Birds to See in Kenya in April
100 bird species on our list for Kenya are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Fork-tailed Drongo, Egyptian Goose, Barn Swallow, Helmeted Guineafowl and Pied Crow. New this month: Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Tern, Common Quail and Senegal Thick-knee and 1 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Kenya’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 100 birds in April
100 birds
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.38% in Apr
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogasterResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Apr
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Common OstrichStruthio camelusResidentCommon210–275 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Apr
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentUncommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusResidentUncommon112–150 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisResidentUncommon48–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusResidentUncommon19–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanesResidentUncommon210–275 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusResidentUncommon80–99 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.06% in Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentRare52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucusResidentRare35–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentRare33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentRare44–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixResidentRare16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.01% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorRare50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantRare22–30 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Apr
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentRare38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantRare10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made