eBird Field Checklist
Karura Forest--KFEET, Wetlands & Lily Lake
, Nairobi, KE
ebird.org/hotspot/L8473474
195 species (+13 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
White-backed Duck
Egyptian Goose
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
duck sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Columba sp.
Lemon Dove
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
Turacos
Hartlaub's Turaco
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Nightjars
Montane Nightjar
Swifts
Mottled Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Flufftails
Red-chested Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
African Jacana
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
shorebird sp.
Storks
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
Bat Hawk
Crowned Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
hawk sp.
Owls
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Barbets and Toucans
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Honeyguides
Green-backed Honeyguide
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Cardinal Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Meyer's Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Bushshrikes and Allies
Black-backed Puffback
Tropical Boubou
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-bellied Tit
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Black-collared Apalis
Green-backed Camaroptera
This field checklist was generated using eBird (ebird.org)
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
African Yellow-Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Highland Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Black Sawwing
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Slender-billed Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Gray-olive Greenbul
Cabanis's Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Kikuyu White-eye
Northern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Northern Pied-Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Violet-backed Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes
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
Brown-chested Alethe
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Capped Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Speke's Weaver
Village Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-cowled Widowbird
Jackson's Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
This field checklist was generated using eBird (ebird.org)
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Common Waxbill
Purple Grenadier
Red-billed Firefinch
firefinch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Mountain Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
African Citril
Reichenow's Seedeater
Streaky Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
This field checklist was generated using eBird (ebird.org)