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BIRDING AFRICA THE AFRICA SPECIALISTS Kenya Eastern and Main Tours Tour Leaflet 2025

Superb Starling © Tertius Gous 21 – 30 April 2025 (Eastern Kenya) 30 April – 13 May 2025 (Kenya Main Tour) Kenya 2025 BIRDING Tour leader: Michael Mills AFRICA THE AFRICA SPECIALISTS Birding Africa Tour Summary Tour Africa Birding Summary Tour Africa Birding

mega-di�ersity • Target Kenya's endemics, near- endemics and specials • Brilliant dry-country birding • Varied habitats: arid savanna, montane grassland, highland forest, coastal forest and lowlands forest Von der Decken's Hornbill © Tertius Gous • Two shorter tours, back-to-back Our Kenya Main Tour and Eastern Kenya Tour Tour Focus Michael's incredible focus, dedication and ability to run back-to-back, giving you the option to bird Sokoke Scops Owl © Tasso Leventis locate and show Africa's toughest birds is probably all the top birding sites in Kenya in 23 days, or to Kenya off ers a mind-boggling array of birds unequalled on the continent. He has led dozens of join a shorter 10-day or 14-day trip if you are time and habitats, including 20 endemics and near- tours across Africa and his experience in locating limited. endemics, making it a great destination for dedicated world listers and keen birders alike. Th e birds on just the soft est of calls or briefest of views Th ese tours have a strong emphasis on arid impresses those who travel with him. specials will be the main focus of our trip, and we savanna birding, with localised targets at Tsavo, aim to fi nd them all excluding the questionable Marsabit, Shaba, Samburu and Lake Baringo Tana River Cisticola, but we also expect to record Dates (2025) including Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver, well over 650 species along the way. Grant's Wood Hoopoe, Friedmann's Lark, Eastern Kenya 21 – 30 Apr William's Lark, Masked Lark, Fire-fronted Bishop Being mostly an arid country, bird breeding Main Kenya Tour 30 Apr – 13 May and Jackson's Hornbill. Highland grasslands activity is stimulated by rainfall, and for these and shrublands at Kinangop and Aberdares purposes we travel during the wettest time of the hold Jackson's Francolin, Aberdare Cisticola, year, important when trying to fi nd rare species Prices + Single Supplement Jackson's Widowbird and Sharpe's Longclaw, of lark. At this time of the year the overall bird Eastern (excl. flight) $3950 + $310 and in montane forests we'll search for Olive Ibis diversity is slightly lower because Palaearctic and Abbot's Starling on Mount Kenya and Taita migrants are absent. Main Kenya Tour $4950 + $510 Th rush, Taita White-eye and Taita Apalis in the We will travel in one or two 4x4s. More details Taita Hills. Two areas of lowland forest boost the Flight estimate (Eastern Kenya) is $160 about what to expect, how to prepare and what to diversity; in the eastern coastal forests at Arabuko- pack are provided in our Tour Instructions. Sokoke we search for Clarke's Weaver, Amani Book online Sunbird, Sokoke Pipit and Sokoke Scops Owl, Let us know if you have target species or want to and in the western lowland forests at Kakamega know more about the species we might encounter. Visit www.birdingafrica.com our main targets include Turner's Eremomela A species list will be handed out to you at the Deposit ($150) by credit card and Blue-headed Bee-eater. A short visit to Lamu start of the tour and is available beforehand upon Email [email protected] Island gives us the chance to look for the rarely- request. seen Somali Boubou.

2 | Kenya 2026 Kenya 2026 | 3 Accommodation and meals Departure from Nairobi is possible any time from 22h00 on the night of 30 April 2025 if you are only INTRODUCTION Accommodation and meals are generally fairly joining the Eastern Kenya Tour, and on 13 May Kenya, for a long time, has been regarded as among Baringo, pausing en route to search for Cape Eagle- good by African standards, and vary from lodges 2025 if you are joining the Main Kenya Tour. the top few countries for birding in Africa. Not Owl, and for an overnight break at Nyahururu. The and guest houses to rustic bush lodges and small only does it list over 1000 bird species, but a good Baringo area offers a good variety of birds, with hotels. Rooms mostly have private facilities and hot Please email [email protected] a copy network of parks protects a wide range of habitats, highlights potentially including Northern Masked water. We may need to share ablution facilities at of your proposed flight details for approval before from coastal forests and Central African lowland Weaver, Jackson's Hornbill and Northern White- Marsabit. paying for your ticket.

Birding Africa Tour Leaflet Tour Africa Birding forests to montane grasslands and forests, and faced Owl. For a complete change of scenery we Leaflet Tour Africa Birding Meals are Western-style. Please advise if you are Kenya offers lots of easy, open country birding with then visit Kakamega Forest in the far west where vegetarian and what foods you enjoy, so that we Group size plenty of arid savanna and deserts. our top targets will include Turner's Eremomela, can cater for you. Blue-headed Bee-eater and Jameson's Wattle-eye, Maximum 10 participants. Our 23-day Kenya tour is conveniently split in alongside a host of Central African forest species. Water is not safe to drink so we supply two to allow you to sample some or all of the Finally we return to Nairobi with time spent along complimentary bottled water in the vehicle. main birding sites. On our Eastern Kenya Tour we the way in the Kinangop, Aberdare and Gatamaiyu Walking start off with a flight to Lamu Island to look for areas for Lynes's Cisticola, Sharpe's Longclaw, the localised Somali Boubou, Malindi Pipit and This tour requires a moderate degree of fitness. Hunter's Cisticola, Jackson's Widowbird, Aberdare International flights Golden Palm Weaver, before crossing to the nearby Most walks will be done at a gentle pace, although Cisticola and Jackson's Francolin. Please plan to fly in to Nairobi by the night of 21 there will be one tougher walk on Mount Kenya to mainland to visit Sokoke Forest, where April 2025 if you are joining the Eastern Kenya look for Elgon Francolin, which participants can an impressive range of forest birds can Elgon Francolin © Callan Cohen Tour, or 30 April 2025 if you are joining only the easily opt out of. be seen, including Sokoke Pipit, Sokoke Main Kenya Tour. Scops Owl, Clarke's Weaver and Amani Sunbird. Heading inland from the coast Red-and-yellow Barbet © Tertius Gous we first visit Tsavo East where we hope to find Fire-fronted Bishop, before visiting the Taita Hills for Taita Apalis, Taita Thrush and Taita White-eye. Descending back into the lowlands around Tsavo West we now look for Friedmann's Lark, Hartlaub's Bustard and Pangani Longclaw, before heading back to Nairobi to complete the Eastern Kenya Tour. Leading straight on to the Main Kenya Tour we now head off north of Nairobi to Mount Kenya, searching for Hinde's Babbler en route. On Mount Kenya we search for Abbot's Starling, Jackson's Francolin, Elgon Francolin and Scarlet- tufted Malachite Sunbird, before moving on to the open deserts north of Marsabit in the far north of the country, where we hope to find Masked Lark and, with some luck, Heuglin's Bustard. Returning south we pause in the Shaba and Samburu areas for a host of dry- country species, including William's Lark, Donaldson Smith's Sparrow- Weaver and Grant's Wood Hoopoe. We then make the long drive to Lake

4 | Kenya 2026 Kenya 2026 | 5 ITINERARY AND MAP Eastern Kenya Itinerary Day E1 21 Apr 2025 Arrive. Overnight in Nairobi. Day E2 22 Apr 2025 Fly Nairobi to Lamu/Manda. Overnight Lamu/Manda..

Birding Africa Tour Leaflet Tour Africa Birding Day E3 23 Apr 2025 Fly Lamu/Manda to Malindi. Overnight near Watamu.. Leaflet Tour Africa Birding Day E4 24 Apr 2025 Full day Arabuko Sokoke Forest and surrounds. Overnight near Watamu.. Day E5 25 Apr 2025 Full day Arabuko Sokoke Forest and surrounds. Overnight near Watamu.. Day E6 26 Apr 2025 Watamu to Tsavo East. Overnight in or near Tsavo East.. Marsabit Day E7 27 Apr 2025 Tsavo East to Taita Hills. Overnight in the Taita Hills. Day E8 28 Apr 2025 Taita Hills to Tsavo West region. Overnight in Tsavo West region. Day E9 29 Apr 2025 Full day in Tsavo West region. Overnight in Tsavo West region. 5 Day E10 30 Apr 2025 Tsavo West to Nairobi. Tour ends. Shaba & Baringo Samburu Kakamega 9 6 4 Main Kenya Tour Itinerary 11 10 8 7 Day 1 30 Apr 2025 Arrive. Overnight in Nairobi. Day 2 1 May 2025 Nairobi to Mt Kenya. Overnight on the southern side of Mt Kenya. Nyahururu Mt Kenya 12 3 Day 3 2 May 2025 Full day around Mt Kenya. Overnight on the western side of Mt Kenya. 13 Day 4 3 May 2025 Mount Kenya. Afternoon to Marsabit. Overnight in Marsabit. Naivasha 2 14 Day 5 4 May 2025 Marsabit to Shaba/Samburu. Overnight in Shaba/Samburu area. Day 6 5 May 2025 Full day in the Shaba/Samburu area. Overnight in Shaba/Samburu area. Nairobi E1 + 1 E2 Day 7 6 May 2025 Shaba/Samburu to Nyahururu. Overnight near Nyahururu. Lamu/ Day 8 7 May 2025 Nyahururu to Lake Baringo. Overnight at Baringo. Manda Day 9 8 May 2025 Full day around Lake Baringo. Overnight at Baringo. E10 Day 10 9 May 2025 Baringo to Kakamega via Kerio Valley. Overnight at Kakamega Forest. E3 Taita Tsavo Day 11 10 May 2025 Full day at Kakamega Forest. Overnight at Kakamega Forest. Hills East Day 12 11 May 2025 Kakamega to Naivasha. Overnight at Lake Naivasha. E7 E6 E8 Sokoke Day 13 12 May 2025 Day trip to Kinangop and Mountains. Overnight at Lake Naivasha. Tsavo West E4 – E5 E9 Day 14 13 May 2025 Naivasha to Nairobi. Tour ends.

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------EASTERN KENYA ------Day E3: To Malindi After some final birding on Manda Island we'll take Note that Lamu faces periodic security threats. a very short flight to Malindi on coastal Kenya, not If Lamu is unsafe to visit at the time of the far from Watamu where we will be based during Birding Africa Tour Leaflet Tour Africa Birding tour, we will adjust the itinerary accordingly. our time in the area. If time allows we'll do some Leaflet Tour Africa Birding introductory birding near Malindi. Day E1: Arrive Nairobi Days E4–E5: Sokoke Forest Welcome to Kenya! From the airport we transfer to our hotel for dinner and an overnight stay. Sokoke Forest is arguably the most important Overnight on the southern side of Nairobi. forest for birding on the entire east coast of Africa and we have two full days to explore its riches. Day E2: Nairobi to Lamu/Manda Our main targets are Clarke's Weaver, for which the entire world population is confined to Sokoke This morning we fly from Nairobi to the coastal and adjacent woodlands, Sokoke Pipit, Sokoke island of Manda/Lamu. Dry bush here is home to Scops Owl and Amani Sunbird. However, a long Somali Boubou, otherwise confined to Somalia. list of other specials can be found in the forest, We have an afternoon and morning to search for it including Red-throated Twinspot, Lowland Tiny in coastal thickets, alongside Golden Palm Weaver, Greenbul, Green Tinkerbird, Fischer's Greenbul, Malindi Pipit, East Coast Boubou, Scaly Babbler African Barred Owlet, Little Yellow Flycatcher, and Coastal Cisticola. Overnight on Manda or East Coast Akalat, Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike, Lamu island.

East Coast Akalat © Tertius Gous African Orange-bellied Parrot © Tasso Leventis

Scaly Babbler, Kenya Crested Guineafowl, Fischer’s Red-winged Lark, Singing Bush Lark and Pink- Turaco, Red-tailed Ant Thrush, Pallid Honeyguide, breasted Lark. Tsavo East holds a wide range of Little Spotted Woodpecker, Mombasa Woodpecker, arid country species, and we'll be on the lookout Plain-backed Sunbird, Forest Batis and Southern for Somali Ostrich, Vulturine Guineafowl, Buff- Banded Snake Eagle. Open areas around the forest crested Bustard, Hartlaub's Bustard, Black-headed hold Malindi Pipit, Zanzibar Red Bishop, Coastal Lapwing, Black-faced Sandgrouse, Somali Bee- Cisticola and Golden Palm Weaver, and there is eater, Grant's Wood Hoopoe, Southern Ground an outside chance for Violet-breasted Sunbird. Hornbill, Black-throated Barbet, Red-and-yellow Waterbirds at Mida Creek and Sabaki River Mouth Barbet, D'Arnaud's Barbet, Pygmy Falcon, African could include Madagascar Pratincole and Crab Orange-bellied Parrot, Eastern Black-headed Batis, Plover. Nights in the Malindi/Watamu area. Rosy-patched Bushshrike, Northern Grey Tit, Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit, Fischer's Sparrow- Day E6: to Tsavo East Lark, Foxy Lark, Dodson's Bulbul, Red-fronted Warbler, Red-naped Bushshrike, Grey Wren- Today we leave coastal Kenya, driving west into Warbler, Banded Parisoma, Kenyan White-eye, increasingly arid habitats toward Tsavo East Golden-breasted Starling, Fischer's Starling, National Park. Along the way we'll watch out Golden Pipit, Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird, for Steel-blue Whydah, but the grasslands of Black-capped Social Weaver, Parrot-billed Sparrow, the park will be our main destination, where we White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Blue-capped hope to find Fire-fronted Bishop in breeding Cordon-bleu, Straw-tailed Whydah and Purple plumage in the afternoon. If the rains have been Grenadier. There is a remote chance for Quail- reliable we should see good numbers of displaying Plover. Overnight in Tsavo East.

8 | Kenya 2026 Kenya 2026 | 9 Day E7: To Taita Hills Day E8: To Tsavo West area ------MAIN KENYA TOUR ------Oriole, Mountain Yellow Warbler, Black-collared Apalis, Black-headed Apalis, Black-throated Apalis, We will spend the morning in Tsavo East, before We'll spend the morning birding the Taita Hills, Abyssinian Crimsonwing, Eastern Double-collared driving to the nearby Taita Hills. The tiny remnant before dropping down into the surrounding Day 1: Arrive Nairobi Sunbird, Brown-capped Weaver, Kandt's Waxbill patches of montane forest here are home to three lowlands of Tsavo West. Here we'll be staying and Thick-billed Seedeater. Other possibilities highly threatened endemics, namely Taita Apalis, on a community conservancy rather than in the The tour starts with dinner and an overnight stay in Nairobi. include African Black Duck, Crowned Eagle, Taita Thrush and Taita White-eye. Besides looking national park itself, which has the advantage that Doherty's Bushshrike (rare) and Mountain Wagtail. for these species we also have chances to find we can also do some birding on foot. In the late afternoon we'll relocate to another lodge

Birding Africa Tour Leaflet Tour Africa Birding Day 2: To Mount Kenya Leaflet Tour Africa Birding Brown-breasted Barbet, Usambara Double-collared on the western side of Mount Kenya, for our ascent Sunbird, Stripe-faced Greenbul, Placid Greenbul Day E9: Tsavo West area Our main tour starts as we leave Nairobi to the up the mountain the following morning. Night and Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler. Overnight north, travelling towards Mount Kenya. Various near Naro Moru. in the Taita Hills. The open grasslands of this area are especially good for White-winged Widowbird, stops will be made in the central highlands, including to search for White-headed Barbet and Hildebrandt's Starling © Tertius Gous Ashy Cisticola and Red-winged Day 4: Mount Kenya to Marsabit the endemic Hinde's Babbler. In the afternoon we'll Lark, Pangani Longclaw, Taita This morning we'll drive as high as possible up the Fiscal, Long-tailed Fiscal, Foxy bird the moist southern slopes of Mount Kenya. Overnight on Mount Kenya. western slopes of Mount Kenya, where the road Lark, Hartlaub’s Bustard and ends at 3100 m. We'll continue on foot, climbing Harlequin Quail, but we will Day 3: Mount Kenya 500 m in altitude to heathlands above the upper be hoping to find the very forest where we hope to find the rarely-seen Elgon poorly-known Friedmann's Lark Set in forest, our lodge is the perfect base from Francolin. Other birds we hope to see this morning in display, where we found it which to bird the montane forests of Mount Kenya. include Jackson's Francolin, Abyssinian Ground during our last tour. In the early morning we'll hope to see Olive Ibis Thrush, Moorland Chat, Scarlet-tufted Malachite Acacia bushveld and near the lodge. Over the rest of the day, birding Sunbird and Red-fronted Parrot, and there is a Commiphora thickets give both above and below our lodge should produce small chance for Striped Flufftail. There is ample good opportunities for a a good list of forest species that may include opportunity for those not wanting to do the tough range of other species, and the Abbot's Starling (rare), Hunter's Cisticola, Scaly climb to bird around the vehicle. Francolin, African Olive Pigeon, Eastern Bronze- following will be on our radars: In the late morning we will descend into the naped Pigeon, Scarce Swift, White-headed Wood Hildebrandt’s Starling, Tsavo lowland around Mount Kenya, and spend the rest Hoopoe, White-eared Barbet, Purple-throated Sunbird, Hunter's Sunbird, of the day driving north to Marsabit town in much Cuckooshrike, Grey Cuckooshrike, Mountain White-headed Mousebird, more arid surrounds. Night in Marsabit town. Blue-capped Cordon-bleu, Scaly Chatterer, Grey-headed Rüppell’s Robin-Chat © Tasso Leventis Silverbill, Pringle’s Puffback, Red-and-yellow Barbet, Tiny Cisticola, Southern Grosbeak- Canary, African Grey Flycatcher, Red-naped Bushshrike, Acacia Tit and Three-streaked Tchagra.

Day 10: To Nairobi After some final birding in the Tsavo area we return to Nairobi where the Eastern Kenya Tour ends. New arrivals will join those staying on for the Main Kenya Tour. Overnight in Nairobi.

10 | Kenya 2026 Kenya 2026 | 11 Day 9: Lake Baringo Long-tailed Starling, African Grey Flycatcher, Spotted Mourning Thrush, Mocking Cliff Chat, Lake Baringo, set in arid savanna, offers some Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird, Hunter's Sunbird, excellent birding and it will be good to be back on Parrot-billed Sparrow, Chestnut Sparrow, Yellow- foot after all our time in the car. Around the lake spotted Petronia, Blue-capped Cordon-bleu, shore we expect to find Northern Masked Weaver, White-bellied Canary, Fan-tailed Raven, Brown- Golden-backed Weaver, Jackson's Hornbill and tailed Rock Chat, Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit, Goliath Heron. The surrounding area holds arid Magpie Starling, Pale Prinia, White-billed Buffalo Birding Africa Tour Leaflet Tour Africa Birding bush with some rocky ridges, and birds here may Weaver, Little Weaver, Crimson-rumped Waxbill Leaflet Tour Africa Birding include Three-banded Courser, Lichtenstein's and Beautiful Sunbird. Nights at Baringo. Sandgrouse, Northern White-faced Owl, Greyish Eagle-Owl, African Scops Owl, Verreaux's Eagle-Owl, Slender-tailed Nightjar, Abyssinian Day 10: To Kakamega Scimitarbill, Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Today we drive to Kakamega Forest via the Kerio Hemprich's Hornbill, Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Valley, where we hope to find Stripe-breasted Red-fronted Barbet, Nubian Woodpecker, Eastern Seedeater, White-crested Turaco, Black-headed Grey Woodpecker, Pygmy Batis, Three-streaked Gonolek, Double-toothed Barbet, Meyer's Parrot, Tchagra, Slate-coloured Boubou, Grey-backed Northern Puffback and Brown Babbler. Overnight Fiscal, Buff-bellied Warbler, Red-fronted Warbler, in Kakamega Forest Grey Wren-Warbler, Rufous Chatterer, Rüppell’s

Bar-tailed Trogon © Tertius Gous (left) and Yellow-necked Spurfowl © Tasso Leventis (right)

Northern White-faced Owl © Tasso Leventis (left) and Purple Grenadier © Tertius Gous (right)

Day 5: Dida Galgalu Desert; to Shaba alongside the localised Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver. A long list of other arid-country This morning we bird the very arid plains of birds is possible, including Somali Ostrich, Somali the Dida Galgalu Desert along the main road Courser, Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse, Black-faced north of Marsabit town. Our main aim will be to Sandgrouse, Somali Bee-eater, White-throated find the very localised Masked Lark, but other Bee-eater, White-headed Mousebird, Rosy-patched possibilities include Northern Grosbeak-Canary, Bushshrike, Yellow-vented Eremomela, Banded Greater Kestrel, William's Lark, Heuglin's Bustard, Parisoma, Acacia Tit, Chestnut-headed Sparrow- Egyptian Vulture, Somali Courser, Somali Fiscal, Lark, Foxy Lark, Red-winged Lark, Magpie Somali Crow, Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark, Starling, Black-bellied Sunbird, Speckle-fronted Crested Lark, Thekla Lark, Heuglin's Bustard Weaver, Chestnut Weaver, Black-cheeked Waxbill, (rare), Bristle-crowned Starling and Somali African Silverbill and Golden Pipit. Overnight in Sparrow. In the afternoon we'll drive southwards to the Shaba/Samburu area. the Shaba area, stopping to look for Boran Cisticola en route. Overnight in the Shaba/Samburu area. Days 7–8: To Baringo Day 6: Shaba and Samburu After a final morning of birding in the Shaba/ Samburu area we'll start the long drive to Lake We have a full day in the arid reserves of Shaba Baringo, with an overnight stop at Nyahururu and Samburu. Our main target will be William's along the way. Birding stops en route will include Lark that breeds on the lava fields in Shaba, looking for Cape Eagle-Owl.

12 | Kenya 2026 Kenya 2026 | 13 Day 13: Kinangop and Aberdares Day 14: To Nairobi Today we climb into the Aberdare Mountains, On our final day we'll start off birding in the stopping en route above Naivasha town to look montane forests at Gatamaiyu, which will give us a for Lynes's Cisticola. Grasslands around Kinangop second chance to look for the rare Abbot's Starling. will be our next stop, where Sharpe's Longclaw Other forest birds we could encounter include will be our main target. Here we may also find Abyssinian Crimsonwing, Eastern Double-collared Jackson's Widowbird, African Snipe, Long-tailed Sunbird, Brown-capped Weaver, Scaly Francolin,

Birding Africa Tour Leaflet Tour Africa Birding Widowbird, Hunter's Cisticola, Levaillant's Lemon Dove, White-headed Wood Hoopoe, Red- Leaflet Tour Africa Birding Cisticola, Schalow's Wheatear, Black-winged fronted Parrot, Mountain Oriole, White-browed Lapwing, Cape Crow, Red-capped Lark, Wing- Crombec, Cinnamon Bracken Warbler, Evergreen snapping Cisticola and Northern Anteater Chat. Forest Warbler, Black-collared Apalis and Brown- Once we've climbed to around 3000 m altitude chested Alethe. In the afternoon we'll drive back we'll start looking out for Aberdares Cisticola, and to Nairobi, pausing at some wetlands near Limuru other possible species include Jackson's Francolin where White-backed Duck is often seen. The tour and Moorland Chat. In the evening we will return ends on arrival in Nairobi. to Naivasha.

Day 11: Kakamega Forest Cuckooshrike, Mackinnon's Shrike, Western Black-headed Oriole, Square-tailed Drongo, Kakamega Forest, with the nearby Nandi Forests, Dusky Tit, Western Nicator, Kakamega Greenbul, hold the only Central African lowland forest in Ansorge's Greenbul, White-headed Saw-wing, Kenya, and thus add a large number of species to Green Hylia, Chubb's Cisticola, Black-faced Prinia, the country list. We'll have a full day to explore Black-collared Apalis, White-chinned Prinia, these forests, with our main targets including Buff-throated Apalis, Olive-green Camaroptera, Turner's Eremomela, Blue-headed Bee-eater, Black-faced Rufous Warbler, Scaly-breasted Jameson's Wattle-eye, Uganda Woodland Warbler, Illadopsis, Brown Illadopsis, Mountain Illadopsis, Joyful Greenbul, Toro Olive Greenbul and what is Grey-chested Illadopsis, Stuhlmann’s Starling, currently called 'Southern Hyliota', but could be a White-tailed Ant Thrush, Brown-chested Alethe, distinct species. A range of other forest birds can Equatorial Akalat, Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat, be found and include Crowned Eagle, White- Grey-winged Akalat, Green-throated Sunbird, spotted Flufftail, Buff-spotted Flufftail, Lemon Olive-bellied Sunbird, Black-billed Weaver, Red- Dove, Great Blue Turaco, Ross's Turaco, Bar-tailed headed Malimbe, White-breasted Nigrita and Trogon, Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Southern Citril. Night in Kakamega Forest. Grey-throated Barbet, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Yellow-spotted Barbet, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Yellow-billed Barbet, Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Day 12: Kakamega to Naivasha African Broadbill, African Shrike-Flycatcher, After some final birding at Kakamega Forest we Chestnut Wattle-eye, Bocage's Bushshrike, Pink- drive to Lake Naivasha for an overnight stay. footed Puffback, Lühder’s Bushshrike, Petit's

14 | Kenya 2026 Kenya 2026 | 15 INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF THE TOUR • Services of Birding Africa tour leader and local guides • Entry fees and activities as per itinerary • Ground transport in one or two safari 4x4s Birding Africa Tour Leaflet Tour Africa Birding Leaflet Tour Africa Birding • Accommodation and all meals starting with dinner on the first night and ending with lunch on the last day • Bottled water in the vehicle and one soft drink per meal • General tips and airport transfers

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