LAKE NAIVASHA NATIONAL PARK
KENYA
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 23,600 |
| Altitude (m): | 1890 |
| # Species*: | 306 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 306 |
| # Endemics*: | 2 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 4 |
| Species/100 ha*: | 1.3 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
| Habitat: Freshwater lake, Acacia woodland | |
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 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| 2 | White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| 3 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 4 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula | |
| 5 | Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| 6 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
| 7 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| 8 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| 9 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | |
| 10 | \Southern Pochard\ | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| 11 | /Tufted Duck/ | Aythya fuligula | |
| 12 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | |
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| 13 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| 14 | Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui | |
| 15 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
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| 16 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| 17 | <Lesser Flamingo> | Phoenicoparrus minor | |
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| 18 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 19 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 20 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| 21 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| 22 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 23 | Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| 24 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| 25 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| 26 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| 27 | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| 28 | /Common Cuckoo/ | Cuculus canorus | |
| 29 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| 30 | /Great Spotted Cuckoo/ | Clamator glandarius | |
| 31 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| 32 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 33 | /Eurasian Nightjar/ | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
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| 34 | |Common Swift| | Apus apus | |
| 35 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| 36 | /Horus Swift/ | Apus horus | |
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| 37 | African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| 38 | African Crake | Crex egregia | |
| 39 | Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata | |
| 40 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 41 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| 42 | African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| 43 | \Striped Crake\ | Amaurornis marginalis | |
| 44 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| 45 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | |
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| 46 | /Eurasian Thick-knee/ | Burhinus oedicnemus | |
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| 47 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 48 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 49 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 50 | Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | |
| 51 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 52 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| 53 | Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | |
| 54 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| 55 | /Lesser Sand-Plover/ | Charadrius mongolus | |
| 56 | /Greater Sand-Plover/ | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| 57 | /Caspian Plover/ | Charadrius asiaticus | |
| 58 | Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
| 59 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 60 | /Little Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius dubius | |
| 61 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
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| 62 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| 63 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 64 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica | |
| 65 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | |
| 66 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres | |
| 67 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 68 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 69 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii | |
| 70 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba | |
| 71 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
| 72 | /Terek Sandpiper/ | Xenus cinereus | |
| 73 | /Great Snipe/ | Gallinago media | |
| 74 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 75 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| 76 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 77 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 78 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus | |
| 79 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 80 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 81 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 82 | /Common Redshank/ | Tringa totanus | |
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| 83 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| 84 | /Black-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| 85 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| 86 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 87 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| 88 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 89 | African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |
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| 90 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| 91 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra | |
| 92 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 93 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
| 94 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| 95 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| 96 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| 97 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 98 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| 99 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| 100 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 101 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 102 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| 103 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
| 104 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| 105 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 106 | Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| 107 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 108 | Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| 109 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 110 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| 111 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 112 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
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| 113 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 114 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| 115 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| 116 | /Eurasian Spoonbill/ | Platalea leucorodia | |
| 117 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| 118 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| 119 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 120 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 121 | /European Honey-buzzard/ | Pernis apivorus | |
| 122 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| 123 | /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga pomarina | |
| 124 | /Greater Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga clanga | |
| 125 | Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| 126 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 127 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | |
| 128 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca | |
| 129 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| 130 | /Grasshopper Buzzard/ | Butastur rufipennis | |
| 131 | /Eurasian Marsh-Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 132 | African Marsh-Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| 133 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 134 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| 135 | Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| 136 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans | |
| 137 | African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| 138 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| 139 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus | |
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| 140 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
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| 141 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana | |
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| 142 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| 143 | Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | |
| 144 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| 145 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus | |
| 146 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
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| 147 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| 148 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| 149 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| 150 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| 151 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 152 | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
| 153 | /White-throated Bee-eater/ | Merops albicollis | |
| 154 | \Madagascar Bee-eater\ | Merops superciliosus | |
| 155 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster | |
| 156 | /Northern Carmine Bee-eater/ | Merops nubicus | |
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| 157 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus | |
| 158 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
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| 159 | White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | |
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| 160 | Green-backed Honeyguide | Prodotiscus zambesiae | |
| 161 | Wahlberg's Honeyguide | Prodotiscus regulus | |
| 162 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| 163 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| 164 | African Gray Woodpecker | Chloropicus goertae | |
| 165 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
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| 166 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 167 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 168 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| 169 | |Amur Falcon| | Falco amurensis | |
| 170 | |Eleonora's Falcon| | Falco eleonorae | |
| 171 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor | |
| 172 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo | |
| 173 | Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | |
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| 174 | Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | |
| 175 | Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus | |
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| 176 | /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus oriolus | |
| 177 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
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| 178 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
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| 179 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 180 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
| 181 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
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| 182 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 183 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| 184 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio | |
| 185 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus | |
| 186 | |Lesser Gray Shrike| | Lanius minor | |
| 187 | Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | |
| 188 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
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| 189 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 190 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| 191 | White-bellied Tit | Melaniparus albiventris | |
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| 192 | Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus | |
| 193 | African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
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| 194 | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| 195 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
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| 196 | Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis | |
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| 197 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
| 198 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
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| 199 | Gray-backed Camaroptera** | Camaroptera brevicaudata | |
| 200 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | |
| 201 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| 202 | Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea | |
| 203 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| 204 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | |
| 205 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 206 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus | |
| 207 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | |
| 208 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| 209 | /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ | Iduna pallida | |
| 210 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| 211 | |Olive-tree Warbler| | Hippolais olivetorum | |
| 212 | /Sedge Warbler/ | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| 213 | /Marsh Warbler/ | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| 214 | /Eurasian Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| 215 | /Basra Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus griseldis | |
| 216 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
| 217 | Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | |
| 218 | /Great Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| 219 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 220 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 221 | Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| 222 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 223 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | |
| 224 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 225 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| 226 | /Common House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
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| 227 | Cabanis's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi | |
| 228 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| 229 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| 230 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
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| 231 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| 232 | /Garden Warbler/ | Sylvia borin | |
| 233 | African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | |
| 234 | /Greater Whitethroat/ | Curruca communis | |
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| 235 | Kikuyu White-eye | Zosterops kikuyuensis | |
| 236 | Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
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| 237 | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
| 238 | Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei | |
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| 239 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
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| 240 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 241 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| 242 | Waller's Starling | Onychognathus walleri | |
| 243 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | |
| 244 | Rueppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
| 245 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| 246 | Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
| 247 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| 248 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
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| 249 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata | |
| 250 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | |
| 251 | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
| 252 | Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| 253 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | |
| 254 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| 255 | White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| 256 | Brown-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas poliocephala | |
| 257 | |Thrush Nightingale| | Luscinia luscinia | |
| 258 | /Common Nightingale/ | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| 259 | /Common Redstart/ | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| 260 | /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola saxatilis | |
| 261 | /Whinchat/ | Saxicola rubetra | |
| 262 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| 263 | Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | |
| 264 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 265 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| 266 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| 267 | /Pied Wheatear/ | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
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| 268 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| 269 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| 270 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| 271 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| 272 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | |
| 273 | Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus | |
| 274 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| 275 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 276 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| 277 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| 278 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| 279 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
| 280 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| 281 | Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei | |
| 282 | <Red-billed Quelea> | Quelea quelea | |
| 283 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
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| 284 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 285 | Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| 286 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| 287 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
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| 288 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| 289 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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| 290 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 291 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | |
| 292 | Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | |
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| 293 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| 294 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 295 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| 296 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | |
| 297 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 298 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis | |
| 299 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus | |
| 300 | Sharpe's Longclaw | Hemimacronyx sharpei | |
| 301 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
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| 302 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides | |
| 303 | White-bellied Canary | Crithagra dorsostriatus | |
| 304 | Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphuratus | |
| 305 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus | |
| 306 | Thick-billed Seedeater | Crithagra burtoni | |
* 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 |