Checklist for Amboseli NP

eBird Field Checklist

Amboseli NP

, Rift Valley, KE

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352 species (+4 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Egyptian Goose

Spur-winged Goose

Blue-billed Teal

Northern Shoveler

Yellow-billed Duck

Cape Teal

Red-billed Duck

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Harlequin Quail

Hildebrandt's Spurfowl

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

flamingo sp.

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

African Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Black-faced Sandgrouse

Bustards

Kori Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Buff-crested Bustard

Hartlaub's Bustard

Turacos

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Cuckoos

White-browed Coucal

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Nightjars

Eurasian Nightjar

Slender-tailed Nightjar

Swifts

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Common Swift

Little Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

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

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Long-toed Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Caspian Plover

Kittlitz's Plover

Chestnut-banded Plover

Greater Painted-Snipe

Lesser Jacana

African Jacana

Black-tailed Godwit

Common Snipe

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Common Greenshank

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Temminck's Stint

Little Stint

Three-banded Courser

Double-banded Courser

Temminck's Courser

Collared Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Gull-billed Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

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

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Dwarf Bittern

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black Heron

Little Egret

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

Secretarybird

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

White-headed Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Rüppell's Griffon

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Martial Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Eastern Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Western Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

African Fish-Eagle

Augur Buzzard

Owls

Barn Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Marsh Owl

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

White-headed Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Abyssinian Scimitarbill

Hornbills

African Gray Hornbill

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Little Bee-eater

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked 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

Black-throated Barbet

Honeyguides

Lesser Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Mountain Gray Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Pygmy Falcon

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Eurasian Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Fischer's x Yellow-collared Lovebird (hybrid)

Old World Orioles

African Black-headed Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Chinspot Batis

Pygmy Batis

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Black-backed Puffback

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Tropical Boubou

Slate-colored Boubou

Rosy-patched Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Red-tailed Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Long-tailed Fiscal

Taita Fiscal

Northern Fiscal

White-rumped Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Pied Crow

White-necked Raven

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Somali Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit

Larks

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark

Pink-breasted Lark

Fawn-colored Lark

Red-winged Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Singing Bushlark

Red-capped Lark

Somali Short-toed Lark

Short-tailed Lark

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

Tiny Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Pectoral-patch Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

Olive-tree Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Little Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Barn Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Mosque Swallow

Bulbuls

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Willow Warbler

Sylviid Warblers

Banded Parisoma

Greater Whitethroat

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Rufous Chatterer

Northern Pied-Babbler

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

Wattled Starling

Hildebrandt's Starling

Superb Starling

Fischer's Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Old World Flycatchers

Spotted Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

Spotted Morning-Thrush

White-throated Robin

Thrush Nightingale

Common Nightingale

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

Northern Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

Pied Wheatear

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

White-headed Buffalo-Weaver

Speckle-fronted Weaver

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Gray-headed Social-Weaver

Baglafecht Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

African Golden-Weaver

Taveta Golden-Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Vitelline Masked-Weaver

Speke's Weaver

Village Weaver

Chestnut Weaver

Cardinal Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Zanzibar Red Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Yellow Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Estrildids

Gray-headed Silverbill

African Silverbill

Black-faced Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Cut-throat

Purple Grenadier

Blue-capped Cordonbleu

Green-winged Pytilia

Red-billed Firefinch

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Straw-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Kenya Rufous Sparrow

Parrot-billed Sparrow

Chestnut Sparrow

Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

African Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Tree Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

pipit sp.

Golden Pipit

Pangani Longclaw

Rosy-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

White-bellied Canary