Endemics and Specialities in Kenya
Information on endemics and specialities is derived from Sibley & Monroe checklists and bird distribution lists in Thayer’s Birder’s Diary – Version 2.05, supplemented by material found in Where to Watch Birds in Africa – by Nigel Wheatley. African speciality birds, while not endemic, are those that can only be found in three or less countries of Africa. Information on endangered birds is derived from the IUCN Red List, Birdlife International, and supporting data bases developed by Ian Patton, of Merlin Species Watcher. The endemic, endangered and speciality birds may be uncommon, extremely rare vagrants, may be extirpated in the country now or may only be present in migration. However, documented sightings of each species noted below have been made in Kenya.
| Endemics in Kenya | Breeding Birds Non-Breeding Birds | Other Near-Endemic Birds in Tanzania* |
| Cisticola | Abbott’s Starling | Abbott’s Starling |
| Clarke’s Weaver | Amani Sunbird | Abyssinian Grosbeak-Canary |
| Hinde’s Pied-Babbler | Blue Swallow | Amani Sunbird |
| Sharpe’s Pipit | Chapin’s Flycatcher | Athi Short-toed Lark |
| Sokoke Scops-Owl | Christmas Island Frigatebird | Black-billed Wood-hoopoe |
| Taita Thrush | Clarke’s Weaver | Boran Cisticola |
| Kulal White-eye | Corn Crake | Broad-winged White-eye |
| Taita White-eye | East Coast Akalat | Brown-tailed Apalis |
| Tana River Cisticola | Grey-crested Helmetshrike | Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit |
| William’s Lark | Hinde’s Pied-Babbler | Chapin’s Flycatcher |
| Kulal White-eye | Chestnut-naped Francolin | |
| Sokoke Scops-Owl | Chubb’s Cisticola | |
| Taita Apalis | Collared Lark | |
| Taita Falcon | Doherty’s Bushshrike | |
| Taita Thrush | Donaldson Smith’s Sparrow Weaver | |
| Taita White-eye | East Coast Akalat | |
| Tana River Cisticola | Fire-fronted Bishop | |
| Thin-billed Flycatcher-Warbler | Fischer’s Greenbul | |
| Turner’s Eremomela | Fischer’s Starling | |
| White-winged Apalis | Fischer’s Turaco | |
| Greater Spotted-Eagle | Friedmann’s Lark | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Gillett’s Lark | |
| Spotted Ground-Thrush | Golden Palm Weaver | |
| Golden-winged Sunbird | ||
| Hartlaub’s Turaco | ||
| Heuglin’s Bustard | ||
| Hildebrande’s Starling | ||
| Hunter’s Cisticola | ||
| Jackson’s Francolin | ||
| Jackson’s Hornbill | ||
| Jackson’s Widowbird | ||
| Kenrick’s Starling | ||
| Kenya Grosbeak-Canary | ||
| Long-tailed Fiscal | ||
| Lyne’s Cisticola | ||
| Malindi Pipit | ||
| Masked Lark | ||
| Mombassa Woodpecker | ||
| Moorland Chat | ||
| Moorland Francolin | ||
| Northern Pied-Babbler | ||
| Pale Batis | ||
| Pangani Long-claw | ||
| Papyrus Canary | ||
| Papyrus Gonolek | ||
| Papyrus Yellow Warbler | ||
| Plain-backed Sunbird | ||
| Red-naped Bushshrike | ||
| Red-throated Tit | ||
| Salvadori’s Weaver | ||
| Scaly Babbler | ||
| Scaly Chatterer | ||
| Scheffler’s Owlet | ||
| Sharpe’s Pied-Babbler | ||
| Short-tailed Batis | ||
| Sokoke Pipit | ||
| Somali Bee-eater | ||
| Somali Crombec | ||
| Somali Sparrow | ||
| Stripe-cheeked Bulbul | ||
| Swahili Sparrow | ||
| Swainson’s Sparrow | ||
| Taveta Golden-weaver | ||
| Tiny Greenbul | ||
| Turner’s Eremomela | ||
| Uganda Wood-warbler | ||
| Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird | ||
| Usambiro Barbet | ||
| White-browed Cronbec | ||
| White-headed Mousebird | ||
| White-winged Collared Dove | ||
| Yellow Flycatcher | ||
| Zanzibar Bishop |
* Adapted from Where to Watch Birds in Africa – by Nigel Wheatley.