Uncommon Birds in Kenya
Our list for Kenya has 67 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 34 residents and 33 summer visitors
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 67, most common first
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogasterResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentUncommon23–31 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusResidentUncommon112–150 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisResidentUncommon48–61 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
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