Bird AlbumKenya · Central Province
Gatamaiyu Forest
224 species and 12,031 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, May and October–November, with up to 103 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
Kikuyu White-eyeZosterops kikuyuensis
Kikuyu Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla kikuyuensis
Grey ApalisApalis cinerea
Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi
Hartlaub's TuracoTauraco hartlaubi
Cabanis's GreenbulPhyllastrephus cabanisi
Black-collared ApalisOreolais pulcher
African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
Mountain OrioleOriolus percivali
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
White-tailed Crested FlycatcherElminia albonotata
African Hill BabblerSylvia abyssinica103 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 224 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Manguo Swamp17 km264 species
- Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club, Marurui32 km249 species
- Karura Forest34 km255 species
- Nairobi River @ National Museums of Kenya36 km241 species
- Lake Naivasha Country Club38 km382 species
- Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary39 km264 species
All 224 species recorded here
- Kikuyu White-eye Zosterops kikuyuensis
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla kikuyuensis
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher
- Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri
- Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala
- Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Abbott's Starling Arizelopsar femoralis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Campephaga quiscalina
- Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Olive Ibis Bostrychia olivacea
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gatamaiyu Forest?
January, May and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 103 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gatamaiyu Forest?
224 species, from 12,031 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gatamaiyu Forest in November?
The most recorded in November: Yellow-whiskered Greenbul, Kikuyu White-eye, Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul, Grey Apalis and Northern Double-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.