Checklist for Amboseli NP

eBird Field Checklist

Amboseli NP

, Rift Valley, KE

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526 species (+43 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

White-backed Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Egyptian Goose

Spur-winged Goose

African Pygmy-Goose

Garganey

Blue-billed Teal

Northern Shoveler

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Cape Teal

Red-billed Duck

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Southern Pochard

Maccoa Duck

duck sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Shelley's Francolin

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Hildebrandt's Spurfowl

Scaly Spurfowl

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Red-necked Spurfowl

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

flamingo sp.

Grebes

Little Grebe

Eared Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

European Turtle-Dove

Dusky Turtle-Dove

Mourning Collared-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

African Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Black-faced Sandgrouse

sandgrouse sp.

Bustards

Kori Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Buff-crested Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

Hartlaub's Bustard

Turacos

Purple-crested Turaco

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Cuckoos

White-browed Coucal

Black Coucal

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Eurasian Nightjar

Sombre Nightjar

Donaldson Smith's Nightjar

Slender-tailed Nightjar

Square-tailed Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Common Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

Horus Swift

White-rumped Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Flufftails

Red-chested Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

Corn Crake

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Black Crake

Baillon's Crake

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Black-bellied Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Long-toed Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Black-headed Lapwing

Black-winged Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Caspian Plover

Tibetan Sand-Plover

Kittlitz's Plover

Chestnut-banded Plover

plover sp.

Greater Painted-Snipe

Lesser Jacana

African Jacana

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Great Snipe

African Snipe

Common Snipe

Red-necked Phalarope

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Spotted Redshank

Common Greenshank

Tringa sp.

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Temminck's Stint

Red-necked Stint

Dunlin

Little Stint

Pectoral Sandpiper

Small Buttonquail

buttonquail sp.

Three-banded Courser

Double-banded Courser

Temminck's Courser

Collared Pratincole

shorebird sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

African Skimmer

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias sp.

Common Tern

tern sp.

Storks

African Openbill

Black Stork

Abdim's Stork

African Woolly-necked Stork

White Stork

Saddle-billed 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

Shoebill

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Great Bittern

Dwarf Bittern

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black Heron

Little Egret

Striated Heron

Rufous-bellied 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.

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Secretarybird

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

Bearded Vulture

Egyptian Vulture

European Honey-buzzard

African Cuckoo-Hawk

White-headed Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Rüppell's Griffon

old world vulture sp.

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

snake-eagle sp.

Bat Hawk

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Booted Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Eastern Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Grasshopper Buzzard

Western Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

African Goshawk

Shikra

Little Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

African Scops-Owl

Southern White-faced Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Marsh Owl

owl sp.

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

White-headed Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Abyssinian Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Crowned Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Trumpeter Hornbill

Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

White-fronted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Madagascar 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

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Barbet

Spot-flanked Barbet

Black-throated Barbet

White-headed Barbet

Brown-breasted Barbet

Honeyguides

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Mountain Gray Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Pygmy Falcon

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Gray Kestrel

Dickinson's Kestrel

Amur Falcon

Eleonora's Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Fischer's x Yellow-collared Lovebird (hybrid)

Red-bellied Parrot

Cuckooshrikes

Black Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

African Golden Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Chinspot Batis

Pygmy Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Black-backed Puffback

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Tropical Boubou

Slate-colored Boubou

Rosy-patched Bushshrike

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Red-tailed Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Gray-backed Fiscal

Long-tailed Fiscal

Magpie Shrike

Taita Fiscal

Northern Fiscal

Woodchat Shrike

shrike sp.

White-rumped Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Pied Crow

White-necked Raven

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-bellied Tit

Somali Tit

Red-throated Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit

African Penduline-Tit

Larks

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark

Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark

Pink-breasted Lark

Fawn-colored Lark

Red-winged Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Flappet Lark

Singing Bushlark

Red-capped Lark

Somali Short-toed Lark

Short-tailed 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

Winding Cisticola

Stout Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Tiny Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Pectoral-patch Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

Upcher's Warbler

Olive-tree Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Marsh Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Basra Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus sp.

Grassbirds and Allies

Fan-tailed Grassbird

Little Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

Gray-rumped Swallow

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Barn Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Rufous-chested Swallow

Mosque Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Sombre Greenbul

Northern Brownbul

greenbul sp.

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler

Willow Warbler

Sylviid Warblers

Eurasian Blackcap

Garden Warbler

Barred Warbler

Banded Parisoma

Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Pale White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Rufous Chatterer

Scaly Chatterer

Arrow-marked Babbler

Black-lored Babbler

Northern Pied-Babbler

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

Wattled Starling

Violet-backed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Hildebrandt's Starling

Rüppell's Starling

Golden-breasted Starling

Superb Starling

Fischer's Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

myna/starling sp.

Thrushes

Abyssinian Thrush

African Bare-eyed Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Silverbird

Southern Black-Flycatcher

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

White-browed Robin-Chat

Spotted Morning-Thrush

Thrush Nightingale

Common Nightingale

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

Northern Anteater-Chat

Northern Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

Pied Wheatear

wheatear sp.

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Hunter's Sunbird

Golden-winged Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Black-bellied Sunbird

Tsavo Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

White-headed Buffalo-Weaver

Speckle-fronted Weaver

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Gray-headed Social-Weaver

Black-capped Social-Weaver

Red-headed Weaver

Baglafecht Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

African Golden-Weaver

Holub's Golden-Weaver

Golden Palm Weaver

Taveta Golden-Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Vitelline Masked-Weaver

Speke's Weaver

Village Weaver

Golden-backed Weaver

Chestnut Weaver

Ploceus sp.

Cardinal Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Zanzibar Red Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Fire-fronted Bishop

Yellow Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Red-cowled Widowbird

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Gray-headed Silverbill

Bronze Mannikin

African Silverbill

Black-faced Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Cut-throat

Zebra Waxbill

Purple Grenadier

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Blue-capped Cordonbleu

cordonbleu sp.

Green-winged Pytilia

Red-billed Firefinch

firefinch sp.

estrildid finch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Steel-blue Whydah

Straw-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

Purple Indigobird

whydah sp.

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Kenya Rufous Sparrow

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Parrot-billed Sparrow

Swahili Sparrow

Chestnut Sparrow

Passer sp.

Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

White Wagtail

wagtail sp.

African Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Tree Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

pipit sp.

Golden Pipit

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Pangani Longclaw

Rosy-throated Longclaw

longclaw sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Southern Citril

Reichenow's Seedeater

White-bellied Canary

Southern Grosbeak-Canary

Brimstone Canary

Yellow-crowned Canary

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

Somali Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Others

passerine sp.