Bird Checklist in Meru National Park

Bird Checklist in Meru National Park : Meru National Park is one of the birder haven and best place to go for birding on Kenya Birding Tour. The park is located in the Eastern province of Kenya about 85 kilometers east of Meru town in the northern lowlands below the Nyambeni hills. Continue reading this article to know more about the bird checklist in meru national park.

Meru National Park comprises of savannah, forest and swamp all habitat to over 400 bird species recorded. Meru birds includes; the threatened Jungle Babbler which has a very restricted ranging in central Kenya and recently was documented near Kidani and Nyati camps in the south -western part of the park, 8species of Kenya mountains endemic area and boosts with 59 of the 94 Somalia -Masai biome species that occur in Kenya. The park also regionally threatened species recorded in Kenya including; the African finfoot, Martial Eagle among others to see while on Kenya Safaris Tours.

Bird check list In Meru National Park;

Struthioniformes: Struthionidae

Somali Ostrich
Common Ostrich
Anseriformes: Anatidae
Spur-winged Goose
Egyptian Goose
Fulvous Whistling -Duck

Galliformes: Numididae

Helmeted Guineafowl
Eastern Guineafowl
Helmeted Guineafowl

Galliformes: Phasianidae

Harlequin Quail
Crested Francolin
Common Quail
Yellow – necked Spurfowl

Columbiformes: Columbidae

Speckled Pigeon
Red-eyed Dove
Mourning Collared -Dove
Remeron Pigeon
African Green – Pigeon
Ring -necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald -spotted Wood – Dove
Namaqua Dove
Dusky Turtle – Dove

Perciformes: pteroclidae

Yellow-throated sandgrouse
Chestnut -bellied sandgrouse
Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Otidifrmes: Otididae
Buff-crested Bustard
Kori Bustard
White- bellied Bustard
Hartlaub’s Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Black-faced Sandgrouse

Musophagiformes: Musophagidae

White-bellied Go -away -bird
Cuculiformes: cuculidae
Common Cuckoo
Red- chested Cuckoo
White -browed Coucal
Great spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant’ Cuckoo
Pied cuckoo
Dideric cuckoo
Klaas’s cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black chuckooo

Coprimullgiformes: Caprimulgidae

Slender tailed Night
Freckled Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Sombre Nightjar
Donaldson – Smith’s Nightjar

Caprimulgiformes: Apodidae

African Palm Swift
Mottled Spine tail
African Palm Swift
Common Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
Gruiformes: Rallidae
Black Crake

Gruiformes: Heliornithidae

African Finfoot
Gruiformes: Gruidae
Gray Crowned -Crane

Charadriiformes: Burhinidae

Water Thick -Knee

Charadriiformes: Recurvirostridae

Black -winged Stilt

Charadriiformes: Charadriidae

Blacksmith Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
Spur-winged lapwing
Three -banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Wattled Lapwing
Caspian plover

Charadriiformes: Jacanidae

Africa Jacana

Charadriiformes: Rostratulidae

Greater Painted -Snipe

Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae

Common Snipe
Little Stint
Curlew Sandpiper
Ruff
Wood Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper

Charadriiformes: Glareolidae

Collared Pratincole
Somali Courser
Temminck’s Courser
Three-banded Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Bronze-winged Courser

Cuculiformes: Ciconiidae

Saddle-billed Stork
White stork
African Woolly -necked stork
African Openbill
Black stork
Abdim’s stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Marabou Stork

Suliformes: Anhingidae

African Darter

Suliformes: Phalacrocoracidae

Long-tailed Cormorant

Pelecaniformes: Pelecanidae

Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecaniformes: Scopidae

Hamerkop

Pelecaniformes: Ardeidae

Dwarf Bittern
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Black-crowned Night -Heron
Striated Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Squacco Heron
Cattle Egret
Little Egret

Pelecaniformes: Threskiornithidae

Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill

Accipitriformes: Sagittariidae

Secretary bird

Accipitriformes: Pandionidae

Osprey

Accipitriformes: Accipitridae

White-headed vulture
African Cuckoo- Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
Black-winged Kite
Scissor-tailed kite
Africa Harrier -Hawk
Palm -nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Martial Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Bat Hawk
Banded Snake- Eagle
Brown Snake -Eagle
Black-chested Snake -Eagle
Bateleur
Ruppel’s Griffon
White-backed Vulture
Hooded Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
African Marsh -Harrier
Eurasian Marsh -Harrier
Grasshopper Buzzard
Gabar Goshawk
Eastern Chanting -Goshawk
Lizard Buzzard
African Hawk-Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Augur Buzzard
Long -legged Buzzard
Common Buzzard
African Fish -Eagle
Black kite
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Little Sparrow hawk
Levant Sparrowhawk
Shikra
African Goshawk
Montagu’s Harrier
Pallid Harrier

Strigiformes: Tytonidae

Barn Owl

Strigiformes: Strigidae

Pel’s fishing -Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Spotted Eagle -Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
African Scops-Owl
Marsh Owl
African Wood-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet

Coliiformes: Coliidae

Blue-napped Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Speckled Mousebird

Trogoniformes: Trogonidae

Narina Trogon

Bucerotiformes: Upupidae

Eurasian Hoopoe

Bucerotiformes: Phoeniculidae

Green Woodhoopoe
Violet woodhoopoe
Abyssinian Scimitar bill
Common Scimitar bill

Bucerotiformes: Bucerotidae

Crowned Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Horn
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Coraciiformes: Alcedinidae

Pied Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Striped kingfisher
Brown-hooded kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Malachite kingfisher
African Pygmy kingfisher

Coraciiformes: Merpidae

Northern Carmine Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee -eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Somali Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Little Bee -eater
Somali Bee-eater

Coraciiformes: Coraciidae

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

Piciformes: Lybiidae

Black-throated Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Red-fronted Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red and -yellow Barbet

Piciformes: Indicatoridae

Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide

Piciformes: Picidae

Nubian Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Eurasian Wryneck

Falconiformes: Falconidae

Saker Falcon
Lanner Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Sooty Falcon
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Taita Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Psittaciformes: Psittacidae

Red-bellied Parrot

Passeriformes: Campephagidae

Black Cuckoo shrike
Passeriformes: Oriolidae
African Black-headed Oriole
African Golden Oriole
Eurasian Golden Oriole

Passeriformes: Platysteiridae

Pygmy Batis
Eastern Black-headed Batis
Chin spot Batis
Black-throated Wattle-eye

Passeriformes: Vangidae

Black and white Shrike -flycatcher
White Helmet shrike
Retz’s Helmet shrike
Chestnut-fronted Helmet shrike

Passeriformes: Malaconoridae

Gray -headed Bush shrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushrike
Rosy-patched Bush shrike
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Tropical boubou
Three-streaked Tchagra
Brubru
Pringle’s puffback
Black-backed puffback
Brown-crowned Tchagra

Passeriformes: Dicruridae

Fork -tailed Drongo

Passeriformes: Monarchidae

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Passeriformes: Laniidae

Long-tailed Fiscal
Lesser Gray Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
White-rumbed Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Taita Fiscal

Passeriformes: Corvidae

White-necked Raven
Fan-tailed Raven
Pied Crow

Passeriformes: Paridae

Somali Tit

Passeriformes: Remizidae

Mouse-colored penduline-Tit

Passeriformes: Alaudidae

Pink-breasted Lark
Fischer’s Sparrow -Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Chestnut -headed Sparrow-Lark

Passeriformes: Nicatoridae

Eastern Nicator

Passeriformes: Macrosphenidae

Mustached Grass-Warbler
Somali Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Northern Crombec

Passeriformes: Cisticolidae

Rattling Cisticola
Red-fronted Prinia
Tawny-flanked prinia
Black-headed Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apali
Yellow-vented Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Gray Wren -warbler
Buff-bellied Warbler
Ashy Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Winding Cisticola

Passeriformes: Acrocephalidae

Great Reed Warbler
Upcher’s Warbler
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

Passeriformes: Hirundinidae

Ethiopian Swallow
Barn Swallow
Rock Martin
Bank Swallow
Black Saw wing
Common House -Martin
Mosque Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Montane Blue Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow

Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae

Common Bulbul
Gray-Olive Greenbul
Northern Brownbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Sombre Greenbul

Passeriformes: Phylloscopidae

Willow Warble

Passeriformes: Sylviidae

Greater Whitethroat

Passeriformes: Zosteropidae

Pale white eye

Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae

Rufous Chatterer
Hinde’s Pied-Babbler
Scaly Chatterer

Passeriformes: Buphagidae

Red- billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpeckers

Passeriformes: Sturnidae

Ruppel’s Starling
Shelley’s Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Black-bellied Starling
Red-winged Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Wattled Starling

Passeriformes: Muscicapidae

Thrush Nightingale
White-throated Robin
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Red-backed Scrub -Robin
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African gray Flycatcher

Passeriformes: Emberizadae

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
Golden- breasted Bunting

Passeriformes: Fringillidae

Brimstone Canary
Reichenow’s Seedeater
African Citril

Passeriformes: Motacillidae

Mountain Wagtail
Tree pipit
Golden pipit
Tawny Pipit
African pipit
Richard’s Pipit
African Pied wagtail
Passeriformes: Passeridae
Chestnut Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
House Sparrow

Passeriformes: Viduidae

Village Indigobird
Straw-tailed Whyday
Eastern Paradise -Whydah
Pin-tailed Whydah

Passeriformes: Estrildidae

Cut-throat
Crimson -rumped Waxbill
Common Waxbill
African Silver bill
Black and white Mannikin
Bronze Mannikin
Gray-headed silver bill

Passeriformes: Ploceidae

White-browed Sparrow- weaver
Donaldson – Smith’s Sparrow-Weaver
White-billed Buffalo-weaver
Red- billed buffalo Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Black -capped Social-weaver

Passeriformes: Nectarinidae

Eastern Violet-backed -Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter’s Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird