Checklist for Meru NP

eBird Field Checklist

Meru NP

, Eastern, KE

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446 species (+22 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Somali Ostrich

Common/Somali Ostrich

Waterfowl

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Egyptian Goose

Spur-winged Goose

Yellow-billed Duck

duck sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Vulturine Guineafowl

Eastern Crested Guineafowl

Crested Francolin

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Pigeons and Doves

Speckled Pigeon

Mourning Collared-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-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

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Cuckoos

White-browed Coucal

Green Malkoha

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

Nightjars

Eurasian Nightjar

Sombre Nightjar

Donaldson Smith's Nightjar

Plain Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Slender-tailed Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Mottled Spinetail

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Common Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

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

Black-headed Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Caspian Plover

Greater Painted-Snipe

African Jacana

Common Snipe

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Little Stint

Bronze-winged Courser

Three-banded Courser

Somali Courser

Temminck's Courser

Collared Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

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

Pelicans

Pink-backed Pelican

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Dwarf Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Little Egret

White-backed Night Heron

Striated Heron

Squacco Heron

Malagasy Pond-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

Scissor-tailed Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut 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

old world vulture sp.

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Banded Snake-Eagle

Bat Hawk

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Booted Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Eastern Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Grasshopper Buzzard

Western Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

African Goshawk

Shikra

Levant Sparrowhawk

Little Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Long-legged Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

hawk sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

African Scops-Owl

Northern White-faced Owl

Grayish Eagle-Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pel's Fishing-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

African Wood-Owl

Marsh Owl

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

White-headed Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Violet Woodhoopoe

Green/Violet Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Abyssinian Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Crowned Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Trumpeter Hornbill

Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Little 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

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

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Barbet

Spot-flanked Barbet

Black-throated Barbet

White-headed Barbet

Honeyguides

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Pygmy Falcon

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Dickinson's Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

Amur Falcon

Sooty Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

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

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Chinspot Batis

Eastern Black-headed Batis

Pygmy Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Retz's Helmetshrike

Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Pringle's 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

Red-backed Shrike

Red-tailed Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Long-tailed Fiscal

Taita Fiscal

Northern Fiscal

shrike sp.

White-rumped Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Pied Crow

Fan-tailed Raven

White-necked Raven

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

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

Red-winged Lark

Flappet Lark

Singing Bushlark

lark sp.

Nicators

Eastern Nicator

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Northern Crombec

Red-faced Crombec

Somali Crombec

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-vented Eremomela

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Greencap Eremomela

Gray Wren-Warbler

Green-backed Camaroptera

Buff-bellied Warbler

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Black-headed Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Pale Prinia

Red-fronted Prinia

Rattling Cisticola

Ashy Cisticola

Coastal Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Tiny Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

Upcher's Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Martins and Swallows

Black Sawwing

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Montane Blue Swallow

Barn Swallow

Ethiopian Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Mosque Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Sombre Greenbul

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Northern Brownbul

Gray-olive Greenbul

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Willow Warbler

Sylviid Warblers

Eurasian Blackcap

Garden Warbler

Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Pale White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Rufous Chatterer

Scaly Chatterer

Hinde's Pied-Babbler

Northern Pied-Babbler

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

Wattled Starling

Violet-backed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Black-bellied Starling

Hildebrandt's Starling

Shelley's Starling

Rüppell's Starling

Golden-breasted Starling

Superb Starling

Fischer's Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

myna/starling sp.

Thrushes

African Bare-eyed Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Spotted Flycatcher

Gambaga Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

Rüppell's Robin-Chat

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Spotted Morning-Thrush

White-throated Robin

Common Nightingale

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

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

Black-bellied 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

Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver

Black-capped Social-Weaver

Red-headed Weaver

Baglafecht Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

African Golden-Weaver

Golden Palm Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Vitelline Masked-Weaver

Village Weaver

Chestnut Weaver

Ploceus sp.

Red-billed Quelea

Fire-fronted Bishop

Yellow Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Red-cowled Widowbird

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Gray-headed Silverbill

Bronze Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

African Silverbill

Black-cheeked Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Cut-throat

Purple Grenadier

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Blue-capped Cordonbleu

Green-winged Pytilia

Orange-winged Pytilia

Peters's Twinspot

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Jameson's Firefinch

firefinch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Steel-blue Whydah

Straw-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

indigobird sp.

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Kenya Rufous Sparrow

Parrot-billed Sparrow

Chestnut Sparrow

Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Mountain Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

African Pipit

Tawny Pipit

Tree Pipit

Golden Pipit

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Pangani Longclaw

longclaw sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

African Citril

Reichenow's Seedeater

Brimstone Canary

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

Somali Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Others

passerine sp.