2012 Kenya Birding & Mammal Safari

TARGET BIRDS FOR TOUR

List of target birds for locations visited on this tour along with which target species were acually seen. Target birds are those we can see only at one or two sites or are range-restricted, endemic, or near endemic in the country. The location column indicates where species was seen on the tour. If blank, the species wasn't seen. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

1	White-backed Duck	Thalassornis leuconotus	SS	MG,MP
2	Maccoa Duck	Oxyura maccoa	SS	MG
3	Elgon Francolin	Scleroptera elgonensis	OS
4	Shelley's Francolin	Scleroptera shelleyi	OS
5	Jackson's Spurfowl	Pternistis jacksoni	US	KABER
6	Red-necked Spurfowl	Pternistis afer	SS	MM
7	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	OS	MG
8	Yellow-throated Sandgrouse	Pterocles gutturalis	US
9	Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse	Pterocles lichtensteinii	SS
10	Denham's Bustard	Neotis denhami	RS
11	Great Blue Turaco	Corythaeola cristata	SS	KF
12	Schalow's Turaco	Tauraco schalowi	SS
13	Black-billed Turaco	Tauraco schuettii	RS
14	White-crested Turaco	Tauraco leucolophus	US	KV
15	Eastern Plantain-eater	Crinifer zonurus	US
16	Blue-headed Coucal	Centropus monachus	US	BG,KV,LV
17	Senegal Coucal	Centropus senegalensis	SS
18	\Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo\	Cercococcyx montanus	RS
19	Montane Nightjar	Caprimulgus poliocephalus	SS
20	Scarce Swift	Schoutedenapus myoptilus	US	KCRL
21	White-spotted Flufftail	Sarothrura pulchra	RS
22	Double-banded Courser	Smutsornis africanus	OS	MM
23	Rock Pratincole	Glareola nuchalis	SS	BG
24	Rufous-bellied Heron	Ardeola rufiventris	US
25	Olive Ibis	Bostrychia olivacea	RS
26	Hemprich's Hornbill	Lophoceros hemprichii	US
27	Jackson's Hornbill	Tockus jacksoni	AS	LB
28	Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill	Bycanistes subcylindrica	US	KF,KIT,SS
29	Blue-headed Bee-eater	Merops muelleri	SS
30	Blue-breasted Bee-eater	Merops variegatus	SS
31	Yellow-billed Barbet	Trachyphonus purpuratus	SS	KF,SS
32	Gray-throated Barbet	Gymnobucco bonapartei	US	KF,MM
33	Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus bilineatus	US	GF,KCRL,KF,MM
34	Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus chrysoconus	OS	BG
35	Yellow-spotted Barbet	Buccanodon duchaillui	US	KF
36	Hairy-breasted Barbet	Tricholaema hirsuta	OS
37	Black-billed Barbet	Lybius guifsobalito	US	LV
38	Cassin's Honeyguide	Prodotiscus insignis	OS
39	Green-backed Honeyguide	Prodotiscus zambesiae	OS
40	Least Honeyguide	Indicator exilis	SS	KF
41	Rufous-necked Wryneck	Jynx ruficollis	US	MM
42	Speckle-breasted Woodpecker	Chloropicus poecilolaemus	RS	KF
43	Golden-crowned Woodpecker	Chloropicus xantholophus	SS
44	African Gray Woodpecker	Chloropicus goertae	SS	KV,NNP,SS
45	Brown-eared Woodpecker	Campethera caroli	US
46	Buff-spotted Woodpecker	Campethera nivosa	OS
47	Green-backed Woodpecker	Campethera cailliautii	OS
48	Golden-tailed Woodpecker	Campethera abingoni	RS
49	Fox Kestrel	Falco alopex	SS
50	Red-headed Lovebird	Agapornis pullarius	SS	BG
51	Fischer's Lovebird	Agapornis fischeri	SS	NNP
52	Yellow-collared Lovebird	Agapornis personatus	OS
53	Gray Parrot	Psittacus erithacus	RS
54	Red-fronted Parrot	Poicephalus gulielmi	US	KCRL,MK
55	African Broadbill	Smithornis capensis	SS	KF
56	Petit's Cuckooshrike	Campephaga petiti	US	KF
57	Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike	Campephaga phoenicea	RS
58	Western Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus brachyrhynchus	US
59	Black-tailed Oriole	Oriolus percivali	US	GF,KCRL
60	Brown-throated Wattle-eye	Platysteira cyanea	US	BG,KF
61	Chestnut Wattle-eye	Platysteira castanea	SS
62	Jameson's Wattle-eye	Platysteira jamesoni	SS	KF
63	Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye	Platysteira concreta	OS
64	Gray-crested Helmetshrike	Prionops poliolophus	US
65	African Shrike-flycatcher	Megabyas flammulatus	SS
66	Pink-footed Puffback	Dryoscopus angolensis	US	KF
67	Luehder's Bushshrike	Laniarius luehderi	US	KF,SS
68	Papyrus Gonolek	Laniarius mufumbiri	US	LV
69	Gray-green Bushshrike	Telophorus bocagei	US	KF
70	Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone rufiventer	SS
71	Magpie Shrike	Lanius melanoleuca	OS
72	Somali Fiscal	Lanius somalicus	OS
73	Mackinnon's Shrike	Lanius mackinnoni	SS	KF
74	Fan-tailed Raven	Corvus rhipidurus	US	KV,LB
75	Yellow-bellied Hyliota	Hyliota flavigaster	OS
76	Dusky Crested-Flycatcher	Elminia nigromitrata	SS
77	Dusky Tit	Melaniparus funereus	US	KF
78	Red-throated Tit	Melaniparus fringillinus	US
79	Somali Short-toed Lark	Alaudala somalica	OS
80	Eastern Nicator	Nicator gularis	RS
81	Green Crombec	Sylvietta virens	SS
82	Moustached Grass-Warbler	Melocichla mentalis	SS	NNP
83	Green Hylia	Hylia prasina	SS	KF
84	Turner's Eremomela	Eremomela turneri	US
85	White-chinned Prinia	Schistolais leucopogon	US	KF
86	Miombo Wren-Warbler	Calamonastes undosus	OS
87	Olive-green Camaroptera	Camaroptera chloronota	US
88	Brown-tailed Apalis**	Apalis viridiceps	US
89	Buff-throated Apalis	Apalis rufogularis	SS	KF
90	Black-headed Apalis	Apalis melanocephala	RS
91	Karamoja Apalis	Apalis karamojae	RS
92	Banded Prinia	Prinia bairdii	RS
93	Red-winged Prinia	Prinia erythroptera	OS
94	Black-faced Rufous-Warbler	Bathmocercus rufus	SS	KF
95	Whistling Cisticola	Cisticola lateralis	US
96	Chubb's Cisticola	Cisticola chubbi	SS	KF
97	Hunter's Cisticola	Cisticola hunteri	AS	KABER,KCRL,KP
98	Rock-loving Cisticola	Cisticola aberrans	RS
99	Boran Cisticola	Cisticola bodessa	OS
100	Carruthers's Cisticola	Cisticola carruthersi	US
101	Levaillant's Cisticola	Cisticola tinniens	SS	KV,MG,SS
102	Aberdare Cisticola	Cisticola aberdare	US	MG
103	Tabora Cisticola	Cisticola angusticauda	RS
104	Wing-snapping Cisticola	Cisticola ayresii	SS	MG
105	Papyrus Yellow-Warbler	Calamonastides gracilirostris	RS
106	Greater Swamp Warbler	Acrocephalus rufescens	US	LV
107	Evergreen-forest Warbler	Bradypterus lopezi	RS
108	/Montane Blue Swallow/	Hirundo atrocaerulea	SS
109	Red-tailed Bristlebill	Bleda syndactylus	SS
110	Shelley's Greenbul	Arizelocichla masukuensis	SS	KF
111	Joyful Greenbul	Chlorocichla laetissima	US	KF
112	Honeyguide Greenbul	Baeopogon indicator	OS
113	Yellow-throated Greenbul	Atimastillas flavicollis	SS	XFER1
114	Gray Greenbul	Eurillas gracilis	OS
115	Ansorge's Greenbul	Eurillas ansorgei	US
116	Plain Greenbul	Eurillas curvirostris	SS
117	Little Greenbul	Eurillas virens	SS	KF
118	Toro Olive-Greenbul	Phyllastrephus hypochloris	OS
119	Uganda Woodland-Warbler	Phylloscopus budongoensis	US	KF
120	Brown Illadopsis	Illadopsis fulvescens	SS
121	Pale-breasted Illadopsis	Illadopsis rufipennis	OS
122	Scaly-breasted Illadopsis	Illadopsis albipectus	SS
123	Brown Babbler	Turdoides plebejus	US	LB
124	Northern Pied-Babbler	Turdoides hypoleuca	US	NNP,XFER2
125	Bristle-crowned Starling	Onychognathus salvadorii	US	LB
126	Abbott's Starling	Poeoptera femoralis	SS	KCRL
127	Stuhlmann's Starling	Poeoptera stuhlmanni	US	KF
128	Kenrick's Starling	Poeoptera kenricki	SS	KCRL
129	Hildebrandt's Starling	Lamprotornis hildebrandti	SS	MM,NNP
130	Splendid Starling	Lamprotornis splendidus	SS
131	Lesser Blue-eared Starling	Lamprotornis chloropterus	SS
132	White-tailed Ant-Thrush	Neocossyphus poensis	OS	KF
133	Orange Ground-Thrush	Geokichla gurneyi	SS
134	Swamp Flycatcher	Muscicapa aquatica	US
135	Gray Tit-Flycatcher	Fraseria plumbeus	RS
136	Chapin's Flycatcher	Fraseria lendu	OS	KF
137	Northern Black-Flycatcher	Melaenornis edolioides	US	KF,KIT,MM
138	Brown-backed Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas hartlaubi	SS
139	Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat	Cossypha cyanocampter	OS	KF
140	Rueppell's Robin-Chat	Cossypha semirufa	OS	NNP
141	Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat	Cossypha niveicapilla	OS	KF
142	Brown-chested Alethe	Chamaetylas poliocephala	US	KF
143	Gray-winged Robin-Chat	Sheppardia polioptera	OS	KF
144	Equatorial Akalat	Sheppardia aequatorialis	OS	KF
145	Moorland Chat	Pinarochroa sordida	SS
146	Sooty Chat	Myrmecocichla nigra	AS	MM
147	Familiar Chat	Oenanthe familiaris	SS
148	Brown-tailed Chat	Oenanthe scotocerca	US	LB
149	Abyssinian Wheatear	Oenanthe lugubris	SS	KABER
150	Green Sunbird	Anthreptes rectirostris	SS	KF
151	Green-throated Sunbird	Chalcomitra rubescens	SS	KF
152	Malachite Sunbird	Nectarinia famosa	SS	KABER,MG
153	Olive-bellied Sunbird	Cinnyris chloropygius	US
154	Orange-tufted Sunbird	Cinnyris bouvieri	RS
155	White-billed Buffalo-Weaver	Bubalornis albirostris	AS	KV,LB
156	Red-headed Malimbe	Malimbus rubricollis	SS	KF
157	Little Weaver	Ploceus luteolus	US	LB
158	Slender-billed Weaver	Ploceus pelzelni	US	LV
159	Northern Brown-throated Weaver	Ploceus castanops	US	SS
160	Northern Masked-Weaver	Ploceus taeniopterus	AS	LB
161	Heuglin's Masked-Weaver	Ploceus heuglini	OS
162	Vieillot's Black Weaver	Ploceus nigerrimus	US	KF
163	Forest Weaver	Ploceus bicolor	US	KF
164	Compact Weaver	Pachyphantes superciliosus	US
165	Northern Red Bishop	Euplectes franciscanus	OS
166	Black Bishop	Euplectes gierowii	SS
167	Marsh Widowbird	Euplectes hartlaubi	SS
168	Long-tailed Widowbird	Euplectes progne	US	GF
169	Zebra Waxbill	Amandava subflava	OS
170	White-breasted Negrita	Nigrita fusconotus	US
171	Black-faced Waxbill	Brunhilda erythronotos	OS
172	Black-cheeked Waxbill	Brunhilda charmosyna	OS
173	Black-crowned Waxbill	Estrilda nonnula	US	KF
174	Fawn-breasted Waxbill	Estrilda paludicola	US
175	Black-rumped Waxbill	Estrilda troglodytes	SS
176	<Cut-throat>	Amadina fasciata	SS
177	Red-headed Bluebill	Spermophaga ruficapilla	US	KF,LV
178	Brown Twinspot	Clytospiza monteiri	SS
179	Black-bellied Firefinch	Lagonosticta rara	SS
180	Bar-breasted Firefinch	Lagonosticta rufopicta	US	BG
181	Parrot-billed Sparrow	Passer gongonensis	US	KV,LB
182	Swahili Sparrow	Passer suahelicus	SS
183	Cape Wagtail	Motacilla capensis	US	MG,MK,MP
184	Sharpe's Longclaw	Macronyx sharpei	SS	KP,MG
185	Pangani Longclaw	Macronyx aurantiigula	OS	NNP
186	Papyrus Canary	Crithagra koliensis	SS
187	Gray-chested Babbler	Kakamega poliothorax	SS

 

 *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

• Aberdares (KABER)
• Busia Grassland (BG)
• Castle Rock Lodge (KCRL)
• En Route Kisumu to Masai Mara (XFER1)
• En Route Mt Kenya to Nairobi (XFER2)
• Gatamaiyu Forest (GF)
• Kakamega Forest (KF)
• Kerio Valley (KV)
• Kinangop Plateau (KP)
• Kitale Vicinity (KIT)
• Lake Baringo (LB)
• Lake Naivasha National Park (LNAI)
• Lake Nakuru National Park (LNK)
• Lake Victoria & Kisumu (LV)
• Manguo Ponds (MP)
• Masai Mara (MM)
• Masai land east of Masai Mara (KML)
• Mau Narok/Molo Grassland (MG)
• Mount Kenya National Park (MK)
• Nairobi National Park (NNP)
• Saiwa Swamp National Park (SS)

PRESENCE CODES

Code	Description	##
//	Boreal Visitor	0
\\	Austral Visitor	0
||	Transient	0
##	Non-breeding Dispersal	0
<>	Erratic/Irregular	0
()	Breeding Season Only	0
{}	Casual/Vagrant	0
[]	Accidental	0

LIKELIHOOD CODES
FOR SPECIES SEEN

Code	Description	##
AS	Always Seen	5
US	Usually Seen	46
SS	Sometimes Seen	36
OS	Occasionally Seen	13
RS	Rarely Seen	4

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.