Bird AlbumKenya · Nairobi City County
Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary
264 species and 11,164 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, June–August and November–December, with up to 109 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Hartlaub's TuracoTauraco hartlaubi
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
White-eyed Slaty FlycatcherMelaenornis fischeri
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops oreobates
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
African CitrilCrithagra citrinelloides
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostrisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nairobi River @ National Museums of Kenya8 km241 species
- Nairobi NP9 km508 species
- Karura Forest13 km255 species
- Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club, Marurui16 km249 species
- Manguo Swamp27 km264 species
- Gatamaiyu Forest39 km224 species
All 264 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Kikuyu White-eye Zosterops kikuyuensis
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
- Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary?
March, June–August and November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 109 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary?
264 species, from 11,164 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Green-backed Camaroptera, Variable Sunbird, Hartlaub's Turaco, Common Bulbul and Black Kite.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.