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Bird Observations

			Date Range: Dec, 1900-2024

Coast

Updated ~28 hr(s) ago.

641 species (+56 other taxa)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Common Ostrich
Somali Ostrich
Common/Somali Ostrich
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Blue-billed Teal
Red-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Southern Pochard
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
duck sp.
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Eastern Crested Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Shelley's Francolin
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Hildebrandt's Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Little Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black-faced Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Kori Bustard
Heuglin's Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub's Bustard
bustard sp.
Fischer's Turaco
Hartlaub's Turaco
Purple-crested Turaco
White-bellied Go-away-bird
White-browed Coucal
Green Malkoha
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
African/Common Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Eurasian Nightjar
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sombre Nightjar
Nubian Nightjar
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Mottled Spinetail
Bat-like Spinetail
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
African Swift
Forbes-Watson's Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
African Rail
Corn Crake
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
African Finfoot
Gray Crowned-Crane
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
sand-plover sp.
Kittlitz's Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
Calidris sp.
Small Buttonquail
Quail-plover
Crab-Plover
Bronze-winged Courser
Three-banded Courser
Double-banded Courser
Somali Courser
Temminck's Courser
Collared Pratincole
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
shorebird sp.
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Pallas's Gull
Sooty Gull
Kelp Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
African Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Lesser Noddy
Sooty Tern
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Saunders's Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
White-cheeked Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
tern sp.
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Jouanin's Petrel
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Persian Shearwater
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Lesser Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
frigatebird sp.
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Hamerkop
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Scissor-tailed Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Fasciated Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
Common/Long-legged Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Barn Owl
Sokoke Scops-Owl
Eurasian Scops-Owl
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Narina Trogon
Eurasian Hoopoe
Green Woodhoopoe
Violet Woodhoopoe
Green/Violet Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Mangrove Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Somali Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Green Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Green Tinkerbird
Moustached Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Brown-breasted Barbet
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
honeyguide sp.
Eurasian Wryneck
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Mombasa Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Fischer's x Yellow-collared Lovebird (hybrid)
Brown-headed Parrot
Red-bellied Parrot
African Broadbill
Black Cuckooshrike
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
Green-headed Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Black-throated Wattle-eye
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Short-tailed Batis
Chinspot Batis
Pale Batis
Eastern Black-headed Batis
Pygmy Batis
batis sp.
White Helmetshrike
Retz's Helmetshrike
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
Brubru
Pringle's Puffback
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Three-streaked Tchagra
tchagra sp.
Red-naped Bushshrike
Coastal Boubou
Tropical Boubou
Zanzibar Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Rosy-patched Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Four-colored Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Fork-tailed Drongo
African Crested Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Red-backed Shrike
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
shrike sp.
White-rumped Shrike
House Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
White-bellied Tit
Somali Tit
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Red-winged Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Friedmann's Lark
Singing Bushlark
lark sp.
Eastern Nicator
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Somali Crombec
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Yellow-vented Eremomela
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Taita Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Pale Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ashy Cisticola
Coastal Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Hippolais sp.
Sedge Warbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Basra Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
River Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Evergreen-forest Warbler
Little Rush Warbler
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
swallow sp.
Sombre Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Stripe-cheeked Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Tiny Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Northern Brownbul
Gray-olive Greenbul
Fischer's Greenbul
Cabanis's Greenbul
greenbul sp.
Common Bulbul
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler
Yellow Flycatcher
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Banded Parisoma
Greater Whitethroat
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
old world warbler sp.
Pale White-eye
Taita White-eye
Rufous Chatterer
Scaly Chatterer
Scaly Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Magpie Starling
Black-bellied Starling
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hildebrandt's Starling
Shelley's Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
Superb Starling
Fischer's Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
myna/starling sp.
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush
Orange Ground-Thrush
Taita Thrush
African Bare-eyed Thrush
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Gambaga Flycatcher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
scrub-robin sp.
Cape Robin-Chat
Rüppell's Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Collared Palm-Thrush
Spotted Morning-Thrush
White-starred Robin
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
East Coast Akalat
White-throated Robin
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Thrush/Common Nightingale
Common Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Arnot's Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
wheatear sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Plain-backed Sunbird
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Amani Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Mouse-colored Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter's Sunbird
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Black-bellied Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Tsavo Sunbird
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Violet-breasted Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Black-capped Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
African Golden-Weaver
Golden Palm Weaver
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Taveta Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Clarke's Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Forest Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Cardinal Quelea
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Zanzibar Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Fire-fronted Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Gray-headed Silverbill
Bronze Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silverbill
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Green-backed Twinspot
Black-cheeked Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Orange-winged Pytilia
Peters's Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
firefinch sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Purple Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver
House Sparrow
Somali Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Mountain Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
African Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Malindi Pipit
Striped Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Bush Pipit
Sokoke Pipit
pipit sp.
Golden Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Pangani Longclaw
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-throated Canary
Reichenow's Seedeater
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-bellied Canary
Southern Grosbeak-Canary
Ortolan Bunting
Somali Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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