eBird Field Checklist
Mpala Research Centre--River Camp
, Rift Valley, KE
ebird.org/hotspot/L1890211
240 species (+9 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Somali Ostrich
Waterfowl
Egyptian Goose
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Common Quail
Hildebrandt's Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Pigeons and Doves
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Bustards
Kori Bustard
Heuglin's Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Turacos
Hartlaub's Turaco
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Sombre Nightjar
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Black Crake
Finfoots
African Finfoot
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
shorebird sp.
Storks
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Long-tailed Cormorant
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Striated Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Scissor-tailed Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila sp.
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
eagle sp.
Owls
African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
owl sp.
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
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Barbets and Toucans
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Honeyguides
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Pygmy Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Meyer's Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Chinspot Batis
Pygmy Batis
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Three-streaked Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
Fan-tailed Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-bellied Tit
Larks
Singing Bushlark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Pale Prinia
Rattling Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Black Sawwing
Plain Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Bulbuls
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Banded Parisoma
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Pale White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Rufous Chatterer
Scaly Chatterer
Brown Babbler
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Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Red-winged Starling
Hildebrandt's Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
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
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter's Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
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
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke's Weaver
Village Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Long-tailed Widowbird
Estrildids
Gray-headed Silverbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Red-billed Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Steel-blue Whydah
Old World Sparrows
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Reichenow's Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Brimstone Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
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