South Rift Bird Checklist Common Name Ostrich Pink-backed Pelican Grey Heron Goliath Heron Black-headed Heron Cattle Egret Great Egret Little Egret Yellow-billed Egret Hamerkop White Stork Saddle-billed Stork Marabou Stork Yellow-billed Stork Hadada Ibis Sacred Ibis African Spoonbill Lesser Flamingo Greater Flamingo Egyptian Goose Cape Teal Spur-winged Goose Secretary Bird Augur Buzzard African White-backed Vulture Ruppell's Griffon Vulture Lappet-faced Vulture Pallid Harrier
Conservation Status 2008 Struthio camelus Non-threatened Pelecanus rufescens Non-threatened Ardea cinerea Non-threatened Ardea goliath Non-threatened Ardea melanocephala Non-threatened Bubulcus ibis Non-threatened Casmerodius alba Non-threatened Egretta garzetta Non-threatened Mesophoyx intermedia Non-threatened Scopus umbretta Non-threatened Ciconia ciconia Non-threatened Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Non-threatened Leptoptilos crumeniferus Non-threatened Mycteria ibis Non-threatened Bostrychia hagedash Threskiornis aethiopicus Non-threatened Platalea alba Non-threatened Phoeniconaias minor Threatened Phoenicopterus roseus Non-threatened Alopochen aegyptiacus Non-threatened Anas capensis Non-threatened Plectopterus gambensis Non-threatened Sagittarius serpentarius Non-threatened Buteo augur augur Gyps africanus Threatened Gyps rueppellii Threatened Torgos tracheliotus Threatened Circus macrourus Threatened Scientific Name
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South Rift Bird Checklist Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax African Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus African Harrier Hawk Polyboroides typus typus African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus caeruleus Black Kite Milvus migrans Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei Yellow-necked Spurfowl Francolinus leucoscepus Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena Scaly Francolin Francolinus squamatus Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum Crested Bustard Eupodotis ruficrista White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis Kori Bustard Otis kori Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus Crowned Plover Vanellus coronatus
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South Rift Bird Checklist Wood Sandpiper Black-winged Stilt Pied Avocet Spotted Thick-knee Temminck's Courser Two-banded Courser Collared Pratincole Grey-headed Gull Black-faced Sandgrouse Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Speckled Pigeon Namaqua Dove Ring-necked Dove African Mourning Dove Red-eyed Dove Laughing Dove Emerald-spotted Wood Dove White-bellied Go-away-bird Diederik Cuckoo Black-and-white Cuckoo Red-chested Cuckoo White-browed Coucal Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Pearl-spotted Owlet Slender-tailed Nightjar Little Swift White-rumped Swift Speckled Mousebird Blue-naped Mousebird Narina Trogon
Tringa glareola Himantopus himantopus Recurvirostra avosetta Burhinus capensis Cursorius temminckii Rhinoptilus africanus Glareola pratincola Larus cirrocephalus Pterocles decoratus Pterocles exustus Columba guinea Oena capensis Streptopelia capicola Streptopelia decipiens Streptopelia semitorquata Streptopelia senegalensis Turtur chalcospilos Corythaixoides leucogaster Chrysococcyx caprius Clamator jacobinus Cuculus solitarius Centropus superciliosus Bubo lacteus Glaucidium perlatum licua Caprimulgus clarus Apus affinis Apus caffer Colius striatus Urocolius macrourus Apaloderma narina
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South Rift Bird Checklist Pied Kingfisher Malachite Kingfisher Striped Kingfisher Grey-headed Kingfisher Woodland Kingfisher African Pygmy Kingfisher Giant Kingfisher White-throated Bee-eater Eurasian Bee-eater Little Bee-eater Lilac-breasted Roller Rufous-crowned Roller Green Wood-Hoopoe Hoopoe Abyssinian Scimitarbill Crowned Hornbill Von Der Decken's Hornbill Red-billed Hornbill African Grey Hornbill White-headed Barbet Black-throated Barbet Red-and-yellow Barbet D'arnaud's Barbet Greater Honeyguide Lesser Honeyguide Nubian Woodpecker Cardinal Woodpecker Grey Woodpecker Bearded Woodpecker Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Ceryle rudis Alcedo cristata Halcyon chelicuti Halcyon leucocephala Halcyon senegalensis Ispidina picta Megaceryle megaceryle maxima Merops albicollis Merops apiaster Merops pusillus Coracias caudata Coracias naevia Phoeniculus purpureus Upupa epops Rhinopomastus minor Tockus alboterminatus Tockus deckeni Tockus erythrorhynchus Tockus nasutus Lybius leucocephalus Tricholaema melanocephala Trachylaemus erythrocephalus Trachyphonus darnaudii Indicator indicator Indicator minor Campethera nubica Denropicos fuscescens Dendropicos goertae Dendropicos namaquus Eremopteryx leucopareia
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South Rift Bird Checklist Singing Bushlark Lesser Striped Swallow Barn Swallow Wire-tailed Swallow Plain Martin Common Drongo Black-headed Oriole Pied Crow Common Bulbul White-browed Scrub-robin Spotted Morning Thrush Olive Thrush Isabelline Wheatear Sedge Warbler Rattling Cisticola Ashy Cisticola Winding Cisticola Zitting Cisticola Grey-backed Camaroptera Yellow-bellied Eremomela Buff-bellied Warbler Tawny-flanked Prinia Red-fronted Warbler Northern Crombec African Grey Flycatcher Pale Flycatcher African Paradise Flycatcher Rufous Chatterer African Pied Wagtail Yellow Wagtail
Mirafra cantillans Hirundo abyssinica Hirundo rustica Hirundo smithii Riparia paludicola Dicrurus adsimilis Oriolus larvatus Corvus albus Pycnonotus barbatus Cercotrichas leucophrys Cichladusa guttata Turdus olivaceus Oenanthe isabellina Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Cisticola chiniana Cisticola cinereolus Cisticola galactotes Cisticola juncidis Camaroptera brachyura Eremomela icteropygialis Phyllolais pulchella Prinia subflava Spiloptila rufifrons Sylvietta brachyura Bradornis microrhynchus Bradornis pallidus Terpsiphone viridis Turdoides rubiginosus Motacilla aguimp Motacilla flava
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South Rift Bird Checklist Slate-coloured Boubou Brubru Black-backed Puffback Northern White-crowned Shrike Red-backed Shrike Taita Fiscal Grey-headed Bush-shrike Wattled Starling Hildebrandt's Starling Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling Superb Starling Red-winged Starling Red-billed Oxpecker Abyssinian White-eye Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Beautiful Sunbird Scarlet-chested Sunbird Southern Red Bishop Lesser Masked Weaver Black-necked Weaver Spectacled Weaver Chestnut Weaver Vitelline Masked Weaver Red-billed Quelea White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Grey-capped Social Weaver Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver House Sparrow Chestnut Sparrow Grey-headed Sparrow
Laniarius funebris Nilaus afer minor Dryoscopus cubla Eurocephalus rueppelli Lanius collurio Lanius dorsalis Malaconotus blanchoti Creatophora cinerea Lamprotornis hildebrandti Lamprotornis purpuropterus Lamprotornis superbus Onychognathus morio Buphagus erythrorhynchus Zosterops abyssinicus Anthreptes orientalis Nectarinia pulchella Nectarinia senegalensis lamperti Euplectes orix Ploceus intermedius Ploceus nigricollis Ploceus ocularis Ploceus rubiginosus Ploceus velatus Quelea quelea Plocepasser mahali Pseudonigrita arnaudi Bubalornis niger Passer domesticus Passer eminibey Passer griseus
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South Rift Bird Checklist Pin-tailed Whydah Red-billed Firefinch Green-winged Pytilia Red-cheeked Cordon-blue Blue-capped Cordon-bleu White-bellied Canary
Vidua macroura Lagonosticta senegala Pytilia melba Uraeginthus bengalus bengalus Uraeginthus cyanocephalus Serinus dorsostriatus
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