Bird AlbumKenya · Rift Valley Province
Lake Baringo
427 species and 40,257 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and July–November, with up to 250 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Spotted Palm ThrushCichladusa guttata
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Northern Masked WeaverPloceus taeniopterus
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Bristle-crowned StarlingOnychognathus salvadorii
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
African JacanaActophilornis africanus233 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 427 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Baringo – West Shore3 km394 species
- Lake Baringo – Inshore Cliffs and surrounds4 km361 species
- Lake Bogoria NR42 km389 species
All 427 species recorded here
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Brown-tailed Rock Chat Oenanthe scotocerca
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Star-spotted Nightjar Caprimulgus stellatus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Northern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra donaldsoni
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Baringo?
February and July–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 250 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Baringo?
427 species, from 40,257 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Baringo in November?
The most recorded in November: Pied Kingfisher, Spotted Palm Thrush, Malachite Kingfisher, Barn Swallow and African Fish Eagle.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.