Bird AlbumKenya · Central Province
Aberdare NP
329 species and 9,755 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, August and October–November, with up to 120 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Jackson's SpurfowlPternistis jacksoni
Moorland ChatPinarochroa sordida
Aberdare CisticolaCisticola aberdare
Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa
Hunter's CisticolaCisticola hunteri
Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
Yellow-crowned CanarySerinus flavivertex
Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
Eastern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris mediocris
Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
Augur BuzzardButeo augur
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Hartlaub's TuracoTauraco hartlaubi
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Naro Moru River Lodge44 km391 species
- Ol Pejeta Conservancy52 km430 species
- Lake Naivasha Country Club52 km382 species
- Lake Naivasha – Crescent Island53 km353 species
- Lake Naivasha57 km476 species
- Gatamaiyu Forest63 km224 species
All 329 species recorded here
- Jackson's Spurfowl Pternistis jacksoni
- Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida
- Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Aberdare Cisticola Cisticola aberdare
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Kikuyu White-eye Zosterops kikuyuensis
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla kikuyuensis
- Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Scarlet-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Sharpe's Longclaw Macronyx sharpei
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Campephaga quiscalina
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Olive Ibis Bostrychia olivacea
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Elgon Francolin Scleroptila elgonensis
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Hinde's Babbler Turdoides hindei
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Sentinel Lark Corypha athi
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Abbott's Starling Arizelopsar femoralis
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Aberdare NP?
January, August and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 120 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Aberdare NP?
329 species, from 9,755 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Aberdare NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Jackson's Spurfowl, Moorland Chat, Aberdare Cisticola, Malachite Sunbird and Hunter's Cisticola.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.