List of Birds found in Lake Nakuru National Park

BIRD LIST OF LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK

Bird List of Lake Nakuru National Park : Lake Nakuru national park is recognized birding haven and one of the best birding destinations in Kenya popularly known for greater and lesser flamingoes flocking the shores of Lake Nakuru, Lake Nakuru national park covering an area of 188 square kilometers protects Lake Nakuru a shallow alkaline lake. The Lake catchment is bounded by Menengai crater to the north, the Bahati Hills to the northeast and the Lion Hill ranges to the East, Eburu crater to the south and the Mau Escarpment to west.

Lake Nakuru national park is a Ramsar Site boosting about 450 bird species including 5 globally threatened species namely Masagascar Pond-Heron, Lesser Flamingo, Pallid Harrier, Great Spotted Eagle and Great, the park is a home to a record of 1,496,000 water birds together with large concentrations of greater flamingoes among others thus Bird List of Lake Nakuru National Park.

Birds in Lake Nakuru national park include

Ostriches

• Common Ostrich

Ducks

 

• White-faced Whistling-Duck
• Egyptian Goose
• Garganey
• Hottentot Teal
• Northern Shoveler
• Yellow-billed Duck
• Cape Teal
• Red-billed Duck
• Northern Pintail
• Southern Pochard
• Tufted Duck
• Maccoa Duck

 

Guinea fowl

• Helmeted Guinea fowl

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

• Hildebrandt’s Francolin
• Coqui Francolin

Flamingos

• Greater Flamingo
• Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

• Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

• Speckled Pigeon
• Dusky Turtle-Dove
• Red-eyed Dove
• Ring-necked Dove
• Laughing Dove
• Tambourine Dove
• Namaqua Dove

Sand grouse

• Black-faced Sand grouse

Bustards

• White-bellied Bustard
• Black-bellied Bustard

Cuckoos

• Red-chested Cuckoo
• Common Cuckoo
• White-browed Coucal
• Levaillant’s Cuckoo
• Great Spotted Cuckoo
• Klaas’s Cuckoo
• Dideric Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

• Eurasian Nightjar

Swifts

• Common Swift
• Nyanza Swift
• Pallid Swift
• Little Swift
• Horus Swift
• African Palm-Swift
• Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
• Eurasian Moorhen
• Red-knobbed Coot

Cranes

• Gray Crowned-Crane

 

Stilts and Avocets

• Black-winged Stilt
• Pied Avocet

Plovers and Lapwings

 

• Blacksmith Lapwing
• Spur-winged Lapwing
• Black-winged Lapwing
• Crowned Lapwing
• Lesser Sand-Plover
• Caspian Plover
• Kittlitz’s Plover
• Common Ringed Plover
• Little Ringed Plover
• Three-banded Plover

 

Painted-Snipes

• Greater Painted-Snipe

Sandpipers and Allies

 

• Whimbrel
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Ruff
• Curlew Sandpiper
• Temminck’s Stint
• Sanderling
• Little Stint
• Terek Sandpiper
• Great Snipe
• Common Sandpiper
• Green Sandpiper
• Spotted Redshank
• Common Greenshank
• Marsh Sandpiper
• Wood Sandpiper
• Common Redshank

 

Crab Plover

• Crab-Plover

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

• Gray-hooded Gull
• Black-headed Gull
• Gull-billed Tern
• White-winged Tern
• Whiskered Tern

Storks

• Black Stork
• Abdim’s Stork
• White Stork
• Saddle-billed Stork
• Marabou Stork
• Yellow-billed Stork

Cormorants and Shags

• Long-tailed Cormorant
• Great Cormorant

Pelicans

• Great White Pelican
• Pink-backed Pelican
• Pink Backed Pelican

Hamerkop

• Hamerkop

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

• Gray Heron
• Black-headed Heron
• Goliath Heron
• Purple Heron
• Great Egret
• Intermediate Egret
• Little Egret
• Western Reef-Heron
• Cattle Egret
• Squacco Heron
• Striated Heron

Ibises and Spoonbills

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

Osprey

• Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

 

• Black-winged Kite
• Scissor-tailed Kite
• African Harrier-Hawk
• European Honey-buzzard
• White-headed Vulture
• Lappet-faced Vulture
• White-backed Vulture
• Rueppell’s Griffon
• Bateleur
• Black-chested Snake-Eagle
• Brown Snake-Eagle
• Crowned Eagle
• Long-crested Eagle
• Lesser Spotted Eagle
• Greater Spotted Eagle
• Wahlberg’s Eagle
• Booted Eagle
• Tawny Eagle
• Steppe Eagle
• Imperial Eagle
• Dark Chanting-Goshawk
• Gabar Goshawk
• Grasshopper Buzzard
• Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
• Pallid Harrier
• African Goshawk
• Black Goshawk
• Black Kite
• African Fish-Eagle
• Common Buzzard
• Augur Buzzard

 

Owls

• Spotted Eagle-Owl
• Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl

Mouse birds

• Speckled Mouse bird
• Blue-naped Mouse bird

Hoopoes

• Eurasian Hoopoe
• African Hoopoe

Wood hoopoes and Scimitar bills

• Green Wood hoopoe
• Violet Wood hoopoe
• Common Scimitarbill

 

Hornbills

• African Gray Hornbill

 

Kingfishers

• Malachite Kingfisher
• Gray-headed Kingfisher
• Striped Kingfisher
• Giant Kingfisher
• Pied Kingfisher

 

Bee-eaters

• White-fronted Bee-eater
• White-throated Bee-eater
• Madagascar Bee-eater
• European Bee-eater
• Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Rollers

• European Roller
• Lilac-breasted Roller
• Rufous-crowned Roller
• Broad-billed Roller

 

African Barbets

• Red-fronted Tinker bird
• White-headed Barbet

 

Honey guides

• Pallid Honey guide
• Lesser Honey guide
• Scaly-throated Honey guide
• Greater Honey guide

 

Woodpeckers

• Rufous-necked Wryneck
• Cardinal Woodpecker
• Bearded Woodpecker
• African Gray Woodpecker
• Mountain Gray Woodpecker
• Nubian Woodpecker

 

Falcons and Caracaras

• Lesser Kestrel
• Eurasian Kestrel
• Greater Kestrel
• Amur Falcon
• Eleonora’s Falcon
• Sooty Falcon
• Eurasian Hobby
• Lanner Falcon

 

Parrots

• Meyer’s Parrot

 

Cuckoo shrikes

• Black Cuckoo-shrike

 

Old World Orioles

• Eurasian Golden Oriole
• African Black-headed Oriole

 

Wattle-eyes and Batises

• Chin spot Batis

 

Vangas, Helmet shrikes, and Allies

• White Helmet shrike
• Gray-crested Helmet shrike

 Bush shrikes

• Brubru
• Northern Puffback
• Black-crowned Tchagra
• Brown-crowned Tchagra
• Tropical Boubou

 Drongos

• Fork-tailed Drongo

 Monarch Flycatchers

• African Paradise-Flycatcher

 Shrikes

• Red-backed Shrike
• Isabelline Shrike
• Lesser Gray Shrike
• Gray-backed Fiscal
• Northern Fiscal

 Crows, Jays, and Magpies

• Cape Craw
• Pied Crow

 Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

• White-bellied Tit

 Larks

• Foxy Lark
• Rufous-naped Lark
• Red-capped Lark

 African Warblers

• Red-faced Crombec

 Cisticolas and Allies

• Gray-backed Camaroptera
• Buff-bellied Warbler
• Yellow-breasted Apalis
• Gray Apalis
• Tawny-flanked Prinia
• Gray-capped Warbler
• Rattling Cisticola
• Wailing Cisticola
• Winding Cisticola
• Zitting Cisticola

 Reed Warblers and Allies

• Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
• Olive-tree Warbler
• Marsh Warbler
• Eurasian Reed Warbler

 Swallows

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

 Bulbuls

• Slender-billed Greenbul
• Common Bulbul

 Leaf Warblers

• Willow Warbler

 Sylviid Warblers, Parrot bills, and Allies

• African Hill Babbler
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Garden Warbler
• Brown Parisoma
• Greater Whitethroat

 White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

• Kikuyu White-eye

 Laughing thrushes and Allies

• Rufous Chatterer
• Arrow-marked Babbler
• Oxpeckers
• Red-billed Oxpecker

 Starlings

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

 Thrushes and Allies

• Abyssinian Thrush
• African Thrush

 Old World Flycatchers

• African Dusky Flycatcher
• Spotted Flycatcher
• African Gray Flycatcher
• White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
• Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
• Red-backed Scrub-Robin
• Cape Robin-Chat
• Rueppell’s Robin-Chat
• White-browed Robin-Chat
• Thrush Nightingale
• Common Nightingale
• Common Redstart
• Little Rock-Thrush
• Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
• Whinchat
• Mocking Cliff-Chat
• Northern Anteater-Chat
• Northern Wheatear
• Isabelline Wheatear
• Pied Wheatear
• Abyssinian Wheatear

Sunbirds and Spider hunters

• Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
• Green-headed Sunbird
• Amethyst Sunbird
• Scarlet-chested Sunbird
• Bronze Sunbird
• Golden-winged Sunbird
• Northern Double-collared Sunbird
• Shining Sunbird
• Variable Sunbird

 Weavers and Allies

• Baglafecht Weaver
• Spectacled Weaver
• Lesser Masked-Weaver
• Speke’s Weaver
• Long-tailed Widowbird

 Waxbills and Allies

• Yellow-bellied Waxbill
• Crimson-rumped Waxbill
• Common Waxbill
• Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
• Purple Grenadier
• Red-billed Firefinch
• African Firefinch
• Black-and-white Mannikin

 Old World Sparrows

• Kenya Rufous Sparrow
• Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

 Wagtails and Pipits

• Mountain Wagtail
• Western Yellow Wagtail
• African Pied Wagtail
• White Wagtail
• African Pipit
• Long-billed Pipit
• Plain-backed Pipit
• Red-throated Pipit
• Yellow-throated Long claw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

• Reichenow’s Seedeater
• Brimstone Canary

 Old World Buntings

• Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
• Golden-breasted Bunting