Bird list in Ruma National Park

Bird list in Ruma National Park : Ruma national park formerly known as Lambwe national park is a great Kenya birding destination located in western Kenya in Suba district close to Lake Victoria, this park is the only park found in Nyanza province. Ruma National Park was covers an area of 120 square kilometers, this park is a classified birding destination famously known for habiting the rare African migrant blue swallow which is the most notable bird species in the park. Generally Ruma national park hosts over 350 bird species including endangered species, vulnerable species, critically endangered species and near-threatened species.

The following is the bird list in Ruma national park

GALLIFORMES (Numididae)

Helmeted Guineafowl

GALLIFORMES (Phasianidae)

Harlequin Quail
Scaly Francolin
Red-necked Francolin
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin

COLUMBIFORMES (Columbidae)

Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
African Green-Pigeon

OTIDIFORMES (Otididae)

Black-bellied Bustard

MUSOPHAGIFORMES (Musophagidae)

Ross’s Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird

CUCULIFORMES (Cuculidae)

White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo

CAPRIMULGIFORMES (Caprimulgidae)

Swamp Nightjar

CAPRIMULGIFORMES (Apodidae)

Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm-Swift

GRUIFORMES (Rallidae)

Black Crake

GRUIFORMES (Gruidae)

Gray Crowned-Crane

CHARADRIIFORMES (Charadriidae)

Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Three-banded Plover

CHARADRIIFORMES (Scolopacidae)

Common Snipe
Green Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper

CHARADRIIFORMES (Turnicidae)

Small Buttonquail

CICONIIFORMES (Ciconiidae)

African Open bill
Abdim’s Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork

PELECANIFORMES (Pelecanidae)

Pink-backed Pelican

PELECANIFORMES (Scopidae)

Hamerkop

PELECANIFORMES (Ardeidae)

Black-headed Heron
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Cattle Egret

PELECANIFORMES (Threskiornithidae)

African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis

ACCIPITRIFORMES (Sagittariidae)

Secretarybird

ACCIPITRIFORMES (Pandionidae)

Osprey

ACCIPITRIFORMES (Accipitridae)

Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Hooded Vulture
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard

STRIGIFORMES (Strigidae)

Northern White-faced Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
African Wood-Owl

COLIIFORMES: (Coliidae)

Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird

BUCEROTIFORMES (Phoeniculidae)

Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitar bill
Abyssinian Scimitar bill

BUCEROTIFORMES (Bucerotidae)

African Gray Hornbill

CORACIIFORMES (Alcedinidae)

Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy-Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher

CORACIIFORMES (Meropidae)

Little Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater

CORACIIFORMES (Coraciidae)

European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Broad-billed Roller

PICIFORMES (Lybiidae)

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-billed Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet

PICIFORMES (Indicatoridae)

Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide

PICIFORMES (Picidae)

Cardinal Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker

FALCONIFORMES (Falconidae)

Gray Kestrel
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon

PSITTACIFORMES (Psittacidae)

Meyer’s Parrot

PASSERIFORMES (Campephagidae)

Black Cuckooshrike

PASSERIFORMES (Oriolidae)

Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole

PASSERIFORMES (Platysteiridae)

Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis

PASSERIFORMES (Malaconotidae)

Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Slate-colored Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

PASSERIFORMES (Dicruridae)

Fork-tailed Drongo

PASSERIFORMES (Monarchidae)

African Paradise-Flycatcher

PASSERIFORMES (Laniidae)

Isabelline Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike

PASSERIFORMES (Corvidae)

Pied Crow

PASSERIFORMES (Paridae)

White-bellied Tit

PASSERIFORMES (Remizidae)

African Penduline-Tit

PASSERIFORMES (Alaudidae)

Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark

PASSERIFORMES (Macrosphenidae)

Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler

PASSERIFORMES (Cisticolidae)

White-chinned Prinia
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Black-backed Cisticola

PASSERIFORMES (Acrocephalidae)

Lesser Swamp Warbler

PASSERIFORMES (Locustellidae)

Fan-tailed Grassbird

PASSERIFORMES (Hirundinidae)

Bank Swallow
Banded Martin
Barn Swallow
Montane Blue Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Common House-Martin
White-headed Sawwing

PASSERIFORMES (Pycnonotidae)

Yellow-throated Greenbul
Common Bulbul

PASSERIFORMES (Phylloscopidae)

Willow Warbler

PASSERIFORMES (Sylviidae)

Garden Warbler

PASSERIFORMES (Leiothrichidae)

Black-lored Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler

PASSERIFORMES (Buphagidae)

Red-billed Oxpecker

PASSERIFORMES (Sturnidae)

Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Rüppell’s Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling

PASSERIFORMES (Turdidae)

African Thrush

PASSERIFORMES (Muscicapidae)

Silverbird
Northern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Whinchat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear

PASSERIFORMES (Nectariniidae)

Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird

PASSERIFORMES (Ploceidae)

White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub’s Golden-Weaver
Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Heuglin’s Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver

PASSERIFORMES (Estrildidae)

Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-faced Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Purple Grenadier
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Cut-throat
Quailfinch
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin

PASSERIFORMES (Viduidae)

Pin-tailed Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Village Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver

PASSERIFORMES (Passeridae)

Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Shelley’s Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

PASSERIFORMES (Motacillidae)

Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw

PASSERIFORMES (Fringillidae)

Yellow-fronted Canary
Reichenow’s Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Brimstone Canary

PASSERIFORMES (Emberizidae)

Golden-breasted Bunting