eBird Field Checklist
Mt. Kenya NP (general)
, Eastern, KE
ebird.org/hotspot/L2726319
307 species (+3 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
Date:
 
Start time:
 
Duration:
 
Distance:
 
Party size:
 
Notes:
 

This checklist is generated with data from eBird (ebird.org), a global database of bird sightings from birders like you. If you enjoy this checklist, please consider contributing your sightings to eBird. It is 100% free to take part, and your observations will help support birders, researchers, and conservationists worldwide.

Go to ebird.org to learn more!

Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Egyptian Goose
Blue-billed Teal
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Eastern Crested Guineafowl
Elgon Francolin
Jackson's Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Delegorgue's Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Turacos
Hartlaub's Turaco
Cuckoos
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Sombre Nightjar
Montane Nightjar
Swifts
Scarce Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Black Crake
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Blacksmith Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
African Jacana
African Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Storks
African Openbill
Black Stork
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Long-tailed Cormorant
Pelicans
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Little Egret
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
African Sacred Ibis
Olive Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Bearded Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Owls
Cape Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
African Wood-Owl
Abyssinian Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Bar-tailed Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
White-headed Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
White-eared Barbet
Moustached Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Honeyguides
Green-backed Honeyguide
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Fine-banded Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Red-fronted Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Gray Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Black-tailed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Bushshrikes and Allies
Black-backed Puffback
Tropical Boubou
Black-fronted Bushshrike
Doherty's Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Fairy Flycatchers
White-tailed Crested Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-bellied Tit
Larks
Rufous-naped Lark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
White-browed Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Black-collared Apalis
Green-backed Camaroptera
Black-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Chestnut-throated Apalis
Gray Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Singing Cisticola
Hunter's Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
African Yellow-Warbler
Mountain Yellow-Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Evergreen-forest Warbler
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler
Highland Rush Warbler
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
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Slender-billed Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Eastern Mountain Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Cabanis's Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Brown Woodland-Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
African Hill Babbler
Brown Parisoma
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Pale White-eye
Kikuyu White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Black-lored Babbler
Northern Pied-Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Violet-backed Starling
Slender-billed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Waller's Starling
Sharpe's Starling
Abbott's Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes
Abyssinian Ground-Thrush
Abyssinian Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
Rüppell's Robin-Chat
White-starred Robin
Brown-chested Alethe
Little Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Moorland Chat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Red-tufted Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Speke's Weaver
Village Weaver
Brown-capped Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow Bishop
Red-cowled Widowbird
Long-tailed Widowbird
Jackson's Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Abyssinian Crimsonwing
Gray-headed Nigrita
Kandt's Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Mountain Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
pipit sp.
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Oriole Finch
African Citril
Reichenow's Seedeater
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting