List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near-endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

1	Maccoa Duck	Oxyura maccoa	Many	EN
2	Eastern Crested Guineafowl	Guttera pucherani	ANP,MM	NE
3	Elgon Francolin	Scleroptera elgonensis	ANP,MG	NE
4	Jackson's Spurfowl	Pternistis jacksoni	ANP,GF,MK	NE
5	Forbes-Watson's Swift	Apus berliozi		BC
6	Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum	Many	EN
7	\Malagasy Pond-Heron\	Ardeola idae	Many	EN
8	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius	Many	EN
9	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis	Many	CR
10	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos	Many	EN
11	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	Many	CR
12	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	Many	EN
13	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus	Many	EN
14	/Grasshopper Buzzard/	Butastur rufipennis	Many	BC
15	Sokoke Scops-Owl	Otus ireneae		BC
16	Blue-headed Bee-eater	Merops muelleri	KFR	BC
17	Gray Parrot	Psittacus erithacus	KFR,SBNP	EN
18	Short-tailed Batis	Batis mixta		BC
19	Pale Batis	Batis soror		BC
20	Gray-crested Helmetshrike	Prionops poliolophus	LNAI,LNK,MP	NE
21	Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike	Prionops scopifrons		BC
22	Red-naped Bushshrike	Laniarius ruficeps		BC
23	Zanzibar Boubou	Laniarius sublacteus		BC
24	Four-colored Bushshrike	Telophorus viridis		BC
25	Red-throated Tit	Melaniparus fringillinus	Many	NE
26	Gillett's Lark	Calendulauda gilletti		BC
27	Williams's Lark	Mirafra williamsi	BS,SBNP,SBR	E
28	Collared Lark	Amirafra collaris		BC
29	Sentinel Lark	Corypha athi	Many	NE
30	Masked Lark	Spizocorys personata	SBR	NE
31	Turner's Eremomela	Eremomela turneri	KFR	BC
32	Black-collared Apalis	Oreolais pulcher	Many	BC
33	Taita Apalis	Apalis fuscigularis		BC
34	Black-capped Rufous-Warbler	Bathmocercus cerviniventris	KFR	BC
35	Lyne's Cisticola	Cisticola distinctus	Many	NE
36	Tana River Cisticola	Cisticola restrictus		BC
37	Coastal Cisticola	Cisticola haematocephala		BC
38	Aberdare Cisticola	Cisticola aberdare	ANP,KP,MG	E
39	/Basra Reed Warbler/	Acrocephalus griseldis	LB,LNAI,NNP SBR	EN
40	Black-headed Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla nigriceps		BC
41	Mbulu White-eye	Zosterops mbuluensis		BC
42	Kafa White-eye	Zosterops kaffensis	LNK	NE
43	Kikuyu White-eye	Zosterops kikuyuensis	Many	E
44	Taita White-eye	Zosterops silvarnus		BC
45	Tanzanian Illadopsis	Illadopsis distans		BC
46	Hinde's Pied-Babbler	Turdoides hindei	ANP	E
47	Scaly Babbler	Turdoides squamulata		BC
48	Northern Pied-Babbler	Turdoides hypoleuca	Many	NE
49	Abbott's Starling	Poeoptera femoralis	ANP,GF,KV,MK	NE
50	Kenrick's Starling	Poeoptera kenricki	MK	NE
51	Hildebrandt's Starling	Lamprotornis hildebrandti	Many	NE
52	Ashy Starling	Lamprotornis unicolor		BC
53	Spotted Ground-Thrush	Geokichla guttata		BC
54	Taita Thrush	Turdus helleri		BC
55	Chapin's Flycatcher	Fraseria lendu	KFR	NE
56	Plain-backed Sunbird	Anthreptes reichenowi		BC
57	Amani Sunbird	Hedydipna pallidigaster		BC
58	Eastern Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris mediocris	Many	NE
59	Usambara Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris usambaricus		BC
60	Gorgeous Sunbird	Cinnyris melanogastrus	Many	NE
61	Tsavo Sunbird	Cinnyris tsavoensis		BC
62	Violet-breasted Sunbird	Cinnyris chalcomelas		BC
63	Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver	Plocepasser donaldsoni	BS,SBNP,SBR	BC
64	Red Weaver	Anaplectes jubaensis		BC
65	Golden Palm Weaver	Ploceus bojeri	BS,SBNP,SBR	BC
66	Taveta Golden-Weaver	Ploceus castaneiceps		BC
67	Kilifi Weaver	Ploceus golandi		BC
68	Juba Weaver	Ploceus dichrocephalus		BC
69	<Fire-fronted Bishop>	Euplectes diadematus	Many	BC
70	Jackson's Widowbird	Euplectes jacksoni	Many	NE
71	Kenya Rufous Sparrow	Passer rufocinctus	Many	NE
72	Swahili Sparrow	Passer suahelicus	Many	NE
73	Malindi Pipit	Anthus melindae		BC
74	Sokoke Pipit	Anthus sokokensis		BC
75	Sharpe's Longclaw	Macronyx sharpei	Many	E
76	Southern Grosbeak-Canary	Crithagra buchanani	LNAI,MM,OLO	NE
77	West African Seedeater	Crithagra canicapilla	KE	BC

 

 *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.

BIRDING LOCALES

• Aberdare National Park (ANP)
• Buffalo Springs Nature Reserve (BS)
• Busia Grassland (BG)
• Gatamaiyu Forest (GF)
• Kakamega Forest (KFR)
• Kakamega Town (KFT)
• Kerio Valley (KV)
• Kikuyu Escarpment Forest (KEF)
• Kinangop Plateau (KP)
• Kitale Vicinity (KIT)
• Kongelai Escarpment (KE)
• Lake Baringo (LB)
• Lake Naivasha National Park (LNAI)
• Lake Nakuru National Park (LNK)
• Lake Victoria & Kisumu (LV)
• Manguo Swamp (MP)
• Masai Mara (MM)
• Mau Narok/Molo Grassland (MG)
• Mount Kenya National Park (MK)
• Nairobi National Park (NNP)
• Olorgesailie (OLO)
• Saiwa Swamp National Park (SS)
• Samburu National Park (SBNP)
• Shaba Nature Reserve (SBR)

REASON CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	10
NE	Near Endemic	37
CR	Critically Endangered	2
EN	Endangered	9
BC	Best Seen in This Country	19
AT	Always a Target	0

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.