KAKAMEGA FOREST

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.*

color codes

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	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	LC
26	Red-headed Lovebird	Agapornis pullarius	RR
27	Gray Parrot	Psittacus erithacus	RR	EN
28	Petit's Cuckooshrike	Campephaga petiti	RR
29	Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike	Campephaga phoenicea	RR
30	Western Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus brachyrhynchus	RR
31	Chestnut Wattle-eye	Dyaphorophyia castanea	RR
32	Jameson's Wattle-eye	Platysteira jamesoni	RR
33	Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye	Platysteira concreta	RR
34	Western Black-headed Batis	Batis erlangeri	RR
35	African Shrike-flycatcher	Megabyas flammulatus	RR
36	Pink-footed Puffback	Dryoscopus angolensis	RR
37	Black-headed Gonolek	Laniarius erythrogaster	RR
38	Doherty's Bushshrike	Telophorus dohertyi	RR
39	Gray-green Bushshrike	Chlorophoneus bocagei	RR
40	Sharpe's Drongo	Dicrurus sharpei	RR
41	Square-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus ludwigii	RR
42	Velvet-mantled Drongo	Dicrurus modestus	RR
43	Yellow-billed Shrike	Corvinella corvina	RR
44	Mackinnon's Shrike	Lanius mackinnoni	RR
45	Southern Hyliota	Hyliota australis	RR
46	Dusky Crested Flycatcher	Elminia nigromitrata	RR
47	Green Crombec	Sylvietta virens	RR
48	Turner's Eremomela	Eremomela turneri	RR	NT
49	Olive-green Camaroptera	Camaroptera chloronota	RR
50	Banded Prinia	Prinia bairdii	RR
51	Black-faced Rufous-Warbler	Bathmocercus rufus	RR
52	Whistling Cisticola	Cisticola lateralis	LC
53	#Montane Blue Swallow#	Hirundo atrocaerulea		V
54	Rufous-chested Swallow	Cecropis semirufa	RR
55	Red-tailed Bristlebill	Bleda syndactylus	RR
56	Pale-throated Greenbul	Atimastillas flavigula	RR
57	Honeyguide Greenbul	Baeopogon indicator	RR
58	Little Greenbul	Eurillas virens	RR
59	Gray Greenbul	Eurillas gracilis	RR
60	Ansorge's Greenbul	Eurillas ansorgei	RR
61	Toro Olive-Greenbul	Phyllastrephus hypochloris	RR
62	Uganda Woodland-Warbler	Phylloscopus budongoensis	RR
63	Brown Illadopsis	Illadopsis fulvescens	RR
64	Pale-breasted Illadopsis	Illadopsis rufipennis	RR
65	Scaly-breasted Illadopsis	Illadopsis albipectus	RR
66	African Spotted Creeper	Salpornis salvadori	RR
67	(Splendid Starling)	Lamprotornis splendidus	RR
68	White-tailed Ant-Thrush	Neocossyphus poensis	RR
69	Chapin's Flycatcher	Fraseria lendu	NE	V
70	Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat	Cossypha cyanocampter	RR
71	Gray-winged Robin-Chat	Sheppardia polioptera	LC
72	Western Violet-backed Sunbird	Anthreptes longuemarei	RR
73	Gray-chinned Sunbird	Anthreptes rectirostris	RR
74	Green-throated Sunbird	Chalcomitra rubescens	RR
75	Olive-bellied Sunbird	Cinnyris chloropygius	RR
76	Orange-tufted Sunbird	Cinnyris bouvieri	RR
77	Superb Sunbird	Cinnyris superbus	RR
78	Red-headed Malimbe	Malimbus rubricollis	RR
79	Vieillot's Black Weaver	Ploceus nigerrimus	RR
80	Dark-backed Weaver	Ploceus bicolor	RR
81	Compact Weaver	Pachyphantes superciliosus	RR
82	Black Bishop	Euplectes gierowii	LC
83	Marsh Widowbird	Euplectes hartlaubi	RR
84	White-breasted Nigrita	Nigrita fusconotus	RR
85	Black-crowned Waxbill	Estrilda nonnula	RR
86	Red-headed Bluebill	Spermophaga ruficapilla	RR
87	Black-bellied Firefinch	Lagonosticta rara	RR
88	Kenya Rufous Sparrow	Passer rufocinctus	NE
89	Cape Wagtail	Motacilla capensis	LC
90	Oriole Finch	Linurgus olivaceus	RR
91	Black-throated Canary	Crithagra atrogularis	RR
92	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.

OTHER LOCALES

PRESENCE CODES

Code	Description	##
//	Boreal Visitor	16
\\	Austral Visitor	3
\|\|	Transient	2
##	Non-breeding Dispersal	4
<>	Erratic/Irregular	4
()	Breeding Season Only	2
{}	Casual/Vagrant	8
[]	Accidental	5

DISTRIBUTION CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	10
LC	Local	35
NE	Near Endemic	40
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.