Birds to See in Kenya in March
105 bird species on our list for Kenya are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Egyptian Goose, Barn Swallow, Fork-tailed Drongo, Helmeted Guineafowl and Grey Heron. New this month: Marsh Warbler, Roseate Tern, Chiffchaff and European Pied Flycatcher.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
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.
Other months
All 105 birds in March
105 birds
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.49% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Mar
Common OstrichStruthio camelusResidentCommon210–275 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentUncommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogasterResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Mar
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusResidentUncommon112–150 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisResidentUncommon48–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusResidentUncommon80–99 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.09% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusResidentUncommon19–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanesResidentUncommon210–275 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucusResidentRare35–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentRare52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorRare50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentRare44–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentRare33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantRare10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiWinter visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
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