SAIWA SWAMP NATIONAL PARK
KENYA
LOCALE
| Area (SqKm): | 3 |
| Altitude (m): | 1820-1880 |
| # Species: | 308 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 308 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 1 |
| Species/100 SqKm: | 10620.7 |
| Habitat: Swamp, grassland, riverine forest | |
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 | Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota |
| 4 | /Eurasian Wigeon/ | Mareca penelope |
| 5 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
| 6 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta |
| 7 | \Southern Pochard\ | Netta erythrophthalma |
| 8 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa |
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| 9 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| 10 | Western Crested Guineafowl | Guttera verreauxi |
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| 11 | Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus |
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| 12 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 13 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 14 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| 15 | Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata |
| 16 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 17 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 18 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 19 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer |
| 20 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| 21 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
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| 22 | Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus |
| 23 | Ross's Turaco | Tauraco rossae |
| 24 | White-crested Turaco | Tauraco leucolophus |
| 25 | Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi |
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| 26 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 27 | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus |
| 28 | African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis |
| 29 | Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus |
| 30 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis |
| 31 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 32 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 33 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
| 34 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
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| 35 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus |
| 36 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| 37 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
| 38 | |Common Swift| | Apus apus |
| 39 | African Swift | Apus barbatus |
| 40 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 41 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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| 42 | African Rail | Rallus caerulescens |
| 43 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 44 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra |
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| 45 | Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa |
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| 46 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
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| 47 | /Little Ringed Plover/ | Thinornis dubius |
| 48 | Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris |
| 49 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| 50 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus |
| 51 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
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| 52 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
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| 53 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis |
| 54 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago |
| 55 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 56 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus |
| 57 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 58 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 59 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus |
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| 60 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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| 61 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra |
| 62 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia |
| 63 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| 64 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
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| 65 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
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| 66 | Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
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| 67 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 68 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 69 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| 70 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
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| 71 | Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus |
| 72 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 73 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 74 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 75 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 76 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 77 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 78 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
| 79 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 80 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 81 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| 82 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
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| 83 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 84 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
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| 85 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 86 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 87 | Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens |
| 88 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 89 | Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 90 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 91 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| 92 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 93 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 94 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 95 | African Goshawk | Aerospiza toussenelii |
| 96 | Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus |
| 97 | Shikra | Tachyspiza badius |
| 98 | Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus |
| 99 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus |
| 100 | African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
| 101 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans |
| 102 | |Common Buzzard| | Buteo buteo |
| 103 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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| 104 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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| 105 | African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii |
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| 106 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
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| 107 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina |
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| 108 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 109 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
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| 110 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| 111 | Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindrica |
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| 112 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates |
| 113 | /White-throated Bee-eater/ | Merops albicollis |
| 114 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus |
| 115 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster |
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| 116 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| 117 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
| 118 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 119 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
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| 120 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 121 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
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| 122 | Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet | Trachylaemus purpuratus |
| 123 | Gray-throated Barbet | Gymnobucco bonapartei |
| 124 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
| 125 | Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa |
| 126 | Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus |
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| 127 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| 128 | Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus |
| 129 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
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| 130 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 131 | Brown-backed Woodpecker | Dendropicos obsoletus |
| 132 | African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae |
| 133 | Fine-banded Woodpecker | Campethera taeniolaema |
| 134 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica |
| 135 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
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| 136 | Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus |
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| 137 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
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| 138 | Gray Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris caesia |
| 139 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
| 140 | Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina |
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| 141 | |Eurasian Golden Oriole| | Oriolus oriolus |
| 142 | #African Golden Oriole# | Oriolus auratus |
| 143 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
| 144 | Black-tailed Oriole | Oriolus percivali |
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| 145 | Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea |
| 146 | Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata |
| 147 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| 148 | Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri |
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| 149 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis |
| 150 | Pringle's Puffback | Dryoscopus pringlii |
| 151 | Marsh Tchagra | Tchagra minutus |
| 152 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 153 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 154 | Luehder's Bushshrike | Laniarius luehderi |
| 155 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 156 | Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster |
| 157 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus |
| 158 | Black-fronted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus nigrifrons |
| 159 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
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| 160 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 161 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 162 | Yellow-billed Shrike | Corvinella corvina |
| 163 | Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides |
| 164 | Mackinnon's Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni |
| 165 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
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| 166 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| 167 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
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| 168 | African Blue Flycatcher | Elminia longicauda |
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| 169 | White-bellied Tit | Melaniparus albiventris |
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| 170 | African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli |
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| 171 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
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| 172 | White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys |
| 173 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
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| 174 | White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon |
| 175 | Black-collared Apalis | Oreolais pulcher |
| 176 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 177 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella |
| 178 | Black-throated Apalis | Apalis jacksoni |
| 179 | Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea |
| 180 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 181 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida |
| 182 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| 183 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
| 184 | Chubb's Cisticola | Cisticola chubbi |
| 185 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus |
| 186 | Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens |
| 187 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus |
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| 188 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis |
| 189 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 190 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| 191 | Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens |
| 192 | /Great Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
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| 193 | Fan-tailed Grassbird | Catriscus brevirostris |
| 194 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus |
| 195 | Highland Rush Warbler | Bradypterus centralis |
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| 196 | White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps |
| 197 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
| 198 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
| 199 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| 200 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 201 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 202 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis |
| 203 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 204 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 205 | African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus |
| 206 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 207 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
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| 208 | Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris |
| 209 | Pale-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavigula |
| 210 | Joyful Greenbul | Chlorocichla laetissima |
| 211 | Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla kikuyuensis |
| 212 | Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris |
| 213 | Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris |
| 214 | Cabanis's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi |
| 215 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
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| 216 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| 217 | /Common Chiffchaff/ | Phylloscopus collybita |
| 218 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens |
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| 219 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla |
| 220 | African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica |
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| 221 | Green White-eye | Zosterops stuhlmanni |
| 222 | Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis |
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| 223 | Mountain Illadopsis | Illadopsis pyrrhoptera |
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| 224 | Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei |
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| 225 | African Spotted Creeper | Salpornis salvadori |
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| 226 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| 227 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 228 | Stuhlmann's Starling | Poeoptera stuhlmanni |
| 229 | Rueppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera |
| 230 | (Splendid Starling) | Lamprotornis splendidus |
| 231 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
| 232 | Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus |
| 233 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| 234 | Bronze-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis chalcurus |
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| 235 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus |
| 236 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
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| 237 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
| 238 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata |
| 239 | Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica |
| 240 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus |
| 241 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| 242 | Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides |
| 243 | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri |
| 244 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 245 | Cape Robin-Chat | Dessonornis caffra |
| 246 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 247 | Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis |
| 248 | Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla |
| 249 | White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata |
| 250 | Gray-winged Robin-Chat | Sheppardia polioptera |
| 251 | Equatorial Akalat | Sheppardia aequatorialis |
| 252 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
| 253 | Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops |
| 254 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
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| 255 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 256 | Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis |
| 257 | Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea |
| 258 | Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens |
| 259 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina |
| 260 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 261 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
| 262 | Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi |
| 263 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| 264 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
| 265 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus |
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| 266 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 267 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 268 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| 269 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 270 | Black-billed Weaver | Ploceus melanogaster |
| 271 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| 272 | Northern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus castanops |
| 273 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 274 | Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis |
| 275 | &Cardinal Queleal | Quelea cardinalis |
| 276 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| 277 | Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura |
| 278 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda |
| 279 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
| 280 | Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi |
| 281 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
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| 282 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 283 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor |
| 284 | Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus |
| 285 | Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula |
| 286 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 287 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis |
| 288 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| 289 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 290 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| 291 | Black-bellied Firefinch | Lagonosticta rara |
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| 292 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 293 | Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis |
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| 294 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus |
| 295 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
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| 296 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |
| 297 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 298 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 299 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 300 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| 301 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis |
| 302 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
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| 303 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
| 304 | Southern Citril | Crithagra hypostictus |
| 305 | Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi |
| 306 | Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphuratus |
| 307 | Thick-billed Seedeater | Crithagra burtoni |
| 308 | 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 | 24 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 1 |
| || | Transient | 5 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 1 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 0 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 2 |
| 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.