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	Turner's Eremomela	Eremomela turneri		BC
20	Black-collared Apalis	Oreolais pulcher	GF,KCRL,KFR SS	BC
21	Brown-tailed Apalis**	Apalis viridiceps		BC
22	Black-capped Rufous-Warbler	Bathmocercus cerviniventris		BC
23	Aberdare Cisticola	Cisticola aberdare	MG	E
24	/Basra Reed Warbler/	Acrocephalus griseldis		EN
25	Heuglin's White-eye	Zosterops poliogastrus		NE
26	Kikuyu White-eye	Zosterops kikuyuensis	GF,KABER,KCRL NNP	E
27	Northern Pied-Babbler	Turdoides hypoleuca	NNP,XFER2	NE
28	Abbott's Starling	Poeoptera femoralis	KCRL	NE
29	Kenrick's Starling	Poeoptera kenricki	KCRL	NE
30	Hildebrandt's Starling	Lamprotornis hildebrandti	MM,NNP	NE
31	Chapin's Flycatcher	Fraseria lendu	KFR	NE
32	Eastern Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris mediocris	KABER,KCRL	NE
33	<Fire-fronted Bishop>	Euplectes diadematus	LV	BC
34	Jackson's Widowbird	Euplectes jacksoni	MG,NNP	NE
35	Kenya Rufous Sparrow	Passer rufocinctus	Many	NE
36	Swahili Sparrow	Passer suahelicus		NE
37	Sharpe's Longclaw	Macronyx sharpei	KP,MG	E
38	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

• Aberdares (KABER)
• Busia Grassland (BG)
• Castle Rock Lodge (KCRL)
• En Route Kisumu to Masai Mara (XFER1)
• En Route Mt Kenya to Nairobi (XFER2)
• Gatamaiyu Forest (GF)
• Kakamega Forest (KFR)
• Kerio Valley (KV)
• Kinangop Plateau (KP)
• Kitale Vicinity (KIT)
• Lake Baringo (LB)
• Lake Naivasha National Park (LNAI)
• Lake Nakuru National Park (LNK)
• Lake Victoria & Kisumu (LV)
• Manguo Ponds (KMP)
• Masai Mara (MM)
• Masai land east of Masai Mara (KML)
• Mau Narok/Molo Grassland (MG)
• Mount Kenya National Park (MK)
• Nairobi National Park (NNP)
• Saiwa Swamp National Park (SS)

REASON CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	3
NE	Near Endemic	17
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.