Birds to See in Kenya in February
105 bird species on our list for Kenya are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Fork-tailed Drongo, Barn Swallow, Egyptian Goose, Pied Crow and Grey Heron. New this month: Little Tern, Red-necked Phalarope and Pacific Golden-Plover.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 105 birds in February
105 birds
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Feb
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentUncommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Common OstrichStruthio camelusResidentCommon210–275 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Feb
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogasterResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Feb
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusResidentUncommon112–150 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Feb
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisResidentUncommon48–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanesResidentUncommon210–275 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.12% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusResidentUncommon19–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusResidentUncommon80–99 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Feb
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Feb
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Feb
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentRare52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorRare50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucusResidentRare35–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Feb
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentRare33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentRare44–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.01% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentRare38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Feb · 0.00% in Feb
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