Birds of Ondiri Swamp

...a nature-lover’s guide...

Compiled by: Naftali Mungai & Larrie Wanyee Table of Contents Abyssinian White-eye – Adult ...... 1 African Citril – Adult Male ...... 1 Augur Buzzard - Juvenile ...... 2 . - Adult male ...... 2 Black Kite ...... 3 – Adults ...... 3 Bronze Sunbird ...... 4 Cape Robin Chat ...... 4 Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater – Adult ...... 5 Common – Adult ...... 5 Common Fiscal - Adult female ...... 6 Common Stonechat – Adult male ...... 6 ...... 7 Dark-capped Yellow Warbler ...... 7 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove - Adult ...... 8 Grey Crowned Crane - Adult ...... 8 - Adult ...... 9 Holub's Golden Weaver ...... 9 Hunter's ...... 10 ...... 10 Little Rush-warbler ...... 11 Marabou Stork - Adult ...... 12 Olive Thrush ...... 12 Pied Crow - Adult ...... 13 Red-billed pair – Adult ...... 13 Red-collared Widowbird - Male in breeding plumage ...... 14 Red-eyed Dove - Adult ...... 14 Red-rumped - Adult ...... 15 Red-throated Wryneck ...... 15 Rock Martins - Adults ...... 16 Sacred Ibis - Adult ...... 16 - Adult ...... 17 Speckled Mousebird - Adult ...... 17 Speke's Weaver ...... 18 Streaky Seedeater – Adult ...... 18 Tawny-flanked - Adult ...... 19 - Adult ...... 19 White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher ...... 20 White-rumped Swift - Adult ...... 20 - Female ...... 21 Yellow-crowned Canary ...... 21

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Abyssinian White-eye – Adult

Bird .. Zosterops abyssinicus - Abyssinian White-eye ... Zosteropidae - White-eye Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, , Warblers, Weavers, etc...

African Citril – Adult Male

Bird Species .. Serinus citrinelloides - African Citril Bird Family ... Fringillidae - , Canary, Serin Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

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Augur Buzzard - Juvenile

Bird Species .. Buteo augur - Augur Buzzard Bird Family ... Accipitridae - Eagle, Buzzard, Vulture Bird Group .... Falconiformes

Baglafecht Weaver. - Adult male

Bird Species .. baglafecht - Baglafecht Weaver Bird Family ... - Weaver, Malimbe, Bishop, Widowbird, Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

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Black Kite

Bird Species .. Milvus migrans Bird Family ... Milvus migrans Bird Group .... Falconiformes

Bronze Mannikin – Adults

Bird Species .. cucullata - Bronze Mannikin Bird Family ... Estrildidae - Firefinch, Waxbill, Mannikin Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

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Bronze Sunbird

Bird Species .. Nectarinia kilimensis Bird Family ... Nectariniidae Bird Group .... Sunbirds

Cape Robin Chat

Bird Species .. Cossypha caffra Bird Family ... Muscicapidae Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

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Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater – Adult

Bird Species .. Merops oreobates - Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Bird Family ... Meropidae - Bee-eater Bird Group .... Coraciiformes Bee-eater, Kingfisher, Roller

Common Bulbul – Adult

Bird Species .. Pycnonotus barbatus - Common Bulbul Bird Family ... Pycnonotidae - Bulbul Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

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Common Fiscal - Adult female

Bird Species .. Lanius collaris - Common Fiscal Bird Family ... Laniidae - Shrike Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

Common Stonechat – Adult male

Bird Species .. Saxicola torquatus - Common Stonechat Bird Family ... Turdidae - Robin, Thrush, Chat, Wheatear Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

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Common Waxbill

Bird Species .. astrild - Common Waxbill Bird Family ... Estrildidae - Firefinch, Waxbill, Mannikin Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

Dark-capped Yellow Warbler

Bird Species .. Chloropeta natalensis - Dark-capped Yellow Warbler Bird Family ... Bird Group .... Old World warblers

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Emerald-spotted Wood Dove - Adult

Bird Species .. Turtur chalcospilos - Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Bird Family ... Columbidae Bird Group .... Columbiformes (Pigeon, Dove,…)

Grey Crowned Crane - Adult

Bird Species .. Balearica regulorum - Grey Crowned Crane Bird Family ... Gruidae - Crane Bird Group .... Gruiformes Bustard, Crake, Crane, Flufftail

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Hamerkop - Adult

Bird Species .. Scopus umbretta - Hamerkop Bird Family ... Scopidae - Hamerkop Bird Group .... Ciconiiformes Egret, Heron, Ibis, Stork

Holub's Golden Weaver

Bird Species .. Ploceus xanthops Bird Family ... Ploceidae Bird Group .... Weavers and allies

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Hunter's Cisticola

Bird Species .. Cisticola hunteri Bird Family ... Bird Group .... and allies

Lesser Masked Weaver

Bird Species .. Ploceus intermedius Bird Family ... Ploceidae Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

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Little Rush-warbler

Bird Species .. Bradypterus baboecala Bird Family ... Sylviidae Bird Group .... Old world Warblers

Lesser Striped Swallow

Bird Species .. Cecropis-abyssinica Bird Family ... Hirundinidae Bird Group .... Swallows, martins

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Marabou Stork - Adult

Bird Species .. Leptoptilos crumeniferus - Marabou Stork Bird Family ... Ciconiidae - Stork Bird Group .... Ciconiiformes Egret, Heron, Ibis, Stork

Olive Thrush

Bird Species .. Turdus olivaceus - Olive Thrush Bird Family ... Turdidae - Robin, Thrush, Chat, Wheatear Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc…

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Pied Crow - Adult

Bird Species .. Corvus albus - Pied Crow Bird Family ... Corvidae - Crow, Raven Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

Red-billed Firefinch pair – Adult

Bird Species .. Lagonosticta senegala - Red-billed Firefinch Bird Family ... Estrildidae - Firefinch, Waxbill, Mannikin Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

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Red-collared Widowbird - Male in breeding plumage

Bird Species .. ardens - Red-collared Widowbird Bird Family ... Ploceidae - Weaver, Malimbe, Bishop, Widowbird, Fody Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

Red-eyed Dove - Adult

Bird Species .. Streptopelia semitorquata - Red-eyed Dove Bird Family ... Columbidae - Pigeon, Dove Bird Group .... Columbiformes Pigeon, Dove

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Red-rumped Swallow - Adult

Bird Species .. Cecropsis daurica - Red-rumped Swallow Bird Family ... Hirundinidae - Swallow, Martin Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

Red-throated Wryneck

Bird Species .. Jynx ruficollis Bird Family ... Bird Group .... Woodpeckers

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Rock Martins - Adults

Bird Species .. Ptyonoprogne fuligula - Rock Martin Bird Family ... Hirundinidae - Swallow, Martin Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

Sacred Ibis - Adult

Bird Species .. Threskiornis aethiopicus - Sacred Ibis Bird Family ... Threskiornithidae - Ibis, Spoonbill Bird Group .... Ciconiiformes Egret, Heron, Ibis, Stork

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Singing Cisticola - Adult

Bird Species .. Cisticola cantans - Singing Cisticola Bird Family ... Cisticolidae - Cisticola, Prinia, , Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

Speckled Mousebird - Adult

Bird Species .. Colius striatus - Speckled Mousebird Bird Family ... Coliidae - Mousebird Bird Group .... Coliiformes Mousebird

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Speke's Weaver

Bird Species .. Ploceus spekei – Speke’s Weaver Bird Family ... Ploceidae Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, Widowbirds, etc...

Streaky Seedeater – Adult

Bird Species .. Serinus striolatus - Streaky Seedeater Bird Family ... Fringillidae - Finch, Canary, Serin Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

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Tawny-flanked Prinia - Adult

Bird Species .. Prinia subflava - Tawny-flanked Prinia Bird Family ... Cisticolidae - Cisticola, Prinia, Apalis, Camaroptera Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

Village Weaver - Adult

Bird Species .. Ploceus cucullatus - Village Weaver Bird Family ... Ploceidae - Weaver, Malimbe, Bishop, Widowbird, Fody Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

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White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher

Bird Species .. Melaenornis fischeri Bird Family ... Dioptrornis-fischeri Bird Group .... Chats, Old World Flycatchers

White-rumped Swift - Adult

Bird Species .. Apus caffer - White-rumped Swift Bird Family ... Apus caffer - White-rumped Swift Bird Group .... Apodiformes Spinetail, Swift

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Yellow Bishop - Female

Bird Species .. Euplectes capensis - Yellow Bishop Bird Family ... Ploceidae - Weaver, Malimbe, Bishop, Widowbird, Fody Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

Yellow-crowned Canary

Bird Species .. Serinus flavivertex Bird Family ... Ploceidae - Weaver, Malimbe, Bishop, Widowbird, Fody Bird Group .... Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc...

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This guide to the of Ondiri Swamp is supported by the Rufford Small Grants Foundation

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