The lilac-breasted roller and the rooster are Kenya's national birds.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Kenya. The avifauna of Kenya included a total of 1158 confirmed species as of July 2023. Of them, 11 are endemic, and 4 have been introduced by humans. An additional three species are considered "hypothetical" (see below) and are not included in the count. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of Avibase.
This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (English and scientific names) are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.[1]
The following tags highlight several categories of occurrence other than regular migrants and non-endemic residents. The notes of population status are from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and apply to the world-wide population except for endemics.[2]
(A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Kenya (also called a vagrant)
(E) Endemic - a species endemic to Kenya
(I) Introduced - a species introduced to Kenya as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
(H) Hypothetical - a species recorded but not confirmed in Kenya
^Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/updateindex/october-2022/ Retrieved November 1, 2022.
^IUCN 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2020-3. https://www.iucnredlist.org ISSN 2307-8235 Retrieved March 1, 2021.
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