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	White-backed Duck	Thalassornis leuconotus	LC
2	Maccoa Duck	Oxyura maccoa		EN
3	Kori Bustard	Ardeotis kori		NT
4	Swamp Nightjar	Caprimulgus natalensis	RR
5	Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum		EN
6	Black Crowned-Crane	Balearica pavonina	RR	V
7	/Bar-tailed Godwit/	Limosa lapponica		NT
8	/Black-tailed Godwit/	Limosa limosa		NT
9	/Great Snipe/	Gallinago media		NT
10	/Curlew Sandpiper/	Calidris ferruginea		NT
11	/Black-winged Pratincole/	Glareola nordmanni		NT
12	&Lesser Flamingol	Phoenicoparrus minor		V
13	African Woolly-necked Stork	Ciconia microscelis		NT
14	Western Reef-Heron	Egretta gularis	RR
15	\Malagasy Pond-Heron\	Ardeola idae		EN
16	Shoebill	Balaeniceps rex	LC	V
17	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius		EN
18	(Scissor-tailed Kite)	Chelictinia riocourii		V
19	Egyptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus		EN
20	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis		CR
21	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos		EN
22	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus		CR
23	White-backed Vulture	Gyps africanus		CR
24	Rueppell's Griffon	Gyps rueppelli		CR
25	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus		EN
26	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus		EN
27	Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax		V
28	/Steppe Eagle/	Aquila nipalensis		EN
29	/Imperial Eagle/	Aquila heliaca		V
30	/Pallid Harrier/	Circus macrourus		NT
31	Northern White-faced Owl	Ptilopsis leucotis	LC
32	Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus abyssinicus	RR	V
33	Hemprich's Hornbill	Lophoceros hemprichii	LC
34	Golden-tailed Woodpecker	Campethera abingoni	RR
35	Red-necked Falcon	Falco chicquera		NT
36	|Sooty Falcon|	Falco concolor		V
37	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	LC
38	Taita Falcon	Falco fasciinucha		V
39	Gray-headed Batis	Batis orientalis	RR
40	Black-headed Gonolek	Laniarius erythrogaster	RR
41	/Woodchat Shrike/	Lanius senator		NT
42	/Basra Reed Warbler/	Acrocephalus griseldis		EN
43	Bristle-crowned Starling	Onychognathus salvadorii	LC
44	Hildebrandt's Starling	Lamprotornis hildebrandti	NE
45	Lesser Blue-eared Starling	Lamprotornis chloropterus	RR
46	Gambaga Flycatcher	Muscicapa gambagae	LC
47	Gray Tit-Flycatcher	Fraseria plumbeus	LC
48	Familiar Chat	Oenanthe familiaris	LC
49	&Pygmy Sunbirdl	Hedydipna platura	RR
50	Gorgeous Sunbird	Cinnyris melanogastrus	NE
51	Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver	Plocepasser superciliosus	RR
52	Little Weaver	Ploceus luteolus	LC
53	Northern Masked-Weaver	Ploceus taeniopterus	LC
54	Northern Red Bishop	Euplectes franciscanus	RR
55	Purple Indigobird	Vidua purpurascens	RR
56	Kenya Rufous Sparrow	Passer rufocinctus	NE
57	Black-throated Canary	Crithagra atrogularis	RR

OTHER LOCALES

• Aberdare National Park
• Buffalo Springs Nature Reserve
• Busia Grassland
• Gatamaiyu Forest
• Kakamega Forest
• Kakamega Town
• Kerio Valley
• Kikuyu Escarpment Forest
• Kinangop Plateau
• Kitale Vicinity
• Kongelai Escarpment
• Lake Naivasha National Park
• Lake Nakuru National Park
• Lake Victoria & Kisumu
• Manguo Swamp
• Masai Mara
• Mau Narok/Molo Grassland
• Mount Kenya National Park
• Nairobi National Park
• Olorgesailie
• Saiwa Swamp National Park
• Samburu National Park
• Shaba Nature Reserve

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	10
V	Vulnerable	9
EN	Endangered	10
CR	Critically Endangered	4

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.