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Nairobi Area
This checklist includes all bird species found in Nairobi Area , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
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Country or region: Nairobi Area [map]
Other names: Nairobi, Nairobi Province
Number of species: 677
Number of globally threatened species: 28
Number of introduced species: 4
Last modified: 2024-11-27
Number of globally threatened species: 28
Number of introduced species: 4
Last modified: 2024-11-27
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| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | Endangered |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum | |
| Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | |
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| Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
| Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui | |
| Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi | |
| Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| Hildebrandt's Spurfowl | Pternistis hildebrandti | |
| Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus | |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba delegorguei | |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
| Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
| Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis | |
| Black-faced Sandgrouse | Pterocles decoratus | |
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| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Near-threatened |
| Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | Near-threatened |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
| Buff-crested Bustard | Lophotis gindiana | |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
| Hartlaub's Bustard | Lissotis hartlaubii | |
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| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster | |
| Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus | |
| Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | |
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| Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
| Green Malkoha | Ceuthmochares australis | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
| Madagascar Cuckoo | Cuculus rochii | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | |
| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Sombre Nightjar | Caprimulgus fraenatus | |
| Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | |
| Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | |
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
| Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus | |
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| Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | |
| Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
| Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
| Streaky-breasted Flufftail | Sarothrura boehmi | |
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| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | |
| African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| Striped Crake | Aenigmatolimnas marginalis | |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
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| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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| Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | Endangered |
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| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
| Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | |
| Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | |
| Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
| Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | |
| Tibetan Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus atrifrons | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
| Chestnut-banded Plover | Anarhynchus pallidus | |
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| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Near-threatened |
| African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
| Black-rumped Buttonquail | Turnix nanus | |
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| Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
| Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
| Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
| Madagascar Pratincole | Glareola ocularis | Near-threatened |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Near-threatened |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Dwarf Bittern | Botaurus sturmii | |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Malagasy Pond-Heron | Ardeola idae | Endangered |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
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| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Endangered |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Near-threatened |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Endangered |
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Critically endangered |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered |
| Rüppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | Critically endangered |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Endangered |
| Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Near-threatened |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Vulnerable |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
| Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Vulnerable |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| African Goshawk | Aerospiza tachiro | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minulla | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | Near-threatened |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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| African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis | |
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Eurasian Scops-Owl | Otus scops | |
| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | |
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| Red-chested Owlet | Glaucidium tephronotum | |
| African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
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| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | |
| White-headed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei | |
| Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
| Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor | |
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| Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | Vulnerable |
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| Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus | |
| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | |
| Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | |
| Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
| Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis | |
| Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator | |
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| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| Olive Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
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| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
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| Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | |
| D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii | |
| Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus uropygialis | |
| Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata | |
| Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | |
| Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | |
| White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | |
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| Green-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus zambesiae | |
| Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus | |
| Pallid Honeyguide | Indicator meliphilus | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Red-throated Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Brown-backed Woodpecker | Dendropicos obsoletus | |
| African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | |
| Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus | |
| Fine-banded Woodpecker | Campethera taeniolaema | |
| Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera maculosa | |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex | |
| Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
| Dickinson's Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni | |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Vulnerable |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Endangered |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha | Introduced species Vulnerable |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
| Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | Near-threatened |
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| Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | Endangered |
| Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi | |
| Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
| Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | |
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| African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | |
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| African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | |
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| Gray Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris caesius | |
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
| Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
| Black-tailed Oriole | Oriolus percivali | |
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| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
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| White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
| Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii | |
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| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | |
| Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| African Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi | |
| Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli | |
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| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | |
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
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| White-bellied Tit | Melaniparus albiventris | |
| Somali Tit | Melaniparus thruppi | |
| Red-throated Tit | Melaniparus fringillinus | |
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| Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus | |
| African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
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| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| Fischer's Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia | |
| Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
| White-tailed Lark | Mirafra albicauda | |
| Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
| Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea | |
| Sentinel Lark | Corypha athi | |
| Short-tailed Lark | Spizocorys fremantlii | |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
| Somali Short-toed Lark | Alaudala somalica | |
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| White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys | |
| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | |
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| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Green-capped Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | |
| Black-collared Apalis | Oreolais pulcher | |
| Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | |
| Black-throated Apalis | Apalis jacksoni | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Chestnut-throated Apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema | |
| Black-headed Apalis | Apalis melanocephala | |
| Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Red-fronted Prinia | Prinia rufifrons | |
| Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| Hunter's Cisticola | Cisticola hunteri | |
| Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus | |
| Lynes's Cisticola | Cisticola distinctus | |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus | |
| Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
| Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
| Tiny Cisticola | Cisticola nana | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
| Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens | |
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| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | |
| Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Basra Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus griseldis | Endangered |
| Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | |
| Fan-tailed Grassbird | Catriscus brevirostris | |
| Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
| Highland Rush Warbler | Bradypterus centralis | |
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| White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps | |
| Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Red-throated Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rufigula | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
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| Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | |
| Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris | |
| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
| Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | |
| Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans | |
| Gray-olive Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cerviniventris | |
| Cabanis's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | |
| Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | |
| Banded Parisoma | Curruca boehmi | |
| Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| Pale White-eye | Zosterops flavilateralis | |
| Kikuyu White-eye | Zosterops kikuyuensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
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| Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa | |
| Scaly Chatterer | Argya aylmeri | |
| Hinde's Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hindei | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei | |
| Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca | |
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| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha | |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
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| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| Sharpe's Starling | Pholia sharpii | |
| Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | |
| Rüppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| Fischer's Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | |
| Orange Ground-Thrush | Geokichla gurneyi | |
| African Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus | |
| Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
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| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | |
| Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
| Bearded Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon quadrivirgata | |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| Brown-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas hartlaubi | |
| White-browed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| Cape Robin-Chat | Dessonornis caffer | |
| Rüppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
| Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata | |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| Brown-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas poliocephala | |
| White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Semicollared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | |
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| Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | |
| Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | |
| Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi | |
| Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
| Gorgeous Sunbird | Cinnyris melanogastrus | |
| Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | |
| Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| Gray-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi | |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | |
| Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
| Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
| Golden-backed Weaver | Ploceus jacksoni | |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis | |
| Cardinal Quelea | Quelea cardinalis | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
| Fire-fronted Bishop | Euplectes diadematus | |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
| Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | Near-threatened |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
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| Gray-headed Silverbill | Spermestes griseicapilla | |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
| Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
| Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii | |
| Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | |
| Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
| Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| Blue-capped Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina | |
| Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
| Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | |
| Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis | |
| Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus | |
| Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | |
| Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris pyrgita | |
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| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Bush Pipit | Anthus caffer | |
| Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
| Pangani Longclaw | Macronyx aurantiigula | |
| Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae | |
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| African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides | |
| Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis | |
| Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | |
| White-bellied Canary | Crithagra dorsostriata | |
| Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani | |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
| Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolata | |
| Thick-billed Seedeater | Crithagra burtoni | |
| Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | |
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| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
| Somali Bunting | Emberiza poliopleura | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
References (partial list)
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