Species / Common name / Family / No. of
individuals / Food
preference ^ / Dietary
guild ^ / Migrant / Habitat
preference ^
Circus macrourus / Pallid harrier / Accipitridae / 16 / i,m / gr / √ / s
Elanus c. caeruleus / Black-shouldered kite / Accipitridae / 8 / i,m / gr / s
Micronisus gabar aequatorius / Gabar goshawk / Accipitridae / 1 / i,b,m / gr / ow,b
Tockus deckeni / Von der Decken’s hornbill / Bucerotidae / 16 / i,f / gr / b,s
Tockus nasutus / African grey hornbill / Bucerotidae / 4 / i,f / gr / ow,s
Urocolius macrourus / Blue-naped mousebird / Coliidae / 68 / i,f / fg / ow,b,s
Streptopelia capicola / Ring-necked dove / Columbidae / 213 / s / gr / b,s
Streptopelia s. senegalensis / Laughing dove / Columbidae / 164 / s / gr / b
Coracias caudata / Lilac-breasted roller / Coraciidae / 21 / i,b,r / gr,s / ow,b
Coracias n. naevia / Rufous-crowned roller / Coraciidae / 1 / i,b,r / gr,s / ow,b
Centropus superciliosus / White-browed coucal / Cuculidae / 2 / i / gr / b
Chrysococcyx caprius / Dierderiks cuckoo / Cuculidae / 1 / i / fg / ow,b,s
Dicrurus adsimilis / Common drongo / Dicruridae / 61 / i / h / ow,s
Amadina fasciata / Cut-throat finch / Estrildidae / 35 / s / gr / b,s
Estrilda rhodopyga centralis / Crimson-rumped waxbill / Estrildidae / 1 / s / gr / b
Falco tinnunculus / Common kestrel / Falconidae / 10 / i,m / gr / √ / b,s
Serinus dorsostriatus / White-bellied canary / Fringillidae / 2 / s / gr / ow,b,s
Serinus reichenowi / Yellow-rumped seedeater / Fringillidae / 374 / s / gr / ow,b
Indicator minor teitensis / Lesser honeyguide / Indicatoridae / 1 / i,w / fg / ow,b,s
Lanius cabanisi / Long-tailed fiscal / Laniidae / 3 / i / gr / s
Lanius collurio / Red-backed shrike / Laniidae / 1 / i / gr / √ / b,s
Lanius dorsalis / Taita fiscal / Laniidae / 137 / i / gr / b,s
Lanius isabellinus / Red-tailed shrike / Laniidae / 4 / i / gr / √ / b
Nilaus afer / Brubru / Malaconotidae / 11 / i / fg / ow,b,s
Tchagra s. senegala / Black-crowned tchagra / Malaconotidae / 1 / i / gr / ow,b
Merops oreobates / Cinnamon-chested bee-eater / Meropidae / 1 / i / h / ow
Anthus caffer blayneyi / Bush pipit / Motacillidae / 14 / i / gr / √ / ow,b,s
Anthus leucophrys / Plain-backed pipit / Motacillidae / 5 / i / gr / s
Anthus trivialis / Tree pipit / Motacillidae / 2 / i / gr / √ / ow
Bradornis microrhynchus / African grey flycatcher / Muscicapidae / 7 / i / gr / ow,b
Bradornis pallidus / Pale flycatcher / Muscicapidae / 24 / i / gr / ow,b
Nectarinia senegalensis / Scarlet-chested sunbird / Nectariniidae / 17 / n,i / p,h / ow,s
Numida meleagris / Helmeted guineafowl / Numididae / 18 / i / gr / ow,b,s
Eupodotis m. melanogaster / Black-bellied bustard / Otididae / 6 / i / gr / s
Eupodotis senegalensis canicollis / White-bellied bustard / Otididae / 3 / i / gr / s
Passer eminibey / Chestnut sparrow / Passeridae / 65 / s / gr / ow,b,s
Passer rufocinctus / Rufous sparrow / Passeridae / 36 / s / gr / b,s
Coturnix d. delegorguei / Harlequin quail / Phasianidae / 8 / s / gr / s
Francolinus leucoscepus / Yellow-necked spurfowl / Phasianidae / 1 / s / gr / √ / b,s
Rhinopomastus minor cabanisi / Abyssinian scimitarbill / Phoeniculidae / 12 / i / bg / ow,b
Campethera nubica / Nubian woodpecker / Picidae / 27 / i / bg / ow,b,s
Dendropicos fuscescens / Cardinal woodpecker / Picidae / 38 / i / bg / ow,b,s
Batis molitor / Chin-spot batis / Platysteriridae / 63 / i / fg / ow
Euplectes progne delamerei / Long-tailed widowbird / Ploceidae / 2 / s / gr / s
Ploceus r. rubiginosus / Chestnut weaver / Ploceidae / 430 / g / ge / ow,b,s
Ploceus spekei / Speke’s weaver / Ploceidae / 1371 / g / ge / s
Ploceus velatus uluensis / Vitelline masked weaver / Ploceidae / 2 / g / ge / √ / b,s
Quelea quelea aethiopica / Red-billed quelea / Ploceidae / 527 / s / gr / b,s
Eurocephalus rueppelli / Northern white-crowned shrike / Prionopidae / 141 / i / gr / ow,b
Creatophora cinerea / Wattled starling / Sturnidae / 363 / i / gr / ow,b,s
Lamprotornis chalybaeus / Blue-eared starling / Sturnidae / 71 / i,f / gr / ow,b
Lamprotornis hildebrandti / Hildebrandt’s starling / Sturnidae / 2 / i,f,s / gr / b
Lamprotornis superbus / Superb starling / Sturnidae / 461 / i,f / gr / ow,b,s
Apalis falvida / Yellow-breasted apalis / Sylviidae / 1 / i / fg / ow,s
Cisticola chiniana / Rattling cisticola / Sylviidae / 1213 / i / gr / ow,b,s
Cisticola juncidis uropygialis / Zitting cisticola / Sylviidae / 3 / i / gr
Eremomela flavicrissalis / Yellow-bellied eremomela / Sylviidae / 136 / i / fg / ow,b
Phylloscopus trochilus / Willow warbler / Sylviidae / 3 / fg / √ / ow,b
Sylvietta whytii / Red-faced crombec / Sylviidae / 62 / i / fg / ow,b,s
Monticola saxatilis / Common rock thrush / Turdidae / 5 / i / gr / √ / s
Oenanthe p. pleschanka / Pied wheatear / Turdidae / 72 / i / gr / √ / ow,b,s
Total / 6369
^ references: Zimmerman et al 1996; Praed and Grant 1952; Praed and Grant 1955, and Brown 1970
Food Preference: i–insect, s–seeds, b-bird, r-reptile, m-mammal, w-wax, f-fruit, n-nectar, g-generalist
Dietary Guild: fg-foliage glean, h-hawk, gr-ground, s-swoop, bg-bark glean, ge-generalist, p-perch
Habitat Preference: ow-open woodland, b-bush, s-savanna