Key Biodiversity Areas

Amboseli National Park (6432)
Kenya, Africa

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesNectarinia nectarinioidesBlack-bellied SunbirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTrachyphonus erythrocephalusRed-and-yellow BarbetLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLonchura griseicapillaGrey-headed SilverbillLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesRhinopomastus minorAbyssinian ScimitarbillLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesRhodophoneus cruentusRosy-patched Bush-shrikeLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPloceus spekeiSpeke's WeaverLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesSerinus dorsostriatusWhite-bellied CanaryLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPterocles decoratusBlack-faced SandgrouseLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTrachyphonus darnaudiiD'Arnaud's BarbetLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTockus deckeniVon der Decken's HornbillLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTurdoides rubiginosaRufous ChattererLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTurdoides hypoleucaNorthern Pied-babblerLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesParus fringillinusRed-throated TitLR/nt2001link-icon
AvesDinemellia dinemelliWhite-headed Buffalo-weaverLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesSylvia boehmiBanded WarblerLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTricholaema melanocephalaBlack-throated BarbetLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCisticola nanusTiny CisticolaLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesFrancolinus leucoscepusYellow-necked FrancolinLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAnthreptes orientalisKenya Violet-backed SunbirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCaprimulgus fraenatusSombre NightjarLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesNectarinia hunteriHunter's SunbirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesColius leucocephalusWhite-headed MousebirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCamaroptera simplexGrey Wren-warblerLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCorythaixoides leucogasterWhite-bellied Go-away-birdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTockus flavirostrisEastern Yellow-billed HornbillLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTurdus tephronotusBare-eyed ThrushLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesParus thruppiSomali TitLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesMirafra poecilosternaPink-breasted LarkLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLanius cabanisiLong-tailed FiscalLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesSpreo fischeriFischer's StarlingLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesZosterops abyssinicusWhite-breasted White-eyeLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesUraeginthus cyanocephalusBlue-capped CordonbleuLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesSerinus buchananiKenya Grosbeak-canaryLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesVidua hypocherinaSteel-blue WhydahLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLamprotornis hildebrandtiHildebrandt's StarlingLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPoicephalus rufiventrisRed-bellied ParrotLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesMelierax poliopterusEastern Chanting-goshawkLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesUraeginthus ianthinogasterPurple GrenadierLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesBradornis microrhynchusAfrican Grey FlycatcherLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLanius dorsalisTaita FiscalLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesVidua fischeriStraw-tailed WhydahLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPloceus castaneicepsTaveta Golden WeaverLR/lc2001link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Amboseli 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 14, 2025.