Kenya · Coast Province
Mida Creek
279 species and 16,468 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and October–November, with up to 112 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Little StintCalidris minuta
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
SanderlingCalidris alba
House CrowCorvus splendens
Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
Great EgretArdea alba112 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 279 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Arabuko-Sokoke Forest NR10 km343 species
- Sabaki River Estuary26 km342 species
- Nguuni Nature Sanctuary80 km277 species
All 279 species recorded here
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Coastal Cisticola Cisticola haematocephalus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Scaly Babbler Turdoides squamulata
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- East Coast Boubou Laniarius sublacteus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Malindi Pipit Anthus melindae
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Green Barbet Cryptolybia olivacea
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Forest Batis Batis mixta
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Little Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Sokoke Pipit Anthus sokokensis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Fischer's Turaco Tauraco fischeri
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mida Creek?
January and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 112 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mida Creek?
279 species, from 16,468 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mida Creek in November?
The most recorded in November: Crab-plover, Eurasian Whimbrel, Gull-billed Tern, Terek Sandpiper and Common Ringed Plover.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.