Birds of Kenya

List of Common Birds Found in Kenya

Native Birds

• Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
• Abyssinian Roller 
• African Blue Flycatcher
• African Crowned Eagle
• African Darter
• African Finfoot
• African Firefinch
• African Fish-eagle 
• African Goshawk
• African Gray Hornbill
• African Green Broadbill
• African Green Pigeon
• African Hoopoe
• African Jacana
• African Openbill
• African Orange-bellied Parrot
• African Paradise Flycatcher
• African Pitta
• African Pygmy Falcon
• African Pygmy Kingfisher
• African Sacred Ibis 
• African Scops Owl
• African Spoonbill
• African Thrush
• African Yellow Warbler
• African Yellow White-eye
• Beautiful Sunbird 
• Black-chested Snake Eagle 
• Black-collared Barbet
• Black-crowned Tchagra
• Black Cuckoo
• Black-faced Sandgrouse
• Black-headed Gonolek
• Black-headed Heron
• Black-throated Wattle-eye
• Black-winged Kite 
• Blue-headed Coucal
• Cape Robin-chat
• Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
• Common Hoopoe 
• Common Ostrich 
• Crowned Crane 
• Dark Chanting Goshawk
• Dusky Turtle Dove
• Eastern Gray Plantain-eater
• Eastern Plantain-eater
• Egyptian Goose 
• Gray Crowned Crane 
• Gray-headed Kingfisher
• Great Blue Turaco
• Greater Flamingo 
• Green Woodhoopoe
• Gray-backed Fiscal
• Gray-breasted Spurfowl
• Gray-crested Helmetshrike
• Gray Crowned Crane
• Ground Hornbill 
• Hadada Ibis 
• Hamerkop
• Helmeted Guinea Fowl 
• Hildebrandt’s Francolin
• Hooded Vulture 
• Jackson’s Widowbird
• Kori Bustard 
• Lappet-faced Vulture 
• Lesser Flamingo 
• Lilac-breasted Roller 
• Little Bee-eater 
• Little Egret 
• Long-tailed Fiscal
• Malachite Kingfisher
• Malachite Sunbird
• Marabou Stork 
• Martial Eagle
• Masai Ostrich 
• Masked Weaver 
• Montane White-eye
• Mountain Buzzard
• Northern Pied Babbler
• Northern Red-billed Hornbill 
• Olive Pigeon
• Pied Crow 
• Pied Kingfisher
• Pin-tailed Whydah 
• Purple Grenadier
• Red-and-yellow Barbet
• Red-billed Firefinch
• Red-billed Oxpecker
• Red-billed Quelea
• Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
• Red-necked Spurfowl
• Red-throated Wryneck
• Red-winged Starling
• Ross’s Turaco
• Rufous-naped Lark 
• Rüppell’s Vulture
• Saddle-billed Stork
• Saddle-billed Stork 
• Scaly Francolin
• Scarlet-chested Sunbird
• Schalow’s Turaco
• Secretary Bird 
• Shelley’s Francolin
• Speckled Pigeon 
• Striped Kingfisher 
• Superb Starling 
• Tawny Eagle 
• Variable Sunbird
• Village Weaver 
• Vulture Guineafowl 
• White-backed Vulture
• White-bellied Canary
• White-bellied Go-away-bird
• White-bellied Tit
• White-browed Coucal
• White-browed Robin-chat
• White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
• White-fronted Bee-eater
• White-headed Buffalo Weaver
• White-headed Vulture
• White Pelican 
• White-throated Bee Eater 
• White-winged Widowbird
• Woodland Kingfisher  
• Yellow-bellied Waxbill
• Yellow-billed Hornbill
• Yellow-billed Stork
• Yellow-breasted Apalis
• Yellow-necked Spurfowl
• Yellow-rumped Seedeater
• Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Non-native Birds

• Arnot’s Chat
• Gray-headed Lovebird
• House Crow
• House Sparrow
• Magpie Mannikin
• Orange Weaver
• Ortolan Bunting
• Southern Cordonbleu
• Western Citril
• Yellow-collared Lovebird

Some of the best birdwatching sites in Kenya include Maasai Mara National Reserve, Lake Nakuru National Park, and Amboseli National Park. The peak season for birdwatching in Kenya typically coincides with the dry months when bird activity is high, and bird species are more visible.