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Birds of Kenya

Bird species of Kenya

Grey Crowned Crane 1
Balearica regulorum
Striped Flufftail
Sarothrura affinis
Streaky-breasted Flufftail
Sarothrura boehmi
Buff-spotted Flufftail 2
Sarothrura elegans
White-spotted Flufftail 3
Sarothrura pulchra
Red-chested Flufftail
Sarothrura rufa
African Finfoot 4
Podica senegalensis
Sabine's Spinetail
Rhaphidura sabini
Little Swift 5
Apus affinis
Common Swift 6
Apus apus
Forbes-Watson's Swift
Apus berliozi
White-rumped Swift 6
Apus caffer
Nyanza Swift
Apus niansae
African Palm-Swift 7
Cypsiurus parvus
Bat-like Spinetail
Neafrapus boehmi
Scarce Swift
Schoutedenapus myoptilus
Mottled Spinetail
Telacanthura ussheri
Stone Partridge
Ptilopachus petrosus
Helmeted Guineafowl 8
Numida meleagris
Crested Guineafowl
Guttera pucherani
Vulturine Guineafowl 9
Acryllium vulturinum
Red-necked Francolin 10
Francolinus afer
Chestnut-naped Francolin
Francolinus castaneicollis
Clapperton's Francolin
Francolinus clappertoni
Coqui Francolin 11
Francolinus coqui
Hildebrandt's Francolin 12
Francolinus hildebrandti
Jackson's Francolin
Francolinus jacksoni
Yellow-necked Francolin 5
Francolinus leucoscepus
Red-wing Francolin 13
Francolinus levaillantii
Moorland Francolin
Francolinus psilolaemus
Crested Francolin 14
Francolinus sephaena
Shelley's Francolin
Francolinus shelleyi
Scaly Francolin 15
Francolinus squamatus
Ring-necked Francolin
Francolinus streptophorus
Common Quail 16
Coturnix coturnix
Harlequin Quail 17
Coturnix delegorguei
Egyptian Plover 4
Pluvianus aegyptius
Sanderling 18
Calidris alba
Curlew Sandpiper 8
Calidris ferruginea
Little Stint 8
Calidris minuta
Temminck's Stint 5
Calidris temminckii
Spotted Redshank 19
Tringa erythropus
Wood Sandpiper 20
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank 21
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper 22
Tringa ochropus
Marsh Sandpiper 5
Tringa stagnatilis
Common Redshank 23
Tringa totanus
Eurasian Curlew 24
Numenius arquata
Whimbrel 25
Numenius phaeopus
Jack Snipe 26
Lymnocryptes minimus
Great Snipe 3
Gallinago media
African Snipe 27
Gallinago nigripennis
Ruddy Turnstone 28
Arenaria interpres
Bar-tailed Godwit 29
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit 30
Limosa limosa
Terek Sandpiper 24
Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper 31
Actitis hypoleucos
Greater Painted-snipe 32
Rostratula benghalensis
Herring Gull 33
Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 34
Larus fuscus
Roseate Tern 35
Sterna dougallii
Common Tern 36
Sterna hirundo
White-cheeked Tern 37
Sterna repressa
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
African Skimmer 38
Rynchops flavirostris
White-winged Tern 39
Chlidonias leucopterus
African Jacana 40
Actophilornis africanus
Lesser Jacana 7
Microparra capensis
Cream-colored Courser 41
Cursorius cursor
Temminck's Courser 42
Cursorius temminckii
Black-winged Pratincole 43
Glareola nordmanni
Rock Pratincole 44
Glareola nuchalis
Madagascar Pratincole 45
Glareola ocularis
Collared Pratincole 20
Glareola pratincola
Bronze-winged Courser 46
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Three-banded Courser 47
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Kentish Plover 48
Charadrius alexandrinus
Caspian Plover 20
Charadrius asiaticus
Little Ringed Plover 31
Charadrius dubius
Common Ringed Plover 49
Charadrius hiaticula
Greater Sand Plover 24
Charadrius leschenaultii
White-fronted Plover 50
Charadrius marginatus
Lesser Sand-Plover 24
Charadrius mongolus
Chestnut-banded Plover 51
Charadrius pallidus
Kittlitz's Plover 10
Charadrius pecuarius
Three-banded Plover 40
Charadrius tricollaris
Blacksmith Lapwing 8
Vanellus armatus
Crowned Lapwing 52
Vanellus coronatus
Long-toed Lapwing 10
Vanellus crassirostris
Senegal Lapwing 53
Vanellus lugubris
Black-winged Lapwing 54
Vanellus melanopterus
African Wattled Lapwing 40
Vanellus senegallus
Spur-winged Lapwing 12
Vanellus spinosus
Brown-chested Lapwing
Vanellus superciliosus
Black-headed Lapwing 55
Vanellus tectus
Pacific Golden-Plover 56
Pluvialis fulva
Black-bellied Plover 57
Pluvialis squatarola
Spotted Thick-knee 58
Burhinus capensis
Senegal Thick-knee 4
Burhinus senegalensis
Water Thick-knee 59
Burhinus vermiculatus

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