Bird AlbumKenya · Rift Valley Province
Mpala Ranch and Research Centre
409 species and 23,312 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and March–April, with up to 227 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Taita FiscalLanius dorsalis
Vulturine GuineafowlAcryllium vulturinum
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelliSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mpala Research Centre – Labs15 km295 species
- Ol Pejeta Conservancy44 km430 species
- Naro Moru River Lodge67 km391 species
- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy68 km458 species
- Samburu NR79 km447 species
- Buffalo Springs NR / Samburu NR79 km391 species
All 409 species recorded here
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Sentinel Lark Corypha athi
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Northern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra donaldsoni
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
- African Grass Owl Tyto capensis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mpala Ranch and Research Centre?
January and March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 227 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mpala Ranch and Research Centre?
409 species, from 23,312 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mpala Ranch and Research Centre in November?
The most recorded in November: Superb Starling, Ring-necked Dove, White-bellied Go-away-bird, Fork-tailed Drongo and Blacksmith Lapwing.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.