Kenya · Coast Province
Sagala Lodge/Ndara Ranch
277 species and 10,147 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January and March, with up to 114 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Bare-eyed ThrushTurdus tephronotus
Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Grey Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplex
Golden-breasted StarlingLamprotornis regius
Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
Black-throated BarbetTricholaema melanocephalaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tsavo East NP – Southern Section18 km374 species
- Tsavo East NP41 km395 species
- Tsavo West NP – Ngulia Lodge72 km381 species
- Tsavo West NP75 km447 species
All 277 species recorded here
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Tsavo Sunbird Cinnyris tsavoensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Southern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra buchanani
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sagala Lodge/Ndara Ranch?
November–January and March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 114 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sagala Lodge/Ndara Ranch?
277 species, from 10,147 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sagala Lodge/Ndara Ranch in November?
The most recorded in November: Slate-colored Boubou, Fork-tailed Drongo, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, African Paradise Flycatcher and White-bellied Go-away-bird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.