Birds from Uganda and Kenya
July 2000
This page lists all the birds I saw on my July 2000 trip to Uganda and Kenya whose identity I discovered. I am not a real birder, so only a handful of these were actually identified by me. The vast majority were identified by Gabriel Ochieng, our guide in Uganda, and Albanus Ndiku, our guide in Kenya.
This is The Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Field Guide Edition by Dale A. Zimmerman, Donald E. Turner, and David J. Pearson (Princeton University Press, 1999). I used this beautiful book as my source of all birding knowledge not supplied by Gabriel or Albanus. The birds on this page are ordered as they are in this book's plates.

White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
White (European) StorkCiconia ciconia
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
African Open-billed StorkAnastomus lamelligerus
Marabou StorkLeptoptilus crumeniferus
Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
HammerkopScopus umbretta
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Green-backed HeronButorides striatus
Great EgretCasmerodius albus
Yellow-billed EgretMesophoyx intermedia
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Dimorphic EgretEgretta dimorpha
Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
Long-tailed CormorantPhalacrocorax africanus
White-necked CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
African DarterAnhinga rufa
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacus
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Black-winged PloverVanellus melanopterus
Senegal PloverVanellus lugubris
Blacksmith PloverVanellus armatus
Crowned PloverVanellus coronatus
African Wattled PloverVanellus senegallus
Long-toed PloverVanellus crassirostris
Three-banded PloverCharadrius tricollaris
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostris
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
Crested FrancolinFrancolinus sephaena
Coqui FrancolinFrancolinus coqui
Scaly FrancolinFrancolinus squamatus
Red-necked SpurfowlFrancolinus afer
Yellow-necked SpurfowlFrancolinus leucoscepus
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
Vulturine GuineafowlAcryllium vulturinum
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri
Secretary BirdSagittarius serpentarius
Kori BustardArdeotis kori
Common OstrichStruthio camelus
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
Rüppell's Griffon VultureGyps rueppellii
African White-backed VultureGyps africanus
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotus
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Augur BuzzardButeo augur
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
Eastern Pale Chanting GoshawkMelierax poliopterus
Black-shouldered KiteElanus caeruleus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides
African Orange-bellied ParrotPoicephalus rufiventris
Red-fronted ParrotPoicephalus gulielmi
Black-faced SandgrousePterocles decoratus
Laughing DoveStreptopelia senegalensis
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
African Mourning DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
African Green PigeonTreron calva
Feral PigeonColumba livia
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
White-bellied Go-away-birdCriniferoides leucogaster
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
Pennant-winged NightjarMacrodipteryx vexillarius
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
White-headed MousebirdColius leucocephalus
Malachite KingfisherAlcedo cristata
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudata
Rufous-crowned RollerCoracias naevia
HoopoeUpupa epops
Von Der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
African Grey HornbillTockus nasutus
Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
Silvery-cheeked HornbillBycanistes brevis
D'arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudii
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
Golden PipitTmetothylacus tenellus
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Rüppell's Long-tailed StarlingLamprotornis purpuropterus
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Golden-breasted StarlingCosmopsarus regius
Splendid Glossy StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorhynchus
Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
Montane OrioleOriolus percivali
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Petit's Cuckoo-ShrikeCampephaga petiti
Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
Common DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
Tropical BoubouLaniarus aethiopicus
Grey-headed Bush-shrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
Long-tailed FiscalLanius cabanisi
Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus rueppelli
African Grey FlycatcherBradornis microrhynchus
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Dusky Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus nigromitratus
Black-lored BabblerTurdoides sharpei
Northern Anteater ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
Snowy-headed Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
Spotted Morning ThrushCichladusa guttata
Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Northern WheateaterOenanthe oenanthe
Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Black-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita cabanisi
Grey-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi
White-browed Sparrow-weaverPlocepasser mahali
White-headed Buffalo-weaverDinemellia dinemelli
Red-billed Buffalo-weaverBubalornis niger
African Golden WeaverPloceus subaureus
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
Black-billed WeaverPloceus melanogaster
Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Abyssinian CrimsonwingCryptospiza salvadorii
African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata