Bird Checklist For Abardare National Park

Bird Checklist For Abardare National Park : Abardare national park is among the most rewarding national parks in Kenya that you should embark on to visit in order to enjoy the wildlife safaris in Kenya. Located in the counties of Nyeri and Nyandarua, visit the park and be amused by its breathtaking views and a number of wildlife species that can be seen. The park is famous for its magnificent falls, the dragon teeth which is a volcanic roc formation which looks like teeth sitting on the jaw. The park is also home to over 500 mammal species that can be seen like; elephants, buffalos, giraffes, blue and colobus monkey, leopard, lion, warthog, giant forest hog, bushbuck, red duiker, suni, reedbuck and eland and many more however for travellers interested in birding in the park, this article will give you an insight of the bird species you will watch in Abardare national park and here is a bird checklist of the species you will watch for an amazing safari experience;

 

1 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
2 White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
3 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
4 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
5 Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
6 African Black Duck Anas sparsa
7 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
8 Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha
9 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
10 Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
11 Elgon Francolin Scleroptera elgonensis
12 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
13 <Harlequin Quail> Coturnix delegorguei
14 Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
15 Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
16 Jackson’s Spurfowl Pternistis jacksoni
17 Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
18 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
19 Rock Pigeon Columba livia
20 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
21 Rameron Pigeon Columba arquatrix
22 Delegorgue’s Pigeon Columba delegorguei
23 Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
24 Dusky Turtle-Dove Streptopelia lugens
25 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
26 Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
27 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
28 Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
29 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
30 African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus
31 Hartlaub’s Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
32 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
33 /Common Cuckoo/ Cuculus canorus
34 Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
35 White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
36 Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
37 Klaas’s Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
38 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
39 Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
40 Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
41 Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
42 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
43 Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
44 |Common Swift| Apus apus
45 Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
46 African Swift Apus barbatus
47 Little Swift Apus affinis
48 /Horus Swift/ Apus horus
49 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
50 African Rail Rallus caerulescens
51 Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
52 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
53 Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
54 Gray Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum
55 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
56 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
57 Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
58 Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
59 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
60 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
61 African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
62 /Common Snipe/ Gallinago gallinago
63 /Common Sandpiper/ Actitis hypoleucos
64 /Green Sandpiper/ Tringa ochropus
65 /Marsh Sandpiper/ Tringa stagnatilis
66 /Wood Sandpiper/ Tringa glareola
67 /Common Greenshank/ Tringa nebularia
68 /Ruff/ Calidris pugnax
69 /Little Stint/ Calidris minuta
70 Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
71 /Black Stork/ Ciconia nigra
72 /White Stork/ Ciconia ciconia
73 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
74 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
75 Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
76 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
77 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
78 Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
79 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
80 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
81 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
82 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
83 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
84 Great Egret Ardea alba
85 Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
86 Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
87 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
88 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
89 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
90 Olive Ibis Bostrychia olivacea
91 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
92 African Spoonbill Platalea alba
93 Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
94 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
95 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
96 /European Honey-buzzard/ Pernis apivorus
97 \African Cuckoo-Hawk\ Aviceda cuculoides
98 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
99 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
100 Black-chested Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
101 Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
102 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
103 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
104 /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ Clanga pomarina
105 Wahlberg’s Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
106 /Booted Eagle/ Hieraaetus pennatus
107 Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
108 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
109 /Western Marsh Harrier/ Circus aeruginosus
110 /Pallid Harrier/ Circus macrourus
111 Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
112 African Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii
113 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
114 Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
115 Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
116 /Black Kite/ Milvus migrans
117 African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
118 |Common Buzzard| Buteo buteo
119 Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
120 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
121 Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis
122 Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
123 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
124 Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
125 /Eurasian Hoopoe/ Upupa epops
126 White-headed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
127 Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
128 Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
129 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
130 Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
131 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
132 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
133 Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
134 |European Bee-eater| Merops apiaster
135 /European Roller/ Coracias garrulus
136 Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius
137 Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
138 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
139 Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
140 Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
141 White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
142 Green-backed Honeyguide Prodotiscus zambesiae
143 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
144 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
145 Rufous-necked Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
146 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
147 Mountain Gray Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
148 Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
149 Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema
150 /Lesser Kestrel/ Falco naumanni
151 /Eurasian Kestrel/ Falco tinnunculus
152 |Sooty Falcon| Falco concolor
153 /Eurasian Hobby/ Falco subbuteo
154 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
155 Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
156 Gray Cuckooshrike Coracina caesia
157 Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
158 Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Campephaga quiscalina
159 African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
160 Black-tailed Oriole Oriolus percivali
161 Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
162 Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
163 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
164 Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
165 Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
166 Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
167 Black-fronted Bushshrike Telophorus nigrifrons
168 Doherty’s Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi
169 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
170 African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
171 /Red-backed Shrike/ Lanius collurio
172 Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
173 Cape Crow Corvus capensis
174 Pied Crow Corvus albus
175 White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
176 Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
177 White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys
178 Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher
179 Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
180 Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni
181 Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
182 Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema
183 Gray Apalis Apalis cinerea
184 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
185 Gray-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
186 Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
187 Hunter’s Cisticola Cisticola hunteri
188 Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
189 Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
190 Levaillant’s Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
191 Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
192 Aberdare Cisticola Cisticola aberdare
193 Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
194 African Yellow-Warbler Iduna natalensis
195 Mountain Yellow-Warbler Iduna similis
196 /Common Reed Warbler/ Acrocephalus scirpaceus
197 Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
198 Evergreen-forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
199 Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
200 Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
201 Black Sawwing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
202 Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
203 Plain Martin Riparia paludicola
204 /Bank Swallow/ Riparia riparia
205 Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
206 /Barn Swallow/ Hirundo rustica
207 Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
208 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
209 /Western House-Martin/ Delichon urbicum
210 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
211 Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
212 Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
213 Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
214 Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps
215 Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
216 Cabanis’s Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
217 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
218 /Willow Warbler/ Phylloscopus trochilus
219 /Common Chiffchaff/ Phylloscopus collybita
220 Brown Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
221 /Eurasian Blackcap/ Sylvia atricapilla
222 African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
223 Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
224 Kikuyu White-eye Zosterops kikuyuensis
225 Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
226 Hinde’s Pied-Babbler Turdoides hindei
227 Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
228 Northern Pied-Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
229 Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorynchus
230 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
231 Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
232 Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
233 Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
234 Waller’s Starling Onychognathus walleri
235 Sharpe’s Starling Pholia sharpii
236 Abbott’s Starling Poeoptera femoralis
237 Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
238 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
239 Abyssinian Ground-Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
240 Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
241 African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
242 |Spotted Flycatcher| Muscicapa striata
243 Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
244 White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
245 Brown-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas hartlaubi
246 Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra
247 Rueppell’s Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
248 White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
249 Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala
250 /Common Nightingale/ Luscinia megarhynchos
251 Little Rock-Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
252 /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ Monticola saxatilis
253 /Whinchat/ Saxicola rubetra
254 African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
255 Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida
256 Northern Anteater-Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
257 /Northern Wheatear/ Oenanthe oenanthe
258 /Isabelline Wheatear/ Oenanthe isabellina
259 /Pied Wheatear/ Oenanthe pleschanka
260 Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
261 Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
262 Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
263 Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
264 Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
265 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
266 Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
267 Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
268 Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
269 Red-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni
270 Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
271 Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
272 Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris
273 Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
274 White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
275 Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
276 Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
277 Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
278 Holub’s Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops
279 Speke’s Weaver Ploceus spekei
280 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
281 <Chestnut Weaver> Ploceus rubiginosus
282 Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis
283 <Red-billed Quelea> Quelea quelea
284 <Yellow-crowned Bishop> Euplectes afer
285 Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
286 White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
287 Red-cowled Widowbird Euplectes laticauda
288 Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
289 Jackson’s Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
290 Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
291 Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
292 Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
293 Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
294 Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
295 Gray-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
296 Kandt’s Waxbill Estrilda kandti
297 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
298 Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
299 Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
300 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
301 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
302 African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
303 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
304 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
305 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
306 Kenya Rufous Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
307 Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
308 Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
309 Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
310 /Gray Wagtail/ Motacilla cinerea
311 /Western Yellow Wagtail/ Motacilla flava
312 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
313 African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
314 Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
315 /Tree Pipit/ Anthus trivialis
316 /Red-throated Pipit/ Anthus cervinus
317 Sharpe’s Longclaw Macronyx sharpei
318 Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
319 Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
320 African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
321 Reichenow’s Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
322 Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphuratus
323 Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolatus
324 Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
325 Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
326 Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
Bird Checklist For Abardare National Park
Helmeted Guineafowl

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