eBird Field Checklist
Lake Magadi
, Rift Valley, KE
ebird.org/hotspot/L921090
262 species (+7 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Garganey
Blue-billed Teal
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Harlequin Quail
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Bustards
Kori Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Turacos
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Swifts
Common Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Red-knobbed Coot
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
Kentish Plover
Black-tailed Godwit
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Little Stint
Bronze-winged Courser
Temminck's Courser
Collared Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
gull sp.
African Skimmer
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Storks
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Long-tailed Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Egyptian Vulture
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Bateleur
Brown Snake-Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Shikra
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
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Owls
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Kingfishers
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
Woodpeckers
Cardinal Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Pygmy Falcon
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Dickinson's Kestrel
Eleonora's Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Old World Orioles
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Slate-colored Boubou
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
Larks
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Singing Bushlark
Somali Short-toed Lark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia
Rattling Cisticola
Ashy Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Plain Martin
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Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Bulbuls
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Banded Parisoma
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Pale White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Rufous Chatterer
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Red-winged Starling
Hildebrandt's Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Abyssinian Wheatear
wheatear sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Estrildids
Gray-headed Silverbill
African Silverbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Swahili Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Long-billed Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
White-bellied Canary
Old World Buntings
Somali Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
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