Bird AlbumKenya · Nairobi City County
Karura Forest
255 species and 16,900 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–May, with up to 104 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops oreobates
Rüppell's Robin-ChatCossypha semirufa
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyuraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club, Marurui4 km249 species
- Nairobi River @ National Museums of Kenya5 km241 species
- Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary13 km264 species
- Nairobi NP13 km508 species
- Manguo Swamp27 km264 species
- Gatamaiyu Forest34 km224 species
All 255 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Kikuyu White-eye Zosterops kikuyuensis
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Sentinel Lark Corypha athi
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Karura Forest?
July–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 104 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Karura Forest?
255 species, from 16,900 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Karura Forest in November?
The most recorded in November: Variable Sunbird, Common Bulbul, Black Kite, African Paradise Flycatcher and Black-backed Puffback.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.