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Bird Song of Kenya & Tanzania J Hammick Vocalisations of 99 common species, each indexed but not announced.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor |
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus |
| African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer |
| African White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| Yellow-necked Francolin | Francolinus leucoscepus |
| Jackson's Francolin | Francolinus jacksoni |
| Crested Francolin | Francolinus sephaena |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
| Blacksmith Plover | Anitibyx armatus |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris |
| Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri |
| Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus |
| Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides personata |
| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Criniferoides leucogaster |
| Purple-crested Turaco | Tauraco porphyreolophus |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Oxylophus levaillantii |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis |
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| Lesser Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudata |
| African Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
| African Hoopoe | Upupa africana |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus |
| Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
| Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii |
| D' Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Hirundo abyssinica |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Hirundo daurica |
| Garden Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus |
| Northern White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus rueppelli |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| Grey-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
| Magpie Shrike | Corvinella melanoleuca |
| Common Fiscal | Lanius collaris |
| Cape Robinchat | Cossypha caffra |
| White-browed Robinchat | Cossypha heuglini |
| Red-capped Robinchat | Cossypha natalensis |
| Eastern Bearded Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas quadrivirgata |
| White-browed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra |
| Mocking Cliffchat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
| Sharpe's Pied Babbler | Turdoides sharpei |
| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chinianus |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| Grey Apalis | Apalis cinerea |
| Brown-headed Apalis | Apalis alticola |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| African Yellow Warbler | Chloropeta natalensis |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
| Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea |
| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata |
| White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| Mouse-colored Sunbird | Cyanomitra veroxii |
| Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
| Yellow-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
| African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis |
| Common Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens |
| White-naped Raven | Corvus albicollis |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
| Violet Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| Ashy Starling | Spreo unicolor |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| Kenyan Yellow-rumped Seedeater | Serinus reichenowi |
| Streaky Serin | Serinus striolatus |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficauda |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea |
| Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus |
| South African Petronia | Petronia supercilliaris |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
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