Bird AlbumKenya · Coast Province
Tsavo East NP
395 species and 13,453 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February, with up to 209 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-faced SandgrousePterocles decoratus
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Fischer's StarlingLamprotornis fischeri
Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
Red-winged LarkCorypha hypermetra
Eastern Chanting GoshawkMelierax poliopterus
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tsavo East NP – Southern Section31 km374 species
- Sagala Lodge/Ndara Ranch41 km277 species
- Tsavo West NP – Ngulia Lodge58 km381 species
- Tsavo West NP64 km447 species
- Tsavo West NP – Kilaguni Lodge78 km365 species
All 395 species recorded here
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Tsavo Sunbird Cinnyris tsavoensis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides
- Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Friedmann's Lark Mirafra pulpa
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Violet-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris chalcomelas
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris
- Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tsavo East NP?
December–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 209 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tsavo East NP?
395 species, from 13,453 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tsavo East NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-faced Sandgrouse, Northern Red-billed Hornbill, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Yellow-necked Spurfowl and White-browed Sparrow-Weaver.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.