Bird AlbumKenya · Rift Valley Province
Lake Baringo – West Shore
394 species and 30,093 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January and September, with up to 245 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Jackson's HornbillTockus jacksoni
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Striated HeronButorides striata
Eastern Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes orientalis
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Spotted Palm ThrushCichladusa guttata245 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 394 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Baringo – Inshore Cliffs and surrounds2 km361 species
- Lake Baringo3 km427 species
- Lake Bogoria NR41 km389 species
All 394 species recorded here
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Brown-tailed Rock Chat Oenanthe scotocerca
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Baringo – West Shore?
November–January and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 245 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Baringo – West Shore?
394 species, from 30,093 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Baringo – West Shore in November?
The most recorded in November: White-bellied Go-away-bird, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Superb Starling, Beautiful Sunbird and Mourning Collared Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.