Kenya Ramsar wetland
Lake Bogoria
350 bird species recorded; the most in January, from August to September and in November.
Victor Kibiwott · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
231 species in January.155 species in February.218 species in March.122 species in April.178 species in May.210 species in June.207 species in July.236 species in August.232 species in September.204 species in October.251 species in November.194 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
350 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 350Speciesrecorded more than once
- 123Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 13,113Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 992 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 35Raptors
- 5Owls
- 31Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 23Herons, ibises & grebes
- 8Storks & cranes
- 2Flamingos
- 142Songbirds
- 88Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 350 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors35 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Pygmy FalconPolihierax semitorquatus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVU
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- Eastern Chanting GoshawkMelierax poliopterus
- Augur BuzzardButeo augur
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black EagleAquila verreauxii
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusNT
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Secretary BirdSagittarius serpentarius
- LannerFalco biarmicus
- Martial eaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
- Sooty FalconFalco concolorVU
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- White-backed VultureGyps africanusCR
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Giant Eagle OwlBubo lacteus
- African Scops-owlOtus senegalensis
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- African Great-horned OwlPtilopsis leucotis
- Greyish Eagle-owlBubo cinerascens
Waders31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
- Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Crowned lapwingVanellus coronatus
- Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
- Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Water DikkopBurhinus vermiculatus
- Cape Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Kittlitz's PloverCharadrius pecuarius
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Cape TealAnas capensis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
Herons, ibises & grebes23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- HadadaBostrychia hagedash
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DarterAnhinga rufa
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Storks & cranes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Leptoptilos crumeniferLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Openbill StorkAnastomus lamelligerus
- SaddlebillEphippiorhynchus senegalensisNT
- Abdim's storkCiconia abdimii
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNT
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds142 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-browed Sparrow-weaverPlocepasser mahali
- Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
- Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White-headed Buffalo-WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Spotted Morning-thrushCichladusa guttata
- Eastern Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes orientalis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Motacilla aguimpMotacilla aguimp
- African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Slate-coloured BoubouLaniarius funebris
- Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorhynchus
- Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriata
- Jackson's Golden-backed WeaverPloceus jacksoni
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Rufous ChattererTurdoides rubiginosa
- Bradornis microrhynchusBradornis microrhynchus
- SilverbirdEmpidornis semipartitus
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Erythropygia leucophrysErythropygia leucophrys
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli
- Northern Masked-WeaverPloceus taeniopterus
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Pygmy BatisBatis perkeo
- Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgita
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
- African Sand MartinRiparia paludicola
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Parrot-billed SparrowPasser gongonensis
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Purple GrenadierUraeginthus ianthinogaster
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Southern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
- Pale PriniaPrinia somalica
- Magpie StarlingSpeculipastor bicolor
- Grey Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplex
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Lanius humeralisLanius humeralis
- Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
- White-browed Robin-chatCossypha heuglini
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Hunter's SunbirdChalcomitra hunteri
- Acacia TitParus thruppi
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Orange BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Lead-coloured FlycatcherMyioparus plumbeus
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Fischer's Sparrow-larkEremopterix leucopareia
- Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibey
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- Long-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua paradisaea
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Rufous-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Three-streaked TchagraTchagra jamesi
- Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
- Steel-blue WhydahVidua hypocherina
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Northern BrownbulPhyllastrephus strepitans
- Red-faced CrombecSylvietta whytii
- Bristle-crowned StarlingOnychognathus salvadorii
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- Blue-capped CordonbleuUraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Kenya Rufous-sparrowPasser rufocinctus
- Reichenow's SeedeaterCrithagra reichenowi
- Turdus peliosTurdus pelios
- Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Red-rumped WaxbillEstrilda charmosyna
- Cardinal QueleaQuelea cardinalis
- Grosbeak WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
- Grey-headed SilverbillOdontospiza caniceps
- Brown-tailed Rock ChatOenanthe scotocerca
- Straw-tailed WidowVidua fischeri
- Mouse-colored Penduline TitAnthoscopus musculus
- Hildebrandt's StarlingLamprotornis hildebrandti
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Red-fronted WarblerUrorhipis rufifrons
- Pale White-eyeZosterops flavilateralis
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Pale FlycatcherBradornis pallidus
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Black Cuckoo-shrikeCampephaga flava
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- Somali BuntingEmberiza poliopleura
- Grey-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Mocking ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Red-billed Buffalo-weaverBubalornis niger
- Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Grey-capped WarblerEminia lepida
- Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
Other birds88 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Jackson's HornbillTockus jacksoni
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- Emerald-spotted DoveTurtur chalcospilos
- White-bellied Go-away-birdCorythaixoides leucogaster
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- D'Arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudii
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Black-throated BarbetTricholaema melanocephala
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Red-fronted BarbetTricholaema diademata
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
- Ortygornis sephaenaOrtygornis sephaena
- Spot-flanked BarbetTricholaema lacrymosa
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerDendropicos spodocephalus
- Nyanza SwiftApus niansae
- Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegatus
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Slender-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus clarus
- Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichii
- Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
- Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
- Abyssinian ScimitarbillRhinopomastus minor
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- African SwiftApus barbatus
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- African Grey CuckooCuculus gularis
- Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
- Kori BustardArdeotis koriNT
- Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- Yellow-necked FrancolinPternistis leucoscepus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- White-crested TuracoTauraco leucolophus
- Common Scimitar-billRhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in January, from August to September and in November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan29°/15°26 mm
- Feb31°/15°19 mm
- Mar31°/16°49 mm
- Apr30°/16°140 mm
- May28°/16°110 mm
- Jun27°/16°88 mm
- Jul26°/15°103 mm
- Aug26°/15°110 mm
- Sep28°/16°75 mm
- Oct29°/16°78 mm
- Nov28°/15°87 mm
- Dec28°/15°52 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Bogoria.
Meromictic lake
Lake Bogoria is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Kenya, 992 m above the sea.
350 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 13,113 open records.
The most recorded are the Lesser Flamingo, the Greater Flamingo and the Spur-winged Lapwing.
65 species come for the summer, 56 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Tawny Eagle, Curlew Sandpiper and Sooty Falcon.
The most species are recorded in January, from August to September and in November.
Get there and watch
- Lake Bogoria Lakeside Campsitecampsite · 1.8 km · 7 within 10 km
- Eldoret International Airport (EDL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 97 km in a straight lineCar hire at NBO airport (Nairobi)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2viewpoints within 5 kmLake Bogoria viewpoint
- 7campsites within 10 kmLake Bogoria Lakeside Campsite, Lake Bogoria Clifftop Campsite, KWS Outpost Campsite and 4 more
- 1places to stay within 10 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lake Bogoria.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas19 mountains within 25 kmBogoria · 2.2 kmRogeti Range · 7.4 kmSiracho Range · 8.7 kmWaseges Range · 13 kmKipchepkot · 13 kmKemeiywa · 18 kmLelpatai · 20 kmTikamur · 24 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyOl ArabelWaseges
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Lake Bogoria
Kenya
- 78Birdyas Score
- 350Species
- 123Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q890651) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 13,113 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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