Kenya Ramsar wetland
Lake Naivasha
482 bird species recorded; the most from November to January.
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This month here
370 species in January.340 species in February.354 species in March.272 species in April.305 species in May.281 species in June.333 species in July.332 species in August.331 species in September.357 species in October.395 species in November.368 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
482 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).
- 482Speciesrecorded more than once
- 131Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 76,361Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,882 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 44Raptors
- 8Owls
- 42Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 19Ducks & geese
- 27Herons, ibises & grebes
- 9Storks & cranes
- 2Flamingos
- 211Songbirds
- 108Other 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 482 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors44 species
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- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- Augur BuzzardButeo augur
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVU
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
- White-backed VultureGyps africanusCR
- Secretary BirdSagittarius serpentarius
- Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelliiCR
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- LannerFalco biarmicus
- Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Martial eaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black EagleAquila verreauxii
- Eastern Chanting GoshawkMelierax poliopterus
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusNT
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- African hobbyFalco cuvierii
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- Yellow-billed KiteMilvus aegyptius
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
Owls8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
- Giant Eagle OwlBubo lacteus
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Abyssinian OwlAsio abyssinicus
- Greyish Eagle-owlBubo cinerascens
- Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
- Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
Waders42 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
- Crowned lapwingVanellus coronatus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Cape Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Water DikkopBurhinus vermiculatus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Three-banded PloverCharadrius tricollaris
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Caspian PloverCharadrius asiaticus
- Kittlitz's PloverCharadrius pecuarius
- Great SnipeGallinago mediaNT
- Double-banded CourserRhinoptilus africanus
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Cape TealAnas capensis
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa
- White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
- African Black DuckAnas sparsa
- Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Herons, ibises & grebes27 species
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- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- HadadaBostrychia hagedash
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- DarterAnhinga rufa
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- White-breasted CormorantPhalacrocorax lucidus
- Madagascar pond heronArdeola idae
Storks & cranes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Leptoptilos crumeniferLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- SaddlebillEphippiorhynchus senegalensisNT
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Openbill StorkAnastomus lamelligerus
- Abdim's storkCiconia abdimii
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNT
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds211 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
- Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
- White-browed Robin-chatCossypha heuglini
- Motacilla aguimpMotacilla aguimp
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Dioptrornis fischeriDioptrornis fischeri
- Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- African Sand MartinRiparia paludicola
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- Sharpe's Pied-BabblerTurdoides sharpei
- African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Northern Anteater-chatMyrmecocichla aethiops
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- White-bellied TitParus albiventris
- Grey-capped WarblerEminia lepida
- Kenya Rufous-sparrowPasser rufocinctus
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Bronzy SunbirdNectarinia kilimensis
- Purple GrenadierUraeginthus ianthinogaster
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
- Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- White-browed Sparrow-weaverPlocepasser mahali
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
- Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorhynchus
- Lanius humeralisLanius humeralis
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
- Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Cape Robin-ChatDessonornis caffer
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- African CitrilCrithagra citrinelloides
- Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Red-faced CrombecSylvietta whytii
- Speke's WeaverPloceus spekei
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- Bradornis microrhynchusBradornis microrhynchus
- Black Cuckoo-shrikeCampephaga flava
- Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Turdus peliosTurdus pelios
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black Rough-winged Swallow or Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Hildebrandt's StarlingLamprotornis hildebrandti
- Hunter's CisticolaCisticola hunteri
- Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Golden-winged SunbirdDrepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Reichenow's SeedeaterCrithagra reichenowi
- Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibey
- Pale FlycatcherBradornis pallidus
- Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
- Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
- African Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
- White-headed SawwingPsalidoprocne albiceps
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Abyssinian WheatearOenanthe lugubris
- Southern PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Brown ParisomaSylvia lugens
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Banded MartinRiparia cincta
- Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- Yellow-crowned CanarySerinus flavivertex
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
- Grey-crested HelmetshrikePrionops poliolophus
- Slate-coloured BoubouLaniarius funebris
- White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
- White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriata
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Southern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Long-tailed FiscalLanius cabanisi
- Highland Rush WarblerBradypterus centralis
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Mocking ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Stout CisticolaCisticola robustus
- Erythropygia leucophrysErythropygia leucophrys
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
- Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne
- Parrot-billed SparrowPasser gongonensis
- Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Grey-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brevicaudata
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Lynes's CisticolaCisticola distinctus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Tacazze SunbirdNectarinia tacazze
- Little Rock-ThrushMonticola rufocinereus
- White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
- Fischer's Sparrow-larkEremopterix leucopareia
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- Pectoral-patch CisticolaCisticola brunnescens
- Grosbeak WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor
- Grey-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi
- Spotted Morning-thrushCichladusa guttata
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Rufous-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes
- Yellow-bellied WaxbillCoccopygia quartinia
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SilverbirdEmpidornis semipartitus
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
- Red-collared WhydahEuplectes ardens
- Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
- Red-throated TitParus fringillinus
- Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
- Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
- Common FiscalLanius collaris
- Black-lored BabblerTurdoides melanops
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Iago SparrowPasser iagoensis
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
- Grey ApalisApalis cinerea
- Basra Reed-warblerAcrocephalus griseldis
- Angolan SwallowHirundo angolensis
- Swahili SparrowPasser suahelicus
- Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgita
- Mirafra africanaMirafra africana
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus
- Australasian PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
- Black-and-white MuniaLonchura bicolor
- Abbott's StarlingPoeoptera femoralis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Straw-tailed WidowVidua fischeri
- Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltata
- Red-capped RobinCossypha natalensis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Red-billed Buffalo-weaverBubalornis niger
- Jackson's WidowbirdEuplectes jacksoni
- Black BishopEuplectes gierowii
- Banded ParisomaSylvia boehmi
- Greater Swamp-WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
- African Bush-WarblerBradypterus baboecala
- Northern Pied-babblerTurdoides hypoleuca
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Other birds108 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerDendropicos spodocephalus
- Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Nyanza SwiftApus niansae
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- White-headed BarbetLybius leucocephalus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
- Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
- Hildebrandt's FrancolinPternistis hildebrandti
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegatus
- African SwiftApus barbatus
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- African Grey CuckooCuculus gularis
- Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
- European SwiftApus apus
- Campocolinus coquiCampocolinus coqui
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops oreobates
- Wahlberg's HoneyguideProdotiscus regulus
- Emerald-spotted DoveTurtur chalcospilos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- African RailRallus caerulescens
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Red-fronted BarbetTricholaema diademata
- Common Scimitar-billRhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Abyssinian ScimitarbillRhinopomastus minor
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Kori BustardArdeotis koriNT
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateriVU
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- Yellow-necked FrancolinPternistis leucoscepus
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeriNT
- Mountain NightjarCaprimulgus poliocephalus
- Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
- D'Arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudii
- Lesser MoorhenGallinula angulata
- Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Scaly FrancolinPternistis squamatus
- Green-backed HoneyguideProdotiscus zambesiae
- Ortygornis sephaenaOrtygornis sephaena
- Spot-flanked BarbetTricholaema lacrymosa
- African HoopoeUpupa africana
- Hartlaub's TuracoTauraco hartlaubi
- White-bellied Go-away-birdCorythaixoides leucogaster
- Rufous-necked WryneckJynx ruficollis
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
- Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
- African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
- Black-bellied KorhaanLissotis melanogaster
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- Sombre NightjarCaprimulgus fraenatus
- Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
- Yellow-collared LovebirdAgapornis personatus
- Striped CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Slender-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus clarus
- White-headed Wood HoopoePhoeniculus bollei
- African CrakeCrex egregia
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillus
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
- Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from November to January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan25°/11°64 mm
- Feb26°/12°45 mm
- Mar26°/12°113 mm
- Apr23°/13°196 mm
- May21°/12°141 mm
- Jun20°/11°68 mm
- Jul20°/10°46 mm
- Aug21°/10°62 mm
- Sep23°/11°64 mm
- Oct24°/12°87 mm
- Nov23°/12°115 mm
- Dec24°/12°94 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Naivasha.
Lake in Kenya
Lake Naivasha is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Kenya, 1,882 m above the sea.
482 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 76,361 open records.
The most recorded are the African Fish Eagle, the Great Cormorant and the Superb Starling.
88 species come for the summer, 39 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Curlew Sandpiper, Tawny Eagle and White-backed Vulture.
The most species are recorded from November to January.
Get there and watch
- Fish Eaglecampsite · 6.5 km · 15 within 10 km
- Ajabu Houseplace to stay · 6.5 km · 71 within 10 km
- Naivashanearest town · 11 km in a straight line
- Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 80 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
- 15campsites within 10 kmFish Eagle, Fisherman's Camp, NVA - Carnelly's Camp and 12 more
- 71places to stay within 10 kmAjabu House, Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge, Lake Naivasha Country Club and 68 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 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 Naivasha.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas6 mountains within 25 kmOlkaria2,434 m · 16 kmLongonot · 20 kmOldoinyo Opuru · 20 kmMount Longonot2,776 m · volcano · 20 kmOl Doinyo Eburru2,856 m · 22 kmSisiun · 25 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyGilgil River
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 Naivasha
Kenya
- 85Birdyas Score
- 482Species
- 131Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1365115) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 76,361 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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