Bird list of Nairobi national park

Bird list of Nairobi national park : Nairobi national park is an iconic Kenya safari destination and a Kenya national park located in Nairobi city the capital of Kenya, Nairobi national park is a unique safari destination as it is the only national park in the world situated in the perimeters of a capital city. The park is situated approximately 7 kilometers from the center of Nairobi city.

 Nairobi national park is listed among the best Kenya safari destination to visit while in Kenya and Nairobi city.

Nairobi national park is one of the Important Birding Areas in Kenya and a fantastic destination for Kenya birding safaris, the park is a habitat to over 520 bird species including 8Kenya Mountains Endemic Bird Area species, 27 species out of 94 Somali – Masai Biome and 25 species out of the 67 African Highlands Biome occurring in Kenya.

 Bird list in Nairobi national park are as follows

Ostriches: Struthionidae

• Common Ostrich

Ducks: Anatidae

• Egyptian Goose
• Spur-winged Goose
• Red-billed Duck

Guineafowl: Numididae

• Helmeted Guineafowl

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies: Phasianidae

• Shelley’s Francolin
• Hildebrandt’s Francolin
• Yellow-necked Francolin

Grebes: Podicipedidae

• Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae

• Mourning Collared-Dove
• Red-eyed Dove
• Ring-necked Dove
• Laughing Dove
• Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
• Tambourine Dove
• Namaqua Dove

Sandgrouse: Pteroclidae

• Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Bustards: Otididae

• Kori Bustard
• White-bellied Bustard
• Black-bellied Bustard
• Hartlaub’s Bustard

Turacos: Musophagidae

• Hartlaub’s Turaco
• White-bellied Go-away-bird

Cuckoos: Cuculidae

• Red-chested Cuckoo
• Common Cuckoo
• White-browed Coucal
• Great Spotted Cuckoo
• African Emerald Cuckoo
• Dideric Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies: Caprimulgidae

• Eurasian Nightjar

Swifts: Apodidae

• Little Swift
• Horus Swift
• African Palm-Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots: Rallidae

• African Rail
• African Swamphen
• Black Crake
• Cranes: Gruidae
• Gray Crowned-Crane

Thick-knees: Burhinidae

• Spotted Thick-knee

Plovers and Lapwings: Charadriidae

• Blacksmith Lapwing
• Spur-winged Lapwing
• Black-winged Lapwing
• Crowned Lapwing
• Kittlitz’s Plover
• Three-banded Plover

Sandpipers and Allies: Scolopacidae

• Temminck’s Stint
• Common Sandpiper
• Green Sandpiper
• Common Greenshank
• Marsh Sandpiper
• Wood Sandpiper

Storks: Ciconiidae

• Saddle-billed Stork
• Marabou Stork
• Yellow-billed Stork

Cormorants and Shags: Phalacrocoracidae

• Great Cormorant

Hamerkop: Scopidae

• Hamerkop

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns: Ardeidae

• Gray Heron
• Black-headed Heron
• Purple Heron
• Little Egret
• Cattle Egret
• Squacco Heron
• Striated Heron
• Black-crowned Night-Heron

Ibises and Spoonbills: Threskiornithidae

• Glossy Ibis
• African Sacred Ibis
• Hadada Ibis
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• African Spoonbill

Secretary-bird: Sagittariidae

• Secretarybird

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae

• Black-winged Kite
• African Harrier-Hawk
• European Honey-buzzard
• White-headed Vulture
• Lappet-faced Vulture
• Hooded Vulture
• White-backed Vulture
• Rueppell’s Griffon
• Bateleur
• Crowned Eagle
• Martial Eagle
• Long-crested Eagle
• Wahlberg’s Eagle
• Booted Eagle
• Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle
• Tawny Eagle
• Steppe Eagle
• Dark Chanting-Goshawk
• Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
• Grasshopper Buzzard
• Pallid Harrier
• Little Sparrowhawk
• Black Goshawk
• Black Kite
• Yellow-billed Kite
• African Fish-Eagle
• Common Buzzard
• Augur Buzzard

Mousebirds: Coliidae

• Speckled Mousebird
• Blue-naped Mousebird

Hornbills: Bucerotidae

• African Gray Hornbill

Kingfishers: Alcedinidae

• Malachite Kingfisher
• African Pygmy Kingfisher
• Gray-headed Kingfisher
• Brown-hooded Kingfisher
• Striped Kingfisher
• Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters: Meropidae

• Little Bee-eater
• Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
• White-throated Bee-eater
• European Bee-eater
• Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Rollers: Coraciidae

• European Roller
• Lilac-breasted Roller

African Barbets: Lybiidae

• Red-and-yellow Barbet
• Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
• Red-fronted Tinkerbird
• Red-fronted Barbet
• Black-throated Barbet
• White-headed Barbet

Honeyguides: Indicatoridae

• Green-backed Honeyguide
• Wahlberg’s Honeyguide

Woodpeckers: Picidae

• Cardinal Woodpecker
• Nubian Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras: Falconidae

• Pygmy Falcon
• Lesser Kestrel
• Eurasian Kestrel
• Gray Kestrel
• Amur Falcon
• Eleonora’s Falcon
• Sooty Falcon

Parrots: Psittaculidae

• Fischer’s Lovebird

Cuckooshrikes: Campephagidae

• Black Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles: Oriolidae

• Eurasian Golden Oriole
• African Golden Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises: Platysteiridae

• Chinspot Batis

Bushshrikes: Malaconotidae

• Brubru
• Black-backed Puffback
• Brown-crowned Tchagra
• Tropical Boubou
• Slate-colored Boubou
• Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
• Black-fronted Bushshrike

Drongos: Dicruridae

• Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae

• African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes: Laniidae

• Red-backed Shrike
• Isabelline Shrike
• Lesser Gray Shrike
• Long-tailed Fiscal
• Taita Fiscal
• Northern Fiscal

Crows, Jays, and Magpies: Corvidae

• Pied Crow

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice: Paridae

• White-bellied Tit
• Red-throated Tit

Larks: Alaudidae

• Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
• Foxy Lark
• Red-winged Lark
• Rufous-naped Lark
• Red-capped Lark

African Warblers: Macrosphenidae

• Northern Crombec
• Red-faced Crombec
• Moustached Grass-Warbler

Cisticolas and Allies: Cisticolidae

• Gray-backed Camaroptera
• Yellow-breasted Apalis
• Tawny-flanked Prinia
• Red-fronted Warbler
• Gray-capped Warbler
• Singing Cisticola
• Rattling Cisticola
• Winding Cisticola
• Stout Cisticola
• Croaking Cisticola
• Siffling Cisticola
• Tiny Cisticola
• Zitting Cisticola
• Desert Cisticola
• Wing-snapping Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies: Acrocephalidae

• Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
• African Yellow-Warbler
• Olive-tree Warbler
• Marsh Warbler
• Lesser Swamp Warbler

Swallows: Hirundinidae

• Plain Martin
• Bank Swallow
• Banded Martin
• Rock Martin
• Barn Swallow
• Angola Swallow
• Wire-tailed Swallow
• Red-rumped Swallow
• Lesser Striped Swallow
• Mosque Swallow
• Common House-Martin
• Black Sawwing
• Gray-rumped Swallow

Bulbuls: Pycnonotidae

• Yellow-bellied Greenbul
• Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers: Phylloscopidae

• Willow Warbler

Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies: Sylviidae

• Eurasian Blackcap
• Garden Warbler
• Brown Parisoma
• Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies: Zosteropidae

• Pale White-eye
• Kikuyu White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies: Leiothrichidae

• Scaly Chatterer
• Black-lored Babbler
• Northern Pied-Babbler

Oxpeckers: Buphagidae

• Red-billed Oxpecker
• Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings: Sturnidae

• Wattled Starling
• Hildebrandt’s Starling
• Rueppell’s Starling
• Superb Starling
• Greater Blue-eared Starling

Thrushes and Allies: Turdidae

• Abyssinian Thrush

Old World Flycatchers: Muscicapidae

• African Dusky Flycatcher
• Spotted Flycatcher
• African Gray Flycatcher
• Southern Black-Flycatcher
• White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
• Red-backed Scrub-Robin
• Cape Robin-Chat
• Rueppell’s Robin-Chat
• White-browed Robin-Chat
• Spotted Morning-Thrush
• Thrush Nightingale
• Common Nightingale
• Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
• Whinchat
• Northern Wheatear
• Isabelline Wheatear

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters: Nectariniidae

• Collared Sunbird
• Amethyst Sunbird
• Scarlet-chested Sunbird
• Tacazze Sunbird
• Bronze Sunbird
• Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
• Beautiful Sunbird
• Red-chested Sunbird
• Purple-banded Sunbird
• Variable Sunbird

 Bird list Nairobi national park
Weavers and Allies: Ploceidae

• White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
• Gray-headed Social-Weaver
• Baglafecht Weaver
• Black-necked Weaver
• Holub’s Golden-Weaver
• Lesser Masked-Weaver
• Vitelline Masked-Weaver
• Speke’s Weaver
• Chestnut Weaver
• Cardinal Quelea
• Red-billed Quelea
• Yellow-crowned Bishop
• Yellow Bishop
• White-winged Widowbird
• Red-collared Widowbird
• Jackson’s Widowbird
• Grosbeak Weaver

Waxbills and Allies: Estrildidae

• Bronze Mannikin
• Black-and-white Mannikin
• African Silverbill
• Black-faced Waxbill
• Common Waxbill
• Cut-throat
• Purple Grenadier
• Gray-headed Silverbill
• Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
• Blue-capped Cordonbleu
• Red-billed Firefinch
• African Firefinch

Indigobirds: Viduidae

• Pin-tailed Whydah
• Parasitic Weaver

Old World Sparrows: Passeridae

• House Sparrow
• Kenya Rufous Sparrow
• Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
• Parrot-billed Sparrow
• Chestnut Sparrow
• Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits: Motacillidae

• Gray Wagtail
• Western Yellow Wagtail
• African Pied Wagtail
• Sharpe’s Longclaw
• Yellow-throated Longclaw
• Pangani Longclaw
• Rosy-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies: Fringillidae

• Yellow-fronted Canary
• Reichenow’s Seedeater
• Brimstone Canary
• Streaky Seedeater
• Yellow-crowned Canary

Old World Buntings: Emberizidae

• Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
• Golden-breasted Bunting

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