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Buffalo Springs NR

Located in the Kenya area, Buffalo Springs NR is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Somali Ostrich, Helmeted Guineafowl, Yellow-necked Spurfowl in the area.

435
All-Time Species
139
Sightings (14 days)
Eastern
Region
Kenya
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Trailing 14 Days
Species
Date Spotted
Count
Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanes
Sep 4, 2026
2
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Sep 4, 2026
10
Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
Sep 4, 2026
20
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Sep 4, 2026
2
Mourning Collared-DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Sep 4, 2026
2
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Sep 4, 2026
10
Sep 4, 2026
40
Black-faced SandgrousePterocles decoratus
Sep 4, 2026
2
Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
Sep 4, 2026
1
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
Sep 4, 2026
2
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Sep 4, 2026
2
Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
Sep 4, 2026
8
Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus
Sep 4, 2026
2
Somali CourserCursorius somalensis
Sep 4, 2026
9
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Sep 4, 2026
16
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Sep 4, 2026
1
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
Sep 4, 2026
2
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Sep 4, 2026
2
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Sep 4, 2026
1
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Sep 4, 2026
2
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
Sep 4, 2026
1
Eastern Chanting-GoshawkMelierax poliopterus
Sep 4, 2026
2
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
Sep 4, 2026
2
African Gray HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Sep 4, 2026
1
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Sep 4, 2026
6
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Sep 4, 2026
2
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Sep 4, 2026
2
Pygmy FalconPolihierax semitorquatus
Sep 4, 2026
1
Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
Sep 4, 2026
2
BrubruNilaus afer
Sep 4, 2026
2
Rosy-patched BushshrikeRhodophoneus cruentus
Sep 4, 2026
2
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Sep 4, 2026
2
Taita FiscalLanius dorsalis
Sep 4, 2026
2
White-rumped ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli
Sep 4, 2026
2
Pink-breasted LarkCalendulauda poecilosterna
Sep 4, 2026
4
Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
Sep 4, 2026
1
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
Sep 4, 2026
1
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Sep 4, 2026
50
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Sep 4, 2026
10
Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser donaldsoni
Sep 4, 2026
2
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Sep 4, 2026
3
Vulturine GuineafowlAcryllium vulturinum
Sep 4, 2026
20
Emerald-spotted Wood-DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Sep 4, 2026
1
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Sep 4, 2026
1
Buff-crested BustardLophotis gindiana
Sep 4, 2026
2
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
Sep 4, 2026
1
Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
Sep 4, 2026
1
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Sep 4, 2026
2
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Sep 4, 2026
2
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Sep 4, 2026
2
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Sep 4, 2026
14
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Sep 4, 2026
1
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Sep 4, 2026
1
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Sep 4, 2026
1
Black-chested Snake-EagleCircaetus pectoralis
Sep 4, 2026
1
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Sep 4, 2026
1
African Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Sep 4, 2026
2
Sep 4, 2026
1
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
Sep 4, 2026
1
White-headed MousebirdColius leucocephalus
Sep 4, 2026
2
Violet WoodhoopoePhoeniculus damarensis
Sep 4, 2026
3
Abyssinian ScimitarbillRhinopomastus minor
Sep 4, 2026
2
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Sep 4, 2026
3
Gray-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Sep 4, 2026
2
Red-fronted BarbetTricholaema diademata
Sep 4, 2026
1
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
Sep 4, 2026
1
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Sep 4, 2026
1
Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
Sep 4, 2026
1
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
Sep 4, 2026
1
Red-bellied ParrotPoicephalus rufiventris
Sep 4, 2026
3
Sep 4, 2026
1
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
Sep 4, 2026
1
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
Sep 4, 2026
2
Fischer's Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucopareia
Sep 4, 2026
1
Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
Sep 4, 2026
2
Somali CrombecSylvietta isabellina
Sep 4, 2026
1
Yellow-vented EremomelaEremomela flavicrissalis
Sep 4, 2026
2
Gray Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplex
Sep 4, 2026
2
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Sep 4, 2026
1
Sep 4, 2026
2
Pale PriniaPrinia somalica
Sep 4, 2026
3
Red-fronted PriniaPrinia rufifrons
Sep 4, 2026
2
Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
Sep 4, 2026
1
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Sep 4, 2026
10
Banded ParisomaCurruca boehmi
Sep 4, 2026
2
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Sep 4, 2026
2
Hildebrandt's StarlingLamprotornis hildebrandti
Sep 4, 2026
1
Golden-breasted StarlingLamprotornis regius
Sep 4, 2026
2
African Bare-eyed ThrushTurdus tephronotus
Sep 4, 2026
1
African Gray FlycatcherBradornis microrhynchus
Sep 4, 2026
3
Southern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
Sep 4, 2026
2
White-browed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas leucophrys
Sep 4, 2026
1
Spotted Morning-ThrushCichladusa guttata
Sep 4, 2026
1
Eastern Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes orientalis
Sep 4, 2026
3
Hunter's SunbirdChalcomitra hunteri
Sep 4, 2026
2
Black-bellied SunbirdCinnyris nectarinioides
Sep 4, 2026
4
Sep 4, 2026
2
White-headed Buffalo-WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
Sep 4, 2026
1
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
Sep 4, 2026
2
Black-capped Social-WeaverPseudonigrita cabanisi
Sep 4, 2026
20
Golden Palm WeaverPloceus bojeri
Sep 4, 2026
4
Lesser Masked-WeaverPloceus intermedius
Sep 4, 2026
1
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Sep 4, 2026
1
Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
Sep 4, 2026
20
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Sep 4, 2026
400
Black-cheeked WaxbillBrunhilda charmosyna
Sep 4, 2026
2
Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
Sep 4, 2026
2
Cut-throatAmadina fasciata
Sep 4, 2026
3
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Sep 4, 2026
4
Parrot-billed SparrowPasser gongonensis
Sep 4, 2026
20
Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibey
Sep 4, 2026
1
Sep 4, 2026
10
Golden PipitTmetothylacus tenellus
Sep 4, 2026
2
Somali BuntingEmberiza poliopleura
Sep 4, 2026
2
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Sep 3, 2026
1
Slender-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus clarus
Sep 3, 2026
1
Sep 3, 2026
1
Ashy CisticolaCisticola cinereolus
Sep 3, 2026
2
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Sep 3, 2026
5
Eastern Paradise-WhydahVidua paradisaea
Sep 3, 2026
10
Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
Sep 2, 2026
2
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Sep 2, 2026
1
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Sep 2, 2026
2
Somali TitMelaniparus thruppi
Sep 2, 2026
2
White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriata
Sep 2, 2026
3
Small ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
Sep 1, 2026
1
African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
Sep 1, 2026
1
Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Sep 1, 2026
4
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Sep 1, 2026
1
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Sep 1, 2026
2
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Sep 1, 2026
1
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Sep 1, 2026
1
Sep 1, 2026
2
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalus
Sep 1, 2026
2
Black-throated BarbetTricholaema melanocephala
Sep 1, 2026
2
Rufous ChattererArgya rubiginosa
Sep 1, 2026
1
ShikraTachyspiza badia
Aug 22, 2026
1
Augur BuzzardButeo augur
Aug 22, 2026
1
Aug 22, 2026
1

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