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	Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum		EN
5	/Eurasian Curlew/	Numenius arquata		NT
6	/Bar-tailed Godwit/	Limosa lapponica		NT
7	/Black-tailed Godwit/	Limosa limosa		NT
8	/Great Snipe/	Gallinago media		NT
9	/Curlew Sandpiper/	Calidris ferruginea		NT
10	&Lesser Flamingol	Phoenicoparrus minor		V
11	African Woolly-necked Stork	Ciconia microscelis		NT
12	Western Reef-Heron	Egretta gularis	RR
13	\Malagasy Pond-Heron\	Ardeola idae		EN
14	Shoebill	Balaeniceps rex	LC	V
15	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius		EN
16	(Scissor-tailed Kite)	Chelictinia riocourii		V
17	Egyptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus		EN
18	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis		CR
19	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos		EN
20	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus		CR
21	White-backed Vulture	Gyps africanus		CR
22	Rueppell's Griffon	Gyps rueppelli		CR
23	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus		EN
24	Crowned Eagle	Stephanoaetus coronatus		NT
25	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus		EN
26	/Greater Spotted Eagle/	Clanga clanga		V
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	Mountain Buzzard	Buteo oreophilus		NT
32	African Grass-Owl	Tyto capensis	LC
33	Southern Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus leadbeateri	LC	V
34	Hemprich's Hornbill	Lophoceros hemprichii	LC
35	Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus bilineatus	RR
36	Green-backed Honeybird	Prodotiscus zambesiae	LC
37	|Sooty Falcon|	Falco concolor		V
38	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	LC
39	Western Black-headed Batis	Batis erlangeri	RR
40	Gray-crested Helmetshrike	Prionops poliolophus	NE	NT
41	Red-throated Tit	Melaniparus fringillinus	NE
42	Sentinel Lark	Corypha athi	NE
43	Lyne's Cisticola	Cisticola distinctus	NE
44	Kafa White-eye	Zosterops kaffensis	NE
45	Kikuyu White-eye	Zosterops kikuyuensis	E
46	Arrow-marked Babbler	Turdoides jardineii	RR
47	Northern Pied-Babbler	Turdoides hypoleuca	NE
48	Hildebrandt's Starling	Lamprotornis hildebrandti	NE
49	Gambaga Flycatcher	Muscicapa gambagae	LC
50	Gorgeous Sunbird	Cinnyris melanogastrus	NE
51	Long-tailed Widowbird	Euplectes progne	RR
52	Jackson's Widowbird	Euplectes jacksoni	NE	NT
53	Kenya Rufous Sparrow	Passer rufocinctus	NE
54	Swahili Sparrow	Passer suahelicus	NE
55	Cape Wagtail	Motacilla capensis	LC
56	Stripe-breasted Seedeater	Crithagra striatipectus	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 Baringo
• Lake Naivasha 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	12
V	Vulnerable	8
EN	Endangered	9
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.