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Marangu Hotel Garden Bird List MARANGU HOTEL GARDEN BIRD LIST 1 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris 2 Hamerkop Scopus u. umbretta 3 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 4 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii 5 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 6 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 7 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos cremeniferus 8 White backed Vulture Gyps africanus 9 Rueppell’s Griffon Vulture Gyps r. ruepellii 10 Black Shouldered Kite Elanus c. caeruleus 11 Yellow billed Kite Milus migrans aegyptius 12 Black Kite Milvus migrans parasitus 13 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus 14 Verreaux’s Eagle Aquila verreauxii 15 Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi 16 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax rapax 17 African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus 18 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis orientalis 19 Harrier Hawk Polybroides t. typus 20 Ayre's Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii 21 African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster 22 Black Chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis 23 Short Toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus 24 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 25 Bataleur Eagle Terathopius ecaudatus 26 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 27 Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus 28 Great Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus 29 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus 30 Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus 31 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro sparsimfasciatus 32 Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis 33 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar aequatorius 34 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco m. monogrammicus 35 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur 36 Augur Buzzard (Melanistic) Buteo augur 37 Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus 38 Mountain Buzzard Buteo orephilus 39 Long legged buzzard Buteo r. rufinis 40 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 41 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus minor 42 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus 43 Sooty Falcon Falco concolor 44 Red Footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 45 Eleanora's Falcon Falco eleanorae 46 African Hobby Falco cuvierii 47 Eurasian Hobby Falco s. subbuteo 48 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 49 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 50 Orange Bellied Parrot Poicephalus r. rufiventris 51 Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia l. lugens 52 Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola somalica 53 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia d. perpicilata 54 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 55 Emerald Spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos 56 Blue Spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer 57 African Green Pigeon Treron calva gibberifrons 58 Olive Pigeon Columba livia 59 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 60 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria 61 Hartlaub’s Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi 62 Barred Longtailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus patulus 63 Red Chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius 64 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis 65 Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus 66 Levaillants Cuckoo Oxylophus levaillantii 67 Klaas’s Cuckoo Chrysococcyx Klaas 68 White browed Coucal Centropus s. superciliosus 69 Spotted Eagle Owl Bubo africanus 70 African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii nigricantior 71 Verreaux’s Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus 72 Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus laemostigma 73 Alpine Swift Apus melba africanus 74 African Black Swift Apus barbatus roehli 75 Mottled Swift Apus aequatorial 76 Little Swift Apus affinis 77 Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum 78 White bellied go-away Bird Criniferoides leucogaster 79 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus kikuyuensis 80 White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus turneri 81 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata galerita 82 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon l. leucocephala 83 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris 84 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon c. chelicuti 85 Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina p. picta 86 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle r. rudis 87 White-Fronted Bee eater Merops b. bullockoides 88 Little Bee eater Merops pusillus cyanostictus 89 European Bee eater Merops apiaster 90 Hoopoe Upupa epops 91 Lilac Breasted Roller Coracius caudata 92 Silvery Cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis 93 Black and White Casqued Hornbill Bycanistes Subcylindricus Subquadratus 94 Von Der Deckens Hornbill Tockus deckeni 95 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus 96 Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus geloensis 97 Red-billed Hornbill Tockus e. erythrorhynchus 98 Red Fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus c. chrysoconus 99 Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax 100 White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis 101 Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa 102 Brown-breasted Barbet Lybius melanopterus 103 Red and Yellow Barbet Trachyphonus e.erythrocephalus 104 Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica 105 Olive Woodpecker Dendropicus griseocephalus kilimensis 106 Green backed Woodpecker Campethera nubica 107 Golden Tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni suahelica 108 Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus 109 African Sand Martin Riparia paludicola ducis 110 Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea 111 Wire tailed Swallow Hirundo s. smithii 112 Barn Swallow Hirundo r. rustica 113 Lesser striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica unitatis 114 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica 115 African Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula 116 Black Saw-wing (Roughwing) Psalidoprocne holomelas massaicus 117 Common House Martin Delichon u. urbica 118 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp vidua 119 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 120 Mountain Wagtail Motacilla Clara 121 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 122 Rufous Sparrow Passer rufocinctus 123 Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus 124 Grey-backed camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura 125 Greater Blue Eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus 126 Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio 127 Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor 128 Violet Backed (Amethyst) Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster 129 Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus emini 130 Ashy Starling Cosmopsaurus unicolor 131 Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki bensoni 132 Sharpe's Starling Cinnyricinclus sharpii 133 Waller's Starling Onychognathus w. walleri 134 Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus 135 Montane White-eye Zosterops poliogaster 136 White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri nyikensis 137 African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 138 Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus murinus 139 Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata 140 Black Flycatcher Melaenornis Pammelaina 141 Ashy Flycatcher Musciapa caerulescens cinereola 142 Spotted Flycatcher Musciapa striata numanni 143 African Dusky Flycatcher Musciapa adusta interposita 144 Lead Coloured Flycatcher Myioparus plumbius orientalis 145 White-starred Robin Pogonochichla stellata intensa 146 White-browed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys 147 White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha h. heuglini 148 Robin Chat Cossypha Caffra 149 Ruppell’s Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa intercedens 150 Amethyst Sunbird Nectarinia amethystine 151 Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia k. kilimensis 152 Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa cupreonitens 153 Variable Sunbird Nectarinia venusta 154 Eastern Double-collared sunbird Nectarinia mediocris 155 Beautiful Sunbird Nectarinia pulchella 156 Marico Sunbird Nectarinia mariquensis suahelica 157 Collared sunbird Hedydipna collaris 158 Olive sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea 159 African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata hildebrandti 160 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala ruberrima 161 Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba 162 Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus b. bengalus 163 Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus 164 Purple Grenadier Uraeginthus ianthinogabter 165 Banded Parisoma Parisoma boehmi 166 Black and White Manniken Lonchura bocolor 167 Bronze Manniken Lonchura cucullata scutata 168 Forest Batis Batis m. mixta 169 Little Greenbul Andropadus virens 170 Yellow vented/Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus 171 Mountain Greenbul Andropardus nigrceps usambarae 172 Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus 173 Spotted Morning Thrush Chichladusa g. guttata 174 Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis 175 Hunters Cisticola Cisticola hunteri 176 Paradise Whydah Vidua paradidisaea 177 Steel Blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina 178 Village Indigo Bird Vidua chalybeata 179 Pintailed Whydah Vidua macroura 180 Red Billed Quelea Quelea quelea aethiopica 181 Penduline Tit Anthoscopus Caroli 182 Yellow Breasted Apalis Apalis flavida 183 Black Headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala 184 Tawny Flanked Prinia Prinia subflava melanorhyncha 185 Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida 186 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 187 White Throat Sylvia communis icterops 188 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla dammholzi 189 Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris 190 White-browed Sparrow Weaver Plocepasser Mahali 191 Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht 192 Black-headed Weaver Ploceus cucullatus 193 Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis suahelicus 194 Reichenow’s Weaver Ploceus baglafecht reichenowi 195 Speke’s Weaver Ploceus spekei 196 Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri 197 Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons melanota 198 Red-headed Weaver Anaplectus rubriceps 199 African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus notatus 200 Common Drongo Dicrurus a adsimilis 201 Streaky Seedeater Serinus s. striolatus 202 Yellow Rumped Seedeater Serinus reichenowl 203 Cabanis’s Bunting Emberiza cabanisi orientalis 204 Golden breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris Kalaharica 205 African Citril Serinus citrinelloides 206 Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus 207 Brubru Nialus afer minor 208 Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla 209 Black Crowned tchagra Tchagra s. senegala 210 Brown-crowned tchagra Tchagra australis 211 Slate coloured Boubou Laniarius funebris 212 Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus 213 Peters’s Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus macrospilotus 214 Pied Crow Corvus albus 215 White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis 216 Grey-headed Negrofinch Nigrita canicapilla schistacea 217 Red-tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinus
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