Common Birds in Kenya
Our list for Kenya has 10 common birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents and 2 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kenya in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Common OstrichStruthio camelusResidentCommon210–275 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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