Lake Baringo
LAKE BARINGO
Lake Baringo is a real birding heaven offering excellent birding opportunities in the Kenya, Lake Baringo is a stunning soda lake dotted with steam jets, natural hot springs and geysers. The lake is famously famous for over 2 million flamingoes that have been recorded at the shores to thrill while on Kenya Safaris.
Lake Baringo has approximately 480 bird species recorded to be found in the area, below is the list to birds found around Lake Baringo.
LAKE BARINGO BIRD CHECKLIST
Ostriches: Struthionidae
Common Ostrich
Ducks: Anatidae
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Blue-billed Teal
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Eurasian Teal
Southern Pochard
Tufted Duck
Maccoa Duck
Guineafowl: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies: Phasianidae
Crested Francolin
Harlequin Quail
Hildebrandt’s Francolin
Yellow-necked Francolin
Flamingos: Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse: Pteroclidae
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse
Bustards: Otididae
Kori Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos: Musophagidae
White-crested Turaco
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos: Cuculidae
Red-chested Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Black Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Pied Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies: Caprimulgidae
Standard-winged Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Sombre Nightjar
Donaldson-Smith’s Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Star-spotted Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Swifts: Apodidae
Scarce Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm-Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots: Rallidae
African Rail
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen’s Gallinule
African Swamphen
Striped Crake
Black Crake
Baillon’s Crake
Cranes: Gruidae
Black Crowned-Crane
Thick-knees: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee
Eurasian Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
Stilts and Avocets: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Plovers and Lapwings: Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Lesser Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Caspian Plover
Kittlitz’s Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Painted-Snipes: Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-Snipe
Jacanas: Jacanidae
African Jacana
Sandpipers and Allies: Scolopacidae
Whimbrel
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck’s Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
Jack Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Great Snipe
Common Snipe
African Snipes
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Pratincoles and Coursers: Glareolidae
Temminck’s Courser
Three-banded Courser
Black-winged Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers: Laridae
Gray-hooded Gull
Black-headed Gull
Pallas’s Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
White-winged Tern
Whiskered Tern
Common Tern
African Skimmer
Storks: Ciconiidae
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim’s Stork
Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Anhingas: Anhingidae
African Darter
Cormorants and Shags: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans: Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Hamerkop: Scopidae
Hamerkop
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns: Ardeidae
Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Black Heron
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills: Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Osprey: Pandionidae
Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
Scissor-tailed Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rueppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Verreaux’s Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
African Marsh-Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Levant Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard|
Augur Buzzard
Barn-Owls: Tytonidae
Barn Owl
Owls: Strigidae
African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Mousebirds: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Trogons: Trogonidae
Narina Trogon
Hoopoes: Upupidae
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills: Phoeniculidae
Green Woodhoopoe
Violet Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills: Bucerotidae
Northern Ground-Hornbill
(Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill)
Crowned Hornbill
Hemprich’s Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Jackson’s Hornbill
Kingfishers: Alcedinidae
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters: Meropidae
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Rollers: Coraciidae
European Roller
Abyssinian Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
African Barbets: Lybiidae
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D’Arnaud’s Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Honeyguides: Indicatoridae
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers: Picidae
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras: Falconidae
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Fox Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eleonora’s Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Taita Falcon
Parrots: Psittacidae
Meyer’s Parrot
Cuckooshrikes: Campephagidae
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles: Oriolidae
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises: Platysteiridae
Chinspot Batis
Gray-headed Batis
Pygmy Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes and Allies: Vangidae
White Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes: Malaconotidae
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Three-streaked Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Slate-colored Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos: Dicruridae
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes: Laniidae
Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Somali Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
White-rumped Shrike
Crows, Jays, and Magpies: Corvidae
Pied Crow
Fan-tailed Raven
White-necked Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice: Paridae
Somali Tit
Penduline-Tits: Remizidae
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
African Penduline-Tit
Larks: Alaudidae
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Singing Bushlark
African Warblers: Macrosphenidae
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies: Cisticolidae
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Gray-backed Camaroptera**
Buff-bellied Warbler
Brown-tailed Apalis**
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Pale Prinia
Red-fronted Warbler
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies: Acrocephalidae
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher’s Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Eurasian Reed Warbler
Basra Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies: Locustellidae
Highland Rush Warbler
Swallows: Hirundinidae
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Banded Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Common House-Martin
Bulbuls: Pycnonotidae
Northern Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers: Phylloscopidae
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies: Sylviidae
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Brown Parisoma
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies: Zosteropidae
Pale White-eye
Northern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies: Leiothrichidae
Rufous Chatterer
Brown Babbler
Oxpeckers: Buphagidae
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings: Sturnidae
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Bristle-crowned Starling
Magpie Starling
Rueppell’s Starling
Superb Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes and Allies: Turdidae
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers: Muscicapidae
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
White-throated Robin
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Common Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat/
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Brown-tailed Chat
Abyssinian Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters: Nectariniidae
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Pygmy Sunbird
Hunter’s Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Shining Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Weavers and Allies: Ploceidae
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Little Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Northern Masked-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Northern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Fire-fronted Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Waxbills and Allies: Estrildidae
Bronze Mannikin
African Silverbill
Black-faced Waxbill
Black-cheeked Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Gray-headed Silverbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Indigobirds: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Purple Indigobird
Old World Sparrows: Passeridae
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits: Motacillidae
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Golden Pipit
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies: Fringillidae
Yellow-fronted Canary
African Citril
Black-throated Canary
White-bellied Canary
Northern Grosbeak-Canary
Old World Buntings: Emberizidae
Ortolan Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting