eBird Field Checklist
Arabuko-Sokoke Forest NR
, Coast, KE
ebird.org/hotspot/L920917
357 species (+22 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Eastern Crested Guineafowl
crested guineafowl sp.
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Turacos
Fischer's Turaco
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Green Malkoha
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Mottled Spinetail
Bat-like Spinetail
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Forbes-Watson's Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint
Crab-Plover
Madagascar Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Sooty Gull
Sooty Tern
Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Storks
African Openbill
African Woolly-necked Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Reed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Dwarf Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
white egret sp.
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Pelicans
Pink-backed Pelican
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
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Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
African Cuckoo-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
Hooded Vulture
Bateleur
Southern Banded Snake-Eagle
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Lizard Buzzard
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Shikra
Black Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Western Barn Owl
Sokoke Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
African Wood-Owl
owl sp.
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Bee-eaters
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Olive Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Mangrove Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Rollers and Allies
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Green Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Green Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Black-collared Barbet
Brown-breasted Barbet
Honeyguides
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
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Greater Honeyguide
honeyguide sp.
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Mombasa Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eleonora's Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Fischer's x Yellow-collared Lovebird (hybrid)
Brown-headed Parrot
African and Green Broadbills
African Broadbill
Old World Pittas
African Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
Green-headed Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Short-tailed Batis
Pale Batis
Eastern Black-headed Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Retz's Helmetshrike
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Zanzibar Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Four-colored Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Crested Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Long-tailed Fiscal
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
House Crow
Pied Crow
Larks
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark
Flappet Lark
Nicators
Eastern Nicator
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Green-capped Eremomela
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Rattling Cisticola
Coastal Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Little Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Black Sawwing
Mascarene Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
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Mosque Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Sombre Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Tiny Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
Northern Brownbul
Fischer's Greenbul
greenbul sp.
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Hylias and Yellow Flycatchers
Yellow Flycatcher
Sylviid Warblers
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Pale White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Rufous Chatterer
Scaly Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Violet-backed Starling
Magpie Starling
Black-bellied Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush
Spotted Ground-Thrush
African Bare-eyed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Collared Palm-Thrush
Spotted Morning-Thrush
East Coast Akalat
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Northern Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Plain-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Amani Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Mouse-colored Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
African Golden-Weaver
Golden Palm Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Kilifi Weaver
Dark-backed Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-billed Quelea
Zanzibar Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Fire-fronted Bishop
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silverbill
Green-backed Twinspot
Common Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Orange-winged Pytilia
Red-throated Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
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firefinch sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Passer sp.
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
African Pipit
Malindi Pipit
Sokoke Pipit
pipit sp.
Golden Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Pangani Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Reichenow's Seedeater
Others
passerine sp.
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