Dear All,
When I announced the number of species recorded in “Finch Pentad” and
drew up the list of species I believed I had recorded, or in just five
cases another had reliably recorded in the confines, I had not gone
into it too deeply.
I have since devoted energy into getting this right. This entailed
going back through every “kenyabirdsnet” posting which I have
religiously (or thought I had) archived since Itai Shanni took on the
mantle of launching it (this might come as a surprise) 8th April 2002.
How we have benefitted from the shared information, and how grateful
we should be. At least from a Kenyan perspective as we were sending in
information we were leaving a heritage for the upcoming generation to
extract reams of meaningful data. Now with the advent of Facebook and
eBird, the data is getting diluted and not every important record is
getting to the net, and the right people are not on the receiving end
of the information. So whilst it is fine to use the other media, the
more important observations should also be sent to the
“kenyabirdsnet.” At present information not sent directly is getting
discovered by various members diligently patrolling entries on
Facebook and eBird.

When I produced the original list for the Pentad, and sent it to
Sidney for the Atlas, he checked them against the postings received to
date and found that 124 of my species had not gone into the system.
This is not too much of a surprise as in the years that the Atlas has
been running, not everything has been found in the Pentad that was
recorded since the end of last century. So this entailed spending
several days going through 2400 separate and often lengthy postings to
locate the original records for each of these “missing species.” It
was a long exercise, but I managed to track down all but ten species
as occurring in the Pentad. I have attached the list I returned to
Sidney with the required dates and site of observation. In the vast
majority of cases there is an existing image recording that
individual, but not all. The ten species whose detail of the
observation I have not found I have asked not to be included in the
total for the Pentad, but I would still try and locate them later and
then they can be replaced in the totals. (These are in red on the
attached Missing Species document). Several of these I can see in my
minds eye, but no date, no entry…. as it should be. Our 5 miles by 5
miles currently has 472 species of birds documented to exact date and
exact location within the Pentad.

As I examined all the records, I was getting an insight to some
horrible statistics relative to how things have changed even in the
current millennium, and it is statistics like these that will be
instantly picked up with the current data going into the Bird Atlas
Project. But the most worrying thing is that it is not so readily
identifiable as to the reason for the declines, and that is why it is
so important to keep records to pin point when a decline commences.

To give some examples of why we should be concerned, let’s take
something like Maccoa Duck. The only regular site for the species in
Kenya now, is Manguo Pond, and now it is irregular there. Just at the
beginning of this century, there was a high count of two hundred
there, and during a waterbird census 70 were found at Manguo and on
the same day there were 40 on Lake Oloidien, Naivasha.

In Nairobi National Park, Fan-tailed Grassbird was recorded on most
visits in 2000, and after rain my notes show I was finding up to five
territories there in a day, but in 2018 are there any records of the
species?

The most alarming of all, at the time of its discovery the Nairobi
Pipit only positively known from the Kisembe Ridge Forest and
Woodlands was a familiar sight along roads between Langata Gate and
Impala Lookout, through Kisembe Forest, Ivory Burning Site along the
back road to the Water Tank. Also in the Elephant Orphanage and
outside of NNP in the IUCN compound. Driving around, these birds would
be encountered on the roads, or giving their loud song from the top of
a bush or under the upper canopy of a tree. Seen singly but more often
in pairs, on some days up to five encountered. The reports show that
no Nairobi Pipit has been seen since 4th April 2016 when two were at
Ivory Burning Site where they often fed on the short grass. This has
come as a bit of a shock, but what has happened to them, like
Fan-tailed Grassbird there has not been any man-made change to the
habitat that would account for their disappearance.

Up to April 2003, Verreaux’s Eagles were to be counted on every visit
to Leopard Cliffs, now we are down to a vagrant every few years.

It’s not all falling numbers though; the first Spur-winged Plovers
arrived at Athi Dam in 1995, bred the following year and proliferated
subsequently. Since then they have spread northwards to Hyena and
Nagalomon Dam and it seems that all through the year there are birds
incubating! When I produced the Nairobi National Park Checklist there
were only two records of vagrant Long-toed Plovers ever. Eight years
ago a few birds visited Hyena Dam and obviously liked it and bred.
They stayed on building up to ten birds, but this year as things dried
out they disappeared somewhere, but six are now back. We can deduce
that it is likely the same individuals, because one bird resembled the
southern race with almost entirely white wings, and he is back as part
of the six that have returned.
We are also seeing more Open-billed Storks and Glossy Ibis than we
used to, and of course birds that never used to breed such as Sacred
Ibis, African Spoonbill, Darter and Black-crowned Night-Herons do so
regularly at Nagalomon Dam.

The story of the decline in migrants is very depressing, Shrikes on
passage at the turn of the century were abundant in late April and
May, some falls were impressive such as 2500 Red-backs and 1000 Lesser
Greys, last seasons maximums were 60 Red-backs and 20 Lesser Greys.
It’s now into December, Red-backs used to appear in October when going
south, yet still not a single Red-backed has be reported in NNP this
season! This passage we have not had a single migrant falcon in the
Park as yet, Northern Hobbys used to be a common sight often in
numbers, and roosts of Lesser Kestrels could be up to 300 at Olmanyi
Dam area. Fifty or so Red-throated Pipits used to winter as a flock on
the north end of Athi Dam, where they fed amongst the annual short
weedy growth where it had been underwater, now there are never any at
Athi Dam, and now even single birds are a scarcity anywhere in NNP. As
recently over a thousand Red-throated Pipits were seized in a single
consignment from Croatia bound for Italian Restaurants, we should not
be surprised at any of this, but it does not explain the loss of the
resident species.

Hildebrandt’s Francolins were a commonly heard species along the
Mbagathi, but now it seems they are only to be seen at Emakoko,
Knob-billed Ducks and Spur-winged Geese used to be a regular finds but
now they are an exciting find. We should be very afraid!

There are so many species that have not turned up that are regular or
even resident in nighbouring Pentads, 500 is only a short distance
away!

Best to all
Brian


“FINCH PENTAD” SPECIES RECORDED TO DATE.
Ostrich Struthio camelus
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Shelley's Francolin Francolinus shelleyi
Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena
Scaly Francolin Francolinus squamatus
Hildebrandt's Francolin Francolinus hildebrandti
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Francolinus leucoscepus
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Cape Teal Anas capensis
African Black Duck Anas sparsa
Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Garganey Anas querquedula
Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota
Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
European White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Saddle-bill Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Marabou Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotos
Striated Heron Butorides striata
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Madagascan Pond Heron Ardeola idae
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Great Egret Ardea alba
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
African Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
African Hobby Falco cuvierii
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides
Secretary Bird Sagittarius serpentarius
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
Black Kite Milvus migrans INCLUDES East Africas first Eastern Black Kite
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus parasiticus
African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Rüppell's Griffon Gyps rueppellii
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus
Black-breasted Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
African Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
Great Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
African Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Crowned Hawk-Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
African Rail Rallus caerulescens
African Crake Crex egregia
Corncrake Crex crex
Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
Eurasian Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Water Dikkop Burhinus vermiculatus
Spotted Dikkop Burhinus capensis
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Long-toed Plover Vanellus crassirostris
Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus
Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus
Black-winged Plover Vanellus melanopterus
Crowned Plover Vanellus coronatus
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
Rock Dove Columba livia
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
African Lemon Dove Columba larvata
Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
Red-eyed Turtle Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
Fischer's (hybrid) Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
Brown Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
White-bellied Go-away Bird Corythaixoides leucogaster
Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
Madagascan Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
African Black Coucal Centropus grillii
White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus
Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
Marsh Owl Asio capensis
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Dusky Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
Abyssinian Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
Common Swift Apus apus
Pallid Swift
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
African Black Swift Apus barbatus
Little Swift Apus affinis
Horus Swift Apus horus
White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
Narina's Trogon Apaloderma narina
Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
European Roller Coracias garrulus
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
African Pygmy Kingfisher Ceyx pictus
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Common Hoopoe Upupa epops INCLUDES AFRICAN HOOPOE
Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
Snowy Barbet (split from White-headed) Lybius senex
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
Wahlberg's Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
Northern Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Rufous-breasted Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
White Helmet-shrike Prionops plumatus
Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
Slate-coloured Boubou Laniarius funebris
Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus INCLUDES major
Brubru Nilaus afer
Black Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga flava
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Turkestan Shrike Lanius tephronotus
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
Northern Fiscal Shrike Lanius collaris
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
Eastern Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
African Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
Cape Rook Corvus capensis
Pied Crow Corvus albus
White-bellied Black Tit Parus albiventris
Red-throated Tit Parus fringillinus
Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
Plain Martin Riparia paludicola
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Banded Martin Riparia cincta
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Northern House Martin Delichon urbicum
Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans
White-tailed Bushlark Mirafra albicauda
Rufous-naped Bushlark Mirafra africana
Fawn-coloured Bushlark Mirafra africanoides
Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
Somali Short-toed Lark Calandrella somalica
Short-tailed Lark Pseudalaemon fremantlii
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
Black-collared Apalis Apalis pulchra
Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Andropadus latirostris
Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
Fan-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola brevirostris
Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus elgonensis
Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
African Yellow Warbler Chloropeta natalensis
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis
Brown Parisoma Parisoma lugens
Banded Parisoma Parisoma boehmi
Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
Pale White-eye Zosterops flavilateralis
Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
Kikuyu White-eye Zosterops kikuyuensis
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Rüppell's Glossy Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii
Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
White-throated Irania Irania gutturalis
Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra
Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
Spotted Morning Thrush Cichladusa guttata
Brown-backed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas hartlaubi
White-browed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys
Rufous Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Abyssinian Black Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
Mocking Cliffchat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
Pale Flycatcher Melaenornis pallidus
African Grey Flycatcher Melaenornis microrhynchus
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
Collared Sunbird Anthodiaeta collaris
Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
Yellow-tufted Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
White-browed Sparrow Weaver Plocepasser mahali
Grey-headed Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Rufous Sparrow Passer motitensis
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
Yellow-spotted Petronia Gymnoris pyrgita
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
Grosbeak-Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
Yellow-backed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
Cut-throat Amadina fasciata
Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia atra
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
Purple Grenadier Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Estrilda quartinia
Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos
Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
African Silverbill Lonchura cantans
Grey-headed Silverbill Lonchura griseicapilla
Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata
Black-and-white Mannikin Lonchura bicolor
Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
Eastern Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
Parasitic Weaver Anomalospiza imberbis
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
Rosy-breasted Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
Grassland Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
Nairobi Pipit Anthus nov sp
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus canicollis
African Citril Serinus citrinelloides
Reichenow’s Seedeater Serinus reichenowi
White-bellied Canary Serinus dorsostriatus
Brimstone Canary Serinus sulphuratus
Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris