the birds of Kenya

From the small and colorful, to the large and powerful, Kenya’s incredible variety of birdlife transformed us into amateur bird-watchers. It didn’t happen overnight, however, and by the time we started keeping track of the birds we had seen, most of our safaris were long behind us. These slideshows — which include the 150+ different bird species we’ve been able to photograph — are just the tip of the iceberg of Kenya’s avian diversity.

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Predators and scavengers

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Bustards, storks, guineafowl, and other big birds

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Sunbirds and whydahs

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Bee-eaters and kingfishers

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Starlings, doves, and cuckoos

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Water fowl and ground birds

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Rollers, hornbills, mousebirds, and shrikes

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Birds too unique to pigeon-hole

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Weavers, sparrows, and other small birds

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