List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

1	Maccoa Duck	Oxyura maccoa	Many	EN
2	Eastern Crested Guineafowl	Guttera pucherani	ANP,MM	NE
3	Elgon Francolin	Scleroptera elgonensis	ANP,MG	NE
4	Jackson's Spurfowl	Pternistis jacksoni	ANP,GF,MK	NE
5	Forbes-Watson's Swift	Apus berliozi		BC
6	Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum	Many	EN
7	\Malagasy Pond-Heron\	Ardeola idae	Many	EN
8	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius	Many	EN
9	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis	Many	CR
10	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos	Many	EN
11	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	Many	CR
12	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	Many	EN
13	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus	Many	EN
14	/Grasshopper Buzzard/	Butastur rufipennis	Many	BC
15	Sokoke Scops-Owl	Otus ireneae		BC
16	Blue-headed Bee-eater	Merops muelleri	KFR	BC
17	Usambiro Barbet**	Trachyphonus usambiro	MM	NE
18	Gray Parrot	Psittacus erithacus	KFR,SBNP	EN
19	Short-tailed Batis	Batis mixta		BC
20	Gray-crested Helmetshrike	Prionops poliolophus	LNAI,LNK,MP	NE
21	Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike	Prionops scopifrons		BC
22	Red-naped Bushshrike	Laniarius ruficeps		BC
23	Zanzibar Boubou	Laniarius sublacteus		BC
24	Four-colored Bushshrike	Telophorus viridis		BC
25	Red-throated Tit	Melaniparus fringillinus	Many	NE
26	Gillett's Lark	Calendulauda gilletti		BC
27	Williams's Lark	Mirafra williamsi	BS,SBNP,SBR	E
28	Collared Lark	Amirafra collaris		BC
29	Masked Lark	Spizocorys personata	SBR	NE
30	Turner's Eremomela	Eremomela turneri	KFR	BC
31	Black-collared Apalis	Oreolais pulcher	Many	BC
32	Taita Apalis	Apalis fuscigularis		BC
33	Brown-tailed Apalis**	Apalis viridiceps	LB	BC
34	Black-capped Rufous-Warbler	Bathmocercus cerviniventris	KFR	BC
35	Lyne's Cisticola	Cisticola distinctus	Many	NE
36	Tana River Cisticola	Cisticola restrictus		BC
37	Aberdare Cisticola	Cisticola aberdare	ANP,KP,MG	E
38	/Basra Reed Warbler/	Acrocephalus griseldis	LB,LNAI,NNP SBR	EN
39	Black-headed Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla nigriceps		BC
40	Placid Greenbul**	Phyllastrephus placidus		BC
41	Mbulu White-eye	Zosterops mbuluensis		BC
42	Kafa White-eye	Zosterops kaffensis	LNK	NE
43	Kikuyu White-eye	Zosterops kikuyuensis	Many	E
44	Taita White-eye	Zosterops silvarnus		BC
45	Tanzanian Illadopsis	Illadopsis distans		BC
46	Hinde's Pied-Babbler	Turdoides hindei	ANP	E
47	Scaly Babbler	Turdoides squamulata		BC
48	Northern Pied-Babbler	Turdoides hypoleuca	Many	NE
49	Abbott's Starling	Poeoptera femoralis	ANP,GF,KV,MK	NE
50	Kenrick's Starling	Poeoptera kenricki	MK	NE
51	Hildebrandt's Starling	Lamprotornis hildebrandti	Many	NE
52	Ashy Starling	Lamprotornis unicolor		BC
53	Spotted Ground-Thrush	Geokichla guttata		BC
54	Taita Thrush	Turdus helleri		BC
55	Chapin's Flycatcher	Fraseria lendu	KFR	NE
56	Amani Sunbird	Hedydipna pallidigaster		BC
57	Eastern Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris mediocris	Many	NE
58	Usambara Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris usambaricus		BC
59	Gorgeous Sunbird	Cinnyris melanogastrus	Many	NE
60	Tsavo Sunbird	Cinnyris tsavoensis		BC
61	Violet-breasted Sunbird	Cinnyris chalcomelas		BC
62	Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver	Plocepasser donaldsoni	BS,SBNP,SBR	BC
63	Red Weaver	Anaplectes jubaensis		BC
64	Golden Palm Weaver	Ploceus bojeri	BS,SBNP,SBR	BC
65	Taveta Golden-Weaver	Ploceus castaneiceps		BC
66	Kilifi Weaver	Ploceus golandi		BC
67	Juba Weaver	Ploceus dichrocephalus		BC
68	&Fire-fronted Bishopl	Euplectes diadematus	Many	BC
69	Jackson's Widowbird	Euplectes jacksoni	Many	NE
70	Kenya Rufous Sparrow	Passer rufocinctus	Many	NE
71	Swahili Sparrow	Passer suahelicus	Many	NE
72	Malindi Pipit	Anthus melindae		BC
73	Sokoke Pipit	Anthus sokokensis		BC
74	Sharpe's Longclaw	Macronyx sharpei	Many	E
75	Southern Grosbeak-Canary	Crithagra buchanani	LNAI,MM,OLO	NE
76	West African Seedeater	Crithagra canicapilla	KE	BC

 

 *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 COUNTRIESIN AFRICA

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

BIRDING LOCALES

• Aberdare National Park (ANP)
• Buffalo Springs Nature Reserve (BS)
• Busia Grassland (BG)
• Gatamaiyu Forest (GF)
• Kakamega Forest (KFR)
• Kakamega Town (KFT)
• Kerio Valley (KV)
• Kikuyu Escarpment Forest (KEF)
• Kinangop Plateau (KP)
• Kitale Vicinity (KIT)
• Kongelai Escarpment (KE)
• Lake Baringo (LB)
• Lake Naivasha National Park (LNAI)
• Lake Nakuru National Park (LNK)
• Lake Victoria & Kisumu (LV)
• Manguo Swamp (MP)
• Masai Mara (MM)
• Mau Narok/Molo Grassland (MG)
• Mount Kenya National Park (MK)
• Nairobi National Park (NNP)
• Olorgesailie (OLO)
• Saiwa Swamp National Park (SS)
• Samburu National Park (SBNP)
• Shaba Nature Reserve (SBR)

REASON CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	10
NE	Near Endemic	37
CR	Critically Endangered	2
EN	Endangered	9
BC	Best Seen in This Country	18
AT	Always a Target	0

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.