KAKAMEGA FOREST
KENYA
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 24,000 |
| Altitude (m): | 1500-1600 |
| # Species: | 448 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 437 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 2 |
| Species/100 ha: | 1.8 |
| Habitat: Equatorial Rainforest, grassland, bush | |
SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
List of species at this locale that are endemic (E), near-endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or that occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*
| 1 | Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata | RR | |
| 2 | Black-billed Turaco | Tauraco schuettii | RR | |
| 3 | Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | RR | |
| 4 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | EN | |
| 5 | Black Crowned-Crane | Balearica pavonina | RR | V |
| 6 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | NT | |
| 7 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | LC | V |
| 8 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | CR | |
| 9 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | EN | |
| 10 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | NT | |
| 11 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | EN | |
| 12 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | LC | |
| 13 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | EN | |
| 14 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | NT | |
| 15 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | NT | |
| 16 | African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis | LC | |
| 17 | Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | LC | |
| 18 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | LC | V |
| 19 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | RR | |
| 20 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | RR | |
| 21 | Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus | RR | |
| 22 | Cassin's Honeybird | Prodotiscus insignis | RR | |
| 23 | Brown-eared Woodpecker | Pardipicus caroli | RR | |
| 24 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | RR | |
| 25 | Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | RR | |
| 26 | Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | RR | EN |
| 27 | Petit's Cuckooshrike | Campephaga petiti | RR | |
| 28 | Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | RR | |
| 29 | Western Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus brachyrhynchus | RR | |
| 30 | Chestnut Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia castanea | RR | |
| 31 | Jameson's Wattle-eye | Platysteira jamesoni | RR | |
| 32 | Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye | Platysteira concreta | RR | |
| 33 | Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri | RR | |
| 34 | African Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus | RR | |
| 35 | Pink-footed Puffback | Dryoscopus angolensis | RR | |
| 36 | Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster | RR | |
| 37 | Doherty's Bushshrike | Telophorus dohertyi | RR | |
| 38 | Gray-green Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus bocagei | RR | |
| 39 | Sharpe's Drongo | Dicrurus sharpei | RR | |
| 40 | Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | RR | |
| 41 | Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | RR | |
| 42 | Yellow-billed Shrike | Corvinella corvina | RR | |
| 43 | Mackinnon's Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni | RR | |
| 44 | Southern Hyliota | Hyliota australis | RR | |
| 45 | Dusky Crested Flycatcher | Elminia nigromitrata | RR | |
| 46 | Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens | RR | |
| 47 | Turner's Eremomela | Eremomela turneri | RR | NT |
| 48 | Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | RR | |
| 49 | Banded Prinia | Prinia bairdii | RR | |
| 50 | Black-faced Rufous-Warbler | Bathmocercus rufus | RR | |
| 51 | Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis | LC | |
| 52 | #Montane Blue Swallow# | Hirundo atrocaerulea | V | |
| 53 | Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | RR | |
| 54 | Red-tailed Bristlebill | Bleda syndactylus | RR | |
| 55 | Pale-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavigula | RR | |
| 56 | Honeyguide Greenbul | Baeopogon indicator | RR | |
| 57 | Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | RR | |
| 58 | Gray Greenbul | Eurillas gracilis | RR | |
| 59 | Ansorge's Greenbul | Eurillas ansorgei | RR | |
| 60 | Toro Olive-Greenbul | Phyllastrephus hypochloris | RR | |
| 61 | Uganda Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus budongoensis | RR | |
| 62 | Brown Illadopsis | Illadopsis fulvescens | RR | |
| 63 | Pale-breasted Illadopsis | Illadopsis rufipennis | RR | |
| 64 | Scaly-breasted Illadopsis | Illadopsis albipectus | RR | |
| 65 | African Spotted Creeper | Salpornis salvadori | RR | |
| 66 | (Splendid Starling) | Lamprotornis splendidus | RR | |
| 67 | White-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis | RR | |
| 68 | Chapin's Flycatcher | Fraseria lendu | NE | V |
| 69 | Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat | Cossypha cyanocampter | RR | |
| 70 | Gray-winged Robin-Chat | Sheppardia polioptera | LC | |
| 71 | Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | RR | |
| 72 | Gray-chinned Sunbird | Anthreptes rectirostris | RR | |
| 73 | Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | RR | |
| 74 | Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | RR | |
| 75 | Orange-tufted Sunbird | Cinnyris bouvieri | RR | |
| 76 | Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus | RR | |
| 77 | Red-headed Malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis | RR | |
| 78 | Vieillot's Black Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | RR | |
| 79 | Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | RR | |
| 80 | Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | RR | |
| 81 | Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii | LC | |
| 82 | Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi | RR | |
| 83 | White-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita fusconotus | RR | |
| 84 | Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | RR | |
| 85 | Red-headed Bluebill | Spermophaga ruficapilla | RR | |
| 86 | Black-bellied Firefinch | Lagonosticta rara | RR | |
| 87 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | NE | |
| 88 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | LC | |
| 89 | Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus | RR | |
| 90 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | RR | |
| 91 | Gray-chested Babbler | Kakamega poliothorax | RR |
*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.
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DISTRIBUTION CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 10 |
| LC | Local | 34 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 39 |
| RR | Restricted Range | 155 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 5 |
| V | Vulnerable | 5 |
| EN | Endangered | 5 |
| 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.
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