Kenya · Central Province
Mt Kenya NP – Castle Forest and Lodge
288 species and 36,249 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, April and October–November, with up to 148 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-eyed Slaty FlycatcherMelaenornis fischeri
Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
Hunter's CisticolaCisticola hunteri
Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
Kikuyu White-eyeZosterops kikuyuensis
Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
Hartlaub's TuracoTauraco hartlaubi
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops oreobates
Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi
Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
Mountain OrioleOriolus percivali
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht148 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 288 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Naro Moru River Lodge41 km391 species
- Ol Pejeta Conservancy65 km430 species
- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy67 km458 species
- Aberdare NP67 km329 species
All 288 species recorded here
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Kikuyu White-eye Zosterops kikuyuensis
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla kikuyuensis
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Olive Ibis Bostrychia olivacea
- Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema
- Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Campephaga quiscalina
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Abbott's Starling Arizelopsar femoralis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
- Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Jackson's Spurfowl Pternistis jacksoni
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis
- Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
- White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Orange Ground Thrush Geokichla gurneyi
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Hinde's Babbler Turdoides hindei
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mt Kenya NP – Castle Forest and Lodge?
January, April and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 148 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mt Kenya NP – Castle Forest and Lodge?
288 species, from 36,249 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mt Kenya NP – Castle Forest and Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, Black Saw-wing, Hunter's Cisticola, Streaky Seedeater and Kikuyu White-eye.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.