Bird Checklist of Meru National Park
Bird Checklist of Meru National Park : Meru National park and Meru area is a popular birding spot in Kenya, this beautioful savannah national park is situated in the Eastern Province of Kenya about 85 kilometers east of Meru town in the northern lowlands below the Nyambeni hills.
The park comprises of savannah, forest and swamp habitats offering a comfortable habitat for several bird species recorded to be over 300 species recorded. Birds in Meru national park include the threatened Jungle Babbler which has a very restricted – range in central Kenya and has recently been documented near Kidani and Nyati camps in the South – western part of the park, 8 species of Kenya Mountains Endemic Area and 59 of the 94 somalia – Masai biome species that occur in Kenya. There are also regionally threatened species recorded in Kenya including the Martial Eagle, African finfoot among others to thrill while on Kenya Safaris Tours.
Bird checklist of Meru national park is as follows
STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae
Common Ostrich
Somali Ostrich
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
GALLIFORMES: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Crested Guineafowl
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Crested Francolin
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Yellow-necked Francolin
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Speckled Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub’s Bustard
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae
White-bellied Go-away-bird
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
White-browed Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
Eurasian Nightjar
Sombre Nightjar
Donaldson-Smith’s Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
Mottled Spinetail
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm-Swift
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Black Crake
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae
African Finfoot
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Gray Crowned-Crane
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-Snipe
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
African Jacana
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae
Somali Courser
Temminck’s Courser
Three-banded Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
White-winged Tern
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim’s Stork
Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae
African Darter
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Pink-backed Pelican
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae
Hamerkop
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Dwarf Bittern
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae
Secretarybird
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
Scissor-tailed Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux’s Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
African Marsh-Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Levant Sparrowhawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
Barn Owl
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Pel’s Fishing-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae
Narina Trogon
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae
Eurasian Hoopoe
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae
Green Woodhoopoe
Violet Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Somali Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
European Roller
Abyssinian Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D’Arnaud’s Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
White-headed Barbet
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
PICIFORMES: Picidae
Eurasian Wryneck
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Saker Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Taita Falcon
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
Red-bellied Parrot Pocephalus rufiventris
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae
Black Cuckooshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis Bais molitor
Eastern Black-headed Batis
Pygmy Batis
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae
White Helmetshrike
Retz’s Helmetshrike
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae
Brubru Nilaus afer
Pringle’s Puffback
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Three-streaked Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Rosy-patched Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
Fork-tailed Drongo
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
African Paradise-Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Pied Crow
Fan-tailed Raven
White-necked Raven
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
Somali Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Red-winged Lark
Flappet Lark
PASSERIFORMES: Nicatoridae
Eastern Nicator
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Somali Crombec
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
Yellow-vented Eremomela
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia
Rattling Cisticola
Ashy Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher’s Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Montane Blue Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Common House-Martin
Black Sawwing
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
Sombre Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Northern Brownbul
Gray-olive Greenbul
Common Bulbul
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae
Willow Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
Greater Whitethroat
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
Pale White-eye
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae
Rufous Chatterer
Scaly Chatterer
Hinde’s Pied-Babbler
Northern Pied-Babbler
PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Black-bellied Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Shelley’s Starling
Rüppell’s Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
Superb Starling
Fischer’s Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
White-throated Robin
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter’s Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Black-bellied Sunbird
Shining Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Black-capped Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
African Golden-Weaver
Golden Palm Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Fire-fronted Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
Gray-headed Silverbill
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silverbill
Black-cheeked Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Red-headed Bluebill
Green-winged Pytilia
Orange-winged Pytilia
Peters’s Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Jameson’s Firefinch
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Bird Checklist of Meru National Park
Mountain Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Richard’s Pipit
African Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Golden Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Pangani Longclaw
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
African Citril
Reichenow’s Seedeater
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
Golden-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
