Kenya Ramsar wetland
Lake Baringo
424 bird species recorded; the most in January and from October to November.
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This month here
318 species in January.302 species in February.298 species in March.272 species in April.268 species in May.269 species in June.301 species in July.300 species in August.294 species in September.335 species in October.327 species in November.280 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
424 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).
- 424Speciesrecorded more than once
- 121Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 52,752Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 973 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 41Raptors
- 8Owls
- 32Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 13Ducks & geese
- 28Herons, ibises & grebes
- 9Storks & cranes
- 2Flamingos
- 183Songbirds
- 101Other 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 424 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors41 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- LannerFalco biarmicus
- Black EagleAquila verreauxii
- Pygmy FalconPolihierax semitorquatus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Augur BuzzardButeo augur
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
- Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVU
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- Eastern Chanting GoshawkMelierax poliopterus
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- White-backed VultureGyps africanusCR
- Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
- Fox KestrelFalco alopex
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCR
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Martial eaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Secretary BirdSagittarius serpentarius
- Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocouriiVU
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- ShikraAccipiter badius
Owls8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Great-horned OwlPtilopsis leucotis
- Giant Eagle OwlBubo lacteus
- Greyish Eagle-owlBubo cinerascens
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- African Scops-owlOtus senegalensis
- Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
Waders32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
- Cape Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
- Water DikkopBurhinus vermiculatus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Crowned lapwingVanellus coronatus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Caspian PloverCharadrius asiaticus
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Double-banded CourserRhinoptilus africanus
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
Ducks & geese13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Cape TealAnas capensis
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
Herons, ibises & grebes28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- DarterAnhinga rufa
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- HadadaBostrychia hagedash
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- White-backed Night HeronGorsachius leuconotus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventris
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Madagascar pond heronArdeola idae
Storks & cranes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Leptoptilos crumeniferLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- Openbill StorkAnastomus lamelligerus
- SaddlebillEphippiorhynchus senegalensisNT
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- Abdim's storkCiconia abdimii
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNT
Songbirds183 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Northern Masked-WeaverPloceus taeniopterus
- White-browed Sparrow-weaverPlocepasser mahali
- Spotted Morning-thrushCichladusa guttata
- Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
- Eastern Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes orientalis
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Jackson's Golden-backed WeaverPloceus jacksoni
- Motacilla aguimpMotacilla aguimp
- Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
- Bristle-crowned StarlingOnychognathus salvadorii
- Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli
- Rufous ChattererTurdoides rubiginosa
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- White-headed Buffalo-WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
- Bradornis microrhynchusBradornis microrhynchus
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Hunter's SunbirdChalcomitra hunteri
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Pygmy BatisBatis perkeo
- Parrot-billed SparrowPasser gongonensis
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Erythropygia leucophrysErythropygia leucophrys
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Grey Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplex
- White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriata
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Acacia TitParus thruppi
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- Slate-coloured BoubouLaniarius funebris
- Brown-tailed Rock ChatOenanthe scotocerca
- Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Mouse-colored Penduline TitAnthoscopus musculus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
- Red-fronted WarblerUrorhipis rufifrons
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Mocking ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgita
- Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
- Orange BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Northern BrownbulPhyllastrephus strepitans
- Magpie StarlingSpeculipastor bicolor
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
- Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorhynchus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Red-faced CrombecSylvietta whytii
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
- Purple GrenadierUraeginthus ianthinogaster
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Three-streaked TchagraTchagra jamesi
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White-browed Robin-chatCossypha heuglini
- Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibey
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- African Sand MartinRiparia paludicola
- Red-rumped WaxbillEstrilda charmosyna
- Pale PriniaPrinia somalica
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Blue-capped CordonbleuUraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Shining SunbirdCinnyris habessinicus
- Lead-coloured FlycatcherMyioparus plumbeus
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Grey-headed SilverbillOdontospiza caniceps
- Long-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua paradisaea
- Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
- Pink-breasted LarkCalendulauda poecilosterna
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Hildebrandt's StarlingLamprotornis hildebrandti
- Lanius humeralisLanius humeralis
- Kenya Rufous-sparrowPasser rufocinctus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- SilverbirdEmpidornis semipartitus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Turdus peliosTurdus pelios
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
- Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
- Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagae
- Black Cuckoo-shrikeCampephaga flava
- Fischer's Sparrow-larkEremopterix leucopareia
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Cardinal QueleaQuelea cardinalis
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Southern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Reichenow's SeedeaterCrithagra reichenowi
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Straw-tailed WidowVidua fischeri
- Rufous-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Pale White-eyeZosterops flavilateralis
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Red-billed Buffalo-weaverBubalornis niger
- Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Banded MartinRiparia cincta
- Somali BuntingEmberiza poliopleura
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Grosbeak WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
- Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Angolan SwallowHirundo angolensis
- Steel-blue WhydahVidua hypocherina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinErythropygia galactotes
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Basra Reed-warblerAcrocephalus griseldis
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
- Grey-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi
- Northern Anteater-chatMyrmecocichla aethiops
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Red-shouldered WhydahEuplectes axillaris
- Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis
- Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
- White-bellied TitParus albiventris
- Black Rough-winged Swallow or Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- Golden PipitTmetothylacus tenellus
- Singing BushlarkMirafra javanica
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- Pale FlycatcherBradornis pallidus
- Western Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
- Common FiscalLanius collaris
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Bronzy SunbirdNectarinia kilimensis
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- Grey-capped WarblerEminia lepida
- Grey-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brevicaudata
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Northern Grosbeak-CanaryCrithagra donaldsoni
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Other birds101 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Jackson's HornbillTockus jacksoni
- White-bellied Go-away-birdCorythaixoides leucogaster
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
- Emerald-spotted DoveTurtur chalcospilos
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- Red-fronted BarbetTricholaema diademata
- Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichii
- Slender-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus clarus
- Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Black-throated BarbetTricholaema melanocephala
- Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- D'Arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudii
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Ortygornis sephaenaOrtygornis sephaena
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Spot-flanked BarbetTricholaema lacrymosa
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Abyssinian ScimitarbillRhinopomastus minor
- Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Nyanza SwiftApus niansae
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerDendropicos spodocephalus
- Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
- Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
- Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegatus
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
- African Grey CuckooCuculus gularis
- Yellow-necked FrancolinPternistis leucoscepus
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
- Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
- Lesser MoorhenGallinula angulata
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- Hildebrandt's FrancolinPternistis hildebrandti
- Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- White-crested TuracoTauraco leucolophus
- Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
- Kori BustardArdeotis koriNT
- Wahlberg's HoneyguideProdotiscus regulus
- European SwiftApus apus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Star-spotted NightjarCaprimulgus stellatus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillus
- Donaldson Smith's NightjarCaprimulgus donaldsoni
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Lady Ross's TuracoMusophaga rossae
- Abyssinian Ground-HornbillBucorvus abyssinicusVU
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- White-headed BarbetLybius leucocephalus
- Square-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus fossii
- African Black CoucalCentropus grillii
- Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
- Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- 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 in January and from October to November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan29°/15°26 mm
- Feb31°/15°19 mm
- Mar31°/16°49 mm
- Apr30°/16°140 mm
- May28°/16°110 mm
- Jun27°/16°88 mm
- Jul26°/15°103 mm
- Aug26°/15°110 mm
- Sep28°/16°75 mm
- Oct29°/16°78 mm
- Nov28°/15°87 mm
- Dec28°/15°52 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Baringo.
Lake
Lake Baringo is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Kenya, 973 m above the sea.
424 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 52,752 open records.
The most recorded are the Beautiful Sunbird, the Pied Kingfisher and the Mourning Collared Dove.
51 species come for the summer, 68 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Curlew Sandpiper, Tawny Eagle and White-backed Vulture.
The most species are recorded in January and from October to November.
Get there and watch
- Robert's Campcampsite · 7.1 km · 3 within 10 km
- Samatian Island Lodgeplace to stay · 1.4 km · 7 within 10 km
- Marigatnearest town · 21 km in a straight line
- Eldoret International Airport (EDL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 97 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
- 3campsites within 10 kmRobert's Camp, Bush Baby Campsite, Korosin Campsite
- 7places to stay within 10 kmSamatian Island Lodge, Island Camp Baringo, Teddy Bear Island Camp and 4 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 Baringo.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas9 mountains within 25 kmOl Kokwe · 1.7 kmKarau · 12 kmKorosi1,446 m · volcano · 16 kmTasiokwang · 18 kmKapkisera Ridge · 23 kmKacherotwo · 24 kmOlenkijapi · 24 kmBechot Range · 24 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 Baringo
Kenya
- 84Birdyas Score
- 424Species
- 121Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q790453) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 52,752 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, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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lakes
Every lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountains
Every summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit 
waterfalls
Every waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit 
islands
Every island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit 
rivers
Every river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit 
canyons
Every canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit 
caves
Every cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit 
dark skies
Where the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit 
viewpoints
Every viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit 
birdwatching
Every bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.You are here
forests
Every forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Coming soonVisit