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Birds of Kenya

Bird species of Kenya

Crab Plover 1
Dromas ardeola
European Oystercatcher 2
Haematopus ostralegus
Black-winged Stilt 3
Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet 4
Recurvirostra avosetta
Pomarine Jaeger 5
Stercorarius pomarinus
Great Crested Grebe 6
Podiceps cristatus
Eared Grebe 7
Podiceps nigricollis
Little Grebe 8
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 9
Puffinus pacificus
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel 10
Oceanodroma matsudairae
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 11
Oceanites oceanicus
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel 12
Fregetta tropica
African Spoonbill 13
Platalea alba
African Sacred Ibis 14
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada 15
Bostrychia hagedash
Olive Ibis 16
Bostrychia olivacea
Glossy Ibis 14
Plegadis falcinellus
Hamerkop 17
Scopus umbretta
Great White Pelican 18
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed Pelican 19
Pelecanus rufescens
Black Heron 20
Egretta ardesiaca
Little Egret 21
Egretta garzetta
Western Reef Egret 22
Egretta gularis
Grey Heron 1
Ardea cinerea
Goliath Heron 23
Ardea goliath
Black-headed Heron 24
Ardea melanocephala
Purple Heron 25
Ardea purpurea
Madagascar Pond Heron 26
Ardeola idae
Squacco Heron 27
Ardeola ralloides
Rufous-bellied Heron 14
Ardeola rufiventris
Little Bittern 28
Ixobrychus minutus
Dwarf Bittern 27
Ixobrychus sturmii
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Intermediate Egret 29
Mesophoyx intermedia
White-backed Night-heron 30
Gorsachius leuconotus
Shoebill 31
Balaeniceps rex
Lesser Kestrel 32
Falco alopex
Amur Falcon 33
Falco amurensis
Grey Kestrel 34
Falco ardosiaceus
Lanner Falcon 18
Falco biarmicus
Saker Falcon 35
Falco cherrug
Red-necked Falcon 36
Falco chicquera
African Hobby 37
Falco cuvierii
Dickinson's Kestrel 38
Falco dickinsoni
Taita Falcon 39
Falco fasciinucha
Peregrine Falcon 6
Falco peregrinus
Greater Kestrel 27
Falco rupicoloides
Eurasian Kestrel 40
Falco tinnunculus
Red-footed Falcon 41
Falco vespertinus
African Pygmy Falcon 42
Polihierax semitorquatus
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 43
Dendrocygna bicolor
White-faced Whistling Duck 44
Dendrocygna viduata
White-backed Duck 45
Thalassornis leuconotus
Cape Teal 42
Anas capensis
Green-winged Teal 46
Anas crecca
Red-billed Teal 18
Anas erythrorhyncha
Hottentot Teal 47
Anas hottentota
Eurasian Wigeon 48
Anas penelope
Mallard 49
Anas platyrhynchos
Garganey 50
Anas querquedula
African Black Duck 26
Anas sparsa
Gadwall 51
Anas strepera
yellow-billed duck 52
Anas undulata
Common Pochard 53
Aythya ferina
Tufted Duck 54
Aythya fuligula
Maccoa Duck 55
Oxyura maccoa
Southern Pochard 56
Netta erythrophthalma
African Pygmy-Goose 27
Nettapus auritus
Spur-winged Goose 57
Plectropterus gambensis
Comb Duck 23
Sarkidiornis melanotos
Eastern Imperial Eagle 49
Aquila heliaca
Steppe Eagle 18
Aquila nipalensis
Tawny Eagle 23
Aquila rapax
Verreaux's Eagle 58
Aquila verreauxii
Shikra 59
Accipiter badius
Levant Sparrowhawk 60
Accipiter brevipes
Black Goshawk 61
Accipiter melanoleucus
Little Sparrowhawk 56
Accipiter minullus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 62
Accipiter nisus
Ovampo Sparrowhawk 58
Accipiter ovampensis
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk 63
Accipiter rufiventris
African Goshawk 64
Accipiter tachiro
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle 65
Hieraaetus ayresii
Western Marsh-Harrier 14
Circus aeruginosus
Pale Harrier 66
Circus macrourus
Montagu's Harrier 67
Circus pygargus
African Marsh-Harrier 18
Circus ranivorus
Augur Buzzard 68
Buteo augur
Common Buzzard 14
Buteo buteo
Mountain Buzzard 33
Buteo oreophilus
Long-legged Buzzard 41
Buteo rufinus
Bateleur 69
Terathopius ecaudatus
Banded Snake-Eagle 38
Circaetus cinerascens
Brown Snake Eagle 23
Circaetus cinereus
Fasciated Snake Eagle
Circaetus fasciolatus
Short-toed Eagle 70
Circaetus gallicus
Black-breasted Snake Eagle 27
Circaetus pectoralis
African Harrier-Hawk 24
Polyboroides typus
African Cuckoo-Hawk 24
Aviceda cuculoides
Black Kite 71
Milvus migrans

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