Bird List in Amboseli National Park

Bird List in Amboseli National Park : Amboseli National Park is one of the great recognized bird habitats in Kenya with over 400 bird species residing in the various regions of the park, Birds in Amboseli national park reside in the swamps, marshes, on the banks of seasonal lakes, grasslands and acacia woodlands dominating the park.

Among the huge population of birds in Amboseli national park there is categories of birds which include globally threatened species, introduced species, rare species, nearly threatened, endangered, accidental, critically endangered and vulnerable species.

Number of species: 488

Birds in Amboseli national park include

Struthioniformes

Common Ostrich

Anseriformes

White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Hottentot Teal
Northern Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck

Galliformes

Numididae

Helmeted Guineafowl

Phasianidae

- Common Quail
- Harlequin Quail
- Hildebrandt’s Francolin
- Yellow-necked Francolin
- Red-necked Francolin
- Crested Francolin
- Shelley’s Francolin

Phoenicopteriformes

Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo

Podicipediformes

Little Grebe
Eared Grebe

Columbiformes

Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon

Pterocliformes

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse

Otidiformes

Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub’s Bustard

Musophagiformes

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Cuculiformes

White-browed Coucal

Black Coucal

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Levaillant’s Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas’s Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgidae

Eurasian Nightjar
Sombre Nightjar
Donaldson-Smith’s Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar

Apodidae

Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm-Swift

Gruiformes

Rallidae

African Rail
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Baillon’s Crake

Gruidae

Gray Crowned-Crane

Charadriiformes

Burhinidae

Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee

Recurvirostridae

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Charadriidae

Long-toed Lapwing
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
Chestnut-banded Plover

Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-Snipe

Jacanidae

Lesser Jacana
African Jacana

Scolopacidae

Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck’s Stint
Red-necked Stint
Dunlin Calidris
Little Stint
Great Snipe
Common Snipe
African Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank

Turnicidae

Small Buttonquail

Glareolidae

Temminck’s Courser
Double-banded Courser
Three-banded Courser
Collared Pratincole

Laridae

Slender-billed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
White-winged Tern
Whiskered Tern
African Skimmer

Ciconiiformes

African Open bill
Black Stork
Abdim’s Stork
Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork

SULIFORMES

Anhingidae

African Darter

Phalacrocoracidae

Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant

Pelecanidae

Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican

Balaenicipitidae

Shoebill

Scopidae

Hamerkop

Ardeidae

Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Black Heron
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Madagascar Pond-Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron

Threskiornithidae

Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill

ACCIPITRIFORMES

Sagittariidae

Secretary bird

Pandionidae

Osprey Pandion

Accipitridae

Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Bearded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Verreaux’s Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
African Marsh-Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard

Strigiformes

Tytonidae

Barn Owl

Strigidae

African Scops-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Marsh Owl

Coliiformes

Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird

BUCEROTIFORMES

Upupidae

Eurasian Hoopoe

Phoeniculidae

Green Wood hoopoe
Common Scimitar bill
Abyssinian Scimitar bill

Bucorvidae

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Bucerotidae

Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill

Coraciiformes

Alcedinidae

Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy-Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher

Meropidae

White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater

Coraciidae

European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller

Piciformes

Lybiidae

Red-and-yellow Barbet
D’Arnaud’s Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Brown-breasted Barbet

Indicatoridae

Wahlberg’s Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide

Picidae
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker

Falconiformes

Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Eleonora’s Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Psittaciformes

Red-bellied Parrot

PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava

PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus

PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae

Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo

PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae

White Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus

PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

Brubru Nilaus afer
Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
Gray-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti

PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis

PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis

PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Lesser Gray Shrike Lanius minor
Gray-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
Magpie Shrike Corvinella melanoleuca
White-rumped Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Pied Crow Corvus albus
White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Whie-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
Somali Tit Melaniparus thruppi
Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus musculus
African Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus caroli

Alaudidae

Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Foxy Lark
Red-winged Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Singing Bush lark
Red-capped Lark
Somali Short-toed Lark
Short-tailed Lark

Macrosphenidae

Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec

Cisticolidae

Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia
Rattling Cisticola
Ashy Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola

Acrocephalidae

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher’s Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
African Reed Warbler
Basra Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler

Locustellidae

Fan-tailed Grass bird
Little Rush-Warbler

Hirundinidae

Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Banded Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Common House-Martin
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow

Pycnonotidae

Northern Brownbul
Common Bulbul

Phylloscopidae

Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler

Sylviidae

Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Banded Parisoma
Greater Whitethroat

Zosteropidae

Pale White-eye

Leiothrichidae

Scaly Chatterer
Rufous Chatterer
Northern Pied-Babbler

Buphagidae

Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Sturnidae

Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Rüppell’s Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
Superb Starling
Fischer’s Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling

Turdidae

Abyssinian Thrush
African Bare-eyed Thrush

Muscicapidae

African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Silverbird
Southern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear

Nectariniidae

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter’s Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Black-bellied Sunbird
Variable Sunbird

Ploceidae

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Black-capped Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub’s Golden-Weaver
Taveta Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke’s Weaver
Village Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Zanzibar Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Fire-fronted Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildidae

Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-faced Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Purple Grenadier
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
Red-billed Fire finch
African Fire finch
Jameson’s Fire finch
Cut-throat
Zebra Waxbill
Quail finch
Gray-headed Silverbill
Bronze Mannikin
African Silverbill

Viduidae

Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird

Passeridae

House Sparrow Passer
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Swahili Sparrow Passer
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

Motacillidae

Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Golden Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Pangani Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw

Fringillidae

Reichenow’s Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Southern Grosbeak-Canary
Yellow-crowned Canary

Emberizidae

Golden-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting