Jambo Kenya - Birds of Central Highlands - Mount Kenya, Kinangop Grasslands & Sagana

We spent around 3 days in Central Highlands of Kenya in August 2024. As part of this, we visited Mt Kenya, Sagana, Aberdare and Kinangop. Here I present the wildlife we encountered in Mt Kenya, Sagana and Kinangop Grasslands.
Castle Lodge in Mt Kenya is where we birded and it is a lovely place to stay and watch the variety of bird species that make this place their home. We saw around 65 bird species, of which 51 were lifers.
Kinangop grasslands holds an endemic bird - Sharpe's Longclaw and this bird has a very restricted range in central highlands of Kenya. It is an endangered bird and its habitats are being replaced for farming.
Sagana holds another Kenay endemic bird - Hinde's Pied Babbler, but we were unlucky not to spot this bird, but the resort yielded Malagasy Pond Heron, another endangered bird.
These three places are accessible from Nairobi and a must on your bird watching itinerary. Mt.Kenya needs at least 2 days owing to the dense cover, hence, spotting birds does pose a challenge.
Ben Mugambe from Ben's Ecological Safari has guided us on this trip.

Ebird Trip report -
https://ebird.org/tripreport/157091
https://ebird.org/tripreport/157093
https://ebird.org/tripreport/279278 (Central Highlands)
Date: 21/23-Aug-2023

00:00 Introduction
00:21 Red-headed Weaver
00:50 Grey-headed Kingfisher
01:04 Cape Robin-Chat
01:33 African Black-headed Oriole
01:38 African Paradise-Flycatcher
01:42 Fork-tailed Drone
01:46 Sharpe's Longclaw
02:16 Long-tailed Widowbird
02:43 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
03:05 Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler
03:24 Red-billed Firefinch
03:53 White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
04:08 Olive Ibis
04:30 Tropical Boubou
04:38 White-headed Woodhoopoe
04:43 Northern Pied-Babbler
04:47 Bronze Sunbird
05:08 Baglafecht Weaver
05:38 Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
05:57 Crowned Hornbill
06:21 Ruppell's Robin-chat
06:36 White-bellied Tit
06:48 Abyssinian Thrush
07:21 Black-and-white Mannikin
07:33 Malachite Sunbird
07:38 Reichenow's Seedeater
07:57 Tawny-flanked Prinia
08:05 White-starred Robin
08:16 Brown Woodland-Warbler
08:31 Mountain Wagtail
08:40 Streaky Seedeater
09:03 Ruppell's Starling
09:22 Malagasy Pond Heron
09:46 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
09:59 White-backed Scrub-Robin
10:07 Hamerkop
10:19 Yellow-billed Stork
10:33 Rameron Pigeon
10:51 African Pied-wagtail
11:03 Red-fronted Parrot
11:08 Spectacled Weaver
11:29 Common Bulbul
11:45 Tacazze Sunbird
12:01 Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
12:14 Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul