Bird AlbumKenya · Coast Province
Tsavo West NP
447 species and 21,984 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–December, with up to 286 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
Pink-breasted LarkCalendulauda poecilosterna
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tsavo West NP – Ngulia Lodge7 km381 species
- Tsavo West NP – Kilaguni Lodge18 km365 species
- Mandegee Farm60 km284 species
- Tsavo East NP64 km395 species
- Sagala Lodge/Ndara Ranch75 km277 species
All 447 species recorded here
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Tsavo Sunbird Cinnyris tsavoensis
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Friedmann's Lark Mirafra pulpa
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Taveta Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tsavo West NP?
November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 286 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tsavo West NP?
447 species, from 21,984 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tsavo West NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Ring-necked Dove, Helmeted Guineafowl and Fork-tailed Drongo.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.