Tsavo West National Park (6415)
Kenya, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List category	Year	KBA criteria
Aves	Mirafra pulpa	Friedmann's Lark	DD	2018	B2

Aves	Ploceus castaneiceps	Taveta Golden Weaver	LC	2018	B2

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List Category	Year
Aves	Colius leucocephalus	White-headed Mousebird	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Rhinopomastus minor	Abyssinian Scimitarbill	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Prinia somalica	Pale Prinia	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Emberiza poliopleura	Somali Golden-breasted Bunting	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Tmetothylacus tenellus	Golden Pipit	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Acrocephalus griseldis	Basra Reed-warbler	LR/nt	2001

Aves	Dryoscopus pringlii	Pringle's Puffback	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Caprimulgus fraenatus	Sombre Nightjar	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Tockus flavirostris	Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Tchagra jamesi	Three-streaked Tchagra	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Macronyx aurantiigula	Pangani Longclaw	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Caprimulgus donaldsoni	Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Corythaixoides leucogaster	White-bellied Go-away-bird	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Anthoscopus musculus	Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Spreo fischeri	Fischer's Starling	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Camaroptera simplex	Grey Wren-warbler	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Turdus tephronotus	Bare-eyed Thrush	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Uraeginthus cyanocephalus	Blue-capped Cordonbleu	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Anthreptes orientalis	Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Uraeginthus ianthinogaster	Purple Grenadier	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Turdoides rubiginosa	Rufous Chatterer	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Mirafra poecilosterna	Pink-breasted Lark	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Serinus buchanani	Kenya Grosbeak-canary	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Pseudonigrita cabanisi	Black-capped Social-weaver	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Vidua fischeri	Straw-tailed Whydah	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Crex crex	Corncrake	VU	2001

Aves	Pterocles decoratus	Black-faced Sandgrouse	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Merops revoilii	Somali Bee-eater	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Bradornis microrhynchus	African Grey Flycatcher	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Zosterops abyssinicus	White-breasted White-eye	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Turdoides aylmeri	Scaly Chatterer	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Francolinus leucoscepus	Yellow-necked Francolin	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Lanius dorsalis	Taita Fiscal	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Lanius cabanisi	Long-tailed Fiscal	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Tockus deckeni	Von der Decken's Hornbill	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Parus thruppi	Somali Tit	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Rhodophoneus cruentus	Rosy-patched Bush-shrike	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Sylvietta isabellina	Somali Crombec	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Cisticola cinereolus	Ashy Cisticola	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Trachyphonus darnaudii	D'Arnaud's Barbet	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Lonchura griseicapilla	Grey-headed Silverbill	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Poicephalus rufiventris	Red-bellied Parrot	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Tricholaema melanocephala	Black-throated Barbet	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Cisticola nanus	Tiny Cisticola	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Nectarinia nectarinioides	Black-bellied Sunbird	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Sylvia boehmi	Banded Warbler	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Cosmopsarus regius	Golden-breasted Starling	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Acryllium vulturinum	Vulturine Guineafowl	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Dinemellia dinemelli	White-headed Buffalo-weaver	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Melierax poliopterus	Eastern Chanting-goshawk	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Nectarinia hunteri	Hunter's Sunbird	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Laniarius ruficeps	Red-naped Bush-shrike	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Mirafra hypermetra	Red-winged Lark	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Lamprotornis hildebrandti	Hildebrandt's Starling	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Euplectes diadematus	Fire-fronted Bishop	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	Red-and-yellow Barbet	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Serinus dorsostriatus	White-bellied Canary	LR/lc	2001

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Tsavo West National Park. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 15, 2025.

Tsavo West National Park (6415)Kenya, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

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Tsavo West National Park (6415)
Kenya, Africa