Species Date Green Sandpiper T. ochropus Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis African Green Pigeon Treron calva Eurasian Bee -eater Merops apiaster Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria Madagascar Bee -eater M. superciliosus Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca Emerald -sp otted Wood Dove T. chalcospilos Carmine Bee -eater M. nubicus Common Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Namaqua Dove Oena capensis White -throated Bee -eater M. albicollis Green -backed Heron Butorides striatus Eastern Bronze -naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei Little Bee -eater M. pusillus Great Egret Casmerodius alba Red -eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata Eurasian Roller Coracias garrulus Purple Heron Ard ea purpurea African Mourning Dove S. decipiens Lilac -breasted Roller C. caudata Goliath Heron A. goliath Ring -necked Dove S. capicola Broad -billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus Black -headed Heron A. melanocephala Brown -headed Parrot Poicep halus cryptoxanthus Hoopoe Upupa epops Woolly -necked Stork Ciconia episcopus Fischer's Turaco Tauraco fischeri Green Wood -hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus African Open -billed Stork Anastomus lamelligerus Black -and -white Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus Levaillant's Cuckoo C. levaillantii Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus White -faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna v iduata Thick -billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator White -backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus Silvery -cheeked Hornbill B. brevis Knob -billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Red -chested Cuckoo C. solitarius Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus Eurasian Cuckoo C. canorus Eastern Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex Osprey Pandion halia etus African Cuckoo C. gularis Yellow -rumped Tinkerbird P. bilineatus African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides Asian Lesser Cuckoo C. poliocephalus Red -fronted Tinkerbird P. pusillus Eurasian Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas Black -collared Barbet Lybius torquatus Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus Diederik Cuckoo C. caprius Brown -breasted Barbet L. melanopterus Black -shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus Scaly -throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus Black Kite Milvus migrans White -browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus Greater Honeyguide I. indicator Black -chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis Black C oucal C. grillii Lesser Honeyguide I. minor Brown Snake Eagle C. cinereus Sokoke Scops Owl Otus ireneae * Pallid Honeyguide I. meliphilus Southern Banded Snake Eagle C. fasciolatus African Scops Owl O. senegalensis Eastern Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus Verreaux's Eagle -Owl Bubo lacteus Wahlberg' s Honeybird P. regulus African Harrier Hawk Polyboroides typus African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro African Wood Owl Ciccaba woodfordii Green -backed Woodpecker C. cailliautii Little Sparrowhawk A. minullus Fiery -necked Nightjar Caprimulqus pectoralis Cardinal Woodpecker Denropicos fuscescens Great Sparrowhawk A. melanoleucus Plain Nightjar C. inornatus Bearded Woodpecker Thripias namaquus Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus Dusky Nightjar C. fraenatus African Broadbill Smithornis capensis African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer Eurasian Nightjar C. europaeus African Pitta Pit ta angolensis Palm -nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis Slender -tailed Nightjar C. clarus Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea Ta wny Eagle Aquila rapax Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi Plain Martin Riparia paludicola Wahlberg's Eagle A. wahlbergi Mottle -throated Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri Sand Martin R. riparia African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster African Palm Swift Cypsiurus par vus Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Ayres' Hawk Eagle H. ayresii Eurasian Swift Apus apus Ethiopian Swallow H. aethiopica Long -crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis Forbes -Watson's Swift A. berliozi Red -rumped Swallow H. daurica African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus Alpine Swift A. melba Mosque Swallow H. senegalensis Peregrine Falcon Falco per egrinus White -rumped Swift A. caffer Lesser Striped Swallow H. abyssinica Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei Little Swift A. affinis Common House Martin Delichon urbica Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus Black Saw -wing Psalidoprocne holomelas Crested Francolin F. sephaena Blue -naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani Narina Trogon Apal oderma narina Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata Grey -headed Kingfisher Halycon leucocephla Sokoke Pipit Anthus sokokensis * African Finfoot Podica senegalensis Brown -hooded Kingfisher H. albiventris Little Greenbul Andropadus vire ns African Jacana Acto philornis africanus Mangrove Kingfisher H. senegaloides Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul A. importunus Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis Striped Kingfisher H. chelicuti Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata Northern Brownbul P. strepitans Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina pic ta Terrestrial Brownbul P. terrestris Tiny Greenbul P. debilis House Crow Corvus splendens Yellow -bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris Pied Crow C. albus Common Bu lbul Pycnonotus barbatus Black -bellied Starling Lamprotornis corruscus Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis Greater Blue -eared Starling L. chalybaeus Scaly Babbler Turdoides squamulatus Superb Starling L. superbus Rufous Chatterer T. rubiginosus Violet -backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Checklist of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi * Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor Red -capped Robin -Chat Cossypha natalensis Plain -backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi White -browed Robin -Chat C. heu glini Amani Sunbird A. pallidigaster * Birds of Red -tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus rufus Collared Sunbird A. collaris Sprosser Luscinia luscinia Olive Sunbird Nectarinia olivacea Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Mouse -coloured Sunbird N. veroxii ArabukoArabuko----SokokeSokoke Forest Bare -eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus Amethyst Sunbird N. amethystina Spotted Ground Thrush Zoothera guttata * Scarlet -chested Sunbird N. senegalensis Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Purple -banded Sunbird N. bifasciata Ashy Flyca tcher M. caerulescens Violet -breasted Sunbird N. chalcomelas Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus Red -billed Buffalo -Weaver Bubalornis niger Lead -coloured Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus African Golden Weaver P. subaureus Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana Golden Palm Weaver P. bojeri Siffling Cisticola C. br achypterus Taveta Golden Weaver P. castaneiceps Tawny -flanked Prinia Prinia subflava Lesser Masked Weaver P. intermedius Grey -backed Camaroptera Cam aroptera brachyura Black -headed Weaver P. cucullatus Black -headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala Clarke's Weaver P. golandi * Green -capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops Dark -backed Weaver P. bicolor Little Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus Red -billed Quelea Quelea quelea Blue -mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris Af rican Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis White -winged Widowbird E. albonotatus Forest Batis Batis mixta Orange -winged Pytilia Pytilia afra Pale Batis B. soror Peter's Twins pot Hypargos niveoguttatus Black -throated Wattle -eye Platysteira peltata Green -backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula The ArabArabukoukouko----SokokeSokoke Forest is renowned Retz's Helmet -Shrike Prionops retzii Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Chestnut -fronted Helmet -Shrike P. scopifrons Red -cheeked Cordon -bleu Uraeginthus bengalus internationally for its birds with 270 species Red -backed Shrike Lanius collurio Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata having been recorded in the forest. Being the Red -tailed Shrike L. isabellinus Black -and -white Mannikin L. bicolor last significant patch of coastal forest on the Long -tailed Fiscal L. cabanisi Pin -tailed Whydah Vid ua macroura Black -crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala Yellow -fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus east African coast, it is the stronghold for six Brown -crowned Tchagra T. australis Yellow -rumped Seedeater S. reichenowi Globally Threatened species (marked *) and Sulphur -breasted Bush -Shrike Malaconotus sulfureopectus one of the best sites for finding many other Four -coloured Bush -Shrike M. quadricolor coastal specialities. This Checklist covers all Grey -headed Bush -Shrike M. blanchoti Still relatively little is known about the birds of Arabuko-Sokoke Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus Forest. As a result, your observations can be of real use to birds recorded within the forest boundaries Black -backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla improve our knowledge of the status and distribution of birds in and is a compilation of all known accepted Black Cuckoo -shrike Campephaga flava the forest. Please assist us by providing us with your records. observations. Nomenclature and order Common Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis Thank you! follow the Check-list of the Birds of Kenya — Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus An electronic version of the list can be obtained from: African Golden Oriole O. auratus A Rocha Kenya, PO Box 383, Watamu / [email protected] Third edition, EANHS, Nairobi 1996. Black -headed Oriole O. larvatus Green -headed Oriole O. chlorocephalus Compiled by Colin Jackson, A Rocha Kenya, 1999 .