Kenya Birds
November 1 - 7, 2013

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Apalis, Yellow-breasted - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Babbler, Northern Pied  - near Hell's Gate National Park. Identified by Jose Mochoge


Batis, Chinspot - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Bee-eater, Cinnamon-chested
1) Nairobi National Park  2) Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil)


Bee-eater, Eurasian - Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil)


Bee-eater, Little - Nairobi National Park


Bee-eater, White-fronted - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Bee-eater, White-throated - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Bulbul, Common - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Buzzard, Augur - Between Nairobi and Rift Valley


Canary, Black-faced- Rift Valley Overlook. Identified by Jose Mochoge.
It not supposed to be found in Kenya, but I will use this ID until told otherwise.


Canary, Brimstone - slightly north of Masai Mara


Canary, Southern Grosbeak - slightly north of Masai Mara


Canary, Yellow-fronted - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Chat, Northern Anteater
1, 2) Between Nairobi and Rift Valley


Cisticola, Pectorcal-patch female - Nairobi National Park. Identified by Jose Mochoge.


Cisticola, Siffling - Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil)


Cisticola, Winding - Nairobi National Park


Cisticola, Wing-snapping (to be verified)
1, 2, 3) Same bird - near Nairobi  4) Nairobi National Park


Cordonbleu, Red-cheeked
1, 2, 3) Female - Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil)
4, 5, ) Male  4 - Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil)  5) Nairobi National Park



Cormorant, Great - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon


Cormorant, Long-tailed  - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon


Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood  - Nairobi National Park


Dove, Red-eyed
1)  Fish Eagle Resort  2) Masai Mara Game Reserve


Drongo, Common (juvenile) - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon


Eagle, Long-crested  - Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil)


Egret, Cattle - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon


Fiscal, Gray-backed - Lake Naivasha


Fiscal, Long-tailed - Nairobi National Park
1, 2) Same bird


Fiscal, Northern
(Common Fiscal has been split to Northern and Southern Fiscal)
1, 2) Hell’s Gate National Park   3) Nairobi National Park


Flamingo, Lesser - Lake Naivasha


Flycatcher, African Gray
1 - 4) Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara 


Flycatcher, African Paradise - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Flycatcher, Northern Black - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Flycatcher, White-eyed Slaty - Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil)
1) Juvenile


Francolin, Red-necked  - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Go-away-bird, Bare-faced - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Goose, Egyptian
1) Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara  2, 3) Fish Eagle Resort


Grebe, Little - Lake Naivasha


Grenadier, Purple - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara
1, 2) Female  3, 4) Male


Guineafowl, Helmeted - Nairobi National Park


Hamerkop - Nairobi National Park
2) Drinking water  3) Hamerkop warning that a lion is present.


Heron, Black-headed
1) Nairobi National Park 2) Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Hoopoe - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon


Ibis, Hadada - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon


Ibis, Sacred - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon


Kingfisher, Pied - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon


Kingfisher, Striped - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Kingfisher, Woodland - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Kite, Black Shouldered - Nairobi National Park


Lapwing, African Wattled - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Lapwing, Crowned - Nairobi National Park


Lapwing, Spur-winged - Lake Naivasha


Lark, Singing Bush - Nairobi National Park


Mannikin, Bronze - Nairobi


Mousebird, Blue-naped - Hell’s Gate National Park


Mousebird, Speckled - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Oriole, Black-headed - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon


Ostrich - Masai Mara


Owl, Verreaux's Eagle - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara
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Oxpecker, Red-billed - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Pelican, Great White  - Lake Naivasha


Pelican, Pink-backed - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon
2) With Long-Tailed Cormorant in foreground. Demonstrates this pelican is huge!


Pipit, Grassland (also known as African Pipit) - Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil)


Pipit, Long-billed 
1) Nairobi National Park  2) Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara. Identified by Jose Mochoge.


Pipit, Plain-backed - Masai Mara


Pipit, Tawny- near Hell's Gate National Park. Identified by Jose Mochoge.


Plover, Blacksmith - Nairobi National Park


Plover, Ringed - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Plover, Three-banded - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Robin-Chat, White-browed - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Roller, Lilac-breasted - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Roller, Rufous-crowned - Nairobi National Park


Sandpiper, Green - Nairobi National Park
1) Lake Naivasha 


Sandpiper, Wood - Nairobi National Park
1) Lake Naivasha  2) Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Seedeater, Stripe-breasted - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara. Identified by Jose Mochoge.


Secretary Bird - Nairobi National Park


Seedeater, Streaky - Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil)


Sparrow, Gray-headed - Nairobi


Sparrow, Rufous
1) Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil)  2) Masai Mara
1) Female  2) Male   


Starling, Greater Blue-eared Glossy
1) Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara  2, 3, 4) Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil)


Starling, Hildebrandt's
1, 2) Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara  3. 4. 5) slightly north of Masai Mara



Starling, Slender-billed - Nairobi National Park


Starling, Stuhlmann's - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Starling, Superb - slightly north of Masai Mara


Starling, Waller's - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara
3 photos of the same bird


Stint, Little - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara. Identified by Jose Mochoge.


Stilt, Black-winged - Lake Naivasha


Stork, Marabou - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon


Stork, Yellow-billed - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara
1) Juvenile with Gray Heron in background


Sunbird, Hunter's
1, 2) Female - Hell’s Gate National Park    3 - 8) Male - Nairobi National Park



Sunbird, Scarlet-chested - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon
1, 2) Female


Sunbird, Variable - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara
1, 2) Female  3, 4) Male  1, 2) Identified by Jose Mochoge.


Swallow, Lesser Striped -  Nairobi National Park


Teal, Cape  - Lake Naivasha 


Teal, Red-billed  - Lake Naivasha 


Thrush, Little Rock - Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil)


UFO Blue-throated Curved-bill - Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil)


UFO Cisticola3 - Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil). Identified by Jose Mochoge as Desert Cisticola. But this looks so different from the Desert Cisticola photos I already identified (see above in alphabetical order for Cisticola, Desert) that it stays here until further confirmation.


UFO Sunbird2 - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


UFO Sunbird3  - Nairobi National Park


UFO Sunbird4 - Nairobi National Park


Vulture, Hooded - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Vulture, White-backed
- Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara
1) Juvenile by Sandy


Wagtail, African Pied - Nairobi National Park


Wattle-eye, Black-throated - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Waxbill, Common - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon


Weaver, Baglafecht
- Nairobi National Park


Weaver, Grey-capped Social - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Weaver, Speckle-fronted - slightly north of Masai Mara


Weaver, Spekes - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara
1(Female  2) Male


Weaver, Village or Black-headed Weaver - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara


Weaver, White-browed Sparrow - Nairobi National Park


Wheatear, Mourning also Schalows Wheatear - Fish Eagle Lodge, Knysna Lagoon


Wheatear, Northern - Nairobi National Park


Widowbird, Long-tailed - Nairobi National Park


Woodpecker, Nubian
- Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara




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