Nairobi national park Birdlist : Nairobi national park is a birder’s haven located in the perimeters of Nairobi city the capital city of Kenya, Nairobi national park established in 1746 is one of the oldest Game Park in Kenya lieing only 7 kilometers away from the center of Nairobi.
Nairobi National park is a habitat to over520 bird species, 8 of these species are Kenya Mountains Endemic Bird Area, 27 species of the 94 Somali – Masai biome and 25 species of the 67 African Highlands biome that occur in Kenya.
Bird list in Nairobi National park is as follows
Ostriches: Struthionidae
Common Ostrich
Ducks: Anatidae
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Red-billed Duck
Guineafowl: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies: Phasianidae
Shelley’s Francolin
Hildebrandt’s Francolin
Yellow-necked Francolin
Grebes: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
Sandgrouse: Pteroclidae
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Bustards: Otididae
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub’s Bustard
Turacos: Musophagidae
Hartlaub’s Turaco
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos: Cuculidae
Red-chested Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
White-browed Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies: Caprimulgidae
Eurasian Nightjar
Swifts: Apodidae
Little Swift
Horus Swift
African Palm-Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots: Rallidae
African Rail
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Cranes: Gruidae
Gray Crowned-Crane
Thick-knees: Burhinidae
Spotted Thick-knee
Plovers and Lapwings: Charadriidae
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Kittlitz’s Plover
Three-banded Plover
Sandpipers and Allies: Scolopacidae
Temminck’s Stint
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Storks: Ciconiidae
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Shags: Phalacrocoracidae
Great Cormorant
Hamerkop: Scopidae
Hamerkop
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns: Ardeidae
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Purple Heron
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills: Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
African Spoonbill
Secretary-bird: Sagittariidae
Secretarybird
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rueppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Pallid Harrier
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
Yellow-billed Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Mousebirds: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hornbills: Bucerotidae
African Gray Hornbill
Kingfishers: Alcedinidae
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters: Meropidae
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Rollers: Coraciidae
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
African Barbets: Lybiidae
Red-and-yellow Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Honeyguides: Indicatoridae
Green-backed Honeyguide
Wahlberg’s Honeyguide
Woodpeckers: Picidae
Cardinal Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras: Falconidae
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Eleonora’s Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Parrots: Psittaculidae
Fischer’s Lovebird
Cuckooshrikes: Campephagidae
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles: Oriolidae
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises: Platysteiridae
Chinspot Batis
Bushshrikes: Malaconotidae
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Black-fronted Bushshrike
Drongos: Dicruridae
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes: Laniidae
Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
Crows, Jays, and Magpies: Corvidae
Pied Crow
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice: Paridae
White-bellied Tit
Red-throated Tit
Larks: Alaudidae
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Foxy Lark
Red-winged Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Red-capped Lark
African Warblers: Macrosphenidae
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Cisticolas and Allies: Cisticolidae
Gray-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-fronted Warbler
Gray-capped Warbler
Singing Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies: Acrocephalidae
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
African Yellow-Warbler
|Olive-tree Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Swallows: Hirundinidae
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Banded Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Common House-Martin
Black Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
Bulbuls: Pycnonotidae
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers: Phylloscopidae
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies: Sylviidae
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Brown Parisoma
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies: Zosteropidae
Pale White-eye
Kikuyu White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies: Leiothrichidae
Scaly Chatterer
Black-lored Babbler
Northern Pied-Babbler
Oxpeckers: Buphagidae
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings: Sturnidae
Wattled Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Rueppell’s Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes and Allies: Turdidae
Abyssinian Thrush
Old World Flycatchers: Muscicapidae
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
Rueppell’s Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters: Nectariniidae
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Weavers and Allies: Ploceidae
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Holub’s Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke’s Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Jackson’s Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Waxbills and Allies: Estrildidae
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silverbill
Black-faced Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Gray-headed Silverbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Indigobirds: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
Parasitic Weaver
Old World Sparrows: Passeridae
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits: Motacillidae
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Sharpe’s Longclaw
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Pangani Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies: Fringillidae
Yellow-fronted Canary
Reichenow’s Seedeater
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Old World Buntings: Emberizidae
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
