OLORGESAILIE
KENYA
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 21 |
| # Species: | 254 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 254 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 7 |
| Species/100 ha: | 1209.5 |
| Habitat: Dry scrub, semi-arid | |
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 | OLO |
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| 2 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | OLO |
| 3 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | OLO |
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| 4 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | OLO |
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| 5 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | OLO |
| 6 | Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | OLO |
| 7 | Hildebrandt's Spurfowl | Pternistis hildebrandti | OLO |
| 8 | Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | OLO |
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| 9 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | OLO |
| 10 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | OLO |
| 11 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | OLO |
| 12 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | OLO |
| 13 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | OLO |
| 14 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | OLO |
| 15 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | OLO |
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| 16 | Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | OLO |
| 17 | Black-faced Sandgrouse | Pterocles decoratus | OLO |
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| 18 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | OLO |
| 19 | White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | OLO |
| 20 | Buff-crested Bustard | Lophotis gindiana | OLO |
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| 21 | White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster | OLO |
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| 22 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | OLO |
| 23 | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | OLO |
| 24 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | OLO |
| 25 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | OLO |
| 26 | Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | OLO |
| 27 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | OLO |
| 28 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | OLO |
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| 29 | Donaldson Smith's Nightjar | Caprimulgus donaldsoni | OLO |
| 30 | Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus | OLO |
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| 31 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | OLO |
| 32 | Common Swift | Apus apus | OLO |
| 33 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | OLO |
| 34 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | OLO |
| 35 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | OLO |
| 36 | Horus Swift | Apus horus | OLO |
| 37 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | OLO |
| 38 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | OLO |
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| 39 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | OLO |
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| 40 | Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | OLO |
| 41 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | OLO |
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| 42 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | OLO |
| 43 | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | OLO |
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| 44 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | OLO |
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| 45 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | OLO |
| 46 | Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | OLO |
| 47 | Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | OLO |
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| 48 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | OLO |
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| 49 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | OLO |
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| 50 | Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | OLO |
| 51 | White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | OLO |
| 52 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | OLO |
| 53 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | OLO |
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| 54 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | OLO |
| 55 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | OLO |
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| 56 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis | OLO |
| 57 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | OLO |
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| 58 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | OLO |
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| 59 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | OLO |
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| 60 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | OLO |
| 61 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | OLO |
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| 62 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | OLO |
| 63 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | OLO |
| 64 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | OLO |
| 65 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | OLO |
| 66 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | OLO |
| 67 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | OLO |
| 68 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | OLO |
| 69 | Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | OLO |
| 70 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | OLO |
| 71 | Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | OLO |
| 72 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | OLO |
| 73 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | OLO |
| 74 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | OLO |
| 75 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | OLO |
| 76 | Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | OLO |
| 77 | Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | OLO |
| 78 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | OLO |
| 79 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | OLO |
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| 80 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | OLO |
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| 81 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | OLO |
| 82 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | OLO |
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| 83 | Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | OLO |
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| 84 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | OLO |
| 85 | Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor | OLO |
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| 86 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | OLO |
| 87 | Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | OLO |
| 88 | Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | OLO |
| 89 | Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | OLO |
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| 90 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | OLO |
| 91 | White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | OLO |
| 92 | Olive Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | OLO |
| 93 | European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | OLO |
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| 94 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | OLO |
| 95 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | OLO |
| 96 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | OLO |
| 97 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | OLO |
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| 98 | European Roller | Coracias garrulus | OLO |
| 99 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | OLO |
| 100 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | OLO |
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| 101 | Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | OLO |
| 102 | D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii | OLO |
| 103 | Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus uropygialis | OLO |
| 104 | Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata | OLO |
| 105 | Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | OLO |
| 106 | Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | OLO |
| 107 | White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | OLO |
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| 108 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | OLO |
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| 109 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | OLO |
| 110 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | OLO |
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| 111 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | OLO |
| 112 | Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | OLO |
| 113 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | OLO |
| 114 | Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | OLO |
| 115 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | OLO |
| 116 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | OLO |
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| 117 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | OLO |
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| 118 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | OLO |
| 119 | Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo | OLO |
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| 120 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | OLO |
| 121 | Pringle's Puffback | Dryoscopus pringlii | OLO |
| 122 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | OLO |
| 123 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | OLO |
| 124 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | OLO |
| 125 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | OLO |
| 126 | Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | OLO |
| 127 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | OLO |
| 128 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | OLO |
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| 129 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | OLO |
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| 130 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | OLO |
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| 131 | Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | OLO |
| 132 | Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | OLO |
| 133 | Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | OLO |
| 134 | Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis | OLO |
| 135 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | OLO |
| 136 | White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli | OLO |
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| 137 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | OLO |
| 138 | White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | OLO |
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| 139 | Red-throated Tit | Melaniparus fringillinus | |
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| 140 | Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus | OLO |
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| 141 | Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix signatus | OLO |
| 142 | Fischer's Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia | OLO |
| 143 | Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | OLO |
| 144 | Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | OLO |
| 145 | Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea | OLO |
| 146 | Short-tailed Lark | Pseudalaemon fremantlii | OLO |
| 147 | Somali Short-toed Lark | Alaudala somalica | OLO |
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| 148 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | OLO |
| 149 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | OLO |
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| 150 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | OLO |
| 151 | Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex | OLO |
| 152 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | OLO |
| 153 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | OLO |
| 154 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | OLO |
| 155 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | OLO |
| 156 | Red-fronted Warbler | Prinia rufifrons | OLO |
| 157 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | OLO |
| 158 | Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus | OLO |
| 159 | Lyne's Cisticola | Cisticola distinctus | OLO |
| 160 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus | OLO |
| 161 | Tiny Cisticola | Cisticola nana | OLO |
| 162 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | OLO |
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| 163 | Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | OLO |
| 164 | Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | OLO |
| 165 | Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | OLO |
| 166 | Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | OLO |
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| 167 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | OLO |
| 168 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | OLO |
| 169 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | OLO |
| 170 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | OLO |
| 171 | Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | OLO |
| 172 | African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus | OLO |
| 173 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | OLO |
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| 174 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | OLO |
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| 175 | Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | OLO |
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| 176 | Banded Parisoma | Curruca boehmi | OLO |
| 177 | Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | OLO |
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| 178 | Pale White-eye | Zosterops flavilateralis | OLO |
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| 179 | Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa | OLO |
| 180 | Scaly Chatterer | Argya aylmeri | OLO |
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| 181 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | OLO |
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| 182 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | OLO |
| 183 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | OLO |
| 184 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | OLO |
| 185 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | OLO |
| 186 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | OLO |
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| 187 | African Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus | OLO |
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| 188 | Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | OLO |
| 189 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | OLO |
| 190 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | OLO |
| 191 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | OLO |
| 192 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | OLO |
| 193 | Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata | OLO |
| 194 | Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | OLO |
| 195 | Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | OLO |
| 196 | Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | OLO |
| 197 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | OLO |
| 198 | Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | OLO |
| 199 | Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | OLO |
| 200 | Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | OLO |
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| 201 | Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | OLO |
| 202 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | OLO |
| 203 | Gorgeous Sunbird | Cinnyris melanogastrus | OLO |
| 204 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | OLO |
| 205 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | OLO |
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| 206 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | OLO |
| 207 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | OLO |
| 208 | Gray-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi | OLO |
| 209 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | OLO |
| 210 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | OLO |
| 211 | Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | OLO |
| 212 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | OLO |
| 213 | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | OLO |
| 214 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | OLO |
| 215 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | OLO |
| 216 | Cardinal Quelea | Quelea cardinalis | OLO |
| 217 | Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | OLO |
| 218 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | OLO |
| 219 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | OLO |
| 220 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda | OLO |
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| 221 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | OLO |
| 222 | African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | OLO |
| 223 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | OLO |
| 224 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | OLO |
| 225 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | OLO |
| 226 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | OLO |
| 227 | Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | OLO |
| 228 | Gray-headed Silverbill | Odontospiza griseicapilla | OLO |
| 229 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | OLO |
| 230 | Blue-capped Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus | OLO |
| 231 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | OLO |
| 232 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | OLO |
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| 233 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | OLO |
| 234 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | OLO |
| 235 | Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina | OLO |
| 236 | Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri | OLO |
| 237 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | OLO |
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| 238 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | OLO |
| 239 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | OLO |
| 240 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | OLO |
| 241 | Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis | OLO |
| 242 | Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus | OLO |
| 243 | Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | OLO |
| 244 | Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis pyrgita | OLO |
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| 245 | Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | OLO |
| 246 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | OLO |
| 247 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | OLO |
| 248 | Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | OLO |
| 249 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | OLO |
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| 250 | Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | OLO |
| 251 | White-bellied Canary | Crithagra dorsostriatus | OLO |
| 252 | Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani | OLO |
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| 253 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | OLO |
| 254 | Somali Bunting | Emberiza poliopleura | OLO |
*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 | 5 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 6 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 2 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 4 |
| 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.
LOCATION CODES
| Code | Description |
Other Locales