Kenya · Rift Valley Province
Lake Naivasha Country Club
382 species and 10,809 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and November, with up to 167 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Tropical BoubouLaniarius majorSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Naivasha – Crescent Island3 km353 species
- Lake Naivasha8 km476 species
- Gatamaiyu Forest38 km224 species
- Manguo Swamp44 km264 species
- Lake Nakuru NP – Lake Nakuru Lodge51 km395 species
- Aberdare NP52 km329 species
All 382 species recorded here
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Sentinel Lark Corypha athi
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Grey-crested Helmetshrike Prionops poliolophus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Lynes's Cisticola Cisticola distinctus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Naivasha Country Club?
January and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 167 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Naivasha Country Club?
382 species, from 10,809 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Naivasha Country Club in November?
The most recorded in November: Superb Starling, Egyptian Goose, Hadada Ibis, African Sacred Ibis 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.