Bird AlbumKenya · Rift Valley Province
Mpala Research Centre – Labs
295 species and 11,084 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 136 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Vulturine GuineafowlAcryllium vulturinum
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Little SwiftApus affinis
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyuraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mpala Ranch and Research Centre15 km409 species
- Ol Pejeta Conservancy29 km430 species
- Naro Moru River Lodge51 km391 species
- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy60 km458 species
- Buffalo Springs NR / Samburu NR80 km391 species
- Aberdare NP80 km329 species
All 295 species recorded here
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Sentinel Lark Corypha athi
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Northern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra donaldsoni
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Brown-tailed Rock Chat Oenanthe scotocerca
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mpala Research Centre – Labs?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 136 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mpala Research Centre – Labs?
295 species, from 11,084 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mpala Research Centre – Labs in November?
The most recorded in November: Vulturine Guineafowl, White-bellied Go-away-bird, Little Swift, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver and Slate-colored Boubou.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.