Rare Birds in Kenya
Our list for Kenya has 44 rare birds recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 14 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 13 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Kenya in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 44, most common first
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentRare38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiWinter visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisPassage migrantRare30–34 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantRare22–30 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantRare10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeScarceRare15–17 cm
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraePassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusScarceRare40–45 cmRegularly May
Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacusPassage migrantRare33–40 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Jan
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Feb
WryneckJynx torquillaScarceRare16–18 cm
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusScarceRare13–15 cm
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusScarceRare46–51 cm
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