Birds to See in Kenya in November
106 bird species on our list for Kenya are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Fork-tailed Drongo, Egyptian Goose, Helmeted Guineafowl and Pied Crow. New this month: Red-backed Shrike, Whitethroat, Marsh Warbler and Sedge Warbler and 5 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 106 birds in November
106 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Nov
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Nov
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogasterResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Common OstrichStruthio camelusResidentCommon210–275 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentUncommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Nov
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisResidentUncommon48–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusResidentUncommon112–150 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Nov
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Nov
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Nov
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Nov
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusResidentUncommon80–99 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanesResidentUncommon210–275 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusResidentUncommon19–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Nov
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Nov
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Nov
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorRare50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentRare52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucusResidentRare35–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentRare33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixResidentRare16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentRare38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraePassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentRare44–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
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