Bird AlbumKenya · Coast Province
Arabuko-Sokoke Forest NR
343 species and 27,982 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–January, April and August, with up to 160 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Chestnut-fronted HelmetshrikePrionops scopifrons
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Green BarbetCryptolybia olivacea
Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
Little Yellow FlycatcherErythrocercus holochlorus
Amani SunbirdHedydipna pallidigaster
Black-bellied StarlingNotopholia corusca
Black-headed ApalisApalis melanocephala
Eastern NicatorNicator gularis
Pale BatisBatis soror
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus160 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 343 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mida Creek10 km279 species
- Sabaki River Estuary34 km342 species
- Nguuni Nature Sanctuary76 km277 species
All 343 species recorded here
- Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Little Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Green Barbet Cryptolybia olivacea
- Amani Sunbird Hedydipna pallidigaster
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- East Coast Boubou Laniarius sublacteus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Red-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus rufus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Sokoke Scops Owl Otus ireneae
- Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri
- Forest Batis Batis mixta
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Sokoke Pipit Anthus sokokensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Fischer's Turaco Tauraco fischeri
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Malindi Pipit Anthus melindae
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Scaly Babbler Turdoides squamulata
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Kilifi Weaver Ploceus golandi
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Coastal Cisticola Cisticola haematocephalus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Spotted Ground Thrush Geokichla guttata
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- African Pitta Pitta angolensis
- Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Arabuko-Sokoke Forest NR?
October–January, April and August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 160 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Arabuko-Sokoke Forest NR?
343 species, from 27,982 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Arabuko-Sokoke Forest NR in November?
The most recorded in November: Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Fork-tailed Drongo, Black-headed Oriole and Collared Sunbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.