Bird Checklist of Lake Nakuru National park : Lake Nakuru national park is the one of the most popular wildlife Kenya safari destinations in Kenya famed for being a home to abundant wildlife including rhinos and birdlife, the park covering an area of 188 square kilometers is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Ramsar Site.
Lake Nakuru national park is a Kenya birding haven hosting over 450 bird species including the large herds of greater and lesser flamingoes found along the shores of Lake Nakuru found in the park, Lake Nakuru is an alkaline – soda lake found in the lake system of the Great Rift Valley of Eastern Africa, the lake has an area surface of 5 to 45 square kilometers with an average depth of 0.30 meters. Lake Nakuru is the main birding spot in Lake Nakuru national park, the lake catchment is bounded by Menengai crater to the north, the Bahati Hills to the northeast, the Lion Hill ranges to the East, Eburu crater to the south and the Mau Escarpment to west.
Birds in Lake Nakuru national park include 5 globally threatened species namely Madagascar Pond Heron, Lesser flamingo, Pallid Harrier, Greater Spotted Eagle. The park also hosts over 1,496,000 water birds together with large concentrations of greater flamingoes which are seen on the shores of the lake creating a pink plumage.
Below is the bird checklist of Lake Nakuru national park
Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Ducks
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Egyptian Goose
Garganey
Hottentot Teal
Northern Shoveler
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Southern Pochard
Tufted Duck
Maccoa Duck
Guinea fowl
Helmeted Guinea fowl
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
Hildebrandt’s Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Speckled Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
Sand grouse
Black-faced Sand grouse
Bustards
White-bellied Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Cuckoos
Red-chested Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
White-browed Coucal
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies
Eurasian Nightjar
Swifts
Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
Pallid Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
African Palm-Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Stilts and Avocets
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Plovers and Lapwings
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Lesser Sand-Plover
Caspian Plover
Kittlitz’s Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Painted-Snipes
Greater Painted-Snipe
Sandpipers and Allies
Whimbrel
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck’s Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
Terek Sandpiper
Great Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Crab Plover
Crab-Plover
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
Black-headed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
White-winged Tern
Whiskered Tern
Storks
Black Stork
Abdim’s Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Shags
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Pink Backed Pelican
Hamerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Striated Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Osprey
Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
Black-winged Kite
Scissor-tailed Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rueppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
Pallid Harrier
African Goshawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Owls
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Mouse birds
Speckled Mouse bird
Blue-naped Mouse bird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
African Hoopoe
Wood hoopoes and Scimitar bills
Green Wood hoopoe
Violet Wood hoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
African Gray Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters
White-fronted Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Rollers
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
African Barbets
Red-fronted Tinker bird
White-headed Barbet
Honey guides
Pallid Honey guide
Lesser Honey guide
Scaly-throated Honey guide
Greater Honey guide
Woodpeckers
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Eleonora’s Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Parrots
Meyer’s Parrot
Cuckoo shrikes
Black Cuckoo-shrike
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Chin spot Batis
Vangas, Helmet shrikes, and Allies
White Helmet shrike
Gray-crested Helmet shrike
Bush shrikes
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
Cape Craw
Pied Crow
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-bellied Tit
Larks
Foxy Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Red-capped Lark
African Warblers
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Gray-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Gray Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Rattling Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Eurasian Reed Warbler
Swallows
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Banded Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Common House-Martin
Black Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
Bulbuls
Slender-billed Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers, Parrot bills, and Allies
African Hill Babbler
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Brown Parisoma
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Kikuyu White-eye
Laughing thrushes and Allies
Rufous Chatterer
Arrow-marked Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Starlings
Wattled Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Rueppell’s Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes and Allies
Abyssinian Thrush
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
Rueppell’s Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Common Redstart
Little Rock-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Abyssinian Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spider hunters
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Shining Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Weavers and Allies, Bird Checklist of Lake Nakuru National park
Baglafecht Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Speke’s Weaver
Long-tailed Widowbird
Waxbills and Allies
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Purple Grenadier
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Black-and-white Mannikin
Old World Sparrows
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Mountain Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Yellow-throated Long claw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Reichenow’s Seedeater
Brimstone Canary
Old World Buntings
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
