Bird AlbumKenya · Coast Province
Tsavo West NP – Kilaguni Lodge
365 species and 10,506 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October and December, with up to 167 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
Tawny EagleAquila rapaxSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tsavo West NP18 km447 species
- Tsavo West NP – Ngulia Lodge21 km381 species
- Mandegee Farm50 km284 species
- Tsavo East NP78 km395 species
All 365 species recorded here
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Tsavo Sunbird Cinnyris tsavoensis
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Friedmann's Lark Mirafra pulpa
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tsavo West NP – Kilaguni Lodge?
October and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 167 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tsavo West NP – Kilaguni Lodge?
365 species, from 10,506 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tsavo West NP – Kilaguni Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Superb Starling, Barn Swallow, White-bellied Go-away-bird, Northern Red-billed Hornbill and Crested Francolin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.