Checklist for Eastern, KE

eBird Field Checklist

Eastern, KE

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775 species (+73 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

Garganey

Blue-billed Teal

Northern Shoveler

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Mallard

Cape Teal

Red-billed Duck

Northern Pintail

Southern Pochard

Maccoa Duck

duck sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Vulturine Guineafowl

Eastern Crested Guineafowl

Stone Partridge

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Elgon Francolin

Orange River Francolin

Shelley's Francolin

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

old world quail sp.

Chestnut-naped Spurfowl

Jackson's Spurfowl

Hildebrandt's Spurfowl

Scaly Spurfowl

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Eared Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Rameron Pigeon

Delegorgue's Pigeon

Lemon Dove

European Turtle-Dove

Dusky Turtle-Dove

Mourning Collared-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

Bruce's Green-Pigeon

African Green-Pigeon

pigeon/dove sp.

Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Black-faced Sandgrouse

Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse

sandgrouse sp.

Bustards

Arabian Bustard

Kori Bustard

Denham's Bustard

Heuglin's Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Buff-crested Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

Hartlaub's Bustard

Turacos

Hartlaub's Turaco

Purple-crested Turaco

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Cuckoos

Blue-headed Coucal

White-browed 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

African Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

Cuculus sp.

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Eurasian Nightjar

Sombre Nightjar

Nubian Nightjar

Donaldson Smith's Nightjar

Montane Nightjar

Plain Nightjar

Star-spotted Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Slender-tailed Nightjar

Square-tailed Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Mottled Spinetail

Bat-like Spinetail

Scarce Swift

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Common Swift

Nyanza Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

Horus Swift

White-rumped Swift

Apus sp.

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Flufftails

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Red-chested Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

Corn Crake

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Striped Crake

Black Crake

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Eurasian Thick-knee

Senegal Thick-knee

Burhinus sp.

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Long-toed Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Black-headed Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Black-winged Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Caspian Plover

Tibetan Sand-Plover

Greater Sand-Plover

Kittlitz's Plover

Chestnut-banded Plover

White-fronted Plover

Greater Painted-Snipe

African Jacana

Eurasian Curlew

curlew sp.

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

African Snipe

Common Snipe

snipe sp.

Red-necked Phalarope

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Spotted Redshank

Common Greenshank

Ruff

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Temminck's Stint

Long-toed Stint

Red-necked Stint

Sanderling

Little Stint

peep sp.

Small Buttonquail

Black-rumped Buttonquail

Quail-plover

Bronze-winged Courser

Three-banded Courser

Double-banded Courser

Cream-colored Courser

Somali Courser

Temminck's Courser

Collared Pratincole

shorebird sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Slender-billed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Gray-hooded Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

African Skimmer

Little Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

tern sp.

Storks

African Openbill

Black Stork

Abdim's Stork

African Woolly-necked Stork

White Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

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

Western Cattle Egret

Western/Eastern 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

Scissor-tailed Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

Bearded Vulture

Egyptian Vulture

European Honey-buzzard

Oriental Honey-buzzard

African Cuckoo-Hawk

White-headed Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Rüppell's Griffon

White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon

Gyps sp.

old world vulture sp.

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown 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

Tawny/Steppe Eagle

Cassin's Hawk-Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Aquila sp.

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Eastern Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Grasshopper Buzzard

Western Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

African Goshawk

Shikra

Levant Sparrowhawk

Little Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Mountain Buzzard

Long-legged Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Eurasian Scops-Owl

African Scops-Owl

Northern White-faced Owl

Southern White-faced Owl

Grayish Eagle-Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Cape Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pel's Fishing-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

African Barred Owlet

African Wood-Owl

Abyssinian Owl

Short-eared Owl

Marsh Owl

owl sp.

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

White-headed Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

mousebird sp.

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Bar-tailed Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Violet Woodhoopoe

Green/Violet Woodhoopoe

Black-billed Woodhoopoe

White-headed Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Abyssinian Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Crowned Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Jackson's Hornbill

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Trumpeter Hornbill

Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

White-fronted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Ethiopian Bee-eater

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Somali Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Madagascar Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Northern Carmine Bee-eater

bee-eater sp.

European Roller

Abyssinian Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

Broad-billed Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Red-and-yellow Barbet

D'Arnaud's Barbet

White-eared Barbet

Moustached Tinkerbird

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

tinkerbird sp.

Red-fronted Barbet

Spot-flanked Barbet

Black-throated Barbet

White-headed Barbet

Black-billed Barbet

Honeyguides

Green-backed Honeyguide

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Pallid Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

honeyguide sp.

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck

Rufous-necked Wryneck

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Brown-backed Woodpecker

African Gray Woodpecker

Mountain Gray Woodpecker

Fine-banded Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Pygmy Falcon

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Fox Kestrel

Gray Kestrel

Dickinson's Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

Amur Falcon

Eleonora's Falcon

Sooty Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Saker Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Taita Falcon

large falcon sp.

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Fischer's x Yellow-collared Lovebird (hybrid)

lovebird sp.

Red-fronted Parrot

Meyer's Parrot

Red-bellied Parrot

parrot sp.

African and Green Broadbills

African Broadbill

Old World Pittas

African Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

Gray Cuckooshrike

White-breasted 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

Gray-headed Batis

Eastern Black-headed Batis

Pygmy Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Retz's Helmetshrike

Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Northern Puffback

Pringle's Puffback

Black-backed Puffback

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Three-streaked Tchagra

Red-naped Bushshrike

Ethiopian Boubou

Tropical Boubou

Slate-colored Boubou

boubou sp.

Rosy-patched Bushshrike

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Black-fronted Bushshrike

Four-colored Bushshrike

Doherty's Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Square-tailed Drongo

Fork-tailed Drongo

drongo sp.

Monarch Flycatchers

African Crested Flycatcher

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Red-tailed Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Gray-backed Fiscal

Long-tailed Fiscal

Taita Fiscal

Somali Fiscal

Northern Fiscal

Masked Shrike

shrike sp.

White-rumped Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

House Crow

Cape Crow

Pied Crow

Somali Crow

Fan-tailed Raven

White-necked Raven

Fairy Flycatchers

White-tailed Crested Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-bellied 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

Friedmann's Lark

White-tailed Lark

Singing Bushlark

Red-capped Lark

Somali Short-toed Lark

Short-tailed Lark

Masked Lark

Thekla's Lark

Crested Lark

Thekla's/Crested 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

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

Pale Prinia

Red-fronted Prinia

Gray-capped Warbler

Red-faced Cisticola

Singing Cisticola

Hunter's Cisticola

Boran Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Ashy Cisticola

Wailing Cisticola

Coastal Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Levaillant's Cisticola

Stout Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Tiny Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Pectoral-patch Cisticola

Wing-snapping Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

African Yellow-Warbler

Mountain Yellow-Warbler

Upcher's Warbler

Olive-tree Warbler

Icterine Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Marsh Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Basra Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus sp.

Grassbirds and Allies

River Warbler

Common Grasshopper Warbler

Evergreen-forest Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Highland Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

Gray-rumped Swallow

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Montane Blue Swallow

Hirundo sp.

Barn Swallow

Ethiopian 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

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Eastern Mountain Greenbul

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Terrestrial Brownbul

Northern Brownbul

Gray-olive Greenbul

Cabanis's Greenbul

greenbul sp.

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler

Willow Warbler

Common Chiffchaff

Brown Woodland-Warbler

Sylviid Warblers

Eurasian Blackcap

Garden Warbler

African Hill Babbler

Barred Warbler

Banded Parisoma

Lesser Whitethroat

Brown Parisoma

Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Pale White-eye

Heuglin's White-eye

Kikuyu White-eye

Northern Yellow White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Rufous Chatterer

Scaly Chatterer

Brown Babbler

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

Bristle-crowned 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

White-crowned Starling

Fischer's Starling

Lesser Blue-eared 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

Gambaga Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Silverbird

Northern Black-Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher

Bearded Scrub-Robin

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

Brown-backed Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

scrub-robin sp.

Cape Robin-Chat

Rüppell's Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Spotted Morning-Thrush

White-starred Robin

Brown-chested Alethe

White-throated Robin

Thrush Nightingale

Common Nightingale

Thrush/Common Nightingale

Common Redstart

Little Rock-Thrush

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

African Stonechat

Moorland Chat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Northern Anteater-Chat

Northern Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

Pied Wheatear

Familiar Chat

Brown-tailed Chat

wheatear sp.

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Pygmy Sunbird

Green-headed Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Hunter's Sunbird

Tacazze Sunbird

Bronze Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Red-tufted Sunbird

Golden-winged Sunbird

Northern Double-collared Sunbird

Eastern Double-collared Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Black-bellied Sunbird

Tsavo Sunbird

Shining 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

Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver

Gray-headed Social-Weaver

Black-capped Social-Weaver

Red-headed Weaver

Baglafecht Weaver

Little Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Olive-naped/Black-necked Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

African Golden-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

Ploceus sp.

Cardinal Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Zanzibar Red Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Fire-fronted Bishop

Yellow Bishop

White-winged 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

Green-backed Twinspot

Abyssinian Crimsonwing

Gray-headed Nigrita

Black-faced Waxbill

Black-cheeked Waxbill

Kandt's Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Cut-throat

Zebra Waxbill

Purple Grenadier

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Blue-capped Cordonbleu

Red-headed Bluebill

Green-winged Pytilia

Orange-winged Pytilia

pytilia sp.

Peters's Twinspot

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Jameson's Firefinch

firefinch sp.

estrildid finch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Broad-tailed Paradise-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

Swainson's Sparrow

Parrot-billed Sparrow

Chestnut Sparrow

Passer sp.

Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Cape Wagtail

Mountain Wagtail

Gray Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

White Wagtail

wagtail sp.

African Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Tawny Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Striped Pipit

Tree Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Bush Pipit

pipit sp.

Golden Pipit

Sharpe's Longclaw

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Pangani Longclaw

Rosy-throated Longclaw

longclaw sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Oriole Finch

African Citril

Reichenow's Seedeater

White-bellied Canary

Northern Grosbeak-Canary

Southern Grosbeak-Canary

Brimstone Canary

Streaky Seedeater

Thick-billed Seedeater

Reichard's Seedeater

Yellow-crowned Canary

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

Somali Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Striolated Bunting

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.