Mount Meru Bird Checklist
Mount Meru Bird Checklist
There are a variety of bird species to look out for whilst in Mount Meru that travelers on a Mount Meru hike. Below is a complete Mount Meru bird checklist to use while on a bird watching trip;
| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus |
| Somali Ostrich | Struthio molybdophanes |
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum |
| Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani |
| Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena |
| Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus |
| Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis |
| Black-faced Sandgrouse | Pterocles decoratus |
| Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse | Pterocles lichtensteinii |
| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis |
| Buff-crested Bustard | Lophotis gindiana |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster |
| Hartlaub’s Bustard | Lissotis hartlaubii |
| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| Green Malkoha | Ceuthmochares australis |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius |
| Levaillant’s Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus |
| Sombre Nightjar | Caprimulgus fraenatus |
| Donaldson Smith’s Nightjar | Caprimulgus donaldsoni |
| Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus |
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma |
| Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus |
| Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
| Common Swift | Apus apus |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| African Crake | Crecopsis egregia |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra |
| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis |
| Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius |
| Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus |
| Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus |
| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus |
| Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus |
| Temminck’s Courser | Cursorius temminckii |
| Somali Courser | Cursorius somalensis |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra |
| Abdim’s Stork | Ciconia abdimii |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
| Dwarf Bittern | Botaurus sturmii |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| Malagasy Pond-Heron | Ardeola idae |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii |
| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus |
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus |
| Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| Rüppell’s Griffon | Gyps rueppelli |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina |
| Wahlberg’s Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| Verreaux’s Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| African Goshawk | Aerospiza tachiro |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minulla |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia |
| Levant Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza brevipes |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus |
| Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus |
| African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus |
| Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus |
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis |
| Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis |
| Grayish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
| Pel’s Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina |
| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis |
| Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
| Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor |
| Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
| Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris |
| Von der Decken’s Hornbill | Tockus deckeni |
| Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis |
| Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates |
| Somali Bee-eater | Merops revoilii |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus |
| Olive Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus |
| Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| Purple Roller | Coracias naevius |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
| Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus |
| D’Arnaud’s Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii |
| White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis |
| Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus uropygialis |
| Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata |
| Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa |
| Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala |
| White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica |
| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides |
| Dickinson’s Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha |
| Meyer’s Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
| Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris |
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus |
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| Eastern Black-headed Batis | Batis minor |
| Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo |
| White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
| Retz’s Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii |
| Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike | Prionops scopifrons |
| Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| Pringle’s Puffback | Dryoscopus pringlii |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra jamesi |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio |
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor |
| Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi |
| Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
| White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus |
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis |
| Somali Tit | Melaniparus thruppi |
| Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis |
| Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix signatus |
| Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia |
| Pink-breasted Lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna |
| Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides |
| Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica |
| Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea |
| Red-winged Lark | Corypha hypermetra |
| Kidepo Lark | Corypha kidepoensis |
| Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis |
| Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura |
| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
| Somali Crombec | Sylvietta isabellina |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis |
| Yellow-vented Eremomela | Eremomela flavicrissalis |
| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| Green-capped Eremomela | Eremomela scotops |
| Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| Black-headed Apalis | Apalis melanocephala |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| Pale Prinia | Prinia somalica |
| Red-fronted Prinia | Prinia rufifrons |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus |
| Coastal Cisticola | Cisticola haematocephalus |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis |
| Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus |
| Tiny Cisticola | Cisticola nana |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus |
| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida |
| Upcher’s Warbler | Hippolais languida |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
| Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia |
| Red-throated Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rufigula |
| Montane Blue Swallow | Hirundo atrocaerulea |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum |
| African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
| Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus |
| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans |
| Gray-olive Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cerviniventris |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis |
| Pale White-eye | Zosterops flavilateralis |
| Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa |
| Scaly Chatterer | Argya aylmeri |
| Hinde’s Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hindei |
| Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca |
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| Black-bellied Starling | Notopholia corusca |
| Hildebrandt’s Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti |
| Shelley’s Starling | Lamprotornis shelleyi |
| Rüppell’s Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera |
| Golden-breasted Starling | Lamprotornis regius |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
| Fischer’s Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| African Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
| Gambaga Flycatcher | Muscicapa gambagae |
| African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus |
| Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens |
| Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes |
| White-browed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| Rüppell’s Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis |
| Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata |
| White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra |
| Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka |
| Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| Hunter’s Sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri |
| Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| Black-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris nectarinioides |
| Abyssinian Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
| White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris |
| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli |
| Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| Donaldson Smith’s Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser donaldsoni |
| Black-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus |
| Golden Palm Weaver | Ploceus bojeri |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus |
| Speke’s Weaver | Ploceus spekei |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| Cardinal Quelea | Quelea cardinalis |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
| Fire-fronted Bishop | Euplectes diadematus |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
| Gray-headed Silverbill | Spermestes griseicapilla |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor |
| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans |
| Black-cheeked Waxbill | Brunhilda charmosyna |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga |
| Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata |
| Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| Blue-capped Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus |
| Red-headed Bluebill | Spermophaga ruficapilla |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra |
| Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| Jameson’s Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua obtusa |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina |
| Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus |
| Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis |
| Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey |
| Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris pyrgita |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis |
| Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
| Pangani Longclaw | Macronyx aurantiigula |
| African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides |
| Reichenow’s Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
| Somali Bunting | Emberiza poliopleura |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
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