Falcons in Kenya
Our list for Kenya has 6 falcons recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
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 6, most common first
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusResidentUncommon19–20 cmRecorded all year
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraePassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- African Pygmy-falcon 19–20 cm
- Hobby 28–35 cm
- Kestrel 32–39 cm
- Eleonora's Falcon 36–42 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Lanner Falcon 43–50 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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