Birds in Kenya
121 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Kenya has 121 bird species recorded regularly there: 53 residents, 49 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 13 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 2.1 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Kenya in September
83 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Egyptian Goose
Resident
Fork-tailed Drongo
Resident
Pied Crow
Resident
Helmeted Guineafowl
Resident
Grey Heron
Resident
Barn Swallow
Summer visitor
Cattle Egret
Resident
Common Ostrich
Resident
Arriving in September: Willow Warbler, European Bee-eater, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Golden Oriole, Common Snipe, Western Marsh-harrier, House Martin and 8 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Kenya each month: most in January (106), fewest in June (60). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jan
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Mar
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Feb
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
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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