MAU NAROK/MOLO GRASSLAND
KENYA
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 40,000 |
| Altitude (m): | 2700-3100 |
| # Species: | 175 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 175 |
| # Endemics: | 2 |
| # Near Endemics: | 4 |
| Species/100 ha: | 0.4 |
| 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 | Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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| 2 | White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| 3 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 4 | Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| 5 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| 6 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| 7 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| 8 | \Southern Pochard\ | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| 9 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | |
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| 10 | Elgon Francolin | Scleroptera elgonensis | |
| 11 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| 12 | <Harlequin Quail> | Coturnix delegorguei | |
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| 13 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| 14 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
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| 15 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 16 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| 17 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| 18 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 19 | #Laughing Dove# | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 20 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
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| 21 | /Great Spotted Cuckoo/ | Clamator glandarius | |
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| 22 | /Eurasian Nightjar/ | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| 23 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | |
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| 24 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
| 25 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| 26 | #Horus Swift# | Apus horus | |
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| 27 | African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| 28 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 29 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| 30 | African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| 31 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| 32 | Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
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| 33 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | |
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| 34 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 35 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 36 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | |
| 37 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| 38 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
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| 39 | Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | |
| 40 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| 41 | /Great Snipe/ | Gallinago media | |
| 42 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| 43 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 44 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 45 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 46 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 47 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
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| 48 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| 49 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
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| 50 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 51 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| 52 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| 53 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 54 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 55 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 56 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| 57 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 58 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 59 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| 60 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 61 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
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| 62 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| 63 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| 64 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| 65 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 66 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| 67 | /European Honey-buzzard/ | Pernis apivorus | |
| 68 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 69 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 70 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| 71 | /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga pomarina | |
| 72 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| 73 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | |
| 74 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 75 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 76 | African Goshawk | Accipiter toussenelii | |
| 77 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| 78 | Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| 79 | Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| 80 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans | |
| 81 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | |
| 82 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| 83 | Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | |
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| 84 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
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| 85 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
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| 86 | (Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater) | Merops oreobates | |
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| 87 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| 88 | White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | |
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| 89 | Fine-banded Woodpecker | Campethera taeniolaema | |
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| 90 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 91 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 92 | |Red-footed Falcon| | Falco vespertinus | |
| 93 | |Amur Falcon| | Falco amurensis | |
| 94 | |Eleonora's Falcon| | Falco eleonorae | |
| 95 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor | |
| 96 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo | |
| 97 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 98 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
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| 99 | Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | |
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| 100 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
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| 101 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus | |
| 102 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
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| 103 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 104 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| 105 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
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| 106 | Chestnut-throated Apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema | |
| 107 | Hunter's Cisticola | Cisticola hunteri | |
| 108 | Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| 109 | Aberdare Cisticola | Cisticola aberdare | |
| 110 | Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | |
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| 111 | Mountain Yellow-Warbler | Iduna similis | |
| 112 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
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| 113 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
| 114 | Highland Rush Warbler | Bradypterus centralis | |
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| 115 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| 116 | Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| 117 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 118 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 119 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 120 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | |
| 121 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
| 122 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 123 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| 124 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
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| 125 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| 126 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
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| 127 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| 128 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | |
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| 129 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| 130 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| 131 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
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| 132 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| 133 | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
| 134 | Brown-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas hartlaubi | |
| 135 | Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| 136 | White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| 137 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| 138 | Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | |
| 139 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 140 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| 141 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina | |
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| 142 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | |
| 143 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| 144 | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| 145 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | |
| 146 | Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi | |
| 147 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | |
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| 148 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| 149 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| 150 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
| 151 | Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei | |
| 152 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| 153 | <Red-billed Quelea> | Quelea quelea | |
| 154 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda | |
| 155 | Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | |
| 156 | Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | |
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| 157 | Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | |
| 158 | Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | |
| 159 | Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | |
| 160 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
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| 161 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
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| 162 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | |
| 163 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
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| 164 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| 165 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| 166 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 167 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| 168 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 169 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| 170 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis | |
| 171 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus | |
| 172 | Sharpe's Longclaw | Macronyx sharpei | |
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| 173 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides | |
| 174 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus | |
| 175 | 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 | 29 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 1 |
| || | Transient | 4 |
| ## | 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 | 3 |
| EN | Endangered | 5 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
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.