Birds of Ũndirĩ Swamp ...a nature-lover’s guide... Compiled by: Naftali Mũngai & Larrie Wanyee Table of Contents Abyssinian White-eye – Adult ........................................................................................ 1 African Citril – Adult Male............................................................................................. 1 Augur Buzzard - Juvenile ..............................................................................................2 Baglafecht Weaver. - Adult male....................................................................................2 Black Kite .....................................................................................................................3 Bronze Mannikin – Adults.............................................................................................3 Bronze Sunbird .............................................................................................................4 Cape Robin Chat ...........................................................................................................4 Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater – Adult ............................................................................5 Common Bulbul – Adult ...............................................................................................5 Common Fiscal - Adult female ......................................................................................6 Common Stonechat – Adult male ..................................................................................6 Common Waxbill ..........................................................................................................7 Dark-capped Yellow Warbler.........................................................................................7 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove - Adult.............................................................................8 Grey Crowned Crane - Adult..........................................................................................8 Hamerkop - Adult .........................................................................................................9 Holub's Golden Weaver ................................................................................................9 Hunter's Cisticola ....................................................................................................... 10 Lesser Masked Weaver ................................................................................................ 10 Little Rush-warbler ..................................................................................................... 11 Marabou Stork - Adult ................................................................................................. 12 Olive Thrush ............................................................................................................... 12 Pied Crow - Adult ........................................................................................................ 13 Red-billed Firefinch pair – Adult ................................................................................. 13 Red-collared Widowbird - Male in breeding plumage.................................................. 14 Red-eyed Dove - Adult ................................................................................................ 14 Red-rumped Swallow - Adult ....................................................................................... 15 Red-throated Wryneck................................................................................................. 15 Rock Martins - Adults ................................................................................................. 16 Sacred Ibis - Adult....................................................................................................... 16 Singing Cisticola - Adult.............................................................................................. 17 Speckled Mousebird - Adult ........................................................................................ 17 Speke's Weaver ........................................................................................................... 18 Streaky Seedeater – Adult ............................................................................................ 18 Tawny-flanked Prinia - Adult ...................................................................................... 19 Village Weaver - Adult ................................................................................................. 19 White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher ........................................................................................ 20 White-rumped Swift - Adult......................................................................................... 20 Yellow Bishop - Female............................................................................................... 21 Yellow-crowned Canary............................................................................................... 21 i __________Birds of Ũndirĩ Swamp: A Nature Lover’s Guide__________ Abyssinian White-eye – Adullt Bird Species ....Zosterops abyssinicus - Abyssinian White-eye Bird Family ...Zosteropidae - White-eye Bird Group ....Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc... African Citrill – Adullt Malle Bird Species ....Serinus citrinelloides - African Citril Bird Family ...Fringillidae - Finch, Canary, Serin Bird Group ....Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc... 1 __________Birds of Ũndirĩ Swamp: A Nature Lover’s Guide__________ Augur Buzzard - Juvenille Bird Species ....Buteo augur - Augur Buzzard Bird Family ...Accipitridae - Eagle, Buzzard, Vulture Bird Group ....Falconiformes Bagllafecht Weaver.. - Adullt malle Bird Species ....Ploceus baglafecht - Baglafecht Weaver Bird Family ...Ploceidae - Weaver, Malimbe, Bishop, Widowbird, Fody Bird Group ....Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc... 2 __________Birds of Ũndirĩ Swamp: A Nature Lover’s Guide__________ Bllack Kite Bird Species ....Milvus migrans Bird Family ...Milvus migrans Bird Group ....Falconiformes Bronze Mannikin – Adullts Bird Species ....Lonchura cucullata - Bronze Mannikin Bird Family ...Estrildidae - Firefinch, Waxbill, Mannikin Bird Group ....Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc... 3 __________Birds of Ũndirĩ Swamp: A Nature Lover’s Guide__________ 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... 4 __________Birds of Ũndirĩ Swamp: A Nature Lover’s Guide__________ Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater – Adullt Bird Species ....Merops oreobates - Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Bird Family ...Meropidae - Bee-eater Bird Group ....Coraciiformes Bee-eater, Kingfisher, Roller Common Bullbull – Adullt Bird Species ....Pycnonotus barbatus - Common Bulbul Bird Family ...Pycnonotidae - Bulbul Bird Group ....Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc... 5 __________Birds of Ũndirĩ Swamp: A Nature Lover’s Guide__________ Common Fiscal - Adullt femalle Bird Species ....Lanius collaris - Common Fiscal Bird Family ...Laniidae - Shrike Bird Group ....Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc... Common Stonechat – Adullt malle Bird Species ....Saxicola torquatus - Common Stonechat Bird Family ...Turdidae - Robin, Thrush, Chat, Wheatear Bird Group ....Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc... 6 __________Birds of Ũndirĩ Swamp: A Nature Lover’s Guide__________ Common Waxbillll Bird Species ....Estrilda astrild - Common Waxbill Bird Family ...Estrildidae - Firefinch, Waxbill, Mannikin Bird Group ....Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc... Dark-capped Yellllow Warbller Bird Species ....Chloropeta natalensis - Dark-capped Yellow Warbler Bird Family ...Sylviidae Bird Group ....Old World warblers 7 __________Birds of Ũndirĩ Swamp: A Nature Lover’s Guide__________ Emerald-spotted Wood Dove - Adullt Bird Species ....Turtur chalcospilos - Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Bird Family ...Columbidae Bird Group ....Columbiformes (Pigeon, Dove…) Grey Crowned Crane - Adullt Bird Species ....Balearica regulorum - Grey Crowned Crane Bird Family ...Gruidae - Crane Bird Group ....Gruiformes Bustard, Crake, Crane, Flufftail 8 __________Birds of Ũndirĩ Swamp: A Nature Lover’s Guide__________ Hamerkop - Adullt Bird Species ....Scopus umbretta - Hamerkop Bird Family ...Scopidae - Hamerkop Bird Group ....Ciconiiformes Egret, Heron, Ibis, Stork Hollub's Gollden Weaver Bird Species ....Ploceus xanthops Bird Family ...Ploceidae Bird Group ....Weavers and allies 9 __________Birds of Ũndirĩ Swamp: A Nature Lover’s Guide__________ Hunter's Cisticolla Bird Species ....Cisticola hunteri Bird Family ...Cisticolidae Bird Group ....Cisticolas and allies Lesser Masked Weaver Bird Species ....Ploceus intermedius Bird Family ...Ploceidae Bird Group ....Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers, etc... 10 __________Birds of Ũndirĩ Swamp: A Nature Lover’s Guide__________ Littlle Rush-warbller Bird Species ....Bradypterus baboecala Bird Family ...Sylviidae Bird Group ....Old world Warblers