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Bird watching in Samburu National Reserve

Bird watching in Samburu:Here is a bird list of the birds recorded in the Samburu National Reserve in recent times:

Bird watching in Samburu

Common Ostrich
Somali Ostrich
Egyptian Goose
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Yellow-necked Francolin
Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
White-browed Coucal
Klaas’s Cuckoo
Green Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Somali Courser
Temminck’s Courser
Double-banded Courser
Three-banded Courser
African Open bill
Black Stork
Abdim’s Stork
Marabou Stork
Sombre Nightjar
Donaldson-Smith’s Nightjar
Slender-tailed NightjaMottled Swift
Little Swift
African Palm-Swift
Black Crake
Gray Crowned-Crane
Gray Crowned-Crane
Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Three-banded Plover
Common Sandpiper
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Little Grebe
Little Grebe
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Yellow-billed Stork
African Darter
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Hamerkop
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
White-backed Vulture
Rueppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Squacco Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis

Secretary bird
Black-winged Kite
Scissor-tailed Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Verreaux’s Eagle
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
Lesser Honeyguide
Eurasian Wryneck
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Pygmy Falcon
Eurasian Kestrel
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Rosy-patched Bush shrike
Sulphur-breasted Bush shrike
Gray-headed Bush shrike
Fork-tailed Drongo
Isabelline Shrike
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
Woodchat Shrike
White-rumped Shrike
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
African Scops-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Narina Trogon
Eurasian Hoopoe
African Hoopoe
Green Wood hoopoe
Violet Wood hoopoe
Abyssinian Scimitar bill
African Gray Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy-Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon
Little Bee-eater
Somali Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
The European Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D’Arnaud’s Barbet
Red-fronted Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
Fan-tailed Raven
Somali Tit
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark
Fischers Sparrow-Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Foxy Lark
Singing Bush lark
William’s Lark
Red-winged Lark
Red-capped Lark
Somali Short-toed Lark
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Somali Crombec
Yellow-vented Eremomela
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Gray-backed Camaroptera
Brown-tailed Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Taita Falcon
Fischer’s Lovebird
Meyer’s Parrot
Red-bellied Parrot
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Chinspot Batis
Pygmy Batis
Brubru  Nilaus
Northern Puff back
Pringle’s Puff back
Three-streaked
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Pale Prinia
Red-fronted Warbler
Ashy Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Upcher’s Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Basra Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Rock Martin
Ethiopian Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Common House-Martin
Northern Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Banded Parisoma
Pale White-eye
Rufous Chatterer
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
White-starred Robin
White-throated Robin
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
African Fire finch
House Sparrow Passer
Somali Sparrow Passer
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Plain-backed Pipit
Golden Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
White-bellied Canary
Brimstone Canary
Yellow-crowned Canary
Golden-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
Pied Wheatear
Brown-tailed Chat
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Hunter’s Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Black-bellied Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Shining Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-billed Oxpecker
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Jameson’s Fire finch
Cut-throat
Quail finch
Gray-headed Silverbill
African Silverbill
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Bristle-crowned Starling
Magpie Starling
Black-bellied Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
Superb Starling
Fischer’s Starling
African Bare-eyed Thrush
Spotted Flycatcher
Gambaga Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Donaldson-Smith’s Sparrow-Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Black-capped Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Little Weaver
Golden Palm Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke’s Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Fire-fronted Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Long-tailed Widowbird
Jackson’s Widowbird
Gray-headed Negrita
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Black-cheeked Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Purple Grenadier
Green-winged Pytilia
Orange-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Fire finch

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