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Birds of Kenya

Bird species of Kenya

Egyptian Plover 1
Pluvianus aegyptius
Sanderling 2
Calidris alba
Curlew Sandpiper 3
Calidris ferruginea
Little Stint 3
Calidris minuta
Temminck's Stint 4
Calidris temminckii
Spotted Redshank 5
Tringa erythropus
Wood Sandpiper 6
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank 7
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper 8
Tringa ochropus
Marsh Sandpiper 4
Tringa stagnatilis
Common Redshank 9
Tringa totanus
Eurasian Curlew 10
Numenius arquata
Whimbrel 11
Numenius phaeopus
Jack Snipe 12
Lymnocryptes minimus
Great Snipe 13
Gallinago media
African Snipe 14
Gallinago nigripennis
Ruddy Turnstone 15
Arenaria interpres
Bar-tailed Godwit 16
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit 17
Limosa limosa
Terek Sandpiper 10
Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper 18
Actitis hypoleucos
Greater Painted-snipe 19
Rostratula benghalensis
Herring Gull 20
Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 21
Larus fuscus
Roseate Tern 22
Sterna dougallii
Common Tern 23
Sterna hirundo
White-cheeked Tern 24
Sterna repressa
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
African Skimmer 25
Rynchops flavirostris
White-winged Tern 26
Chlidonias leucopterus
African Jacana 27
Actophilornis africanus
Lesser Jacana 28
Microparra capensis
Cream-colored Courser 29
Cursorius cursor
Temminck's Courser 30
Cursorius temminckii
Black-winged Pratincole 31
Glareola nordmanni
Rock Pratincole 32
Glareola nuchalis
Madagascar Pratincole 33
Glareola ocularis
Collared Pratincole 6
Glareola pratincola
Bronze-winged Courser 34
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Three-banded Courser 35
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Kentish Plover 36
Charadrius alexandrinus
Caspian Plover 6
Charadrius asiaticus
Little Ringed Plover 18
Charadrius dubius
Common Ringed Plover 37
Charadrius hiaticula
Greater Sand Plover 10
Charadrius leschenaultii
White-fronted Plover 38
Charadrius marginatus
Lesser Sand-Plover 10
Charadrius mongolus
Chestnut-banded Plover 39
Charadrius pallidus
Kittlitz's Plover 40
Charadrius pecuarius
Three-banded Plover 27
Charadrius tricollaris
Blacksmith Lapwing 3
Vanellus armatus
Crowned Lapwing 41
Vanellus coronatus
Long-toed Lapwing 40
Vanellus crassirostris
Senegal Lapwing 42
Vanellus lugubris
Black-winged Lapwing 43
Vanellus melanopterus
African Wattled Lapwing 27
Vanellus senegallus
Spur-winged Lapwing 44
Vanellus spinosus
Brown-chested Lapwing
Vanellus superciliosus
Black-headed Lapwing 45
Vanellus tectus
Pacific Golden-Plover 46
Pluvialis fulva
Black-bellied Plover 47
Pluvialis squatarola
Spotted Thick-knee 48
Burhinus capensis
Senegal Thick-knee 1
Burhinus senegalensis
Water Thick-knee 49
Burhinus vermiculatus
Crab Plover 50
Dromas ardeola
European Oystercatcher 51
Haematopus ostralegus
Black-winged Stilt 52
Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet 53
Recurvirostra avosetta
Pomarine Jaeger 54
Stercorarius pomarinus

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