MOUNT KENYA NATIONAL PARK
KENYA
LOCALE
| Area (SqKm): | 715 |
| Altitude (m): | 3000-5199 |
| # Species*: | 226 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 226 |
| # Endemics*: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 6 |
| Species/100 SqKm*: | 31.6 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
| Habitat: Highland forest, grassland, moorland | |
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 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| 3 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa |
| 4 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
| 5 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
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| 6 | Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus |
| 7 | Jackson's Spurfowl | Pternistis jacksoni |
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| 8 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 9 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| 10 | Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba delegorguei |
| 11 | Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata |
| 12 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens |
| 13 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 14 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| 15 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
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| 16 | Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi |
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| 17 | Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus |
| 18 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
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| 19 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus |
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| 20 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus |
| 21 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| 22 | |Common Swift| | Apus apus |
| 23 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae |
| 24 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 25 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
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| 26 | Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans |
| 27 | Striped Flufftail | Sarothrura affinis |
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| 28 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
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| 29 | Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris |
| 30 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
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| 31 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis |
| 32 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 33 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus |
| 34 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
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| 35 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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| 36 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra |
| 37 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
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| 38 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 39 | Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea |
| 40 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
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| 41 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 42 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 43 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
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| 44 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 45 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
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| 46 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| 47 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
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| 48 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 49 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 50 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus |
| 51 | \African Cuckoo-Hawk\ | Aviceda cuculoides |
| 52 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
| 53 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 54 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 55 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii |
| 56 | Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris |
| 57 | Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus |
| 58 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans |
| 59 | |Common Buzzard| | Buteo buteo |
| 60 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus |
| 61 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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| 62 | African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis |
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| 63 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis |
| 64 | Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis |
| 65 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
| 66 | Abyssinian Owl | Asio abyssinicus |
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| 67 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
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| 68 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina |
| 69 | Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum |
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| 70 | White-headed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei |
| 71 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
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| 72 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| 73 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis |
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| 74 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates |
| 75 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster |
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| 76 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| 77 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| 78 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| 79 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 80 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus |
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| 81 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis |
| 82 | Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax |
| 83 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
| 84 | Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata |
| 85 | White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus |
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| 86 | Green-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus zambesiae |
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| 87 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 88 | Fine-banded Woodpecker | Campethera taeniolaema |
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| 89 | |Eleonora's Falcon| | Falco eleonorae |
| 90 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor |
| 91 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo |
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| 92 | Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi |
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| 93 | African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis |
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| 94 | Gray Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris caesia |
| 95 | Petit's Cuckooshrike | Campephaga petiti |
| 96 | Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina |
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| 97 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
| 98 | Black-tailed Oriole | Oriolus percivali |
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| 99 | Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata |
| 100 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
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| 101 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 102 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 103 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 104 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus |
| 105 | Black-fronted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus nigrifrons |
| 106 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
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| 107 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 108 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio |
| 109 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
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| 110 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| 111 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
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| 112 | White-tailed Crested Flycatcher | Elminia albonotata |
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| 113 | White-bellied Tit | Melaniparus albiventris |
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| 114 | White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys |
| 115 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
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| 116 | Black-collared Apalis | Oreolais pulcher |
| 117 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 118 | Black-throated Apalis | Apalis jacksoni |
| 119 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 120 | Chestnut-throated Apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema |
| 121 | Black-headed Apalis | Apalis melanocephala |
| 122 | Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea |
| 123 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 124 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida |
| 125 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
| 126 | Hunter's Cisticola | Cisticola hunteri |
| 127 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus |
| 128 | Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii |
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| 129 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis |
| 130 | Mountain Yellow-Warbler | Iduna similis |
| 131 | /Icterine Warbler/ | Hippolais icterina |
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| 132 | Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi |
| 133 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus |
| 134 | Highland Rush Warbler | Bradypterus centralis |
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| 135 | White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps |
| 136 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
| 137 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| 138 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 139 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 140 | African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus |
| 141 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
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| 142 | Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris |
| 143 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| 144 | Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla kikuyuensis |
| 145 | Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris |
| 146 | Cabanis's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi |
| 147 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
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| 148 | /Wood Warbler/ | Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
| 149 | /Common Chiffchaff/ | Phylloscopus collybita |
| 150 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens |
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| 151 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla |
| 152 | African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica |
| 153 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens |
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| 154 | Kikuyu White-eye | Zosterops kikuyuensis |
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| 155 | Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca |
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| 156 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha |
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| 157 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 158 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| 159 | Waller's Starling | Onychognathus walleri |
| 160 | Sharpe's Starling | Pholia sharpii |
| 161 | Abbott's Starling | Poeoptera femoralis |
| 162 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki |
| 163 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
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| 164 | Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae |
| 165 | Orange Ground-Thrush | Geokichla gurneyi |
| 166 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus |
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| 167 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
| 168 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| 169 | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri |
| 170 | Brown-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas hartlaubi |
| 171 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 172 | Cape Robin-Chat | Dessonornis caffra |
| 173 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa |
| 174 | White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata |
| 175 | Brown-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas poliocephala |
| 176 | /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola saxatilis |
| 177 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
| 178 | Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida |
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| 179 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 180 | Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis |
| 181 | Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea |
| 182 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze |
| 183 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
| 184 | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa |
| 185 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi |
| 186 | Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi |
| 187 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris |
| 188 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
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| 189 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| 190 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 191 | Black-billed Weaver | Ploceus melanogaster |
| 192 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| 193 | Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei |
| 194 | Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis |
| 195 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| 196 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda |
| 197 | Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne |
| 198 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
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| 199 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 200 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor |
| 201 | Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia |
| 202 | Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava |
| 203 | Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii |
| 204 | Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus |
| 205 | Kandt's Waxbill | Estrilda kandti |
| 206 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 207 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| 208 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 209 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
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| 210 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 211 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
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| 212 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus |
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| 213 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |
| 214 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara |
| 215 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea |
| 216 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 217 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 218 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
| 219 | Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae |
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| 220 | Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus |
| 221 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides |
| 222 | Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphuratus |
| 223 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus |
| 224 | Thick-billed Seedeater | Crithagra burtoni |
| 225 | Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex |
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| 226 | 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 | 16 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 1 |
| || | Transient | 5 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 3 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| 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.