OTHER COUNTRIESIN 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	7
NE	Near Endemic	18
RR	Restricted Range	43

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	Purple-crested Turaco	Gallirex porphyreolophus	RR
6	Fischer's Turaco	Tauraco fischeri		NT
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	\Madagascar Pratincole\	Glareola ocularis		NT
12	Southern Banded Snake-Eagle	Circaetus fasciolatus		NT
13	Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle	Circaetus beaudouini		V
14	Sokoke Scops-Owl	Otus ireneae	NE	EN
15	Black-billed Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus somaliensis	RR
16	Forest Scimitarbill	Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	RR
17	Half-collared Kingfisher	Alcedo semitorquata	RR
18	Blue-breasted Kingfisher	Halcyon malimbica	RR
19	Green Barbet	Cryptolybia olivacea	RR
20	White-eared Barbet	Stactolaema leucotis	RR
21	Green Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus simplex	RR
22	Brown-headed Parrot	Poicephalus cryptoxanthus	RR
23	Green-headed Oriole	Oriolus chlorocephalus	RR
24	Short-tailed Batis	Batis mixta	NE
25	Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher	Bias musicus	RR
26	Red-naped Bushshrike	Laniarius ruficeps	NE
27	Zanzibar Boubou	Laniarius sublacteus	NE
28	Four-colored Bushshrike	Telophorus viridis	RR
29	House Crow	Corvus splendens	RR
30	Gillett's Lark	Calendulauda gilletti	NE
31	Friedmann's Lark	Mirafra pulpa	RR
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	Black-headed Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla nigriceps	NE
42	Olive-headed Greenbul	Arizelocichla striifacies		NT
43	Tiny Greenbul	Phyllastrephus debilis	RR
44	Fischer's Greenbul	Phyllastrephus fischeri	RR
45	Mbulu White-eye	Zosterops mbuluensis	NE
46	Taita White-eye	Zosterops silvarnus	E	EN
47	Tanzanian Illadopsis	Illadopsis distans	NE
48	Kenrick's Starling	Poeoptera kenricki	NE
49	White-crowned Starling	Lamprotornis albicapillus	RR
50	Bronze-tailed Starling	Lamprotornis chalcurus	RR
51	\Spotted Ground-Thrush\	Geokichla guttata	RR	V
52	Taita Thrush	Turdus helleri	E	EN
53	Collared Palm-Thrush	Cichladusa arquata	RR
54	East Coast Akalat	Sheppardia gunningi	LC	NT
55	&Heuglin's Wheatearl	Oenanthe heuglinii	RR
56	Plain-backed Sunbird	Anthreptes reichenowi	RR	NT
57	Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird	Anthreptes neglectus	RR
58	Amani Sunbird	Hedydipna pallidigaster	NE	EN
59	Usambara Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris usambaricus	NE	NT
60	Tsavo Sunbird	Cinnyris tsavoensis	NE
61	Violet-breasted Sunbird	Cinnyris chalcomelas	RR
62	Red Weaver	Anaplectes jubaensis	NE
63	African Golden-Weaver	Ploceus subaureus	RR
64	Orange Weaver	Ploceus aurantius	RR
65	Taveta Golden-Weaver	Ploceus castaneiceps	NE
66	Heuglin's Masked-Weaver	Ploceus heuglini	LC
67	&Rueppell's Weaverl	Ploceus galbula	RR
68	Kilifi Weaver	Ploceus golandi	E	EN
69	Juba Weaver	Ploceus dichrocephalus	NE
70	Zanzibar Red Bishop	Euplectes nigroventris	RR
71	Magpie Mannikin	Spermestes fringilloides	LC
72	Locustfinch	Paludipasser locustella	RR
73	Black-bellied Seedcracker	Pyrenestes ostrinus	LC
74	Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah	Vidua obtusa	LC
75	Dusky Indigobird	Vidua funerea	RR
76	Shelley's Rufous Sparrow	Passer shelleyi	RR
77	Swainson's Sparrow	Passer swainsonii	RR
78	Malindi Pipit	Anthus melindae	NE
79	Striped Pipit	Anthus lineiventris	RR
80	Sokoke Pipit	Anthus sokokensis	NE	EN
81	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.