Dear all,
Johan and I went on a trip discovering Western Kenya with a Belgian birdwatcher for 11 days. We spent 1 day in Nakuru, 2 days in Kisumu, 3 days in Kakamega, 2 days in Mt Elgon, 1 day in Kerio and 2 days in Baringo. The weather was rainy with showers in the morning and the afternoon and every day... It made us difficult to go birding like we wanted to but we managed...
Please find hereunder the list for each localities (appart of Kerio because of the heavy rain all the day).
Nakuru:
White-winged Black Tern
Black Stork
Marabou
Grey-crowned Crane
Hadada Ibis
Sacred Ibis
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Black-headed Heron
Egyptian Goose
Blacksmith Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
White-fronted Plover
Little Stint
Ruff
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Black-winged Stilt
Coqui Francolin
Helmeted Guineafowl
Common Ostrich
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Martial Eagle
African Fish-Eagle
Booted Eagle
Yellow-billed Kite
Eurasian Honey Buzzard
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
African Hobby
Common Kestrel
Grey Kestrel
Meyer's Parrot
Ring-necked Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Speckled Pigeon
White-bellied Go-away Bird
Klaa's Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Little Swift
Eurasian Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Eurasian Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Eurasian Hoopoe
African Hoopoe
Violet
Woodhoopoe
Bearded Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Yellow Wagtail
Plain-backed Pipit
Red-capped Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Barn Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Common Bulbul
Northern Brownbul
Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Wattled Starling
Red-billed Oxpecker
Black-headed Oriole
Common Drongo
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Black-backed Puffback
Slate-coloured Boubou
Grey-backed Fiscal
Common Fiscal
White-crested Helmetshrike
African Grey Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Northern Anteater Chat
White-browed Robin-chat
Cliff Chat
Willow Warbler
Winding Cisticola
White-bellied Tit
Bronze Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Grey-headed Sparrow
House Sparrow
Straw-tailed Whydah
Red-billed Quelea
Long-tailed Widowbird
Yellow Bishop
Baglafecht
Weaver
Lesser-masked Weaver
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-billed Firefinch
Kisumu:
Whiskered Tern
Yellow-billed Stork
Open-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Hadada Ibis
Sacred Ibis
Black-headed Heron
Grey Heron
Hamerkop
Squacco Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
White-faced Whistling Duck
Spur-winged Lapwing
Common Sandpiper
African Jacana
Helmeted Guineafowl
African Fish-Eagle
Shikra
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
Afrian Harrier-Hawk
yellow-billed kite
Meyer's Parrot
Laughing Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Speckled Pigeon
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Eastern Grey Plantain-eater
Klaas's Cuckoo
Diderik Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Little Swift
Nyanza Swift
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Pygmy Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Double-toothed Barbet
Grey
Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Lesser-striped Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Common Bulbul
Leaf-love
Black-heade Oriole
Pied Crow
Common Drongo
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Slate-coloured Boubou
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Grey-backed Fiscal
Common Fiscal
Swamp Flycatcher
African Thrush
White-browed Robin-chat
Great Reed Warbled
Singing Cisticola
Red-faced Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Grey-capped Warbler
Grey-backed Camaroptera
Red-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Black Bishop
Slender-billed Weaver
Yellow-backed Weaver
Little Weaver
Village Weaver
Red-cheecked Cordon-bleu
black-and-White Mannikin
White-bellied Canary
Kakamega:
Hadada Ibis
White-spotted Flufftail
Long-crested Eagle
Montagu's Harrier (15)
Ring-necked Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Great-blue Turaco
Ross's Turaco
Klaas's Cuckoo
Diederik Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Eurasian Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Yellowbill
Speckled Mousebird
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Blue-headed Bee-eater
Eurasian Bee-eater
White-headed Wood-hoopoe
Black and White Casqued Hornbill
Grey-throated Barbet
Hairy-breasted Barbet
Double-thooted Barbet
Yellow-spotted Barbet
Yellow-billed Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Cardinal Woodpecker
Yellow-crested Woodpecker
Least Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
African Broadbill
Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Lesser-striped Swallow
White-headed Sawwing
Common Bulbul
Honeyguide Greenbul
Shelley's Greenbul
Red-tailed Bristlebill
Joyful Greenbul
Little
Grey Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Slender-billed Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Violet-backed Starling
Stuhlmann's Starling
Western Black-headed Oriole
Purple-throated Cuckoo-Shrike
Petit's Cuckoo-Shrike
Square-tailed Drongo
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Bocage's Bush-Shrike
Pink-footed Puffback
Lühder's Bush-Shrike
Mackinnon's Fiscal
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
Jameson's Wattle-eye
Chestnut Wattle-eye
Common Wattle-eye
Pale Flycatcher
African Dusky Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
African Shrike Flycatcher
Northern Black Flycatcher
African Blue Flycatcher
Mountain Illadopsis
Grey-chested Illadopsis
Brown-chested Alethe
African Thrush
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
Snowy-headed Robin-Chat
Equatorial Akalat
Grey-winged Robin
Uganda Woodland Warbler
Green Hylia
Blackcap
Chubb's Cisticola
Black-collared Apalis
Banded Prinia
Black-faced
Rufous-Warbler
Grey-capped Warbler
Yellow White-eye
Grey-backed Camaroptera
Olive-green Camaroptera
Dusky Tit
Bronze Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Grey-headed Sparrow
Grosbeak Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Dark-backed Weaver
Brown-capped Weaver
Vieillot's Black Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Black-billed Weaver
Common Waxbill
Black-crowned Waxbill
White-breasted Negrofinch
Grey-headed Negrofinch
Red-headed Bluebill
African Citril
Mt Elgon:
White Stork (26)
Saddle-billed Stork
Grey-crowned Crane
Hadada Ibis
Crested Guineafowl
Wahlberg's Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Eurasian Honey Buzzard (94)
African Crowned Eagle
Little Sparrowhawk
African Goshawk
African Harrier-Hawk
Yellow-billed Kite
Red-fronted Parrot
Tambourine Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Ross's Turaco
Hartlaub's Turaco
Diderik Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Speckled Mousebird
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Green Woodhoopoe
White-headed Woodhoopoe
Black and White Casqued Hornbill
Grey-throated Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Tullberg's Woodpecker
African Pied Wagtail
Black Sawwing
Common Bulbul
Slender-billed Greenbul
Splendid Glossy Starling
Sharpe's Starling
Montane Oriole
Grey Cuckoo-Shrike
Northern Puffback
Tropical Boubou
Lüehder's Bushshrike
Common Fiscal
Chinspot Batis
African Grey
Flycatcher
African Dusky Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
African Paradise Flycatcher
African blue Flycatcher
African Hill Babbler
Olive Thrush
White-browed Scrub-Robin
Common Whitethroat
Blackcap
Grey Apalis
Chestnut-throated Apalis
Yellow White-eye
Grey-backed Camaroptera
White-bellied Tit
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Grey-headed Sparrow
House Sparrow
Brown-capped Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Red-cheecked Cordonbleu
Bronze Mannikin
Thick-billed Seedeater
Golden-breasted Bunting
Baringo:
Yellow-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Grey-crowned Crane
Glossy Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Purple Heron
Goliath Heron
Grey Heron
Hamerkop
Squacco Heron
Striated Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
Black Heron
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
African Darter
White-faced Whistling Duck
Egyptian Goose
Knob-billed Duck
Senegal Thick-knee
Spur-winged Lapwing
Long-toed Lapwing
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Black Crake
African Jacana
Crested Francolin
African Fisheagle
Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk
Pygmy Falcon
Meyer's Parrot
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Laughing Dove
Ring-necked Dove
African Mourning Dove
Speckled Pigeon
Namaqua Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
White-bellied Go-away Bird
Klaas's Cuckoo
Diderik Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Jacobin Cuckoo
great Spotted Cuckoo
White-browed Coucal
Slender-tailed
Nightjar
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
White-faced Scops Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Blue-naped Mousebird
Speckled Mousebird
Malachite Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Little Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Green Woodhoopoe
Jackson's Hornbill
Red-billed Hornbill
African Grey Hornbill
Red-fronted Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
Red-and-Yellow Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Cardinal Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Lesser Honeyguide
African Pied Wagtail
Lesser-striped Swallow
Common Bulbul
Northern Brownbul
Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Red-billed Oxpecker
Bristle-crowned Starling
Black-headed Oriole
Fan-tailed Raven
Common Drongo
Brubru
Three-streaked Tchagra
Black-backed Puffback
Slate-coloured Boubou
Tropical
Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Sulfur-breasted Bush-Shrike
Grey-backed Fiscal
White-crested Helmetshrike
Northern White-crowned Shrike
Pygmy Batis
African Grey Flycatcher
African paradise Flycatcher
Rufous Chatterer
Brown Babbler
White-browed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-chat
Spotted Palm Thrush
Willow Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Red-fronted Apalis
Grey-wren Warbler
Buff-bellied Warbler
Grey-backed Camaroptera
Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit
Somali Tit
Beautiful Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Eastern violet-backed Sunbird
Grey-headed Sparrow
White-headed Buffalo Weaver
White-billed Buffalo Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Little Weaver
Village Weaver
Lesser-masked Weaver
Northern-masked Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-billed Firefinch
White-bellied Canary
Best regards,
Patrick