eBird Field Checklist
Soysambu Conservency
, Rift Valley, KE
ebird.org/hotspot/L1284269
384 species (+20 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Northern Shoveler
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Southern Pochard
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Hildebrandt's Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Bustards
White-bellied Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos
Hartlaub's Turaco
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Sombre Nightjar
Montane Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Red-knobbed Coot
Black Crake
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
Eurasian Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
Temminck's Courser
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
African Skimmer
Gull-billed 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
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
Striated 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
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
Lappet-faced Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
White-headed Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
Hemprich's Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Honeyguides
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
honeyguide sp.
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Fischer's x Yellow-collared Lovebird (hybrid)
Meyer's Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Gray-crested Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Long-tailed Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
shrike sp.
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-bellied Tit
Red-throated Tit
Larks
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Red-capped Lark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
eremomela sp.
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Singing Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Martins and Swallows
Black Sawwing
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Bulbuls
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Pale White-eye
Northern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Hildebrandt's Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes
Abyssinian Thrush
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Silverbird
Southern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Cape Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Common Nightingale
Little Rock-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Abyssinian Wheatear
wheatear sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Speke's Weaver
Village Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-cowled Widowbird
Long-tailed Widowbird
Jackson's Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
firefinch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
whydah sp.
indigobird sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Mountain Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
wagtail sp.
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
pipit sp.
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw
longclaw sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
African Citril
Reichenow's Seedeater
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting