eBird Field Checklist
Kakamega Forest NR--Zimmerman Plot/Isecheno Forest Station
, Western, KE
ebird.org/hotspot/L1478011
282 species (+17 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Egyptian Goose
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Western Crested Guineafowl
Harlequin Quail
Scaly Spurfowl
Pigeons and Doves
Rameron Pigeon
Delegorgue's Pigeon
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Turacos
Great Blue Turaco
Black-billed Turaco
Ross's Turaco
Cuckoos
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Nightjars
Swamp Nightjar
Swifts
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Flufftails
White-spotted Flufftail
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Green Sandpiper
Storks
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Western Cattle Egret
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Hadada Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
African Harrier-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
Hooded Vulture
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Red-chested Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Bar-tailed Trogon
african trogon sp.
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
White-headed Woodhoopoe
Hornbills
Crowned Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Blue-headed Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Barbets and Toucans
Yellow-billed Barbet
Gray-throated Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-spotted Barbet
Hairy-breasted Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Honeyguides
Least Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
honeyguide sp.
Woodpeckers
Golden-crowned Woodpecker
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Brown-eared Woodpecker
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
Fine-banded Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Gray Parrot
African and Green Broadbills
African Broadbill
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Petit's Cuckooshrike
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
african cuckooshrike sp.
Old World Orioles
Western Black-headed Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Chestnut Wattle-eye
Jameson's Wattle-eye
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
African Shrike-flycatcher
Bushshrikes and Allies
Northern Puffback
Pink-footed Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
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Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Lühder's Bushshrike
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Gray-green Bushshrike
Drongos
Sharpe's Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo
Velvet-mantled Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Black-headed x African Paradise-Flycatcher (hybrid)
Shrikes
Mackinnon's Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
Hyliotas
Southern Hyliota
Fairy Flycatchers
African Blue Flycatcher
Dusky Crested Flycatcher
White-tailed Crested Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-bellied Tit
Dusky Tit
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
White-browed Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Turner's Eremomela
White-chinned Prinia
Black-collared Apalis
Green-backed Camaroptera
Olive-green Camaroptera
Black-throated Apalis
Buff-throated Apalis
Gray Apalis
apalis sp.
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Banded Prinia
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Chubb's Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
African Yellow-Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Fan-tailed Grassbird
Martins and Swallows
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Bulbuls
Slender-billed Greenbul
Red-tailed Bristlebill
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Joyful Greenbul
Honeyguide Greenbul
Shelley's Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Plain Greenbul
Ansorge's Greenbul
Cabanis's Greenbul
Toro Olive-Greenbul
greenbul sp.
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler
Uganda Woodland-Warbler
Hylias
Green Hylia
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Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
African Hill Babbler
Brown Parisoma
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Northern Yellow White-eye
Green/Northern Yellow White-eye
Ground Babblers and Allies
Brown Illadopsis
Pale-breasted Illadopsis
Mountain Illadopsis
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis
Starlings and Mynas
Violet-backed Starling
Waller's Starling
Sharpe's Starling
Stuhlmann's Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
White-tailed Ant-Thrush
Abyssinian Thrush
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Chapin's Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Brown-chested Alethe
Gray-winged Robin-Chat
Equatorial Akalat
Semicollared Flycatcher
European Pied Flycatcher
European Pied/Collared/Semicollared Flycatcher
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Dapple-throats
Gray-chested Babbler
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Green Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Green-throated Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Orange-tufted Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Red-headed Malimbe
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Black-billed Weaver
Vieillot's Black Weaver
Village Weaver
Forest Weaver
Brown-capped Weaver
Black Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Marsh Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Green-backed Twinspot
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White-breasted Nigrita
Gray-headed Nigrita
Black-crowned Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-headed Bluebill
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Old World Sparrows
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Mountain Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
pipit sp.
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Oriole Finch
Yellow-fronted Canary
Southern Citril
Reichenow's Seedeater
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
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