BUSIA GRASSLAND
KENYA
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 250 |
| Altitude (m): | 1200-1220 |
| # Species*: | 129 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 129 |
| # Endemics*: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 1 |
| Species/100 ha*: | 51.6 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
| Habitat: Grassland | |
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.*
| |||
| 1 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
| |||
| 2 | White-crested Turaco | Tauraco leucolophus | |
| |||
| 3 | Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |
| 4 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
| 5 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| 6 | /Great Spotted Cuckoo/ | Clamator glandarius | |
| |||
| 7 | /Eurasian Nightjar/ | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| 8 | Black-shouldered Nightjar | Caprimulgus nigriscapularis | |
| |||
| 9 | Mottled Swift | Apus aequatorialis | |
| 10 | African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
| |||
| 11 | |Corn Crake| | Crex crex | |
| |||
| 12 | White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | |
| 13 | Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
| |||
| 14 | /Eurasian Thick-knee/ | Burhinus oedicnemus | |
| |||
| 15 | /Great Snipe/ | Gallinago media | |
| 16 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 17 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| |||
| 18 | Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | |
| |||
| 19 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| 20 | #Abdim's Stork# | Ciconia abdimii | |
| 21 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
| |||
| 22 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
| |||
| 23 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 24 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| 25 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 26 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| |||
| 27 | /European Honey-buzzard/ | Pernis apivorus | |
| 28 | Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
| 29 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| 30 | /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga pomarina | |
| 31 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 32 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 33 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans | |
| |||
| 34 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| |||
| 35 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| 36 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| 37 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
| 38 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| |||
| 39 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| 40 | Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | |
| 41 | /White-throated Bee-eater/ | Merops albicollis | |
| |||
| 42 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
| |||
| 43 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| |||
| 44 | Speckle-breasted Woodpecker | Chloropicus poecilolaemus | |
| |||
| 45 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 46 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 47 | |Amur Falcon| | Falco amurensis | |
| 48 | |Eleonora's Falcon| | Falco eleonorae | |
| 49 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor | |
| 50 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo | |
| |||
| 51 | Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | |
| |||
| 52 | White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Coracina pectoralis | |
| 53 | Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | |
| |||
| 54 | Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
| |||
| 55 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
| 56 | Marsh Tchagra | Tchagra minutus | |
| 57 | Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster | |
| |||
| 58 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio | |
| 59 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus | |
| 60 | |Lesser Gray Shrike| | Lanius minor | |
| 61 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| 62 | /Woodchat Shrike/ | Lanius senator | |
| |||
| 63 | Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | |
| 64 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| |||
| 65 | African Blue Flycatcher | Elminia longicauda | |
| |||
| 66 | Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens | |
| 67 | Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | |
| |||
| 68 | White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | |
| 69 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| 70 | Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis | |
| |||
| 71 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| 72 | /Icterine Warbler/ | Hippolais icterina | |
| 73 | /Marsh Warbler/ | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| 74 | African Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus | |
| 75 | Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | |
| |||
| 76 | Fan-tailed Grassbird | Catriscus brevirostris | |
| |||
| 77 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 78 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 79 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | |
| 80 | /Montane Blue Swallow/ | Hirundo atrocaerulea | |
| 81 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| 82 | /Common House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
| |||
| 83 | Yellow-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis | |
| 84 | Gray Greenbul | Eurillas gracilis | |
| 85 | Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
| 86 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| |||
| 87 | Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
| |||
| 88 | Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei | |
| |||
| 89 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 90 | Rueppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
| 91 | Purple Starling | Lamprotornis purpureus | |
| |||
| 92 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata | |
| 93 | Gray-winged Robin-Chat | Cossypha polioptera | |
| 94 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| 95 | /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola saxatilis | |
| 96 | /Whinchat/ | Saxicola rubetra | |
| 97 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 98 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| |||
| 99 | Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
| 100 | Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus | |
| 101 | Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus | |
| 102 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
| 103 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
| |||
| 104 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| 105 | Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | |
| 106 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| 107 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| 108 | Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
| 109 | Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | |
| 110 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
| 111 | Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii | |
| 112 | Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | |
| 113 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
| 114 | Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi | |
| |||
| 115 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| 116 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| 117 | Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| 118 | Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | |
| 119 | Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | |
| 120 | Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes | |
| 121 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| 122 | Brown Twinspot | Clytospiza monteiri | |
| 123 | Black-bellied Firefinch | Lagonosticta rara | |
| 124 | Bar-breasted Firefinch | Lagonosticta rufopicta | |
| |||
| 125 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| |||
| 126 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 127 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| |||
| 128 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus | |
| 129 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides | |
* 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
| // | Boreal Visitor |
| \\ | Austral Visitor |
| || | Transient |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular |
| () | Breeding Season Only |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant |
| [] | Accidental |