eBird Field Checklist
Mpala Ranch and Research Centre
, Rift Valley, KE
ebird.org/hotspot/L1399176
271 species (+5 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Somali Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Egyptian Goose
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Harlequin Quail
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Speckled Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-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
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Nightjars
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Nyanza Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Small Buttonquail
Three-banded Courser
Temminck's Courser
Storks
Marabou Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Long-tailed Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Dwarf Bittern
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Pallid Harrier
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Augur Buzzard
eagle sp.
Owls
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Kingfishers
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Somali Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Red-and-yellow Barbet
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D'Arnaud's Barbet
Red-fronted Barbet
Honeyguides
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Hobby
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Meyer's 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
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
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Fan-tailed Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Somali Tit
Larks
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Red-winged Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Rattling Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Black Sawwing
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
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Bulbuls
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Garden Warbler
Banded Parisoma
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Pale White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Rufous Chatterer
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged 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
Pale Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
wheatear sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter's Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
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
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke's Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-cowled Widowbird
Jackson's Widowbird
Estrildids
Gray-headed Silverbill
Bronze Mannikin
Black-cheeked Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-billed Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
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
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African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Golden Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Reichenow's Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Brimstone Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
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