Bird AlbumKenya · Eastern Province
Buffalo Springs NR – Samburu Simba Lodge
305 species and 10,790 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 180 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Spotted Palm ThrushCichladusa guttata
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
White-headed MousebirdColius leucocephalus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Taita FiscalLanius dorsalis
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebrisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Buffalo Springs NR3 km425 species
- Buffalo Springs NR / Samburu NR7 km391 species
- Samburu NR9 km447 species
- Shaba NR21 km381 species
- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy47 km458 species
All 305 species recorded here
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser donaldsoni
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Buffalo Springs NR – Samburu Simba Lodge?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 180 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Buffalo Springs NR – Samburu Simba Lodge?
305 species, from 10,790 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Buffalo Springs NR – Samburu Simba Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Superb Starling, Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Black-winged Kite and Northern Red-billed Hornbill.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.