.

Parasitic Weaver

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

Mountain Wagtail

Gray Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

White Wagtail

wagtail sp.

African Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Tawny Pipit

Malindi Pipit

Striped Pipit

Tree Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Bush Pipit

Sokoke Pipit

pipit sp.

Golden Pipit

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Pangani Longclaw

longclaw sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

Southern Citril

Black-throated Canary

Reichenow's Seedeater

White-bellied Canary

Southern Grosbeak-Canary

african seedeater sp.

Old World Buntings

Ortolan Bunting

Somali Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.