List Of Birds In Kenya
In this article Keweb.co tries to answer the question by publishing the full list of Birds in Kenya
Below are the full List of Birds In Kenya
1 Ostriches
2 Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
3 Guineafowl
4 New World quail
5 Pheasants, grouse, and allies
6 Flamingos
7 Grebes
8 Pigeons and doves
9 Sandgrouse10 Bustards
11 Turacos
12 Cuckoos
13 Nightjars and allies
14 Swifts
15 Flufftails
16 Rails, gallinules, and coots
17 Finfoots
18 Cranes
19 Thick-knees
20 Egyptian plover
21 Stilts and avocets
22 Oystercatchers
23 Plovers and lapwings
24 Painted-snipes
25 Jacanas
26 Sandpipers and allies
27 Buttonquails
28 Crab-plover
29 Pratincoles and coursers
30 Skuas and jaegers
31 Gulls, terns, and skimmers
32 Tropicbirds
33 Albatrosses
34 Southern storm-petrels
35 Northern storm-petrels
36 Shearwaters and petrels
37 Storks
38 Frigatebirds
39 Boobies and gannets
40 Anhingas
41 Cormorants and shags
42 Pelicans
43 Shoebill
44 Hamerkop
45 Herons, egrets, and bitterns
46 Ibises and spoonbills
47 Secretarybird
48 Osprey
49 Hawks, eagles, and kites
50 Barn-owls
51 Owls
52 Mousebirds
53 Trogons
54 Hoopoes
55 Woodhoopoes and scimitarbills
56 Ground-hornbills
57 Hornbills
58 Kingfishers
59 Bee-eaters
60 Rollers
61 African barbets
62 Honeyguides
63 Woodpeckers
64 Falcons and caracaras
65 Old World parrots
66 African and New World parrots
67 African and green broadbills
68 Pittas
69 Cuckooshrikes
70 Old World orioles
71 Wattle-eyes and batises
72 Vangas, helmetshrikes, and allies
73 Bushshrikes and allies
74 Drongos
75 Monarch flycatchers
76 Shrikes
77 Crows, jays, and ravens
78 Hyliotas
79 Fairy flycatchers
80 Tits, chickadees, and titmice
81 Penduline-tits
82 Larks
83 Nicators
84 African warblers
85 Cisticolas and allies
86 Reed warblers and allies
87 Grassbirds and allies
88 Swallows89 Bulbuls
90 Leaf warblers
91 Bush warblers and allies
92 Sylviid warblers, parrotbills, and allies
93 White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies
94 Ground babblers and allies
95 Laughingthrushes and allies
96 Treecreepers
97 Oxpeckers
98 Starlings
99 Thrushes and allies
100 Old World flycatchers
101 Dapple-throat and allies
102 Sunbirds and spiderhunters
103 Weavers and allies
104 Waxbills and allies
105 Indigobirds
106 Old World sparrows
107 Wagtails and pipits
108 Finches, euphonias, and allies
109 Old World buntings
What is the national bird of Kenya?
1. Kenya’s National Bird
The lilac-breasted roller is Kenya’s national bird because of the wide array of colours on its feather coat. In total, it has around 8 colours: green, white, black, yellow, turquoise, dark blue, reddish-brown, and lilac.
The colours are supposed to represent the many different tribes that make up Kenya’s community. It is a beautiful reference to the rich diversity that exists within Kenya.
2. The bird is called ‘Kambu’ in Swahili.
The Swahili word for the lilac-breasted roller is much less of a mouthful than the English word. Interestingly, there are two subspecies of the bird, the lilac-breasted roller being one. The other one is known as the lilac-throated roller or even the blue-breasted roller.
3. The lilac-breasted roller is not dimorphic.
Dimorphic animals are those that show clear visible differences between the two sexes. Peacocks, baboons, spiders and even humans are all examples of dimorphic animals.
The lilac-breasted roller is not a dimorphic animal. Both females and males are equally as stunning as each other and it is hard to tell the difference between the two.