Kenya · Coast Province
Sabaki River Estuary
342 species and 18,597 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, June–August and October–November, with up to 145 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Little StintCalidris minuta
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
White-fronted PloverAnarhynchus marginatus
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus145 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 342 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mida Creek26 km279 species
- Arabuko-Sokoke Forest NR34 km343 species
All 342 species recorded here
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Coastal Cisticola Cisticola haematocephalus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Scaly Babbler Turdoides squamulata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- East Coast Boubou Laniarius sublacteus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Malindi Pipit Anthus melindae
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Violet-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris chalcomelas
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Red-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus rufus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Little Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Fischer's Turaco Tauraco fischeri
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sabaki River Estuary?
January, June–August and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 145 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sabaki River Estuary?
342 species, from 18,597 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sabaki River Estuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Sooty Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Little Stint, White-throated Bee-eater and Common Ringed Plover.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.