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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Kenya in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 67, most common first
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 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