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SPECIES LIST July 6 – 17, 2012 Sunrise Birding LLC KENYA SPECIES LIST July 6 – 17, 2012 Leaders: Gina Nichol, Steve Bird, & local guides H = Heard only BIRD SPECIES & SUBSPECIES RECORDED: 389 N/C= No count SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME No of days out Highest daily of 11 recorded count 1 Common (Somali) Ostrich Struthio camelus molybdophanes 1 4 2 Common (Masai) Ostrich Struthio camelus massaicus 4 8 3 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 3 30 4 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 1 1 5 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 3 100 6 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis rufescens 2 30 7 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus 3 300 8 Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus 4 20 9 African Darter Anhinga melanogaster rufa 2 6 10 Gray Heron Ardea cinerea 6 12 11 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 7 15 12 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 1 2 13 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 1 7 14 Great Egret Ardea alba 8 N/C 15 Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia 2 7 16 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 4 8 17 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 4 8 18 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 8 100 19 Striated Heron Butorides striatus 4 3 20 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus payesii 2 2 21 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 11 12 22 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 6 40 23 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus 2 5 24 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 3 5 25 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus 8 10 26 Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 9 100 27 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 10 20 28 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 3 200 29 African Spoonbill Platalea alba 2 45 30 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber 1 200 31 Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor 1 50 32 Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 1 2 33 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata 2 50 34 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus 8 18 35 Cape Teal Anas capensis 2 30 36 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 3 20 37 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha 1 12 Sunrise Birding LLC – KENYA BIRDING SAFARI 2012 – Species List http://www.sunrisebirding.com 38 Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota 2 10 39 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 5 3 40 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius 3 12 41 African Fish-eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 3 6 42 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 1 1 43 African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus 4 10 44 Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppellii 1 1 45 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus 3 2 46 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis 1 1 47 Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis 5 3 48 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus 5 5 49 African Harrier Hawk Polyboroides typus 3 2 50 Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus 2 2 51 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar 4 2 52 Shikra Accipiter badius 2 1 53 Augur Buzzard Buteo auger auger 8 8 54 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax 6 4 55 African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus splogaster 1 1 56 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus 1 1 57 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 5 3 58 African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus 2 2 59 Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius 3 2 60 African Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus 3 2 61 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 1 1 62 Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides 1 1 63 Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus 2 1 64 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus 2 1 65 Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui 2 4 66 Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena 3 3 67 Hildebrandt's Francolin Francolinus hildebrandti 2 4 68 Yellow-necked Spurfowl Francolinus leucoscepus 4 10 69 Red-necked Spurfowl Francolinus afer 2 4 70 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei 1 2 71 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 72 Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum 2 10 73 Grey Crowned-crane Balearica regulorum 5 10 74 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris 3 6 75 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni 1 4 76 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 1 4 77 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 2 40 78 White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis 3 5 79 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster 1 1 80 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 6 10 81 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 1 2 82 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 3 20 83 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus 2 2 84 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis 1 1 85 Somali Courser Cursorius cursor somalensis 1 4 86 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii 1 2 87 Heuglin’s Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus 1 4 88 Long-toed Plover Vanellus crassirostris 2 6 89 Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus 6 60 90 Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus 8 20 91 Black-winged Plover Vanellus melanopterus 1 3 Sunrise Birding LLC – KENYA BIRDING SAFARI 2012 – Species List 2 http://www.sunrisebirding.com 92 Crowned Plover Vanellus coronatus 6 10 93 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus 3 4 94 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius 95 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris 3 2 96 Ruff Philomachus pugnax 4 2 97 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 2 2 98 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 99 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 1 1 100 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 2 2 101 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 4 1 102 Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus 2 600 103 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica 2 15 104 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus 2 60 105 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 1 2 106 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus 1 4 107 Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis 2 8 108 Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus 2 30 109 Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii 1 4 110 Feral Pigeon Columba livia 'feral' 6 NC 111 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 8 NC 112 Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix 1 6 113 Delegorgue’s Pigeon Columba delegorguei 1 2 114 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 9 10 115 Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens 2 8 116 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens 9 9 117 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 7 10 118 Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola 10 NC 119 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos 3 4 120 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria 1 2 121 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 3 50 122 African Green Pigeon Treron australis calva 1 2 123 Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri 1 1 124 Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi 1 8 125 African Orange-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris 3 8 126 Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi 1 1 127 Schalow’s Turaco Tauraco schalowi 1 2 128 Ross' Turaco Musophaga rossae 2 2 129 Bare-faced Go-away-bird Corythaixoides personatus 3 3 130 White-bellied Go-away-bird Corythaixoides leucogaster 4 4 131 Levaillant’s Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii 1 2 132 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius 6 2 133 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus 1 1 134 Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius 2 2 135 Klaas’s Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas 2 1 136 White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus 3 3 137 African Scops-owl Otus senegalensis 1 1 138 Mackinder's Eagle Owl Bubo capensis mackinderi 1 1 139 Spotted Eagle Owl Bubo africanus 1 1 140 Verreaux's Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus 2 3 141 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum 1 1 142 Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus 1 1 143 Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus 1 2 144 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus 3 12 145 Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis 3 4 Sunrise Birding LLC – KENYA BIRDING SAFARI 2012 – Species List 3 http://www.sunrisebirding.com 146 Nyanza Swift Apus niansae 2 40 147 Little Swift Apus affinis 10 200 148 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer 1 10 149 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus 10 15 150 Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus 3 6 151 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata 5 4 152 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis 1 1 153 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 2 10 154 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti 1 1 155 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima 4 1 156 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 5 20 157 White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides 1 1 158 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus 3 4 159 Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates 2 10 160 White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis 4 20 161 Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii 1 3 162 Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus 1 10 163 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus 1 1 164 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata 8 12 165 Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevia 3 2 166 African Hoopoe Upupa africana 5 4 167 Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 3 2 168 Grant’s Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus granti 1 1 169 Abyssinian Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus minor 1 2 170 Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus 5 8 171 Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris 2 6 172 Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni 2 8 173 Von Der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni 2 3 174 Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus 2 1 175 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus 2 6 176 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Ceratogymna brevis 2 2 177 Southern Ground-hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri 1 4 178 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus 1 1 179 Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata 2 2 180 Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa 3 2 181 Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala 2 4 182 White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus 1 1 183 Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus 2 1 184 D'arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii 2 3 185 Usambiro Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii usambiro 2 4 186 Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus 1 H 187 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator 1 H 188 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor 1 2 189 Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis 2 1 190 Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica 2 3 191 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens 2 1 192 Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae 5 2 193 White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda 1 2 194 Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana 3 20 195 Pink-breasted Lark Mirafra poecilosterna 2 10 196 Fischer’s Sparrow Lark Eremopterix leucopareia 2 6 197 Red-capped Lark
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