Bird AlbumKenya · Eastern Province
Shaba NR
381 species and 15,541 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 209 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Pink-breasted LarkCalendulauda poecilosterna
Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus177 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 381 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Buffalo Springs NR – Samburu Simba Lodge21 km305 species
- Buffalo Springs NR22 km425 species
- Buffalo Springs NR / Samburu NR28 km391 species
- Samburu NR29 km447 species
- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy62 km458 species
- Meru NP73 km439 species
All 381 species recorded here
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser donaldsoni
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Williams's Lark Mirafra williamsi
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Brown-tailed Rock Chat Oenanthe scotocerca
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Friedmann's Lark Mirafra pulpa
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Masked Lark Spizocorys personata
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica
- Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Somali Crow Corvus edithae
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Shaba NR?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 209 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Shaba NR?
381 species, from 15,541 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Shaba NR in November?
The most recorded in November: Superb Starling, Northern Red-billed Hornbill, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, White-headed Buffalo Weaver and Ring-necked Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.