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Birds of Lolldaiga Hills Ranch¹

  • Order and scientific name²
  • Common name²
  • Threat3
  • Comments

  • Struthionidae
  • Ostrich

Struthio camelus

  • Common ostrich
  • LC
  • Two subspecies present.

  • Numididae
  • Guineafowl

Numida meleagris Acryllium vulturinum

Helmeted guineafowl Vulturine guineafowl
LC LC

  • Phasianidae
  • Stone partridge, francolins, spurfowl, quails

Stone partridge

Ptilopachus petrosus Francolinus shelleyi Francolinus sephaena Francolinus hildebrandti Francolinus leucoscepus Coturnix coturnix

LC LC LC LC LC LC

Shelley’s francolin

Crested francolin

Hildebrandt’s francolin

Yellow-necked spurfowl Common quail

  • Anatidae
  • Ducks, geese

Egyptian goose African black duck Yellow-billed duck Northern shoveler Red-billed teal Northern pintail Garganey

Alopochen aegyptiaca Anas sparsa Anas undulata Anas clypeata Anas erythrorhyncha Anas acuta Anas querquedula Anas hottentota Netta erythrophthalma Oxyura maccoa

LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC NT
Hottentot teal Southern pochard Maccoa duck

1

  • Order and scientific name²
  • Common name²
  • Threat3
  • Comments

  • Podicipedidae
  • Grebes

Tachybaptus ruficollis20

  • Little grebe
  • LC

  • Ciconiidae
  • Storks

Mycteria ibis Anastomus lamelligerus Ciconia nigra Ciconia abdimii Ciconia ciconia Leptoptilos crumeniferus

Yellow-billed stork African open-billed stork Black stork

Abdim’s stork

White stork
LC LC LC LC LC

  • LC
  • Marabou stork

Threskiornithidae

Threskiornis aethiopicus Bostrychia hagedash Platalea alba

Ibises, spoonbills

  • Sacred ibis
  • LC

LC LC
Hadada ibis African spoonbill

  • Ardeidae
  • Herons, egrets, bitterns

Dwarf bittern

Ixobrychus sturmii Butorides striata Ardeola idae Ardeola ralloides Bubulcus ibis

LC LC EN LC LC LC LC LC
Striated heron Madagascar pond heron Squacco heron Cattle egret

Ardea cinerea Ardea melanocephala Ardea albus

Grey heron Black-headed heron Great white egret

  • Scopidae
  • Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta

  • Hamerkop
  • LC

2

  • Order and scientific name²
  • Common name²
  • Threat3
  • Comments

  • Pelecanidae
  • Pelicans

Pelecanus onocrotalus Pelecanus rufescens40

Great white pelican Pink-backed pelican
LC LC

Phalacrocoracidae

Phalacrocorax africanus Phalacrocorax carbo

Cormorants

Reed cormorant Great cormorant
LC LC

  • Falconidae
  • Falcons

Falco naumanni Falco tinnunculus Falco rupicoloides Falco vespertinus Falco amurensis Falco eleonorae Falco concolor Falco subbuteo Falco biarmicus Falco fasciinucha

Lesser kestrel Common kestrel Greater kestrel Red-footed falcon Amur falcon

Eleonora’s falcon

Sooty falcon Eurasian hobby Lanner falcon Taita falcon
LC LC LC NT LC LC NT LC LC VU

  • Accipitridae
  • Other diurnal birds of prey

Secretarybird

Sagittarius serpentarius Elanus caeruleus Milvus migrans

VU LC LC LC NT
African black-shouldered kite Black kite

Haliaeetus vocifer Gypaetus barbatus

African fish eagle

  • Lammergeier
  • Extirpated from Lolldaiga in

1950s, and from Laikipia ca. 1981.

3

  • Order and scientific name²
  • Common name²
  • Threat3
  • Comments

Neophron percnopterus

  • Egyptian vulture
  • EN
  • Thought extirpated from

Lolldaiga ca. 1980, but one seen 24 July 2015. This is first record for Laikipia since

ca. 2010.
Necrosyrtes monachus Gyps africanus60 Gyps rueppellii Torgos tracheliotus Circaetus pectoralis Circaetus cinereus Terathopius ecaudatus Circus aeruginosus Circus macrourus Circus pygargus Polyboroides typus Melierax poliopterus Micronisus gabar Accipiter tachiro Accipiter minullus Accipiter nisus

  • Hooded vulture
  • CR

CR CR EN LC LC NT LC NT LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC EN LC LC LC VU LC
White-backed vulture

Rüppell’s vulture

Lappet-faced vulture Black-chested snake eagle Brown snake eagle Bateleur Western marsh harrier Pallid harrier

Montagu’s harrier

African harrier hawk Eastern chanting goshawk Gabar goshawk African goshawk Little sparrowhawk Eurasian sparrowhawk Great sparrowhawk Lizard buzzard Common (steppe) buzzard Mountain buzzard Augur buzzard Lesser spotted eagle Tawny eagle Steppe eagle

Accipiter melanoleucus Kaupifalco monogrammicus Buteo buteo Buteo oreophilus Buteo augur Aqila pomarina Aquila rapax Aquila nipalensis Aquila verreauxii Aquila wahlbergi Aquila spilogaster Polemaetus bellicosus Lophaetus occipitalis

Verreaux’s eagle Wahlberg’s eagle

African hawk-eagle Martial eagle Long-crested eagle

4

  • Order and scientific name²
  • Common name²
  • Threat3
  • Comments

Stephanoaetus coronatus

  • Crowned eagle
  • NT

  • Otididae
  • Bustards

Ardeotis kori

  • Kori bustard
  • NT

LC LC LC

Eupodotis senegalensis Lophotis gindiana Lissotis hartlaubii

White-bellied bustard Buff-crested bustard

Hartlaub’s bustard

  • Rallidae
  • Rails, relatives

Corncrake

Crex crex

LC LC LC LC

Amaurornis flavirostra Gallinula chloropus Fulica cristata

Black crake Common moorhen Red-knobbed coot

  • Heliornithidae
  • Finfoots

Podica senegalensis

  • African finfoot
  • LC

EN LC LC

  • Gruidae
  • Cranes

Balearica regulorum

Grey crowned crane

  • Turnicidae
  • Buttonquails, quailplover

Turnix sylvaticus

Common buttonquail

  • Burhinidae
  • Thick-knees

Burhinus capensis100

Spotted thick-knee

5

  • Order and scientific name²
  • Common name²
  • Threat3
  • Comments

  • Recurvirostridae
  • Stilts, avocets

Himantopus himantopus

  • Black-winged stilt
  • LC

  • Charadriidae
  • Plovers

Vanellus armatus Vanellus spinosus Vanellus melanopterus Vanellus coronatus Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith plover Spur-winged plover Black-winged plover Crowned plover Three-banded plover
LC LC LC LC LC

  • Rostratulidae
  • Painted-snipes

Rostratula benghalensis

  • Greater painted snipe
  • LC

  • Scolopacidae
  • Sandpipers, relatives

Common snipe Marsh sandpiper Common greenshank Green sandpiper Wood sandpiper Common sandpiper Little stint

Gallinago gallinago Tringa stagnatilis Tringa nebularia Tringa ochropus Tringa glarreola Actitis hypoleucos Calidris minuta

LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC

Calidris temminckii Philomachus pugnax

Temminck’s stint

Ruff

  • Glareolidae
  • Egyptian plover, coursers, pratincoles

Cursorius temminckii Rhinoptilus cinctus

Temminck’s courser Heuglin’s courser

LC LC

6

  • Order and scientific name²
  • Common name²
  • Threat3
  • Comments

  • Columbidae
  • Pigeons, doves

Feral pigeon

Columba livia

LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC

Columba guinea

Speckled pigeon African olive pigeon Lemon dove Dusky turtle dove Red-eyed dove Ring-necked dove Laughing dove Emerald-spotted wood dove Tambourine dove Namaqua dove

Columba arquatrix Aplopelia larvata Streptopelia lugens Streptopelia semitorquata Streptopelia capicola Streptopelia senegalensis Turtur chalcospilos Turtur tympanistria Oena capensis Treron calvus

African green pigeon

  • Psittacidae
  • Lovebirds, parrots

Red-fronted parrot

Meyer’s parrot

Poicephalus gulielmi Poicephalus meyeri

LC LC

  • Musophagidae
  • Turacos

Tauraco hartlaubi Corythaixoides leucogaster

Hartlaub’s turaco

White-bellied go-away bird
LC LC

  • Cuculidae
  • Cuckoos, coucals

Levaillant’s cuckoo

Great spotted cuckoo Red-chested cuckoo Common cuckoo

Clamator levaillantii Clamator glandarius Cuculus solitarius Cuculus canorus

LC LC LC LC LC LC LC

Chrysococcyx klaas Chrysococcyx caprius Centropus superciliosus

Klaas’s cuckoo

Diederik cuckoo White-browed coucal

7

  • Order and scientific name²
  • Common name²
  • Threat3
  • Comments

  • Strigidae
  • Typical owls

Otus senegalensis Bubo africanus Bubo lacteus Strix woodfordii Glaucidium perlatum Asio capensis

African scops owl Spotted eagle owl

Verreaux’s eagle-owl

African wood owl Pearl-spotted owlet Marsh owl
LC LC LC LC LC LC

  • Caprimulgidae
  • Nightjars

Caprimulgus fraenatus Caprimulgus donaldsoni Caprimulgus poliocephalus Caprimulgus tristigma150

  • Dusky nightjar
  • LC

LC LC LC

Donaldson-Smith’s nightjar

Montane nightjar Freckled nightjar

  • Apodidae
  • Swifts

Schoutedenapus myoptilus Tachymarptis aequatorialis Crypsiurus parvus Tachymarptis melba Apus apus Apus niansae Apus barbatus Apus affinis Apus caffer

  • Scarce swift
  • LC

LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC
Mottled swift African palm swift Alpine swift Common swift Nyanza swift African black swift Little swift White-rumped swift

  • Coliidae
  • Mousebirds

Colius striatus Urocolius macrourus

Speckled mousebird Blue-naped mousebird
LC LC

8

  • Order and scientific name²
  • Common name²
  • Threat3
  • Comments

  • Trogondae
  • Trogons

Apaloderma narina

  • Narina trogon
  • LC

  • Coraciidae
  • Rollers

Coracias naevius Coracias caudatus Coracias garrulus

Rufous-crowned roller Lilac-breasted roller Eurasain roller
LC LC LC

  • Alcedinidae
  • Kingfishers

Halcyon leucocephala Halcyon albiventris Halcyon chelicuti Alcedo cristata Megaceryle maxima Ceryle rudis

Grey-headed kingfisher Brown-hooded kingfisher Striped kingfisher Malachite kingfisher Giant kingfisher
LC LC LC LC LC

  • LC
  • Pied kingfisher

  • Meropidae
  • Bee-eaters

Merops pusillus Merops oreobates Merops apiaster

Little bee-eater Cinnamon-chested bee-eater Eurasian bee-eater
LC LC LC

  • Upupidae
  • Hoopoe

Upupa epops

  • Hoopoe
  • LC

  • Phoeniculidae
  • Wood-hoopoes

Phoeniculus purpureus/damarensis

  • Green/violet wood-hoopoe
  • LC

LC
Uncertain which of these two species is present. Perhaps both occur.

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

Common scimitarbill

9

  • Order and scientific name²
  • Common name²
  • Threat3
  • Comments

Rhinopomastus minor

  • Abyssinian scimitarbill
  • LC

  • Bucerotidae
  • Hornbills

Tockus alboterminatus Tockus nasutus Tockus erythrorhynchus Tockus flavirostris Tockus deckeni

  • Crowned hornbill
  • LC

LC LC LC LC
African grey hornbill Red-billed hornbill Eastern yellow-billed hornbill

Von der Decken’s hornbill

  • Bucorvidae
  • Ground hornbills

Bucorvus leadbeateri

  • Southern ground hornbill
  • VU
  • Extirpated from Lolldaiga ca.

2006.

  • Capitonidae
  • Barbets, tinkerbirds

Yellow-rumped tinkerbird Red-fronted tinkerbird Red-fronted barbet

Pogoniulus bilineatus Pogoniulus pusillus Tricholaema diademata Trachyphonus erythrocephalus Trachyphonus darnaudii

LC LC LC LC LC
Red-and-yellow barbet D'Arnaud's barbet

  • Indicatoridae
  • Honeyguides

Indicator meliphilus

Indicator minor Indicator variegatus Indicator indicator

Pallid honeyguide Lesser honeyguide Scaly-throated honeyguide Greater honeyguide
LC LC LC LC

  • Picidae
  • Wrynecks, woodpeckers

Jynx torquilla

  • Eurasian wryneck
  • LC

10

  • Order and scientific name²
  • Common name²
  • Threat3
  • Comments

Jynx ruficollis

Red-throated wryneck Nubian woodpecker Cardinal woodpecker Bearded woodpecker African grey woodpecker
LC LC LC LC LC

Campethera nubica Dendropicos fuscescens Dendropicos namaquus Dendropicos goertae

  • Platysteiridae
  • Batises, wattle-eyes, relatives

Batis molitor200

  • Chin-spot batis
  • LC

  • Malaconotidae
  • Helmetshrikes, bushshrikes, tchagras, puffbacks

White-crested helmetshrike Grey-headed bushshrike Sulphur-breasted bushshrike Rosy-patched bushshrike Brown-crowned tchagra Three-streaked tchagra Black-crowned tchagra Northern puffback

Prionops plumatus Malaconotus blanchoti Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus Rhodophoneus cruentus Tchagra australis

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