Bird AlbumKenya · Coast Province
Tsavo East NP – Southern Section
374 species and 15,130 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and December, with up to 208 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Fischer's StarlingLamprotornis fischeri
Rosy-patched BushshrikeRhodophoneus cruentus
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Golden-breasted StarlingLamprotornis regius
Pink-breasted LarkCalendulauda poecilosterna
Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli
Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sagala Lodge/Ndara Ranch18 km277 species
- Tsavo East NP31 km395 species
- Tsavo West NP – Ngulia Lodge77 km381 species
All 374 species recorded here
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Tsavo Sunbird Cinnyris tsavoensis
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Violet-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris chalcomelas
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Friedmann's Lark Mirafra pulpa
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tsavo East NP – Southern Section?
February and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 208 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tsavo East NP – Southern Section?
374 species, from 15,130 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tsavo East NP – Southern Section in November?
The most recorded in November: Superb Starling, Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Northern Red-billed Hornbill, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver and Fischer's Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.