Kenya · Coast Province
Nguuni Nature Sanctuary
277 species and 25,879 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, April–May and September–November, with up to 139 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
House CrowCorvus splendens
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Zanzibar Red BishopEuplectes nigroventris
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Golden Palm WeaverPloceus bojeri
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Northern BrownbulPhyllastrephus strepitans
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Arabuko-Sokoke Forest NR76 km343 species
- Mida Creek80 km279 species
All 277 species recorded here
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- East Coast Boubou Laniarius sublacteus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Coastal Cisticola Cisticola haematocephalus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Scaly Babbler Turdoides squamulata
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Malindi Pipit Anthus melindae
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus
- Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nguuni Nature Sanctuary?
January, April–May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 139 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nguuni Nature Sanctuary?
277 species, from 25,879 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nguuni Nature Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: House Crow, Fork-tailed Drongo, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Zanzibar Red Bishop and White-browed Robin-Chat.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.