Meru National Park Bird Checklist
Meru National Park Bird Checklist : Mount Meru National Park is a beautiful Kenya national park safari destination inhabiting a variety of animals including elephants, rhino, giraffe, baboons, klipspringer, duiker, leopards and so much more. Mount Meru National Park boasts of up to 400 bird species, which travelers can spot while on different activities in Meru National Park Kenya. continue reading this article to get acquainted with our Meru National Park Bird Checklist
As you plan for your bird watching safari in Kenya, below is a Meru National Park bird checklist to look up to whilst exploring the park;
Common Ostrich
Somali Ostrich
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Eastern Crested Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub’s Bustard
White-bellied Go-away-bird
White-browed Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Eurasian Nightjar
Sombre Nightjar
Donaldson Smith’s Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Mottled Spinetail
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
Black Crake
African Finfoot
Gray Crowned-Crane
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
Bronze-winged Courser
Three-banded Courser
Somali Courser
Temminck’s Courser
Collared Pratincole
White-winged Tern
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim’s Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Pink-backed Pelican
Hamerkop
Dwarf Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Scissor-tailed Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux’s Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Levant Sparrowhawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Pel’s Fishing-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Narina Trogon
Eurasian Hoopoe
Green Woodhoopoe
Violet Woodhoopoe Introduced species
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Somali Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
European Roller
Abyssinian Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D’Arnaud’s Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Eurasian Wryneck
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Saker Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Taita Falcon Introduced species
Red-bellied Parrot
Black Cuckooshrike
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Eastern Black-headed Batis
Pygmy Batis
White Helmetshrike
Retz’s Helmetshrike
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
Brubru
Pringle’s Puffback
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Three-streaked Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Rosy-patched Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Fork-tailed Drongo
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Pied Crow
Fan-tailed Raven
White-necked Raven
Somali Tit
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Red-winged Lark
Flappet Lark
Eastern Nicator
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Somali Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Yellow-vented Eremomela
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia
Rattling Cisticola
Ashy Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher’s Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Black Sawwing
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Montane Blue Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Sombre Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Northern Brownbul
Gray-olive Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Willow Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Pale White-eye
Rufous Chatterer
Scaly Chatterer
Hinde’s Pied-Babbler Endemic (country/region)
Northern Pied-Babbler
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Black-bellied Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Shelley’s Starling
Rüppell’s Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
Superb Starling
Fischer’s Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
White-throated Robin
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter’s Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Black-bellied Sunbird
Shining Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Donaldson Smith’s Sparrow-Weaver
Black-capped Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
African Golden-Weaver
Golden Palm Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Fire-fronted Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-cowled Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Gray-headed Silverbill
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silverbill
Black-cheeked Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Red-headed Bluebill
Green-winged Pytilia
Orange-winged Pytilia
Peters’s Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Jameson’s Firefinch
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Mountain Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Richard’s Pipit
African Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Golden Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Pangani Longclaw
African Citril
Reichenow’s Seedeater
Brimstone Canary
Golden-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
