OTHER COUNTRIES
IN AFRICA

• Angola
• Botswana
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

BIRDING LOCALES

• Buffalo Springs Nature Reserve (BS)
• Kerio Valley (KV)
• Kikuyu Escarpment Forest (KEF)
• Kitale Vicinity (KIT)
• Kongelai Escarpment (KE)
• Mount Kenya National Park (MK)
• Saiwa Swamp National Park (SS)
• Samburu National Park (SBNP)
• Shaba Nature Reserve (SBR)

DISTRIBUTION CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	5
LC	Local	8
NE	Near Endemic	17
RR	Restricted Range	42

STATUS CODES

Code	Description	##
NT	Near Threatened	12
V	Vulnerable	2
EN	Endangered	6
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.

 

List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*

1	Ring-necked Francolin	Scleroptera streptophorus	LC	NT
2	White-winged Collared-Dove	Streptopelia reichenowi	RR	NT
3	Bruce's Green-Pigeon	Treron waalia	RR
4	Arabian Bustard	Ardeotis arabs		NT
5	Fischer's Turaco	Tauraco fischeri		NT
6	Purple-crested Turaco	Gallirex porphyreolophus	RR
7	#Long-tailed Nightjar#	Caprimulgus climacurus	RR
8	/Forbes-Watson's Swift/	Apus berliozi	RR
9	/Eurasian Oystercatcher/	Haematopus ostralegus		NT
10	Black-rumped Buttonquail	Turnix nanus	LC
11	Quail-plover	Ortyxelos meiffrenii	LC
12	\Madagascar Pratincole\	Glareola ocularis		NT
13	Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle	Circaetus beaudouini		V
14	Fasciated Snake-Eagle	Circaetus fasciolatus		NT
15	Sokoke Scops-Owl	Otus ireneae	NE	EN
16	Black-billed Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus somaliensis	RR
17	Forest Scimitarbill	Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	RR
18	Half-collared Kingfisher	Alcedo semitorquata	RR
19	Blue-breasted Kingfisher	Halcyon malimbica	RR
20	Green Barbet	Cryptolybia olivacea	RR
21	White-eared Barbet	Stactolaema leucotis	RR
22	Green Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus simplex	RR
23	Brown-headed Parrot	Poicephalus cryptoxanthus	RR
24	Green-headed Oriole	Oriolus chlorocephalus	RR
25	Short-tailed Batis	Batis mixta	NE
26	Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher	Bias musicus	RR
27	Red-naped Bushshrike	Laniarius ruficeps	NE
28	Zanzibar Boubou	Laniarius sublacteus	NE
29	Four-colored Bushshrike	Telophorus viridis	RR
30	House Crow	Corvus splendens	RR
31	Gillett's Lark	Mirafra gilletti	NE
32	Masked Lark	Spizocorys personata	NE
33	Thekla's Lark	Galerida theklae	RR
34	Kretschmer's Longbill	Macrosphenus kretschmeri	RR
35	Bar-throated Apalis	Apalis thoracica	RR
36	Taita Apalis	Apalis fuscigularis	E	CR
37	White-winged Apalis	Apalis chariessa		NT
38	Brown-headed Apalis	Apalis alticola	RR
39	Red-pate Cisticola	Cisticola ruficeps	RR
40	Tana River Cisticola	Cisticola restrictus	E
41	Stripe-cheeked Greenbul	Arizelocichla milanjensis		NT
42	Tiny Greenbul	Phyllastrephus debilis	RR
43	Fischer's Greenbul	Phyllastrephus fischeri	RR
44	Mbulu White-eye	Zosterops mbuluensis	NE
45	Taita White-eye	Zosterops silvarnus	E	EN
46	Tanzanian Illadopsis	Illadopsis distans	NE
47	Kenrick's Starling	Poeoptera kenricki	NE
48	White-crowned Starling	Lamprotornis albicapillus	RR
49	Bronze-tailed Starling	Lamprotornis chalcurus	RR
50	\Spotted Ground-Thrush\	Geokichla guttata	RR	V
51	Taita Thrush	Turdus helleri	E	EN
52	Collared Palm-Thrush	Cichladusa arquata	RR
53	East Coast Akalat	Sheppardia gunningi	LC	NT
54	<Heuglin's Wheatear>	Oenanthe heuglinii	RR
55	Plain-backed Sunbird	Anthreptes reichenowi	RR	NT
56	Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird	Anthreptes neglectus	RR
57	Amani Sunbird	Hedydipna pallidigaster	NE	EN
58	Usambara Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris usambaricus	NE	NT
59	Tsavo Sunbird	Cinnyris tsavoensis	NE
60	Violet-breasted Sunbird	Cinnyris chalcomelas	RR
61	Red Weaver	Anaplectes jubaensis	NE
62	African Golden-Weaver	Ploceus subaureus	RR
63	Orange Weaver	Ploceus aurantius	RR
64	Taveta Golden-Weaver	Ploceus castaneiceps	NE
65	Heuglin's Masked-Weaver	Ploceus heuglini	LC
66	<Rueppell's Weaver>	Ploceus galbula	RR
67	Clarke's Weaver	Ploceus golandi	E	EN
68	Salvadori's Weaver	Ploceus dichrocephalus	NE
69	Zanzibar Red Bishop	Euplectes nigroventris	RR
70	Magpie Mannikin	Spermestes fringilloides	LC
71	Locustfinch	Paludipasser locustella	RR
72	Black-bellied Seedcracker	Pyrenestes ostrinus	LC
73	Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah	Vidua obtusa	LC
74	Variable Indigobird	Vidua funerea	RR
75	Shelley's Rufous Sparrow	Passer shelleyi	RR
76	Swainson's Sparrow	Passer swainsonii	RR
77	Malindi Pipit	Anthus melindae	NE
78	Striped Pipit	Anthus lineiventris	RR
79	Sokoke Pipit	Anthus sokokensis	NE	EN
80	West African Seedeater	Crithagra canicapilla	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.