KENYA BIRDS CHECK LIST :Kenya birds Status of Permanence
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Kenya birds Status of Permanence
D
Distribution range deducted from map, not actual record.
P
Present, status unknown.
R
Resident, present all year around.
N
Nests in the area but absent during non-breeding season.
M
Migrant, non-breeding. May spend a short period or the entire winter.
W
Wintering; stays in the area, while its primary nesting range is elsewhere.
E
National endemic.
O
Occasional, wandered outside of its normal range but still may be expected from time to time. Normally between 10 - 100 records.
V
Vagrant, accidental, species far out of its normal distribution range.
I
Introduced species.
Q
Not certain.
X
Extinct.
XL
Locally extinct.
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* Behind letter = national bird or symbol.

ACACIA AFRICA BIRD WATCHING & KENYA BIRDS CHECK LIST
Number
Species scientific names
Birds Common names
Kenya Presence
Struthio camelusCommon Ostrich
R
Struthio molybdophanes Somali Ostrich
P
Coturnix adansonii Blue Quail
P
Coturnix coturnix Common Quail
P
Coturnix delegorguei Harlequin Quail
P
Ptilopachus petrosus Stone Partridge
P
Acryllium vulturinum Vulturine Guineafowl
P
Guttera pucherani Crested Guineafowl
P
Numida meleagris Helmeted Guineafowl
P
Dendrocygna bicolor Fulvous Whistling-Duck
R
Dendrocygna viduata White-faced Whistling-Duck
R
Thalassornis leuconotus White-backed Duck
R
Alopochen aegyptiacus Egyptian Goose
R
Anas acuta Northern Pintail
P
Anas capensis Cape Teal
R
Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler
P
Anas crecca Common Teal
W
Anas erythrorhyncha Red-billed Duck
P
Anas hottentota Hottentot Teal
P
Anas penelope Eurasian Wigeon
W
Anas platyrhynchos Mallard
Q
Anas sparsa African Black Duck
R
Anas strepera Gadwall
V
Anas undulata Yellow-billed Duck
R
Aythya ferina Common Pochard
V
Aythya fuligula Tufted Duck
W
Aythya nyroca Ferruginous Pochard
P
Netta erythrophthalma Southern Pochard
R
Nettapus auritus African Pygmy-Goose
R
Oxyura maccoa Maccoa Duck
P
Plectropterus gambensis Spur-winged Goose
R
Sarkidiornis melanotos
Comb Duck
R
Ortyxelos meiffreniiLark Buttonquail
P
Turnix sylvatica
Small Buttonquail
P
Indicator indicator Greater Honeyguide
P
Indicator meliphilus
Pallid Honeyguide
P
Indicator minor LesserHoneyguide
P
Indicator variegatus
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
P
Prodotiscus zambesiaeGreen-backed Honeyguide
P
Campethera cailliautii
Green-backed Woodpecker
P
Campethera caroli Brown-eared Woodpecker
P
Campethera mombassica
Mombasa Woodpecker
P
Campethera nubica Nubian Woodpecker
P
Campethera tullbergi
Tullberg's Woodpecker
p
Dendropicos fuscescensCardinal Woodpecker
p
Dendropicos goertae Grey Woodpecker
p
Dendropicos namaquus Bearded Woodpecker
p
Jynx ruficollis
Rufous-necked Wryneck
p
Jynx torquillaEurasian Wryneck
p
Gymnobucco bonapartei Grey-throated Barbet
p
Lybius bidentatus Double-toothed Barbet

p

Lybius guifsobalito
Black-billed Barbet
p
Lybius leucocephalus White-headed Barbet
p
Lybius melanopterus
Brown-breasted Barbet
p
Pogoniulus bilineatus Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
p
Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
p
Pogoniulus leucomystax Moustached Tinkerbird
p
Pogoniulus pusillus
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
p
Pogoniulus simplex Green Tinkerbird
p
Stactolaema leucotis
White-eared Barbet
p
Trachyphonus darnaudii D'Arnaud's Barbet
p
Trachyphonus erythrocephalus Red-and-yellow Barbet
p
Tricholaema diademata
Red-fronted Barbet
P
Tricholaema lacrymosa Spot-flanked Barbet
P
Tricholaema melanocephala Black-throated Barbet
P
Tockus alboterminatus Crowned Hornbill
P
Tockus deckeni Von derDecken's Hornbill
P
Tockus erythrorhynchus
Red-billed Hornbill
P
Tockus flavirostris Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
P
Tockus hemprichii
Hemprich's Hornbill
P
Tockus nasutus AfricanGrey Hornbill
P
Bucorvus abyssinicus
Northern Ground-Hornbill
P
Bucorvus leadbeateri Southern Ground-Hornbill
P
Upupa africana African Hoopoe
P
Upupa epopsEurasian Hoopoe
P
Phoeniculus bollei

White-headed Woodhoopoe
P
Phoeniculus castaneicepsForest Woodhoopoe
P
Phoeniculus damarensis Violet Woodhoopoe
P
Phoeniculus purpureus Green Woodhoopoe
P
Phoeniculus somaliensis
Black-billed Woodhoopoe
P
Rhinopomastus cyanomelasCommon Scimitar-bill
P
Rhinopomastus minor
Abyssinian Scimitar-bill
P
Apaloderma narina Narina Trogon
P
Coracias abyssinica Abyssinian Roller
P
Coracias caudata Lilac-breasted Roller
P
Coracias garrulus
European Roller
P
Coracias naevia Rufous-crowned Roller
P
Eurystomus glaucurus
Broad-billed Roller
P
Alcedo cristata Malachite Kingfisher
P
Ispidina picta
African Pygmy-Kingfisher
P
Halcyon chelicutiStriped Kingfisher
P
Halcyon leucocephala
Grey-headed Kingfisher
P
Halcyon senegalensis Woodland Kingfisher
P
Halcyon senegaloides Mangrove Kingfisher
P
Ceryle rudis
Pied Kingfisher
P
Megaceryle maxima Giant Kingfisher
P
Merops albicollis

White-throated Bee-eater
P
Merops apiaster European Bee-eater
P
Merops muelleri

Blue-headed Bee-eater
P
Merops nubicus Northern Carmine Bee-eater
P
Merops oreobates
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
P
Merops persicus Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
P
Merops pusillus
Little Bee-eater
P
Merops revoiliiSomali Bee-eater
P
Merops superciliosus
Madagascar Bee-eater
P
Colius leucocephalus White-headed Mousebird
P
Colius striatus Speckled
Mousebird
P
Urocolius macrourus Blue-naped Mousebird
p
Ceuthmochares aereus Yellowbill
p
Chrysococcyx caprius Dideric Cuckoo
p
Chrysococcyx cupreus
African Emerald Cuckoo
p
Chrysococcyx klaas Klaas's Cuckoo
p
Clamator glandarius Great Spotted Cuckoo
p
Cuculus canorus Common Cuckoo
p
Cuculus clamosus
Black Cuckoo
p
Cuculus gularisAfrican Cuckoo
p
Cuculus rochii
Madagascar Cuckoo
p
Cuculus solitarius Red-chested Cuckoo
p
Centropus grillii
Black Coucal
p
Centropus superciliosusWhite-browed Coucal
p
Agapornis fischeri Fischer's Lovebird
p
Agapornis personatus Yellow-collared Lovebird
p
Agapornis pullarius
Red-headed Lovebird
p
Poicephalus cryptoxanthusBrown-headed Parrot
p
Poicephalus meyeri
Meyer's Parrot
p
Poicephalus rufiventris Red-bellied Parrot
p
Apus affinis
Little Swift
p
Apus apus Common Swift
p
Apus barbatus
African Swift
p
Apus berliozi Forbes-Watson's Swift
p
Apus caffer
White-rumped Swift
p
Apus horus Horus Swift
p
Apus niansae
Nyanza Swift
p
Apus pallidusPallid Swift
p
Cypsiurus parvus African Palm-Swift
p
Schoutedenapus myoptilus
Swift
Corythaixoides

p

ScarceleucogasterWhite-bellied Go-away-bird
p
Corythaixoides personatus
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
p
Crinifer zonurus EasternGrey Plantain-eater
p
Musophaga rossae
Ross's Turaco
p
Tauraco fischeri Fischer's Turaco
p
Tauraco hartlaubi
Hartlaub's Turaco
p
Tauraco leucolophus White-crested Turaco
p
Tyto alba
Barn Owl
p
Tyto capensis African Grass-Owl
p
Asio abyssinicus
Abyssinian Owl
p
Asio flammeusShort-eared Owl
p
Bubo africanus
Spotted Eagle-Owl
p
Bubo capensis CapeEagle-Owl
p
Bubo lacteus
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
p
Glaucidium perlatum Pearl-spotted Owlet
p
Otus ireneae
Sokoke Scops-Owl
p
Otus leucotisWhite-faced Scops-Owl
p
Otus scops
Common Scops-Owl
p
Otus senegalensis African Scops-Owl
p
Scotopelia bouvieri
Vermiculated Fishing-Owl
p
Caprimulgus clarus Slender-tailed Nightjar
p
Caprimulgus climacurus
Long-tailed Nightjar
p
Caprimulgus donaldsoni Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar
p
Caprimulgus europaeus
Eurasian Nightjar
p
Caprimulgus fossii Square-tailed Nightjar
p
Caprimulgus fraenatus
Sombre Nightjar
p
Caprimulgus inornatus Plain Nightjar

p

Caprimulgus natalensis
Swamp Nightjar
p
Caprimulgus nubicus Nubian Nightjar
p
Caprimulgus poliocephalus
Montane Nightjar
p
Caprimulgus stellatus Star-spotted Nightjar
p
Caprimulgus tristigma
Freckled Nightjar
p
Macrodipteryx longipennisStandard-winged Nightjar
p
Macrodipteryx vexillarius Pennant-winged Nightjar
p
Aplopelia larvata
Lemon Dove
p
Columba arquatrix African Olive-Pigeon
P
Columba delegorguei
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon
P
Columba guinea Speckled Pigeon
P
Oena capensis
Namaqua Dove
P
Streptopelia capicola Ring-necked Dove
P
Streptopelia decipiens
Mourning Collared-Dove
P
Streptopelia lugens Dusky Turtle-Dove
P
Streptopelia reichenowi White-winged Collared-Dove
P
Streptopelia semitorquata Red-eyed Dove
P
Streptopelia senegalensis
Laughing Dove
P
Streptopelia turtur European Turtle-Dove
P
Treron calva
African Green-Pigeon
P
Treron waalia Bruce's Green-Pigeon
P
Turtur afer
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
P
Turtur chalcospilos Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
P
Turtur tympanistria
Tambourine Dove
P
Ardeotis arabs Arabian Bustard
P
Ardeotis kori
Kori Bustard
P
Eupodotis gindiana Buff-crested Bustard
P
Eupodotis hartlaubii
Hartlaub's Bustard
P
Eupodotis melanogaster Black-bellied Bustard
P
Eupodotis senegalensis
White-bellied Bustard
P
Neotis denhami Stanley Bustard
P
Neotis heuglinii
Heuglin's Bustard
P
Balearica regulorum Grey Crowned-Crane
P
Podica senegalensis
African Finfoot
P
Amaurornis flavirostra Black Crake
P
Crex crex
Corn Crake
P
Fulica cristataRed-knobbed Coot
P
Gallinula angulata
Lesser Moorhen
P
Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen
P
Porphyrio alleni
Allen's Gallinule
P
Porphyrio porphyrio Purple Swamphen
P
Porzana pusilla
Baillon's Crake
P
Rallus caerulescensKaffir Rail
P
Sarothrura affinis
Striped Flufftail
P
Sarothrura rufa Red-chested Flufftail
P
Pterocles decoratus
Black-faced Sandgrouse
P
Pterocles exustus Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
P
Pterocles gutturalis
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
P
Pterocles lichtensteinii Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
P
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Sandpiper
P
Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone
P
Calidris alba
Sanderling
P
Calidris alpinaDunlin
P
Calidris canutus
Red Knot
P
Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper
P
Calidris melanotos
Pectoral Sandpiper
P
Calidris minutaLittle Stint
P
Calidris ruficollis
Red-necked Stint
P
Calidris subminuta Long-toed Stint
P
Calidris temminckii Temminck's Stint
P
Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe
P
Gallinago media
Great Snipe
P
Gallinago nigripennisAfrican Snipe
P
Gallinago stenura Pintail Snipe
P
Limosa lapponicaBar-tailed Godwit
P
Limosa limosa
Black-tailed Godwit
P
Numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew
P
Numenius phaeopus
Whimbrel
P
Phalaropus fulicaria Red Phalarope
P
Phalaropus lobatus
Red-necked Phalarope
P
Philomachus pugnax Ruff
P
Tringa erythropus
Spotted Redshank
P
Tringa glareolaWood Sandpiper
P
Tringa nebularia
Common Greenshank
P
Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper
P
Tringa stagnatilis
Marsh Sandpiper
P
Tringa totanus Common Redshank
P
Tryngites subruficollis
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
P
Xenus cinereus Terek Sandpiper
P
Rostratula benghalensis
Greater Painted-snipe
P
Actophilornis africanusAfrican Jacana
P
Microparra capensis
Lesser Jacana
P
Burhinus capensis Spotted Thick-knee
P
Burhinus oedicnemus
Eurasian Thick-knee
P
Burhinus senegalensis Senegal Thick-knee
P
Burhinus vermiculatus
Water Thick-knee
P
Charadrius alexandrinusKentish Plover
P
Charadrius asiaticus Caspian Plover
P
Charadrius dubius Little Ringed Plover
P
Charadrius hiaticula
Common Ringed Plover
P
Charadrius leschenaultii Greater Sand Plover
P
Charadrius marginatus
White-fronted Plover
P
Charadrius mongolusMongolian Plover
P
Charadrius pallidus
Chestnut-banded Plover
P
Charadrius pecuarius Kittlitz's Plover
P
Charadrius tricollaris

Three-banded Plover
P
Haematopus ostralegusEurasian Oystercatcher
P
Himantopus himantopus
Black-winged Stilt
P
Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden-Plover
P
Pluvialis squatarola
Grey Plover
P
Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet
P
Vanellus albiceps
White-headed Lapwing
P
Vanellus armatus Blacksmith Lapwing
P
Vanellus coronatus
Crowned Lapwing
P
Vanellus crassirostris Long-toed Lapwing
P
Vanellus lugubris
Senegal Lapwing
P
Vanellus melanopterusBlack-winged Lapwing
P
Vanellus senegallus
Wattled Lapwing
P
Vanellus spinosus Spur-winged Lapwing
P
Vanellus superciliosus
Brown-chested Lapwing
P
Vanellus tectus Black-headed Lapwing
P
Cursorius cursor
Cream-colored Courser
P
Cursorius somalensis Somali Courser
P
Cursorius temminckii
Temminck's Courser
P
Dromas ardeolaCrab Plover
P
Glareola nordmanni
Black-winged Pratincole
P
Glareola nuchalis Rock Pratincole
P
Glareola ocularis
Madagascar Pratincole
P
Glareola pratincola Collared Pratincole
P
Rhinoptilus africanus
Double-banded Courser
P
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Bronze-winged Courser
P
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Three-banded Courser
P
Anous stolidusBrown Noddy
P
Anous tenuirostris
Lesser Noddy
P
Catharacta antarcticaSouthern Skua
P
Chlidonias hybridus
Whiskered Tern
P
Chlidonias leucopterusWhite-winged Tern
P
Chlidonias niger Black Tern
P
Larus cirrocephalus Grey-headed Gull
P
Larus dominicanus
Kelp Gull
P
Larus fuscus Lesser Black-backed Gull
P
Larus genei
Slender-billed Gull
P
Larus hemprichii Sooty Gull
P
Larus ichthyaetus
Great Black-headed Gull
P
Larus leucophthalmus White-eyed Gull
P
Larus ridibundus
Black-headed Gull
P
Rynchops flavirostris African Skimmer
P
Stercorarius longicaudus
Long-tailed Jaeger
P
Stercorarius parasiticus Parasitic Jaeger
P
Stercorarius pomarinus
Pomarine Jaeger
P
Sterna albifronsLittle Tern
P
Sterna anaethetus Bridled Tern
P
Sterna bengalensis Lesser Crested-Tern
P
Sterna bergii
Great Crested-Tern
P
Sterna caspia Caspian Tern
P
Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern
P
Sterna fuscataSooty Tern
P
Sterna hirundo Common Tern
P
Sterna niloticaGull-billed Tern
P
Sterna repressa
White-cheeked Tern
P
Sterna sandvicensis Sandwich Tern
P
Sterna saundersi
Saunders's Tern
P
Accipiter badius Shikra
P
Accipiter brevipes Levant Sparrowhawk
P
Accipiter melanoleucusBlack Goshawk
P
Accipiter minullus
Little Sparrowhawk
P
Accipiter nisus Eurasian Sparrowhawk
P
Accipiter ovampensis
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
P
Accipiter rufiventrisRufous-chested Sparrowhawk
P
Accipiter tachiro
African Goshawk
P
Aquila clanga Greater Spotted Eagle
P
Aquila heliaca
Imperial Eagle
P
Aquila nipalensis Steppe Eagle
P
Aquila pomarina
Lesser Spotted Eagle
P
Aquila rapaxTawny Eagle
P
Aquila verreauxii Verreaux's Eagle
P
Aquila wahlbergi Wahlberg's Eagle
P
Aviceda cuculoides African Baza
P
Butastur indicus Grey-faced Buzzard
P
Buteo augur Augur Buzzard
P
Buteo buteoCommon Buzzard
P
Buteo oreophilus
Mountain Buzzard
P
Buteo rufinus Long-legged Buzzard
P
Chelictinia riocourii
Scissor-tailed Kite
P
Circaetus cinerascensBanded Snake-Eagle
P
Circaetus cinereus Brown Snake-Eagle
P
Circaetus pectoralis Black-chested Snake-Eagle
P
Circus aeruginosus
Western Marsh-Harrier
P
Circus macrourus Pallid Harrier
P
Circus pygargus
Montagu's Harrier
P
Circus ranivorus African Marsh-Harrier
P
Elanus caeruleus Black-winged Kite
P
Gypaetus barbatus Lammergeier
P
Gypohierax angolensis
Palm-nut Vulture
P
Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture
P
Gyps rueppellii Rueppell's Griffon
P
Haliaeetus vocifer African Fish-Eagle
P
Haliaeetus vociferoides
Madagascar Fish-Eagle
P
Hieraaetus pennatus Booted Eagle
P
Hieraaetus spilogaster
African Hawk-Eagle
P
Kaupifalco monogrammicusLizard Buzzard
P
Macheiramphus alcinus
Bat Hawk
P
Melierax poliopterusEastern Chanting-Goshawk
P
Milvus fasciicauda
Cape Verde Kite
P
Necrosyrtes monachusHooded Vulture
P
Neophron percnopterus
Egyptian Vulture
P
Pandion haliaetus Osprey
P
Pernis apivorus
European Honey-buzzard
P
Polemaetus bellicosusMartial Eagle
P
Spizaetus africanus Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
p


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