Avifauna recorded using timed species count method during 2003 Spotted Ground-thrush surveys in Kenyan Coastal Forests

The biological importance and uniqueness of East African coastal forests is widely recognized; they form an Endemic Bird Area. Important remnants of this fragmented habitat is on the southern Kenyan coast, but their avifauna has been little studied. In between June and July 2003, a survey of endangered spotted ground thrush was undertaken with an overall objective of examining it conservation status on its non-breeding grounds in the Kenyan Coastal Forest. Other avifauna of the ten South Coast Forest fragments were assessed including the threats facing them using mist-netting, time species counts and point counts. This dataset contains 1156 entries of birds recorded using the time species count method. Birds in the IUCN red list was also recorded in this data set including the near threatened East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunningi), Sokoke Pipit (Anthus sokokensis), Plain-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes reichenowi) and Spotted Ground-thrush (Geokichla guttata). The data was formatted according to the Darwin Core Standards by A Rocha Kenya before publishing through the IPT at the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi.