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Bird Observations

Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2024

Mpala Ranch and Research Centre

Updated ~31 hr(s) ago.

415 species (+16 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
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Northern Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Harlequin Quail
Hildebrandt's Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Little Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
African Green-Pigeon
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub's Bustard
Hartlaub's Turaco
White-bellied Go-away-bird
White-browed Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
Sombre Nightjar
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar
Montane Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Nyanza Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Black Crake
African Finfoot
Gray Crowned-Crane
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-winged Stilt
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
African Snipe
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Temminck's Stint
Little Stint
Small Buttonquail
Three-banded Courser
Temminck's Courser
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow-billed Stork
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Hamerkop
Dwarf Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Scissor-tailed Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila sp.
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Augur Buzzard
eagle sp.
African Grass-Owl
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Marsh Owl
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Eurasian Hoopoe
Green Woodhoopoe
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Violet Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Eurasian Wryneck
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Peregrine Falcon
Meyer's Parrot
Red-bellied Parrot
Black Cuckooshrike
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Chinspot Batis
Pygmy Batis
White Helmetshrike
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Pringle's Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Three-streaked Tchagra
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Rosy-patched Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Fork-tailed Drongo
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Red-backed x Red-tailed Shrike (hybrid)
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Long-tailed Fiscal
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
Fan-tailed Raven
White-necked Raven
White-bellied Tit
Somali Tit
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Red-winged Lark
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Singing Bushlark
Red-capped Lark
lark sp.
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Sedge Warbler
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Ethiopian Swallow
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
swallow sp.
Northern Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Willow Warbler
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Banded Parisoma
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Brown Parisoma
Greater Whitethroat
Pale White-eye
Northern Yellow White-eye
Rufous Chatterer
Scaly Chatterer
Brown Babbler
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Bristle-crowned Starling
Magpie Starling
Hildebrandt's Starling
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Rüppell's Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
Superb Starling
Fischer's Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
African Bare-eyed Thrush
African Thrush
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-throated Robin
Common Redstart
Little Rock-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
wheatear sp.
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter's Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Golden-winged Sunbird
Marico 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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke's Weaver
Village Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Long-tailed Widowbird
Jackson's Widowbird
Gray-headed Silverbill
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silverbill
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Black-cheeked Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Village Indigobird
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Bush Pipit
pipit sp.
Golden Pipit
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow-throated Longclaw
African Citril
Reichenow's Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Northern Grosbeak-Canary
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Golden-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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