menu

Kenya

native

trivial namelatin name
Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Meyers Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
White-browed coucal Centropus superciliosus
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Abyssinian Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Jackson's hornbill Tockus jacksoni
Vermiculated Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
Lesser Crested-Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Little or House Swift Apus affinis
African Silverbill Euodice cantans
Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
Garden warbler Sylvia borin
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Cinnamon-chested bee-eater Merops oreobates
Grey-headed gull Larus cirrocephalus
Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppelli
Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Common or African Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
Blue-breasted bee-eater Merops variegatus
Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
White-fronted bee-eater Merops bullockoides
Woodland kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
Red-and-yellow barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
Fawn-breasted, Anambra or Abyssinian Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Crested Lark Galerida cristata
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Blue-headed bee-eater Merops muelleri
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Ostrich Struthio camelus
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
Common Swift Apus apus
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Kittlitz Charadrius pecuarius
Lesser spotted eagle Clanga pomarina
White-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
Tufted duck Aythya fuligula
Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus
Bronze Munia Spermestes cucullata
White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
Cut-throat Amadina fasciata
Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
Black-and-white Munia Spermestes bicolor
Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Southern carmine bee-eater Merops nubicoides
Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
African Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
Trush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Scaly Francolin Pternistis squamatus
Black Crowned-Crane Balearica pavonina
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Black-headed Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
Yellow-rumped Seedeater Crithagra atrogularis
Dimorphic Reef-Egret Egretta gularis
Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
Kenya or Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Black-winged Stilt, Common Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Verreaux Bubo lacteus
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
African grey hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Village or Layard's Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Abyssinian Owl Asio abyssinicus
Grey Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Pied kingfisher Ceryle rudis
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Magpie Shrike Lanius melanoleucus
Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Crowned lapwing Vanellus coronatus
Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Black-faced Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Montagu`s Harrier Circus pygargus
Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
Taveta Golden Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps
Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
African pygmy kingfisher Ispidina picta
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Marsh Owl Asio capensis
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
African Black Duck Anas sparsa
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Thekla Lark Galerida theklae
Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Gadwall Mareca strepera
Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
Scarlet-chested or Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus
Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
Eastern imperial eagle Aquila heliaca
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
European nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Blue-cheeked bee-eater Merops persicus
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Yellow-fronted canary Crithagra mozambica
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Northern House-Martin Delichon urbicum
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
Little Spotted Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii
Cape Teal Anas capensis
Garganey Spatula querquedula
Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens
Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis
Western Great Egret Ardea alba
African Swift Apus barbatus
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
Long-legged buzzard Buteo rufinus
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Little Stint Calidris minuta
White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
African firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
Snowy-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha niveicapilla
Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Madagascar Pond-Heron Ardeola idae
Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida
Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
Green Heron Butorides striata
Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Bleating Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Shikra Accipiter badius
Olive bee-eater Merops superciliosus
Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Hobby Falco subbuteo
Ngami Owlet Glaucidium capense
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus
Corn Crake Crex crex
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
European Roller Coracias garrulus
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
Striated Bunting Emberiza sahari
Whimbrel or Hudsonian Curlew Numenius phaeopus
Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Northern Double-collared Sunbird [incl. ludovicensis] Cinnyris reichenowi
White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Beaudouin's Snake-eagle Circaetus beaudouini
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Lesser Striated Swallow Cecropis daurica
Black Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga flava
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug
Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
Purple Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis
Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
Tropical boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
Common Teal Anas crecca
White-throated bee-eater Merops albicollis
Grey-winged Robin-Chat Sheppardia polioptera
Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Orange-breasted bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
Brubru Nilaus afer
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
Fischer's Turaco Tauraco fischeri
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Great Crested-Tern Thalasseus bergii
Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
House Bunting Emberiza sahari
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
African olive pigeon Columba arquatrix
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii
Fawn-colored or Abyssinian Lark Calendulauda africanoides
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis
Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Verreauxs Eagle Aquila verreauxii
Eleonoras Falcon Falco eleonorae
Black-tailed Godwid Limosa limosa
Bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
Common Barn-owl Tyto alba
African harrier-hawk Polyboroides typus
Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
diederik cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
African golden oriole Oriolus auratus
Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
Grey-headed kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
Bruces Green Pigeon Treron waalia
River warbler Locustella fluviatilis
Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis

introduced

trivial namelatin name
House Crow Corvus splendens
Ring-necked Parakeet Alexandrinus krameri
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Fischers Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus

regionally extinct

trivial namelatin name
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus

vagrant

trivial namelatin name
Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri
Swallow-tailed bee-eater Merops hirundineus
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
Jouanin Petrel Bulweria fallax
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
Mediterranean gull Larus melanocephalus
Short-toed snake eagle Circaetus gallicus
Greater short-toed lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Magpie Munia Spermestes fringilloides
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Common Grasshopper-Warbler Locustella naevia
Cape Petrel Daption capense
Long-tailed, Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
Eurasian griffon Gyps fulvus
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua obtusa
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Slender-billed gull Larus genei
Common pochard Aythya ferina
Little gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius