Kenya Ramsar wetland
Lake Nakuru
508 bird species recorded; the most from January to February and from October to November.
Queen Asali · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
408 species in January.400 species in February.367 species in March.381 species in April.356 species in May.360 species in June.386 species in July.378 species in August.366 species in September.398 species in October.429 species in November.387 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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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
508 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).
- 508Speciesrecorded more than once
- 144Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 11ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 148,389Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,762 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 57Raptors
- 7Owls
- 42Waders
- 10Gulls & seabirds
- 20Ducks & geese
- 28Herons, ibises & grebes
- 9Storks & cranes
- 2Flamingos
- 215Songbirds
- 118Other 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 508 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors57 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Augur BuzzardButeo augur
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVU
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Secretary BirdSagittarius serpentarius
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- White-backed VultureGyps africanusCR
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Martial eaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelliiCR
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
- LannerFalco biarmicus
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- Black EagleAquila verreauxii
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusNT
- Eastern Chanting GoshawkMelierax poliopterus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- African Cuckoo HawkAviceda cuculoides
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
- Fox KestrelFalco alopex
- Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocouriiVU
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCR
- Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
- African hobbyFalco cuvierii
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Mountain BuzzardButeo oreophilusNT
- Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouiniVU
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalisCR
- Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Sooty FalconFalco concolorVU
- Black SparrowhawkAccipiter melanoleucus
- Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
Owls7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Giant Eagle OwlBubo lacteus
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
- Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Marsh OwlAsio capensis
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Waders42 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Crowned lapwingVanellus coronatus
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Water DikkopBurhinus vermiculatus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Cape Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Kittlitz's PloverCharadrius pecuarius
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Three-banded PloverCharadrius tricollaris
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Caspian PloverCharadrius asiaticus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Double-banded CourserRhinoptilus africanus
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
Gulls & seabirds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Ducks & geese20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Cape TealAnas capensis
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- African Black DuckAnas sparsa
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa
- White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- Anas punctataAnas punctata
Herons, ibises & grebes28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- HadadaBostrychia hagedash
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- DarterAnhinga rufa
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Madagascar pond heronArdeola idae
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- White-breasted CormorantPhalacrocorax lucidus
Storks & cranes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Leptoptilos crumeniferLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- SaddlebillEphippiorhynchus senegalensisNT
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Openbill StorkAnastomus lamelligerus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- Abdim's storkCiconia abdimii
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNT
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds215 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern Anteater-chatMyrmecocichla aethiops
- Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorhynchus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
- Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Dioptrornis fischeriDioptrornis fischeri
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
- Lanius humeralisLanius humeralis
- Kenya Rufous-sparrowPasser rufocinctus
- White-browed Robin-chatCossypha heuglini
- Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- White-bellied TitParus albiventris
- Speke's WeaverPloceus spekei
- Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Motacilla aguimpMotacilla aguimp
- African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Mocking ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Turdus peliosTurdus pelios
- African Sand MartinRiparia paludicola
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Black Rough-winged Swallow or Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Red-faced CrombecSylvietta whytii
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Little Rock-ThrushMonticola rufocinereus
- Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
- Bronzy SunbirdNectarinia kilimensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
- Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne
- Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- White-browed Sparrow-weaverPlocepasser mahali
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis
- Black Cuckoo-shrikeCampephaga flava
- Pectoral-patch CisticolaCisticola brunnescens
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
- Reichenow's SeedeaterCrithagra reichenowi
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
- Pale FlycatcherBradornis pallidus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Sharpe's Pied-BabblerTurdoides sharpei
- Purple GrenadierUraeginthus ianthinogaster
- Abyssinian WheatearOenanthe lugubris
- Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
- Bradornis microrhynchusBradornis microrhynchus
- Grey-capped WarblerEminia lepida
- Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
- Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
- Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
- Southern PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Grey-crested HelmetshrikePrionops poliolophus
- Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Stout CisticolaCisticola robustus
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Parrot-billed SparrowPasser gongonensis
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
- Cape Robin-ChatDessonornis caffer
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- African CitrilCrithagra citrinelloides
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Hildebrandt's StarlingLamprotornis hildebrandti
- Grosbeak WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
- Golden-winged SunbirdDrepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Southern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
- Banded MartinRiparia cincta
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Slate-coloured BoubouLaniarius funebris
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- Jackson's WidowbirdEuplectes jacksoni
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Red-collared WhydahEuplectes ardens
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Erythropygia leucophrysErythropygia leucophrys
- Jackson's Golden-backed WeaverPloceus jacksoni
- Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa
- Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
- Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibey
- White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
- Rufous-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Brown ParisomaSylvia lugens
- White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriata
- SilverbirdEmpidornis semipartitus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
- Slender-billed StarlingOnychognathus tenuirostris
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Swahili SparrowPasser suahelicus
- Highland Rush WarblerBradypterus centralis
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Hunter's CisticolaCisticola hunteri
- Long-tailed FiscalLanius cabanisi
- Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
- Rosy-breasted LongclawMacronyx ameliae
- Yellow-bellied WaxbillCoccopygia quartinia
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
- Tacazze SunbirdNectarinia tacazze
- Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi
- Yellow-crowned CanarySerinus flavivertex
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Angolan SwallowHirundo angolensis
- White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
- Fischer's Sparrow-larkEremopterix leucopareia
- Spotted Morning-thrushCichladusa guttata
- Grey-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgita
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- White-headed SawwingPsalidoprocne albiceps
- African Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- Lynes's CisticolaCisticola distinctus
- Long-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua paradisaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Cardinal QueleaQuelea cardinalis
- Red-throated TitParus fringillinus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltata
- Common FiscalLanius collaris
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Siffling CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
- Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
- Mirafra africanaMirafra africana
- Grey Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplex
- Red-billed Buffalo-weaverBubalornis niger
- Banded ParisomaSylvia boehmi
- Foxy LarkCalendulauda alopex
- Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
- Grey Penduline TitAnthoscopus caroli
- Golden PipitTmetothylacus tenellus
- Flappet LarkMirafra rufocinnamomea
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniens
- Blue-capped CordonbleuUraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Red-shouldered WhydahEuplectes axillaris
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Straw-tailed WidowVidua fischeri
- Long-tailed Glossy-StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Bare-eyed ThrushTurdus tephronotus
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagae
- Rüppell's Robin-ChatCossypha semirufa
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Red BishopEuplectes orix
- Black-bellied StarlingNotopholia corrusca
- African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Northern Pied-babblerTurdoides hypoleuca
- Dusky Crested-FlycatcherElminia nigromitrata
Other birds118 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
- Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Hildebrandt's FrancolinPternistis hildebrandti
- Campocolinus coquiCampocolinus coqui
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerDendropicos spodocephalus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Emerald-spotted DoveTurtur chalcospilos
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Nyanza SwiftApus niansae
- Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops oreobates
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateriVU
- White-headed BarbetLybius leucocephalus
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Common Scimitar-billRhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-bellied KorhaanLissotis melanogaster
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- African SwiftApus barbatus
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Red-fronted BarbetTricholaema diademata
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegatus
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- African Grey CuckooCuculus gularis
- Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
- Rufous-necked WryneckJynx ruficollis
- Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
- Yellow-necked FrancolinPternistis leucoscepus
- African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
- Scaly FrancolinPternistis squamatus
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- White-bellied Go-away-birdCorythaixoides leucogaster
- Mountain NightjarCaprimulgus poliocephalus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Hartlaub's TuracoTauraco hartlaubi
- Spot-flanked BarbetTricholaema lacrymosa
- Lesser MoorhenGallinula angulata
- Wahlberg's HoneyguideProdotiscus regulus
- Blue-spotted Wood-doveTurtur afer
- Kori BustardArdeotis koriNT
- Ortygornis sephaenaOrtygornis sephaena
- Abyssinian ScimitarbillRhinopomastus minor
- Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- Striped CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
- D'Arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudii
- Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Slender-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus clarus
- Pallid HoneyguideIndicator meliphilus
- African HoopoeUpupa africana
- Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichii
- Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- African RailRallus caerulescens
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Yellow-throated SandgrousePterocles gutturalis
- Sombre NightjarCaprimulgus fraenatus
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- White-headed Wood HoopoePhoeniculus bollei
- Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
- Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
- Green-backed HoneyguideProdotiscus zambesiae
- Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti
- Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillus
- Yellow-collared LovebirdAgapornis personatus
- Jardine's ParrotPoicephalus gulielmi
- White-headed MousebirdColius leucocephalus
- 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 from January to February and from October to November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan23°/9°54 mm
- Feb24°/9°39 mm
- Mar24°/10°105 mm
- Apr22°/11°206 mm
- May20°/10°149 mm
- Jun20°/10°82 mm
- Jul19°/9°68 mm
- Aug20°/9°89 mm
- Sep21°/9°85 mm
- Oct21°/10°115 mm
- Nov21°/10°146 mm
- Dec22°/10°95 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Nakuru.
Soda lake
Lake Nakuru is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Kenya, 1,762 m above the sea.
508 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 148,389 open records.
The most recorded are the Great White Pelican, the Lesser Flamingo and the Egyptian Goose.
84 species come for the summer, 59 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
11 are threatened worldwide, including Tawny Eagle, White-backed Vulture and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from January to February and from October to November.
Get there and watch
- Flamingo Hill Campcampsite · 5.9 km · 3 within 10 km
- The Cliffplace to stay · 3.1 km · 82 within 10 km
- Nakurunearest town · 6.7 km in a straight line
- Nanyuki Civil Airport (NYK)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 112 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
- 2bird hides within 6 kmFlamingo view point, Pelican view point
- 4viewpoints within 5 kmBaboon Cliff View Point, Causeway Viewpoint, Flamingo Viewpoint and 1 more
- 3campsites within 10 kmFlamingo Hill Camp, Ziwa Bush Lodge, Punda Milias Nakuru Camp
- 82places to stay within 10 kmThe Cliff, Wildlife Club of Kenya Hostel, Royal Spring and 79 more
- 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 Nakuru.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmIsirkon · 5.8 kmMenengai2,278 m · volcano · 18 kmMlima Tatu · 22 km
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 Nakuru
Kenya
- 93Birdyas Score
- 508Species
- 144Migrants
- 11Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q849508) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 148,389 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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