Bird AlbumKenya · Rift Valley Province
Lake Bogoria NR
389 species and 12,089 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, August and November–December, with up to 157 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Jackson's HornbillTockus jacksoni
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Spotted Palm ThrushCichladusa guttata
Speckled MousebirdColius striatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Baringo – West Shore41 km394 species
- Lake Baringo42 km427 species
- Lake Baringo – Inshore Cliffs and surrounds43 km361 species
- Lake Nakuru NP67 km513 species
- Lake Nakuru NP – Lake Nakuru Lodge75 km395 species
All 389 species recorded here
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Brown-tailed Rock Chat Oenanthe scotocerca
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Bogoria NR?
March, August and November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 157 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Bogoria NR?
389 species, from 12,089 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Bogoria NR in November?
The most recorded in November: Lesser Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Mourning Collared Dove, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver and Laughing 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.