eBird Field Checklist
Mwea NR
, Eastern, KE
ebird.org/hotspot/L3645600
314 species (+7 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Egyptian Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Eastern Crested Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Harlequin Quail
old world quail sp.
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Turacos
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Sombre Nightjar
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Shorebirds
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
African Jacana
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
Quail-plover
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
tern sp.
Storks
African Openbill
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
White-backed Night Heron
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
eagle sp.
Owls
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Violet Woodhoopoe
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Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Little Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Honeyguides
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Red-bellied Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Chinspot Batis
Eastern Black-headed Batis
Pygmy Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Retz's Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Long-tailed Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-bellied Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
Larks
Pink-breasted Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Flappet Lark
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Nicators
Eastern Nicator
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Rattling Cisticola
Ashy Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
River Warbler
Martins and Swallows
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Bulbuls
Sombre Greenbul
Northern Brownbul
Gray-olive Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Garden Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Pale White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Rufous Chatterer
Hinde's Pied-Babbler
Northern Pied-Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled 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
Gambaga Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Rüppell's Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Black-bellied Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
sunbird sp.
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Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
African Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke's Weaver
Village Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow-crowned Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Zebra Waxbill
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Orange-winged Pytilia
Peters's Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Mountain Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
African Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
African Citril
Reichenow's Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
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