Bird AlbumKenya · Rift Valley Province
Lake Baringo – Inshore Cliffs and surrounds
361 species and 19,748 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January, with up to 180 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Eastern Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes orientalis
Jackson's HornbillTockus jacksoni
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
Brown-tailed Rock ChatOenanthe scotocerca
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Acacia TitMelaniparus thruppi
Southern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillus
White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
African Grey FlycatcherBradornis microrhynchusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Baringo – West Shore2 km394 species
- Lake Baringo4 km427 species
- Lake Bogoria NR43 km389 species
All 361 species recorded here
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Brown-tailed Rock Chat Oenanthe scotocerca
- Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Baringo – Inshore Cliffs and surrounds?
November–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 180 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Baringo – Inshore Cliffs and surrounds?
361 species, from 19,748 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Baringo – Inshore Cliffs and surrounds in November?
The most recorded in November: White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird, Jackson's Hornbill, White-bellied Go-away-bird and Beautiful 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.