Bird AlbumKenya · Nairobi City County
Nairobi River @ National Museums of Kenya
241 species and 18,721 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and August–November, with up to 97 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops oreobates
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Karura Forest5 km255 species
- Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary8 km264 species
- Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club, Marurui8 km249 species
- Nairobi NP9 km508 species
- Manguo Swamp28 km264 species
- Gatamaiyu Forest36 km224 species
All 241 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Kikuyu White-eye Zosterops kikuyuensis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Sentinel Lark Corypha athi
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nairobi River @ National Museums of Kenya?
February and August–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 97 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nairobi River @ National Museums of Kenya?
241 species, from 18,721 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nairobi River @ National Museums of Kenya in November?
The most recorded in November: Hadada Ibis, Abyssinian Thrush, African Pied Wagtail, Black Kite and Baglafecht Weaver.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.