KENYA BIRDING TRIP REPORT
TRIP REPORT
KENYA
| Start: | 12/10/2012 |
| End: | 12/29/2012 |
| Duration: | 20 days |
| #Species: | 518 |
| #Endemics: | 18 |
| #Heard Only: | 21 |
2012 Kenya Birding & Mammal Safari
TARGET BIRDS FOR TOUR
List of target birds for locations visited on this tour. 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. Species seen are those with location codes associated with them.*
| 1 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | MG | EN |
| 2 | Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | MM | NE |
| 3 | Elgon Francolin | Scleroptera elgonensis | NE | |
| 4 | Jackson's Spurfowl | Pternistis jacksoni | KABER | NE |
| 5 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | Many | EN |
| 6 | \Malagasy Pond-Heron\ | Ardeola idae | EN | |
| 7 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | MM,NNP | EN |
| 8 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | MM | CR |
| 9 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | NNP | EN |
| 10 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | MM | CR |
| 11 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | MM,NNP | EN |
| 12 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | MM | EN |
| 13 | /Grasshopper Buzzard/ | Butastur rufipennis | BC | |
| 14 | Blue-headed Bee-eater | Merops muelleri | BC | |
| 15 | Usambiro Barbet** | Trachyphonus usambiro | MM | NE |
| 16 | Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | EN | |
| 17 | Gray-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops poliolophus | NE | |
| 18 | Red-throated Tit | Melaniparus fringillinus | NE | |
| 19 | Sentinel Lark | Corypha athi | NNP | NE |
| 20 | Turner's Eremomela | Eremomela turneri | BC | |
| 21 | Black-collared Apalis | Oreolais pulcher | GF,KCRL,KFR SS | BC |
| 22 | Brown-tailed Apalis** | Apalis viridiceps | BC | |
| 23 | Black-capped Rufous-Warbler | Bathmocercus cerviniventris | BC | |
| 24 | Lyne's Cisticola | Cisticola distinctus | KABER,LNK | NE |
| 25 | Aberdare Cisticola | Cisticola aberdare | MG | E |
| 26 | /Basra Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus griseldis | EN | |
| 27 | Kafa White-eye | Zosterops kaffensis | NE | |
| 28 | Kikuyu White-eye | Zosterops kikuyuensis | GF,KABER,KCRL NNP | E |
| 29 | Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca | NNP,XFER2 | NE |
| 30 | Abbott's Starling | Poeoptera femoralis | KCRL | NE |
| 31 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | KCRL | NE |
| 32 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | MM,NNP | NE |
| 33 | Chapin's Flycatcher | Fraseria lendu | KFR | NE |
| 34 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | KABER,KCRL | NE |
| 35 | Gorgeous Sunbird | Cinnyris melanogastrus | LB | NE |
| 36 | &Fire-fronted Bishopl | Euplectes diadematus | LV | BC |
| 37 | Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | MG,NNP | NE |
| 38 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | Many | NE |
| 39 | Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus | NE | |
| 40 | Sharpe's Longclaw | Macronyx sharpei | KP,MG | E |
| 41 | Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani | NE |
*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.
BIRDING LOCALES
REASON CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 3 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 20 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 9 |
| BC | Best Seen in This Country | 7 |
| AT | Always a Target | 0 |
Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.