Bird AlbumKenya · Rift Valley Province
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
430 species and 19,712 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–January, with up to 186 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Kori BustardArdeotis kori
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola174 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 430 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 Lodge24 km391 species
- Mpala Research Centre – Labs29 km295 species
- Mpala Ranch and Research Centre44 km409 species
- Aberdare NP52 km329 species
- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy63 km458 species
- Mt Kenya NP – Castle Forest and Lodge65 km288 species
All 430 species recorded here
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Sentinel Lark Corypha athi
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Kikuyu White-eye Zosterops kikuyuensis
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Brown-tailed Rock Chat Oenanthe scotocerca
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ol Pejeta Conservancy?
October–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 186 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ol Pejeta Conservancy?
430 species, from 19,712 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in November?
The most recorded in November: Crowned Lapwing, Superb Starling, Egyptian Goose, Kori Bustard and Helmeted Guineafowl.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.