Checklist for Rift Valley, KE

eBird Field Checklist

Rift Valley, KE

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470 species (+15 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

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Hildebrandt's Spurfowl

Scaly Spurfowl

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Red-necked Spurfowl

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Eared Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Speckled Pigeon

Rameron 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

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

Schalow's Turaco

Hartlaub's Turaco

Ross's Turaco

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Cuckoos

White-browed Coucal

Black Coucal

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Nightjars

Montane Nightjar

Swamp Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Slender-tailed Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Scarce Swift

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Nyanza Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Flufftails

flufftail sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

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

Greater Painted-Snipe

African Jacana

Black-tailed Godwit

Common Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Little Stint

Small Buttonquail

Three-banded Courser

Double-banded Courser

Somali Courser

Temminck's Courser

Collared Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

African Skimmer

Gull-billed Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged 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

Striated Heron

Rufous-bellied 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

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Secretarybird

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

White-headed Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Rüppell's Griffon

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Bat Hawk

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Eastern Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

African Marsh Harrier

African Goshawk

Little Sparrowhawk

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Augur Buzzard

Owls

Barn Owl

African Scops-Owl

Grayish Eagle-Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Marsh Owl

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green 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

Black-and-white-casqued 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

Blue-headed Bee-eater

White-fronted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Somali Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Lilac-breasted Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Yellow-billed Barbet

Red-and-yellow Barbet

D'Arnaud's Barbet

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Barbet

Spot-flanked Barbet

Black-throated Barbet

White-headed Barbet

Honeyguides

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Rufous-necked Wryneck

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Mountain Gray Woodpecker

Green-backed Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Pygmy Falcon

Eurasian Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Gray Kestrel

Lanner Falcon

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Fischer's x Yellow-collared Lovebird (hybrid)

Red-fronted Parrot

Meyer's Parrot

Red-bellied Parrot

Cuckooshrikes

Black Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

African Golden Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Chinspot Batis

Pygmy Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Northern Puffback

Black-backed Puffback

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Three-streaked Tchagra

Tropical Boubou

Slate-colored Boubou

Rosy-patched Bushshrike

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Gray-backed Fiscal

Long-tailed Fiscal

Magpie Shrike

Taita Fiscal

Northern Fiscal

shrike sp.

White-rumped Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Cape Crow

Pied Crow

Fan-tailed Raven

White-necked Raven

Hyliotas

Yellow-bellied Hyliota

Fairy Flycatchers

African Blue Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-bellied Tit

Somali Tit

Red-throated Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit

Larks

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark

Pink-breasted Lark

Fawn-colored Lark

Red-winged Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Flappet Lark

Singing Bushlark

Red-capped Lark

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Northern Crombec

Red-faced Crombec

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Greencap Eremomela

Gray Wren-Warbler

Green-backed Camaroptera

Buff-bellied Warbler

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Chestnut-throated Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Red-fronted Prinia

Gray-capped Warbler

Singing Cisticola

Chubb's Cisticola

Hunter's Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Ashy Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Stout Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Tabora Cisticola

Tiny Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Black-backed Cisticola

Pectoral-patch Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

African Yellow-Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Little Rush Warbler

Highland Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Rock Martin

Barn Swallow

Ethiopian Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Rufous-chested Swallow

Mosque Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Northern Brownbul

Common Bulbul

Sylviid Warblers

Banded Parisoma

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Pale White-eye

Kikuyu White-eye

Northern Yellow White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Rufous Chatterer

Brown 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

Red-winged Starling

Bristle-crowned Starling

Magpie Starling

Hildebrandt's Starling

Rüppell's Starling

Golden-breasted Starling

Superb Starling

Fischer's Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

myna/starling sp.

Thrushes

Abyssinian Thrush

African Bare-eyed Thrush

African Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Silverbird

Northern Black-Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

Cape Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat

Spotted Morning-Thrush

Little Rock-Thrush

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

Collared Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Hunter's Sunbird

Bronze Sunbird

Golden-winged Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Shining Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

White-headed Buffalo-Weaver

Speckle-fronted Weaver

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Rufous-tailed 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

Taveta Golden-Weaver

Northern Masked-Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Vitelline Masked-Weaver

Speke's Weaver

Village Weaver

Chestnut Weaver

Cardinal Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Zanzibar Red Bishop

Black Bishop

Yellow-crowned 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

African Silverbill

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Gray-headed Nigrita

Black-faced Waxbill

Black-cheeked Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Black-rumped Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Cut-throat

Purple Grenadier

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Blue-capped Cordonbleu

Red-headed Bluebill

Green-winged Pytilia

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

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

pipit sp.

Golden Pipit

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Pangani Longclaw

Rosy-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

African Citril

Reichenow's Seedeater

White-bellied Canary

Southern Grosbeak-Canary

Brimstone Canary

Streaky Seedeater

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

Somali Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting