ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK
KENYA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 326 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 326 |
| # Endemics: | 4 |
| # Near Endemics: | 8 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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| 2 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| 3 | White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| 4 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 5 | Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| 6 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| 7 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| 8 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
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| 9 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| 10 | Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | |
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| 11 | Elgon Francolin | Scleroptera elgonensis | |
| 12 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| 13 | <Harlequin Quail> | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| 14 | Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus | |
| 15 | Hildebrandt's Spurfowl | Pternistis hildebrandti | |
| 16 | Jackson's Spurfowl | Pternistis jacksoni | |
| 17 | Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | |
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| 18 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 19 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 20 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 21 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| 22 | Delegorgue's Pigeon | Columba delegorguei | |
| 23 | Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
| 24 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| 25 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| 26 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 27 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 28 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| 29 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| 30 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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| 31 | Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | |
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| 32 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| 33 | /Common Cuckoo/ | Cuculus canorus | |
| 34 | Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |
| 35 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| 36 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 37 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| 38 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| 39 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 40 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | |
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| 41 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | |
| 42 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 43 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
| 44 | |Common Swift| | Apus apus | |
| 45 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| 46 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| 47 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 48 | /Horus Swift/ | Apus horus | |
| 49 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
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| 50 | African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| 51 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 52 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| 53 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| 54 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | |
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| 55 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| 56 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 57 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 58 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | |
| 59 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
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| 60 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| 61 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| 62 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 63 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 64 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 65 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 66 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 67 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 68 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 69 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
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| 70 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
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| 71 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra | |
| 72 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 73 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| 74 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| 75 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| 76 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 77 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
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| 78 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | |
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| 79 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 80 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 81 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 82 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| 83 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 84 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 85 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| 86 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 87 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
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| 88 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 89 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| 90 | Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea | |
| 91 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| 92 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| 93 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| 94 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 95 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| 96 | /European Honey-buzzard/ | Pernis apivorus | |
| 97 | \African Cuckoo-Hawk\ | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| 98 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| 99 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 100 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 101 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | |
| 102 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 103 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| 104 | /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga pomarina | |
| 105 | Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| 106 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 107 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| 108 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 109 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 110 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 111 | Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| 112 | African Goshawk | Accipiter toussenelii | |
| 113 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| 114 | Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| 115 | Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| 116 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans | |
| 117 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| 118 | |Common Buzzard| | Buteo buteo | |
| 119 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | |
| 120 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| 121 | Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | |
| 122 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
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| 123 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
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| 124 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
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| 125 | /Eurasian Hoopoe/ | Upupa epops | |
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| 126 | White-headed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei | |
| 127 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| 128 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus | |
| 129 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis | |
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| 130 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| 131 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| 132 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 133 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | |
| 134 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster | |
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| 135 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus | |
| 136 | Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
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| 137 | Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax | |
| 138 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| 139 | Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata | |
| 140 | Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | |
| 141 | White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | |
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| 142 | Green-backed Honeyguide | Prodotiscus zambesiae | |
| 143 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| 144 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| 145 | Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
| 146 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| 147 | Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus | |
| 148 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| 149 | Fine-banded Woodpecker | Campethera taeniolaema | |
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| 150 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 151 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 152 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor | |
| 153 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo | |
| 154 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 155 | Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi | |
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| 156 | Gray Cuckooshrike | Coracina caesia | |
| 157 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
| 158 | Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina | |
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| 159 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
| 160 | Black-tailed Oriole | Oriolus percivali | |
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| 161 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
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| 162 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| 163 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| 164 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| 165 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
| 166 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
| 167 | Black-fronted Bushshrike | Telophorus nigrifrons | |
| 168 | Doherty's Bushshrike | Telophorus dohertyi | |
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| 169 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 170 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| 171 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio | |
| 172 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
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| 173 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 174 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| 175 | White-bellied Tit | Melaniparus albiventris | |
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| 176 | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
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| 177 | White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys | |
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| 178 | Black-collared Apalis | Oreolais pulcher | |
| 179 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| 180 | Black-throated Apalis | Apalis jacksoni | |
| 181 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| 182 | Chestnut-throated Apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema | |
| 183 | Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea | |
| 184 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| 185 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | |
| 186 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| 187 | Hunter's Cisticola | Cisticola hunteri | |
| 188 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 189 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus | |
| 190 | Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| 191 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | |
| 192 | Aberdare Cisticola | Cisticola aberdare | |
| 193 | Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | |
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| 194 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| 195 | Mountain Yellow-Warbler | Iduna similis | |
| 196 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| 197 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
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| 198 | Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi | |
| 199 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
| 200 | Highland Rush Warbler | Bradypterus centralis | |
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| 201 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| 202 | Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| 203 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 204 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 205 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 206 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 207 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | |
| 208 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| 209 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
| 210 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 211 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| 212 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
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| 213 | Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris | |
| 214 | Eastern Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | |
| 215 | Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | |
| 216 | Cabanis's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi | |
| 217 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| 218 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| 219 | /Common Chiffchaff/ | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| 220 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
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| 221 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| 222 | African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | |
| 223 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | |
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| 224 | Kikuyu White-eye | Zosterops kikuyuensis | |
| 225 | Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
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| 226 | Hinde's Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hindei | |
| 227 | Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei | |
| 228 | Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca | |
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| 229 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
| 230 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
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| 231 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 232 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris | |
| 233 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| 234 | Waller's Starling | Onychognathus walleri | |
| 235 | Sharpe's Starling | Pholia sharpii | |
| 236 | Abbott's Starling | Poeoptera femoralis | |
| 237 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| 238 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| 239 | Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | |
| 240 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
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| 241 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| 242 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata | |
| 243 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| 244 | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
| 245 | Brown-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas hartlaubi | |
| 246 | Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| 247 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | |
| 248 | White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| 249 | Brown-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas poliocephala | |
| 250 | /Common Nightingale/ | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| 251 | Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | |
| 252 | /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola saxatilis | |
| 253 | /Whinchat/ | Saxicola rubetra | |
| 254 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| 255 | Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida | |
| 256 | Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | |
| 257 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 258 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| 259 | /Pied Wheatear/ | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| 260 | Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | |
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| 261 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| 262 | Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | |
| 263 | Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| 264 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| 265 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| 266 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | |
| 267 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| 268 | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| 269 | Red-tufted Sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | |
| 270 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | |
| 271 | Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi | |
| 272 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | |
| 273 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| 274 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 275 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| 276 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| 277 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| 278 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
| 279 | Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei | |
| 280 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| 281 | <Chestnut Weaver> | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| 282 | Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis | |
| 283 | <Red-billed Quelea> | Quelea quelea | |
| 284 | <Yellow-crowned Bishop> | Euplectes afer | |
| 285 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| 286 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| 287 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda | |
| 288 | Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | |
| 289 | Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | |
| 290 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
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| 291 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| 292 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| 293 | Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | |
| 294 | Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii | |
| 295 | Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | |
| 296 | Kandt's Waxbill | Estrilda kandti | |
| 297 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 298 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| 299 | Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| 300 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| 301 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| 302 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
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| 303 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| 304 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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| 305 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 306 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | |
| 307 | Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis | |
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| 308 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| 309 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| 310 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 311 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 312 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| 313 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 314 | Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| 315 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis | |
| 316 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus | |
| 317 | Sharpe's Longclaw | Macronyx sharpei | |
| 318 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
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| 319 | Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus | |
| 320 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides | |
| 321 | Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | |
| 322 | Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphuratus | |
| 323 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus | |
| 324 | Thick-billed Seedeater | Crithagra burtoni | |
| 325 | Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | |
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| 326 | Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 41 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 1 |
| || | Transient | 5 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 4 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 5 |
| V | Vulnerable | 5 |
| EN | Endangered | 5 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 2 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.