Birds from Uganda and Kenya
July 2000
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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.
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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.
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| White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa |
| White (European) Stork | Ciconia ciconia |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
| Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| African Open-billed Stork | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilus crumeniferus |
| Grey Crowned Crane | Balearica regulorum |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
| Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| Hammerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| Green-backed Heron | Butorides striatus |
| Great Egret | Casmerodius albus |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Mesophoyx intermedia |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| Dimorphic Egret | Egretta dimorpha |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
| Long-tailed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus |
| White-necked Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
| Black-winged Plover | Vanellus melanopterus |
| Senegal Plover | Vanellus lugubris |
| Blacksmith Plover | Vanellus armatus |
| Crowned Plover | Vanellus coronatus |
| African Wattled Plover | Vanellus senegallus |
| Long-toed Plover | Vanellus crassirostris |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostris |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| Crested Francolin | Francolinus sephaena |
| Coqui Francolin | Francolinus coqui |
| Scaly Francolin | Francolinus squamatus |
| Red-necked Spurfowl | Francolinus afer |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Francolinus leucoscepus |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani |
| Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis |
| Southern Ground Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri |
| Secretary Bird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus |
| Rüppell's Griffon Vulture | Gyps rueppellii |
| African White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotus |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
| Short-toed Snake Eagle | Circaetus gallicus |
| Brown Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| Black-chested Snake Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| Dark Chanting Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides |
| African Orange-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris |
| Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi |
| Black-faced Sandgrouse | Pterocles decoratus |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| African Mourning Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| African Green Pigeon | Treron calva |
| Feral Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Criniferoides leucogaster |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Macrodipteryx vexillarius |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Alcedo cristata |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudata |
| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevia |
| Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
| Von Der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni |
| Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris |
| African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus |
| Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindricus |
| Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis |
| D'arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
| Grey Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae |
| Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis purpuropterus |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
| Golden-breasted Starling | Cosmopsarus regius |
| Splendid Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
| Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
| Montane Oriole | Oriolus percivali |
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| Petit's Cuckoo-Shrike | Campephaga petiti |
| Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii |
| Common Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarus aethiopicus |
| Grey-headed Bush-shrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
| Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi |
| Grey-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides |
| Northern White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus rueppelli |
| African Grey Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus |
| African Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| Dusky Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus nigromitratus |
| Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei |
| Northern Anteater Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops |
| Snowy-headed Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla |
| Spotted Morning Thrush | Cichladusa guttata |
| Cliff Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
| Northern Wheateater | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| Black-capped Social Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi |
| Grey-capped Social Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi |
| White-browed Sparrow-weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| White-headed Buffalo-weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli |
| Red-billed Buffalo-weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| African Golden Weaver | Ploceus subaureus |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| Black-billed Weaver | Ploceus melanogaster |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |