eBird Field Checklist
Loita Plains (between Narok and Maasai Mara)
, Rift Valley, KE
ebird.org/hotspot/L1879227
247 species (+1 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Yellow-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Bustards
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Turacos
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Nightjars
Square-tailed Nightjar
Swifts
Mottled Swift
Nyanza Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Red-knobbed Coot
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
African Jacana
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Double-banded Courser
Temminck's Courser
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
Storks
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Little Egret
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Black-winged Kite
Scissor-tailed Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
eagle sp.
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Kingfishers
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Barbets and Toucans
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Honeyguides
Pallid Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Meyer's Parrot
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Chinspot Batis
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
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
Fawn-colored Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Red-capped Lark
Somali Short-toed Lark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Singing Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Martins and Swallows
Banded Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Bulbuls
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Banded Parisoma
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Black-lored Babbler
Oxpeckers
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Hildebrandt's Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Silverbird
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Abyssinian Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke's Weaver
Village Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Estrildids
Gray-headed Silverbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Straw-tailed Whydah
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Swahili Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Bush Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Reichenow's Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Brimstone Canary
Yellow-crowned Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting