eBird Field Checklist
Mpala Ranch and Research Centre
, Rift Valley, KE
ebird.org/hotspot/L1399176
415 species (+16 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Somali Ostrich
Common/Somali Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Northern Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Harlequin Quail
Hildebrandt's Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Bustards
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub's Bustard
Turacos
Hartlaub's Turaco
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
Nightjars
Sombre Nightjar
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar
Montane Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Nyanza Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
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
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
African Snipe
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Temminck's Stint
Little Stint
Small Buttonquail
Three-banded Courser
Temminck's Courser
Storks
Black Stork
Abdim's 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
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Osprey
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Black-winged Kite
Scissor-tailed Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila sp.
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
eagle sp.
Owls
African Grass-Owl
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Grayish 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
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Honeyguides
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
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Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Meyer's Parrot
Red-bellied Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Chinspot Batis
Pygmy Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Pringle's 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
Red-backed x Red-tailed Shrike (hybrid)
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
Fan-tailed Raven
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
Fawn-colored Lark
Red-winged Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Singing Bushlark
Red-capped Lark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
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Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Martins and Swallows
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Northern Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Banded Parisoma
Brown Parisoma
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Pale White-eye
Northern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Rufous Chatterer
Scaly Chatterer
Brown Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
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
Thrushes
African Bare-eyed Thrush
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
White-throated Robin
Common Redstart
Little Rock-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
wheatear sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter's Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
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Golden-winged Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Black-capped Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
African Golden-Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke's Weaver
Village Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Long-tailed Widowbird
Jackson's Widowbird
Estrildids
Gray-headed Silverbill
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silverbill
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Black-cheeked Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Bush Pipit
pipit sp.
Golden Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
African Citril
Reichenow's Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Northern Grosbeak-Canary
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
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