eBird Field Checklist
Taita Lowlands--Salt Lick Lodge
, Coast, KE
ebird.org/hotspot/L1013553
303 species (+8 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Red-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Eastern Crested Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Shelley's Francolin
Common Quail
Hildebrandt's Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Bustards
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub's Bustard
Turacos
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Sombre Nightjar
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
African Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Corn Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
African Jacana
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Little Stint
Small Buttonquail
Three-banded Courser
Somali Courser
Temminck's Courser
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
Long-tailed Cormorant
Pelicans
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
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
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
eagle sp.
Owls
African Scops-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Marsh Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Violet Woodhoopoe
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Little Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Black-throated Barbet
Honeyguides
honeyguide sp.
Woodpeckers
Cardinal Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Dickinson's Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Red-bellied Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Chinspot Batis
Eastern Black-headed Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Pringle's Puffback
Black-backed Puffback
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Three-streaked Tchagra
Slate-colored Boubou
Rosy-patched Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
shrike sp.
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
House Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-bellied Tit
Somali Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
Larks
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Red-winged Lark
Flappet Lark
Friedmann's Lark
Singing Bushlark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Somali Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-vented Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Rattling Cisticola
Ashy Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Banded Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Bulbuls
Northern Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Banded Parisoma
Greater Whitethroat
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Rufous Chatterer
Scaly Chatterer
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Red-winged Starling
Black-bellied Starling
Hildebrandt's Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
Superb Starling
Fischer's Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes
African Bare-eyed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Silverbird
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter's Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Tsavo Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Taveta Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
White-winged Widowbird
Estrildids
Gray-headed Silverbill
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Red-billed Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Golden Pipit
Pangani Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Reichenow's Seedeater
White-bellied Canary