Bird AlbumKenya · Eastern Province
Meru NP
439 species and 12,968 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 210 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
Golden Palm WeaverPloceus bojeri
Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shaba NR73 km381 species
All 439 species recorded here
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Hinde's Babbler Turdoides hindei
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser donaldsoni
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Coastal Cisticola Cisticola haematocephalus
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Meru NP?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 210 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Meru NP?
439 species, from 12,968 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Meru NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Red-billed Hornbill, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Red-billed Buffalo Weaver, African Grey Hornbill and Black-headed Oriole.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.