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Kenya

Where bird photos, recordings, and videos are documented in Kenya.

Snapshot: 20 Sept 2026Metadata onlyNot bird abundance
Catalog media assets
404,829
+1,137 since previous
Species represented
1,422
-393 since previous
Audio recordings
12,725
3.1% of country media
Dated records
99.3%
401,917 of 404,829 dated

How the media archive grew

Cumulative catalog metadata for Kenya by field year since 2000. A record is counted under the year its subject was observed, not the year it was uploaded.

Media archive over time

Cumulative catalog metadata by observation year
Kenya
Earliest dated record from 1916. Peak completed field year: 2024 (71,238 media records).

What’s in the archive?

Catalog media by modality
Photos
389,35896.2%
Audio
12,7253.1%
Video
2,7460.7%

Sound recordings by field year

Annual audio metadata from 2000 onward
Complete field years2026 (partial)
9,289 sound records in the chart window73.0% of 12,725 country audio records; the remainder predates 2000 or lacks a usable field year · 2026 is partial

Bioacoustic spotlight

#2 of 9 by sound records in East Africa
29.5%
Regional sound share
30.6 : 1
Photo-to-audio ratio

For every sound recording, there are 30.6 photos. Field audio provides vital acoustic documentation.

Latest snapshot through 20 Sept 2026.

Species and field years

Which species the country's catalog covers most, and when those records were made.

Most documented species (5)

Ranked by catalog media records in Kenya
  1. 1

    Gray Crowned-Crane

    Balearica regulorum

    3,483
  2. 2

    Superb Starling

    Lamprotornis superbus

    3,261
  3. 3

    African Fish-Eagle

    Icthyophaga vocifer

    3,232
  4. 4

    Common Ostrich

    Struthio camelus

    3,131
  5. 5

    Lilac-breasted Roller

    Coracias caudatus

    2,960
Frequently photographed species may dominate. Counts reflect documentation effort, not bird abundance.

Recent field years

Latest 10 field years represented
20179.3K
201813.7K
201919.5K
202013.7K
202120.3K
202229K
202355.1K
202471.2K
202570.6K
2026partial48.3K
2026 is incomplete; records counted through 20 Sept 2026.

Who made the recordings

Contributors behind Kenya's audio, and where the recordings themselves can be played.

Top audio contributors (8)

Most recordings this snapshot
01JF
Jennifer F. M. Horne274 species
1,435audio
02ME
Myles E. W. North299 species
870audio
03JB
James Bradley289 species
756audio
04PB
Peter Boesman259 species
666audio
05PS
Peter Steward266 species
453audio
06KF
Kenya Forests Audio Project116 species
421audio
07GL
Gabriel Leite205 species
378audio
08GS
G. Stuart Keith143 species
291audio

Kenya on eBird

The recordings and photographs themselves

This page reports the catalog metadata. The media files live in the Macaulay Library and are browsable by country on eBird.

eBird & Macaulay Library · collected 20 Sept 2026 · metadata only

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