KINANGOP PLATEAU
KENYA
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 77,000 |
| Altitude (m): | 2400-2700 |
| # Species*: | 253 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 253 |
| # Endemics*: | 3 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 3 |
| Species/100 ha*: | 0.3 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
| Habitat: Montane 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.*
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| 1 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| 2 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| 3 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| 4 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 5 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| 6 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula | |
| 7 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
| 8 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| 9 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| 10 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| 11 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | |
| 12 | \Southern Pochard\ | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| 13 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | |
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| 14 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| 15 | <Harlequin Quail> | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| 16 | Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus | |
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| 17 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 18 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 19 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 20 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| 21 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| 22 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| 23 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 24 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 25 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| 26 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| 27 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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| 28 | Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | |
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| 29 | /Common Cuckoo/ | Cuculus canorus | |
| 30 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| 31 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 32 | Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| 33 | /Great Spotted Cuckoo/ | Clamator glandarius | |
| 34 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| 35 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 36 | /Eurasian Nightjar/ | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| 37 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | |
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| 38 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
| 39 | |Common Swift| | Apus apus | |
| 40 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| 41 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| 42 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 43 | /Horus Swift/ | Apus horus | |
| 44 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| 45 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| 46 | African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| 47 | |Corn Crake| | Crex crex | |
| 48 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 49 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| 50 | African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| 51 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| 52 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | |
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| 53 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 54 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 55 | Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | |
| 56 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | |
| 57 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
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| 58 | Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | |
| 59 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| 60 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | |
| 61 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| 62 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 63 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 64 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 65 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 66 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 67 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 68 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | |
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| 69 | /Abdim's Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii | |
| 70 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 71 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| 72 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| 73 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| 74 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 75 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| 76 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| 77 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | |
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| 78 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 79 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 80 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 81 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 82 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| 83 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 84 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
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| 85 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 86 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| 87 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| 88 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| 89 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| 90 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 91 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| 92 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 93 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 94 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| 95 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 96 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 97 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | |
| 98 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 99 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 100 | Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| 101 | African Goshawk | Accipiter toussenelii | |
| 102 | Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| 103 | Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| 104 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans | |
| 105 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| 106 | |Common Buzzard| | Buteo buteo | |
| 107 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | |
| 108 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| 109 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
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| 110 | /Eurasian Hoopoe/ | Upupa epops | |
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| 111 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis | |
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| 112 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| 113 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 114 | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
| 115 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | |
| 116 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster | |
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| 117 | Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax | |
| 118 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
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| 119 | Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
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| 120 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 121 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 122 | |Amur Falcon| | Falco amurensis | |
| 123 | |Eleonora's Falcon| | Falco eleonorae | |
| 124 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor | |
| 125 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo | |
| 126 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| 127 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 128 | Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | |
| 129 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
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| 130 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| 131 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| 132 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| 133 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
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| 134 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 135 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| 136 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio | |
| 137 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus | |
| 138 | |Lesser Gray Shrike| | Lanius minor | |
| 139 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
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| 140 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 141 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| 142 | White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
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| 143 | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| 144 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
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| 145 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
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| 146 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| 147 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| 148 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| 149 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| 150 | Hunter's Cisticola | Cisticola hunteri | |
| 151 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 152 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus | |
| 153 | Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| 154 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | |
| 155 | Aberdare Cisticola | Cisticola aberdare | |
| 156 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| 157 | Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | |
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| 158 | /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ | Iduna pallida | |
| 159 | Mountain Yellow-Warbler | Iduna similis | |
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| 160 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
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| 161 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| 162 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 163 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 164 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 165 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 166 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | |
| 167 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| 168 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
| 169 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 170 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
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| 171 | Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | |
| 172 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| 173 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| 174 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
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| 175 | /Garden Warbler/ | Sylvia borin | |
| 176 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | |
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| 177 | Kikuyu White-eye | Zosterops kikuyuensis | |
| 178 | Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
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| 179 | Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei | |
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| 180 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
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| 181 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris | |
| 182 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| 183 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| 184 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| 185 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
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| 186 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| 187 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata | |
| 188 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| 189 | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
| 190 | Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| 191 | White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| 192 | /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola saxatilis | |
| 193 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| 194 | Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida | |
| 195 | Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | |
| 196 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 197 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| 198 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| 199 | /Pied Wheatear/ | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
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| 200 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | |
| 201 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| 202 | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| 203 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | |
| 204 | Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi | |
| 205 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | |
| 206 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| 207 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 208 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| 209 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| 210 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| 211 | Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei | |
| 212 | <Red-billed Quelea> | Quelea quelea | |
| 213 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| 214 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| 215 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda | |
| 216 | Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | |
| 217 | Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | |
| 218 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
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| 219 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| 220 | Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | |
| 221 | Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii | |
| 222 | Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | |
| 223 | Kandt's Waxbill | Estrilda kandti | |
| 224 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 225 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
| 226 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| 227 | Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| 228 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| 229 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
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| 230 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| 231 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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| 232 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 233 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | |
| 234 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| 235 | Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis | |
| 236 | Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | |
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| 237 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| 238 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| 239 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 240 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| 241 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 242 | Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| 243 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| 244 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis | |
| 245 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus | |
| 246 | Sharpe's Longclaw | Macronyx sharpei | |
| 247 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
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| 248 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides | |
| 249 | Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | |
| 250 | Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphuratus | |
| 251 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus | |
| 252 | Thick-billed Seedeater | Crithagra burtoni | |
| 253 | Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | |
*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 | 9 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 2 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 5 |
| V | Vulnerable | 4 |
| EN | Endangered | 6 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
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.