Kenya · Coast Province
Tsavo West NP – Ngulia Lodge
381 species and 17,509 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–December, with up to 259 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
Little SwiftApus affinis
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Augur BuzzardButeo augur
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
D'Arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudii259 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
- Tsavo West NP7 km447 species
- Tsavo West NP – Kilaguni Lodge21 km365 species
- Tsavo East NP58 km395 species
- Mandegee Farm66 km284 species
- Sagala Lodge/Ndara Ranch72 km277 species
- Tsavo East NP – Southern Section77 km374 species
All 381 species recorded here
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Tsavo Sunbird Cinnyris tsavoensis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Friedmann's Lark Mirafra pulpa
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Southern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra buchanani
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tsavo West NP – Ngulia Lodge?
November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 259 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tsavo West NP – Ngulia Lodge?
381 species, from 17,509 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tsavo West NP – Ngulia Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Whitethroat, Barn Swallow, Thrush Nightingale, Marsh Warbler and Little Swift.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.