In February 2006 my wife Dorthe and I visited Kenya and Tanzania for the first time, two countries, we had had on our most wanted itinerary for a long time.
Beside from the birds we intended to see as many animals as possible, especially the many wildebeests at Serengeti would be a highlight leaving us two options, either to go in November (migrant birds) or February (wildebeests having newborn calves meaning lots of lions). We decided the latter. November migrants in Kenya will add more species to your list, but give you few lifers. More important – rainfall may give you problems, especially gravel roads can turn out to be impassable limiting your mobility in the national parks and indeed in the highlands.
We saw more than 100 lions and more than 500.000 wildebeests on the trip – stunning !
First we contacted some Danish tour operators. The best offer was a 17 day round trip at a prize of 12.500 USD for two persons insurances, tips, beverages excluded. Instead we thought of making an arrangement with a local tour operator and found a trip report by Christoph Haag recommending Eastern and Southern Safaris based in Nairobi.
We ended up with a trip of a duration of 23 days. The costs were for two persons – flight tickets and insurance 2.000 USD, the safari package 8.530 USD including flight Nairobi-Malindi and return, shuttle bus Arusha and return, pick ups to and from the airport in Nairobi, full board except Nairobi on bed and breakfast basis and Malindi on half board. Beside this we spent 1.000 USD – beverages, tips, guide in Malindi, visit at Karen Blixen’s farm etc.
We will highly recommend Eastern and Southern Safaris, their website is www.essafari.co.ke We got our own safari vehicle in Kenya as well as in Tanzania which made us independent travellers – you don’t have to argue with fellow travellers why you need to go to this or that place to look for a bird.
We had arranged to stay at lodges in Kenya. In Tanzania accommodation is heavily overprized (and many Danish tour operators had recently dropped Tanzania) – so we had four night in tent and two nights in lodge. The tent was well equipped with sleeping bags and mattresses – and not too hot during the nights. Our safari cook provided excellent food – early morning tea or coffee, hot breakfast, hot lunch or lunch bag, before diner snacks and a three course candle light diner. Safarimakers cooperate with Eastern and Southern Safaris for the Tanzanian part of the trip.
While planning our trip we were often in contact with Serah at Eastern and Southern Safaris, and we always got an answer within 24 hours. It was very pleasant to meet with Serah in Nairobi – and we owe her lot of thanks. You will have to pay a deposit of 25 percent in advance – we made swift bank transfer by home banking. You’ll pay the rest on arrival – we chose to carry the amount in travellers cheques – the alternative is cash – all amounts in USD.
During our visit 100 USD was 618 Dkr, 100 KES = 8,63 Dkr, 100 TZS = 0,52 Dkr.
Red tapes went smoothly – as you apply for visa at the boarder and have to pay 50 USD each both in Kenya and Tanzania. In Kenya you will have to fill a form – can be found on the web – in Tanzania they’ll scan your passport.
Tips are widely expected and should depend on the service you get. 15 USD a day to the driver seemed fair.
Prices at markets are not fixed, remember to bargain – don’t ever think of buying your souvenirs at the lodges. Beverages especially wine is expensive at the lodges, but Tusker Lager is a good beer and really the thing you need after a long day.
During our visit Danish embassies in many muslim countries were burnt down because of a Danish newspaper bringing cartoons showing Muhammed. The matter was foolishly handled by our national liberal prime minister who refused dialog. Daily demonstrations in Nairobi against Denmark appeared during our stay, and we kept low profile on our nationality and had no problems beside feeling embarrassed being Danes.
We had armed escort between Tsavo West and Amboseli due to banditry, but we didn’t feel insecure at any time during our trip. In general service was good and people very friendly. Salesmen at Malindi were however persistent but gave up when met by a firm attitude. Malindi was as less charming as any beach resort – this spot being dominated by Italians which gave you no problem not understanding the local hustlers addressing you in Italian.
Food was good and plenty – often served as giant buffets – don’t be on diet when on safari.
Weather was good in our scale, daily max temperatures 28-32 (Arusha 35) and min 20-24 Celcius in the mornings. At Mount Kenya 14 in the morning and 18 in the evening. We had rain or showers at Mt. Kenya, Lake Naivasha and Ngogorongoro. Western Africa was suffering from El Nino and had had little rain for at least four years. As the rain also failed in March 2006 famine will strike – especially at Isiolo/Samburu and Arusha people already seemed to have a hard time during our visit.
We saw 518 different birds of which 173 were new and at least 54 species of mammals during our trip. We want to thank Stig Jensen, Ulrik and Kate Andersen, Erik Mølgaard and Poul Erik Madsen for good advice.
Unfortunately it took me almost two years to finish this report which off course means that some details may be inaccurate. I decided not to include Latin names or notes concerning status according to Bird Life International.
Itinerary
Friday February 3
Day started with some morning birding around snow covered Ølsemagle Revle, at 10.40 (GMT +1) the taxi arrived and took us to Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup 11.05-13.05. Our first destination was Amsterdam by KLM 14.10-20.30. We took the train from Schipol to Amsterdam Centraal and walked around in the city centre. In contrast to freezing Denmark, Amsterdam had a more mild climate, no snow and 5 degrees Celcius – Starlings were singing in the trees just outside the central station.
Kenyan Airways modern Boeing 777 took off 20.30 for a pleasant flight and good services to Kenya.
Saturday Feb. 4
Arrived Jomo Kenyatta Airport Nairobi 6.05 (GMT+3), filled in formulas for our visa, paid 50 USD each and entered Kenya. Met Edward from Eastern and Southern Safaris and went to our safari car and where introduced to our guide and driver Ben Ikoroi. After having arranged the payment for the rest of the amount for the safari, we drove off for Tsawo West National Park 7.35-11.10 seeing quite a lot of animals along the road. Drove from the gate to Kilaguni Serana Lodge, where we arrived 12.10 – just in time for lunch. Afternoon drive to Mzima Springs 15.00-17.45 where we were guided/guarded around the hippo pools by a young and tall masai woman carrying a machine gun over her shoulder. From the tank in the hippo pool we got excellent views of hippos swimming by.
Enjoyed dinner in the restaurant looking at the animals coming in to drink at the waterhole, at dusk several nightjars appeared and tired after the journey we went to bed early.
Sunday Feb. 5
Our first morning game drive in the bush around Kilaguni where Ben took us to the drier parts in order to find some of the special birds as Bush Pipit and Tiny Cisticola. However the highlight that morning was our first Cheetah seen close to the lodge. 6.35-8.35. Had breakfast at Kilaguni Lodge then drove to the south western gate of Tsawo West 9.20-10.10 where we waited for our guards to appear. At the moment the road between Tsawo and Amboseli wasn’t safe due to banditry so we went in convoy with armed guards – had a short stop at Shetani Lava Flow. 10.15-12.10. Arrived at Amboseli Serena Lodge 12.40 for lunch. Afternoon game drive around the swamp 16.00-18.15.
Monday Feb. 6
Morning game drive around Amboseli Lodge and the swamp 6.20-8.50. Close to the gate we saw our first group of lions with Kilimanjaro as background – a spectacular view though Kilimanjaro due to the draught had nearly no snow cap. At the swamp we watched a buffalo giving birth to a calf, the calf splashed into the water and drowned immediately while the mother still was eating grass.
Back at the lodge we celebrated Dorthe’s birthday with champagne and a ring – all studied at close range by one of the masais working at the lodge as bell boy, monkey chaser etc.
Birdwatching at the lodge provided Taveta Golden Weaver at the pool.
Evening game drive to the swamp and the nearby rock 16.00-18.35. At night we watched an encounter of two lions and one hippo just next to the fence – the lions did not seem to like the company of a hippo and ran off.
Tuesday Feb. 7
Left Amboseli Serena Lodge at 7.00 and drove through Amboseli Lake – not a single drop of water left – to Namanga 7.00-8.35. After a short coffee break we continued to Nairobi, 9.00-12.00 where we met Serah at Eastern and Southern Safaris before having lunch at the five star Nairobi Serena Lodge 12.00-14.30. Then we drove north to Mt. Kenya to Naro Moru River Lodge 14.30-17.30. As we arrived it started to rain, however walked along the river and the camp 17.30-19.00.
Wednesday Feb. 8
Ben and Svend did some early morning birding around the camp 5.50-8.15 providing a good list as Ben know the calls of most birds. Left Naro Moru 9.00 crossed equator next to Nanyuki and arrived at the Samburu gate 11.50. We followed a loop in order to find Somali Ostrich and Donaldson-Smith’s Weaver before we checked in at Samburu Serena Lodge 12.45 just in time for lunch. The river was completely dry so the pools at the lodge held many birds. Evening game drive 15.50-18.45. Diner while watching the feeding of a leopard in the spotlight at the riverbed opposite the restaurant.
Thursday Feb. 9
Another day at Samburu. Morning drive along the river 6.25-9.15 saw a male lion as close as 2 m and another Cheetah. Whiteheaded Mousebird was added to the list. Afternoon drive 15.50-18.45 to the drier parts to the east, found Somali Fiscal, an out of range sighting, saw another Leopard.
Friday Feb 10.
Left Samburu Serena Lodge at 7.05, had to assist another safari vehicle from another tour operator as their car was stocked on top of a big stone as their driver had missed a curve and continued into the bush – according to Ben the driver had been drinking too many beers the night before, so watch out !
Left the gate at 7.55 and made a stop west of Isiolo to find Boran Cisticola in dry low shrub surrounded by corn fields, not hard to imagine that lost of habitat is a problem for this species. Back to Nanyuki where a stop at some flowering bushes in the highland to the east of the city was rewarded with good views of Goldenwinged Sunbird. Went north from Nanyuki by dirt tracks to Nyahururu and the nearby spectacular Thomson’s Falls, where we had our lunch boxes 12.40-13.40. Continued to Lake Barringo, had a puncture, arriving at Lake Barringo Country Club 17.00 just in time to do some good birding in the garden of this colonial type of accommodation.
Saturday Feb 11.
Morning drive to the escarpment northwest of the country club – a picnic site is marked as birdwatching area. A boy from the village had slept here for the night in order to meet us and show us the local specialities. He was very skilful and within two hours he showed us nightjars, owls and Threebanded Courser 6.15-8.20. Back for breakfast and 9.00-10.20 we had a boat trip on Lake Barringo. We were amused by our captain spelling all the bird names, i.e. A-f-r-i-c-a-n F-i-s-h E-a-g-l-e and so on. 110 species in one morning was not bad at all. Left Barringo 10.40 arriving at Lake Bogoria 11.45 seeing a lot of Flamingos, hot springs and a natron lake, had lunch box and left 13.55. Arrived at Lake Nakuru 16.10 for afternoon game drive and our first rhinos for the trip. From the view point we learned why the nick name is Lake Pink as the lake looked like melting strawberry icecream. Check in at the busy Sarova Hill Lion Lodge 17.50.
Sunday Feb 12.
Birding in the garden, short game drive 7.30-8.05 in order to reach Hell’s Gate 9.50 for a bush walk 9.50-12.00 which turned out to be waste of time – a stop at the escarpment forming the gate would have been sufficient. Arrived at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge 12.30 in a thunder storm. When the rain stopped we walked around the garden and saw many birds especially at the boat ramp.
Monday Feb 13.
Early morning birding in the garden, drove to Lake Naivasha Country Club from where we sailed to Crescent Island – actually a peninsula with zebras, giraffes and a lot of birds 8.50-10.30. Left Naivasha, stopped at the office at Eastern and Southern Safaris in order to get our bus and flight tickets for the rest of our trip. Time to say goodbye to Ben as we got dropped off at Panafric Hotel in Nairobi 13.00. Hired a taxi (2.000 K$) and went to Karen, a suburb to Nairobi famous for Karen Blixen’s farm 14.15-15.45 – had a Blixen Cheese Burger at the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden before visiting the farm.
Tuesday Feb 14.
Our shuttle bus arrived 8.15 and after some pick ups we left Nairobi 9.00 and arrived at the border at Namanga 11.30. Crossing the border to Tanzania and buying visa went smoothly using it and scanners so we didn’t have to fill a lot of forms – a visa costs 50 USD.
Drove the final stretch to Arusha 12.00-13.05 where we met Maluia Kimambo – guide and driver – and his assistant and cook Imisi. Had lunch, left Arusha 14.50 and arrived at Tarangiere for an afternoon game drive 16.10-18.30. Raised our tent and stayed for the night at Kingongoni Campsite next to the park. Off course it was raining through the night !
Wednesday Feb 15.
Early morning breakfast before game drive in Tarangiere 7.35-12.30. Few animals but at least some birds were singing due to the showers the night before. Lunch at the campsite before we went to Panorama Safari Camp next to Lake Manyara 13.45-15.00. Afternoon game drive in the park at Manyara 15.30-18.35. Night at tented camp.
Thursday Feb 16
Did some morning birdring at Panorama Safari Camp, left after breakfast 8.40 and arrived at the gate to Ngorongoro 9.45. Made a stop at the view point overlooking the crater, which looked very promising. But we continued as we had planned to start at Serengeti. It was amazing to follow the road at the edge of the crater towards Serengeti seeing lots of animals wandering into the crater – small groups of giraffes in high altitude, heds of wildebeest and zebras etc.12.45 we entered Serengeti south of Nuabi Gate in an area with dry bush and woodland, where we had lunch. Drove back to Nuabi Gate for game drive along the masai steppe, which gave good views of two cheetahs and many lions, more than 50.000 wildebeests and lots of zebras etc.
Finally we reached Nyani Campsite in the central Seronera area of Serengeti National Park – one of few campsites with reliable water supply – where we tented for the night.
Friday Feb 17.
Woke up having heard lions and hyenas in the night and went for a morning drive 6.40-9.15, had lunch and went for another game drive 10.05-14.00 finding two hunting cheetahs – unfortunately they didn’t succeed in getting a Wildebeest calf for lunch. Back for lunch and some rest before we went on afternoon game drive 16.05-19.40. A sleeping Leopard in a tree on close range was an absolute highlight.
Saturday Feb 18.
Morning game drive 6.40-10.30 to the south west of the park, found great numbers of Wildebeests, more than 300.000, lots of lions – a female with a newborn pup saying miaw.
Back for brunch, left Nyani 12.15, Nuabi Gate 14.40 and arrived at Ngogorongoro Sopa Lodge 17.30.
Sunday Feb. 19.
Left the lodge 6.30 – heard a Leopard as we walked to the reception. Entered the gate to the crater 7.00 for the six hours game drive you are allowed to have. This was really something, birds and animals were plenty and at close range. No doubt the best wild life site we had ever visited. As we stopped at a picnic site close to a lake in order to have breakfast together with some other groups, a Dutch woman suddenly came running shouting : “Lions, Lions” All the guides immediately jumped up shouting : “Don’t run, for God’s sake don’t run”. Anyway we got good views of lions drinking at the lake side. Found Black Rhino which meant, that we had got Big Five within a few hours, saw lions leaving a carcase that immediately got ripped by vultures and jackals. At noon it started to rain, but never mind, we had already seen a lot. Showers and thunder through the afternoon, some birding around the lodge 16.00-17.30.
Monday Feb. 20.
Did some birding around the lodge, a singing Chiffchaff turned out to be the bird of the trip – only a couple of sightings in Tanzania. 6.45-7.45. Left Sopa Lodge 9.00 and the gate 10.00. Arrived in Arusha 13.25, had lunch, said goodbye to Maluia and Imisi, took the shuttle for Nairobi 14.20, stop at the border 16.10-16.40, arrived at Panafric Hotel 19.50, had diner at the pool and went very tired to bed.
Tuesday Feb. 21
Pick up 9.00 at Panafric for Jomo Kenyatta Airport, arrived 9.20. Flight for Malindi 11.15-12.15, taxi to our prebooked hotel, just to find out, that our booking was overruled without any warning. We were taking to another hotel, ending up in down town Malindi fenced by what might have been the remains of the Berlin wall at a pool. Called Serah at our agency, she got very upset, and a little later we could check in at Coral Key Beach Resort. So when we finally met a problem, it was solved in a jiffy – just one more argument to use Eastern and Southern Safaris as your tour operator.
Afternoon walk along the beach 16.00-17.15.
Wednesday Feb 22.
Met Willy Naganda form Spinetail Safaris 4.50 at Coral Key, he had hired a taxi for the whole day taking us to Sokoke Forest 5.30-13.00 with a stop at Mida Creek 10.30-11.05. Had some lunch, then we went to Sabaki River mouth 14.45-16.10 and then back to Sokoke Forest again 16.25-18.00 – at the last part we saw a roosting pair of Sokoke Scops Owl and two Elephants – our driver enjoyed the first and feared the latter !
You may hear the owls at night, but you’ll have no chance to see them without a guide.
Sokoke Pipit is another skulking bird you’ll need a guide to find. Anyway our day with Willy was very pleasant, he is ringing birds at Tsawo and he carried tape to lure the birds – and was very annoyed that we could not find an East Coast Akalat.
Thursday Feb 23.
Would have done some snorkling, but couldn’t get a fair price – paying 110 euros is madness. Birded around the harbour 8.20-11.00 and went along the beach 16.30-18.00. Enjoyed the masai event at our hotel – imagine all the masais had dreadlocks and were Italian speaking – and looked like the staff of the hotel.
Friday Feb 24.
Walked along the beach to Cassuarina Point – if you intend to go to the reef, this is where you should find your boat to a fair price. 9.45-11.40. Got lunch, went to Malindi airport. Our plane left 14.40 – half an hour ahead of schedule, we arrived in Nairobi 15.45, where we were met by Eastern and Southern Safaris and ended up for our last night at Panafric Hotel.
Saturday Feb. 25
Pick up 7.35 by Eastern and Southern Safaris, check in 7.55 at Jomo Kenyatta Airport, left 11.45 (GMT -3), arrived 17.50 (GMT -1) at Schipol Amsterdam, left 19.50, arrival Copehagen 20.50, got at taxi, got stuck in traffic jam due to road work – but at last we reached Solrød 22.05 – to our annoyance it was still winter and freezing in Denmark – but that’s another story.
Sites
Nairobi
We didn’t see much in Nairobi. Marabou Stork and Sacred Ibis are common and we saw Nyanza Swift and Cape Robin at Karen. It could be worth visiting Nairobi National Park in search for Masked Finfoot and a few more passerines for the list.
Tsawo West National Park
Good for birds, especially on migration, best month is said to be November. The hippo pools at Mzima Springs will be the place to look – we saw some migrants, but not much.
We went south to some dry bush land and saw Pink-breasted Lark, Bush Pipit, Tiny Cisticola and Somali Golden-breasted Bunting. Fisher’s Starling seemed not to be uncommon and Strawtailed Whydahs could be seen at the pools in front of the restaurant of Kilaguni Lodge.
Amboseli National Park
Taveta Golden Weaver is endemic and found at Amboseli and around Kilimanjaro. We saw a pair at the pool area at Amboseli Serena Lodge – they could be seen at the masai village as well and at the swamp. At our visit Lake Amboseli was completely dry, but the swamp at Enkongo Narok provided many herons, waders and a few ducks. The marshes of Olokenya held quite a few birds too, but seemed better for animals.
The view of Kilimanjaro in the morning is spectacular as well as herds of wildebeests, zebras etc. are the main reason why Amboseli is the second most visited park in Kenya.
Golden Pipit and Athi Short-toed Lark (a recent split from Somali Short-toed Lark) were found around Enkongo Narok.
Naro Moru
Riverine forest at Mount Kenya. The grassland before you reach the lodge is good for Longtailed Widowbird. A walk along the river and through the camp gave Moorland Francolin, Hartlaub’s Turaco, Red-fronted Parrots flying over in the early morning, both Northern and Eastern Double-collared Sunbird and Mountain Wagtail.
Samburu National Park
Dry bushland. Somali Ostrich and Vulturine Guineafowl could be encountered anywhere. We had Whiteheaded Mousebird and Bare-eyed Thrush in the scrub at the river. Donaldson-Smith’s Weaver several places, even close to the gate. We went east to the driest part of the park, where we found an out-of-range Somali Fiscal.
Lake Barringo
The central spot for bird watching in Kenya where many eastern, western, southern and northern species meet. The garden at Lake Barringo Country Club is splendid, and it is easy to find Lesser Weaver. At the escarpment you will find birds of semi desert and higher altitude such as Jakson’s and Hemprich’s Hornbill, Pygmy Batis, Bristlecrowned and Slenderbilled Starling and Browntailed Chat. A good guide might find nightjars, owls and coursers roosting.
We had a boat trip as well going out from the jetty at the country club – the first part to the south along the shore gave many herons, ducks and waders.
Lake Bogoria
A soda lake with Greater and Lesser Flamingo and Little Stint in good numbers.
Lake Nakuru
Another soda lake better known as Lake Pink covered with Lesser Flamingos. Some parts of the park covered with woodland and our only Cliff Chat was seen at the view point on top of some rocks.
Hell’s Gate
A canyon and a perfect site for Schalow’s Wheatear and Nyanza Swift. Look for Desert Cisticola in the dry shrub.
Lake Naivasha
A fresh water lake like Barringo. We birded the garden of Naivasha Sopa Lodge and at Crescent Island – the latter a regular site for Giant Kingfisher. The best way to improve your bird list will be to stay a couple of nights, but at a different lodge each night. It could be difficult to get good views at the lake, however many of the birds, you will go for, are passerines found in the vegetation around the lake.
Tarangiere
The park is famous for its giant baobabs, for a birder the main target is Ashy Starling, which is commonly seen all over the park. We saw Rufous-tailed Weaver as well, another northern Tanzania endemic. At our visit the park was very dry indeed and most animals had left the park.
Lake Manyara
At our visit the lake was perhaps half its normal size. Birds and animals seemed concentrated around the lake. We found Pangani Longclaw at the hippo pool and Hornbill in the forest.
Serengeti
Speckle-fronted Weaver was common at Nuabi Gate. Fischer’s Lovebird was seen at several places, Redthroated Tit at Seronera and Caspian Plover and Shorttailed Lark at the masai steppe to the south west.
Nogorongoro
Actually birding in the crater is less rewarding. The endemic Rufoustailed Weaver is common – they even tried to snatch our breakfast. Chestnutbanded Plover at the soda lake and Caspian Plover at the plains.
Most birds are found in the forest at the edge of the crater where you might see some highland species. We found Schalow’s Turaco, , Brownheaded Apalis, Hunter’s Cisticola and Tacazze Sunbird. A singing Chifchaf was a very rare vagrant.
Coast at Malindi
Malindi harbour is said to be a reliable spot for Crab Plover – we saw none, but a least some waders and Ethiopian Swallos. Western Reef Heron and Caspian Tern at Casuarina Point – but still no Crab Plover here too.
Mida Creek
Unfortunately we visited the creek at low tide and saw Crab Plover and lot of other shorebirds and one Dimorphic Egret. At high tide birding is best from the hide, where you might see Mangrove Kingfisher – we dipped.
Sokoke Forest
The star bird is the endemic Clarke’s Weaver – only likely to be seen in July and August – however our guide had seen one just a couple of weeks before. Sokoke Scops Owl, Sokoke Pipit and Amani Sunbird are three other birds with a very restricted range that you might get in the forest. To improve your chance, I will recommend to hire a guide through Spinetail Safaris – a full day trip including taxi will cost 100 USD + 10 USD each in park fee – you will easily get another 25 species to your list.
Don’t miss Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew – a really odd creature. We even saw the very rare Aders’ Duiker and two Elephants.
Sabaki River Mouth
North of Malindi is a good spot for many waders including Terek and Broadbilled Sandpipers. Until recently Malindi Pipits were breeding here, but according to our guide they have been absent for the last couple of years.
References
Guide book
Fitzpatrick et al : East Africa, 6th edition, Lonely Planet, 2003
Reptiles and mammals
Branch : A photographic guide to snakes, other reptiles and amphibians of East Africa 2005
Kingdon : The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals, 1997
Field guides etc
Del Hoyo : Handbook to the birds of the World 1-12
Fanshawe and Stevenson : Birds of East Africa, 2006
Sinclair and Ryan : A comprehensive illustrated field guide to the Birds of Africa south of the Sahara, 2003
Wheatley : Where to watch birds in Africa, 1995
Zimmermann et all : Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, 2001
Trip reports
Many studied on the web – the far two best being by the Danish Ornitological Society :
Søren Skov : Tanzania 20/2-15/3 1998
Jensen and Mølgaard : Kenya 1989
- though not the newest those two reports cover nearly all important sites in Kenya and northern Tanzania and are very reliable sources.
Other reports include :
Gruff Drodd : Central Kenya and Northern Tanzania 2003
Christoph Haag : Kenya and northern Tanzania 2-21/2 2005
Peter Nilsson : Tanzania 20/2-4/3 2005
Erik Vikkelsø Rasmussen : Kenya 2004
Internet sources
Safari operator – strongly recommended – www.essafari.co.ke
Guide Malindi – spinetailsafaris@yahoo.com
Locality guide etc – www.kenyabirds.org.uk
Bird status by Birdlife International – www.birdlife.org
Bird List
Common Ostrich
4 Tsavo West, 3 Amboseli, 16 Lake Barringo, 2 Lake Bogoria, 20 Lake Manyara, 15 Tarangiere, 48 Serengeti, 42 Ngorongoro and 5 Arusha-Nairobi
Somali Ostrich
3 Samburu
Little Grebe
1 Lake Naivasha
Black-necked Grebe
480 Lake Bogoria
Pink-backed Pelican
2 Lake Nakuru, 4 Lake Naivasha and 60 Lake Manyara
Great Cormorant
80 Lake Naivasha
Long-tailed Cormorant
2 Tsavo West, 1 Lake Barringo and 4 Ngorongoro
African Darter
1 Tsavo West
Black-browed Night Heron
16 Ngorongoro
Cattle Egret
A total of 755 recorded at most sites except Malindi area
Little Egret
180 Amboseli, 20 Nairobi-Naro Moru, 2 Samburu, 2 Thomson’s Fall-Lake Barringo, 40 Lake Barringo, 2 Lake Nakuru, 80 Naivasha and 42 Lake Manyara.
Dimorphic Egret
1 Mida Creek
Western Reef Heron
2 Malindi and 1 Sabaki River
Black Egret
17 Lake Manyara
Squacco Heron
40 Amboseli, 2 Lake Barringo, 1 Lake Bogoria-Lake Nakuru, 1 Naivasha, 4 Lake Manyara and 2 Ngorongoro.
Striated Heron
1 Lake Barringo
Intermediate Heron
16 Amboseli, 6 Lake Barringo, 1 Lake Bogoria-Lake Nakuru, 2 Naivasha and 2 Lake Manyara
Great Egret
4 Amboseli, 1 Samburu-Thomson’s Fall, 2 Lake Barringo, 1 Lake Bogoria-Lake Nakuru, 2 Lake Manyara, 1 Ngorongoro and 1 Mida Creek
Grey Heron
2 Amboseli, 4 Lake Barringo, 2 Lake Nakuru, 8 Naivasha, 2 Lake Manyara, 7 Ngorongoro, 6 Malindi and 2 Sabaki River
Purple Heron
1 Lake Barringo and 2 Ngorongoro
Goliath Heron
1 Amboseli, 4 Lake Barringo and 1 Naivasha
Black-headed Heron
1 Nairobi-Tsavo West, 1 Tsavo West, 1 Nairobi-Naro Moru, 1 Naro Moru-Samburu, 2 Samburu-Thomson’s Fall, 4 Ngorongoro, 2 Ngorongoro-Arusha, 1 Malindi and 7 Sabaki River
Hamarkop
1 Lake Nakuru-Hell’s Gate
White Stork
1 Amboseli, 17 Naro Moru-Samburu, 9 Samburu-Thomson’s Fall, 1 Namanga-Arusha, 1 Lake Manyara-Ngorongoro, 90 Serengeti and 120 Ngorongoro.
Black Stork
1 Naro Moru
Abdims Stork
120 Namanga-Arusha and 320 Ngorongoro
Saddle-billed Stork
2 Amboseli
Marabou Stork
48 Tsavo West, 37 Amboseli, 80 in and around Nairobi, 1 Naro Moru-Samburu, 1 Lake Bogoria, 90 Lake Nakuru, 5 Naivasha, 110 Lake Manyara, 12 Tarangiere, 56 Serengeti and 12 Ngorongoro
Yellow-billed Stork
40 Lake Nakuru-Lake Barringo, 3 Lake Barringo, 12 Lake Nakuru, 16 Naivasha, 90 Lake Manyara, 3 Ngorongoro and 3 Mida Creek
Sacred Ibis
588, most 280 at Ngorongoro
Hadada
121 in Kenya –none at coast. In Tanzania just 8 at Serengeti.
Glossy Ibis
6 Amboseli, 32 Lake Barringo, 2 Lake Manyara and 2 Ngorongoro
African Spoonbill
6 Amboseli, 5 Lake Barringo, 3 near and 14 at Lake Nakuru, 19 Lake Naivasha and 8 Lake Manyara
Greater Flamingo
140 Lake Bogoria, 400 Lake Nakuru, 200 Lake Naivasha, 120 Mida Creek and 120 Sabaki River Mouth
Lesser Flamingo
16.000 Lake Bogoria, 1.700.000 Lake Nakuru, 1.200 Nakuru-Naivasha, 1.500 Lake Naivasha, 18.000 Lake Manyara and 120 Ngorongoro
Fulvous Whistling Duck
16 Lake Barringo, 22 Lake Manyara, 12 Ngorongoro and 22 Sabaki River Mouth
White-faced Whistling Duck
7 Lake Barringo, 4 Barringo-Nakuru and 58 Lake Manyara
Spurwinged Goose
1 Tsavo West, 3 Amboseli, 36 Naivasha, 33 Lake Manyara and 2 Ngorongoro
Egyptian Goose
A total of 1.114
Knob-billed Duck
8 Lake Barringo, 3 Lake Naivasha and 16 Lake Manyara
African Black Duck
2 in the river at Naro Moru
Cape Teal
80 Lake Naivasha, 2 Lake Manyara and 8 Ngorongoro
Garganey
3 Amboseli, 4 Lake Barringo and 13 Lake Naivasha
Yellow-billed Duck
4 Lake Naivasha
Red-billed Duck
4 Amboseli, 38 Lake Bogoria, 6 Lake Naivasha and 10 Nogorongoro
Hottentot Teal
2 Amboseli, 32 Lake Naivasha, 360 Lake Manyara, 8 Serengeti and 8 Ngorongoro
Nothern Shoveler
52 Lake Naivasha and 35 Ngorongoro
Secretary Bird
1 close to Naro Moru, 1 Samburu and 12 Serengeti
Black-shouldered Kite
2 Tsawo West, 2 Amboseli, 2 Samburu and 1 Lake Barringo
Black Kite
A total of 215
Hooded Vulture
21 Serengeti and 6 Ngorongoro
African White-backed Vulture
1 Tsawo West, 5 Samburu, 21 Hell’s Gate, 4 Tarangiere, 1 Lake Manyara, 26 Serengeti and 28 Ngorongoro
Rüppel’s Vulture
26 Amboseli, 6 Hell’s Gate, 8 Nairobi, 23 Serengeti and 20 Ngorongoro
Lappet-faced Vulture
4 Serengeti and 3 Ngorongoro
White-headed Vulture
2 Serengeti
Brown Snake Eagle
1 Smaburu, 1 Lake Barringo-Lake Bogoria and 2 Serengeti
Bateleur
3 Samburu, 2 Naivasha and 6 Serengeti
African Harrier Hawk
1 Samburu, 3 Naro Moru and 6 Serengeti
Pallid Harrier
3 Amboseli, 1 Naro Moru, 1 Samburu-Thomson’s Fall, 3 close to Nairobi, 8 Serengeti and 2 Ngorongoro
Montague’s Harrier
2 Taswo West, 1 Samburu-Thomson’s Fall, 11 Serengeti and 4 Ngorongoro
African Marsh Harrier
1 Tsawo West and 1 Naivasha
European Marsh Harrier
5 Amboseli, 1 Lake Bogoria, 2 Naivasha, 1 Lake Nakuru, 6 Ngorongoro and further two Marsh Harrier sp. at Naivasha
Gabar Goshawk
1 Lake Barringo, 2 Naivasha, 1 Serengeti and 1 Sokoko Forest
Dark Chanting Goshawk
1 Serengeti
Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk
2 Tsawo Weat, 1 Namanga-Nairobi, 1 Samburu and 1 Tarangiere
African Goshawk
1 Samburu and 1 Lake Bogoria-Naivasha
Shikra
1 Tsawo West, 3 Amboseli and 1 Samburu
Little Sparrowhawk
1 Samburu
Great Sparrowhawk
1 Sokoke Forest
Common Buzzard
1 Sokoko Forest
Mountain Buzzard
1 Samburu-Thomson’s Fall
Augur Buzzard
At least 43
African Fish Eagle
5 Amboseli, 5 Lake Barringo, 4 Lake Nakuru, 8 Naivasha and 3 Manyara
Palmnut Vulture
2 Samburu
Lesser Spotted Eagle
1 Samburu and 1 Lake Nakuru and 1 unidentified spotted eagle at Samburu
Tawny Eagle
2 Tsawo West, 1 Amboseli, 5 Samburu, 3 Nakuru, 1 Nakuru-Hell’s Gate, 2 near Lake Barringo, 2 close to Arusha, 1 Tarangiere, 1 Serengeti and 4 Ngorongoro
Steppe Eagle
1 Samburu, 3 Lake Nakuru, 1 Nakuru-Hell’s Gate, 1 Hell’s Gate, 1 Tarangiere, 2 Srengeti and 1 Ngorongoro
Imperial Eagle
1 imm at Samburu seen vel – a scarce winter visitor
Wahlberg’s Eagle
2 Amboseli, 4 Samburu, 1 Lake Barringo and 3 Serengeti
Verreaux’s Eagle
1 Samburu, 1 Hell’s Gate, 1 Serengeti and 4 Ngorongoro
Long-crested Eagle
1 Samburu, 1 Samburu and 1 Serengeti
African Crowned Eagle
2 Serengeti and 1 Sokoke Forest
Martial Eagle
1 Samburu, 1 Lake Manyara and 2 Serengeti
Pygmy Falcon
2 Amboseli, 3 Samburu, 1 Namanga and 1 Arusha
Lanner Falcon
2 Lake Barringo
Peregrine Falcon
1 Amboseli was an adult calidus and 1 Lake Barringo
African Hobby
1 Nairobi-Naro Moru
Greater Kestrel
2 Serengeti
Lesser Kestrel
1 Thomson’s Falls-Lake Barringo and 24 Serengeti
Common Kestrel
2 Tsawo West, 20 Serengeti and 1 Ngorongoro
Common Quail
1 Samburu-Thomson’s Falls
Harlequin Quail
7 Serengeti – easy to find when vocal, during our trip quails were silent
Coqui Francolin
4 Tarangiere and 6 Serengeti
Moorland Francolin
1 Naro Moru
Crested Francolin
1 Tsawo West, 30 Samburu and 6 Tarangiere
Hildebrant’s Francolin
4 Trangiere and 2 Ngorongoro
Rednecked Spurfowl
6 Tarangiere
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
5 Tsawo West, 42 Amboseli, 56 Samburu and 53 Tarangiere
Greybreasted Spurfowl
16 Serengeti and 4 hybrid Greybreasted x Yellownecked
Vulturine Guineafowl
76 Samburu – perhaps one of the most odd-looking creatures of the world
Helmeted Guineafowl
A total of 291
Black Crake
2 Amboseli and 1 Ngorongoro
Red-knobbed Coot
40 Amboseli, 2 Lake Barringo, 920 Lake Naivasha and 8 Nairobi
Grey Crowned Crane
46 Amboseli, 3 Lake Manyara and 116 Ngorongoro
Kori Bustard
2 Amboseli, 19 Serengeti and 2 Ngorongoro
Crested Bustard
1 Samburu
White-bellied Bustard
1 Tsawo West, 3 Amboseli, 2 Tarangiere and 13 Serengeti
Black-bellied Bustard
1 Naro Moru and 1 Serengeti
African Jacana
140 Amboseli, 2 Lake Barringo, 2 in a pond near Lake Bogoria, 12 Lake Manyara and 4 Ngorongoro
Crab Plover
48 Mida Creek
Pied Avocet
3 Amboseli, 22 Lake Bogoria, 8 Lake Nakuru, 9 Lake Naivasha, 18 Ngorongoro, 1 Lake Manyara and 2 Sabaki River Mouth
Black-winged Stilt
46 Amboseli, 80 Lake Bogoria and 12 Naivasha
Water Thickknee
2 Amboseli and 2 Lake Barringo
Spotted Thickknee
1 Amboseli
Two-banded Courser
7 Amboseli
Heuglin’s Courser
4 Lake Barringo – also known as threebanded courser
Temminck’s Courser
1 Tarangiere and 2 Serengeti
Collared Pratincole
5 Amboseli, 1 Lake Manyara and 1 Serengeti
Long-toed Plover
60 Amboseli, 2 Lake Manyara and 1 Ngorongoro
Blacksmith Plover
A total of 478
Spur-winged Plover
4 Samburu, 6 Lake Barringo, 2 Lake Bogoria, 8 Lake Naivasha and 2 Sabaki River
Black-headed Plover
3 Tsavo West and 1 Sabaki River Mouth
Senegal Plover
2 Serengeti and6 Lake Nakuru-Hell’s Gate
Black-winged Plover
A group of 50 Ngorongoro
Crowned Plover
6 Tsawo West, 180 Amboseli, 2 Hell’s Gate, 28 Tarangiere, 4 Lake Manyara, 184 Serengeti and 60 Ngorongoro
Ringed Plover
2 Lake Barringo, 60 Malindi, 16 Mida Creek and 12 Sabaki River Mouth
Grey Plover
10 Malindi, 28 Mida Creek and 120 Sabaki River Mouth
Kittlitz’s Plover
1 Tsawo West, 6 Lake Barringo, 14 Lake Bogoria, 4 Lake Naivasha, 12 Ngorongoro and 2 Sabaki River Mouth
Three-banded Plover
2 Tsawo West, 10 Amboseli, 2 Samburu and 3 Serengeti
White-fronted Plover
2 Malindi and 4 Sabaki River Mouth
Chestnut-banded Plover
1 Amboseli and 14 Ngorongoro
Lesser Sand Plover
140 Malindi, 320 Mida Creek and 220 Sabaki River Mouth
Greater Sand Plover
2 Malindi and 14 Mida Creek
Caspian Sand Plover
10 Serengeti and 57 Ngorongoro
Little Stint
800 Lake Bogoria, 12 Ngorongoro, 80 Malindi, 450 Mida Creek and 1.400 Sabaki River
Temminck’s Stint
30 Amboseli, 2 Lake Naivasha, 1 Lake Manyara, 4 Serengeti and 2 Ngorongoro
Curlew Sandpiper
1 Amboseli, 14 Ngorongoro, 20 Malindi, 120 Mida Creek and 380 Sabaki River Mouth
Broad-billed Sandpiper
2 Sabaki River Mouth
Sanderling
80 Malindi and 18 Mida Creek
Ruff
30 Amboseli, 3 Lake Barringo, 60 Lake Bogoria, 60 Lake Naivasha, 40 Lake Manyara, 4 Serengeti and 60 Ngorongoro
Common Snipe
1 Amboseli, 1 Lake Barringo and 1 Serengeti
Black-tailed Godwit
2 Lake Barringo
Wimbrel
14 Malindi, 16 Mida Creek and 40 Sabaki River Mouth
Eurasian Curlew
1 Ngorongoro and 1 Mida Creek
Marsh Sandpiper
12 Amboseli, 1 Lake Barringo, 1 Lake Bogoria, 19 Lake Naivasha, 1 Tarangiere, 1 Lake Manyara and 2 Sabaki River Mouth
Common Greenshank
1 Tsawo West, 60 Amboseli, 3 Samburu, 2 Lake Barringo, 3 Lake Bogoria, 8 Lake Nakuru, 26 Lake Naivasha, 3 Tarangiere, 13 Lake Manyara, 90 Serengeti, 5 Ngorongoro and 60 Sabaki River Mouth
Wood Sandpiper
1 Tsawo West. 1 Amboseli, 60 Lake Barringo, 60 Lake Bogoria, 2 Tarangiere and 14 Lake Manyara
Green Sandpiper
5 Tarangiere, 1 Serengeti and 1 Sabaki River Mouth
Common Sandpiper
1 Tsawo West, 6 Amboseli, 4 Lake Barringo, 1 Lake Bogoria, 2 Lake Naivasha, 2 Lake Manyara, 7 Serengeti, 2 Ngorongoro and 2 Sabaki River Mouth
Terek Sandpiper
1 Sabaki River Mouth
Ruddy Turnstone
14 Malindi
Sooty Gull
250 Malindi
Heuglin’s Gull
10 Malindi
Lesser Black-backed Gull
1 Lake Naivasha, 20 Malindi and 10 Sabaki River Mouth
Grey-headed Gull
40 Lake Naivasha and 8 Ngorongoro
Gull-billed Tern
1 Lake Naivasha, 34 Ngorongoro, 20 Malindi and 40 Sabaki River Mouth
Caspian Tern
3 Malindi and 1 Sabaki River Mouth
Greater Crested Tern
2 Malindi and 50 Sabaki River Mouth
Lesser Crested Tern
60 Malindi and 300 Sabaki River Mouth
Sandwich Tern
1 Sabaki River Mouth
Saunder’s Tern
2 Malindi, 2 Mida Creek and 3 Sabaki River Mouth
Whiskered Tern
6 Amboseli, 2 Lake Barringo, 2 Lake Bogoria, 12 Lake Naivasha, 2 Lake Manyara, 1 Ngorongoro and 80 Sabaki River Mouth
White-winged Tern
4 Amboseli, 2 Lake Barringo, 1 Lake Bogoria, 2 Lake Naivasha and 1 Sabaki River Mouth
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
8 Tarangiere and 8 Serengeti
Black-faced Sandgrouse
1 Amboseli, 74 Samburu and 2 Tarangiere
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
4 Samburu, 28 Tarangiere and 28 Ngorongoro
African Green Pigeon
1 Tsawo West
Tambourine Dove
1 Amboseli-Namanga, 12 Naro Moru, 1 Sokoke Forest, 2 Mida Creek and 1 Sabaki River
Emerald Spotted Dove
A total of 99 – most in major game parks but also 2 Sokoke Forest
Namaqua Dove
5 Tsawo West
Speckled Dove
A total of 213, none in Malindi area
Red-eyed Dove
A total of 359, mostly inland, only a few at coast
African Mourning Dove
A total of 65 inland
Ring-necked Dove
371 inland
Dusky Turtle Dove
1 Naro Moru, 2 Samburu-Thomson’s Falls, 2 Lake Naivasha and 7 Ngorongoro
Laughing Dove
A total of 401
Red-fronted Parrot
13 Naro Moru
Brown Parrot
2 Serengeti
African Orange-bellied Parrot
5 Samburu and 2 Tarangiere
Fischer’s Lovebird
32 Serengeti
Yellow-collared Lovebird
120 Tarangiere. 30 genuine and 30 hybrid at Naivasha of feral population.
Schalow’s Turaco
1 Serengeti and 3 Ngorongoro
Fischer’s Turaco
2 Sokoke Forest
Hartlaub’s Turaco
2 Naro Moru and 2 Thomson’s Falls
Barefaced Go Away Bird
2 Tarangiere and 4 Serengeti
White-bellied Go Away Bird
2 Nairobi-Tsawo West, 2 Tsawo West, 14 Namanga-Nairobi, 12 Samburu, 2 Lake Barringo, 8 Tarangiere and 2 Lake Manyara
Red-chested Cuckoo
1 Naro Moru and 1 Lake Barringo – not vocal during our visit
Diederik Cuckoo
1 Naro Moru and 1 Lake Manyara – not vocal during our visit
White-browed Coucal
2 Tsawo West, 2 Samburu, 2 Lake Barringo, 6 Tarangiere, 10 Serengeti and 2 Sokoke Forest – vocal in Tarangiere and Serengeti
Sokoke Scops Owl
2 roosting Sokoke Forest
African Scops Owl
1 heard Tsawo West
White-faced Scops Owl
1 seen at Lake Barringo
Spotted Eagle Owl
1 seen at Lake Barringo
Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
1 Samburu, 1 Lake Barringo in the garden of the country club and 1 Serengeti – all seen well
Pearl-spotted Owlet
1 Tsawo West, 1 Amboseli and 1 Samburu – all heard
Montane Nightjar
1 seen at Naro Moru
Nubian Nightjar
1 Lake Barringo seen at roost
Plain Nightjar
3 seen at Tsawo West in the spotlight at the lodge
Slender-tailed Nightjar
2 Amboseli, 6 at roost Lake Barringo and 1 Tarangiere
Mottled Spinetail
4 Tarangiere
Böhm’s Spinetail
2 Sokoke Forest
African Palm Swift
5 Samburu, 20 Tarangiere and 10 Lake Manyare
Common Swift
2 Lake Naivasha, 600 Serengeti and 2 Ngorongoro
African Black Swift
2 Naro Moru
Nyanza Swift
400 Hell’s Gate, 20 Lake Naivasha and 2 Karen, Nairobi
Mottled Swift
1 Thomson’s Falls and 20 Ngorongoro
White-rumped Swift
20 Nairobi-Tsawo West and 20 Thomson’s Falls
Little Swift
20 Hell’s Gate, 20 Lake Naivasha, 2 Tarangiere and 20 Lake Manyara
Speckled Mousebird
A total of 344
White-headed Mousebird
6 Samburu
Blue-naped Mousebird
28 Tsawo West, 12 Tsawo West-Amboseli and 2 Amboseli
Grey-headed Kingfisher
5 Amboseli, 2 Namanga-Nairobi, 4 Lake Barringo and 1 Tarangiere
Striped Kingfisher
2 Nairobi-Tsawo West
Malachite Kingfisher
5 Lake Barringo and 1 Ngorongoro
Giant Kingfisher
1 Lake Naivasha, Crescent Island
Pied Kingfisher
2 Amboseli, 11 Lake Barringo, 18 Lake Naivasha, 1 Mida Creek and 1 Sabaki River Mouth
Eurasian Bee-eater
3 Thomson’s Fall-Lake Barringo, 5 Lake Barringo, 2 Tarangiere-Lake Manyara, 14 Lake Manyara and 4 Sabaki River
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
28 Tsawo West, 12 Amboseli, 8 Lake Barringo and 2 Lake Manyara
Carmine Bee-eater
12 Malindi and 3 Mida Creek
White-throated Bee-eater
6 Samburu, 2 Lake Barringo and 16 Sabaki River Mouth
White-fronted Bee-eater
2 Lake Nakuru-Hell’s Gate, 1 Hell’s Gate, 6 Lake Naivasha and 2 Lake Nakuru
Little Bee-eater
1 Nairobi, 2 Tsawo West, 8 Amboseli, 2 Namanga-Nairobi, 3 Samburu, 2 Lake Barringo and 9 Serengeti
Cinnamon-cheeked Bee-eater
4 Ngorongoro
Somali Beeeater
2 Samburu
Eurasian Roller
2 Tsawo West
Lilac-breasted Roller
A total of 102
Purple Roller
1 Tsawo West, 1 near Samburu and 1 Tarangiere
Broad-billed Roller
1 Serengeti
Eurasian Hoopoe
1 Samburu and 1 Lake Barringo
African Hoopoe
1 Tsawo West, 2 Samburu, 3 Lake Naivasha and 1 Tarangiere
Green Woodhoopoe
1 Tsawo West, 4 Samburu, 2 Lake Barringo, 1 Serengeti and 1 Sabaki River
Common Scimitarbill
2 Lake Barringo and 7 Sokoke Forest
Abyssinian Scmitarbill
2 Tsawo West, 1 Samburu and 1 Tarangiere
Southern Ground Hornbill
5 Lake Nakuru-Hell’s Gate
Red-billed Hornbill
16 Tsawo West, 6 Samburu, 8 Tarangiere and 4 Serengeti
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
2 Samburu
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
18 Tsawo West, 6 Samburu and 6 Tarangiere
Jackson’s Hornbill
8 Lake Barringo
Hemprich’s Hornbill
4 Lake Baringo and 4 Lake Bogoria
Crowned Hornbill
1 Naro Moru and 1 Lake Barringo
African Grey Hornbill
1 Tsawo West, 1 Lake Barringo, 1 Lake Naivasha, 2 Tarangiere, 1 Lake Manyara and 4 Serengeti
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
2 Lake Manyara
Green Barbet
1 Sokoke Forest and 1 Malindi
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
1 Lake Barringo and 1 Serengeti
Red-fronted Barbet
1 Serengeti
White-headed Barbet
1 Tarangiere
Red-and-yellow Barbet
2 Tsawo West,1 Namanga-Nairobi, 2 Lake Barringo and 2Tarangiere
D’arnaud’s Barbet
5 Lake Barringo, 4 Lake Bogoria, 1 Nakuru, 2 Tarangiere and 4 Serengeti – the latter of the usambiro form, a potential split
Greater Honeyguide
2 Lake Barringo
Lesser Honeyguide
1 Lake Naivasha
Red-throated Wryneck
1 Lake Naivasha
Nubian Woodpecker
1 Tsawo West, 5 Samburu and 1 Serengeti
Mombasa Woodpecker
8 Sokoke Forest
Cardinal Woodpecker
2 Naro Moru, 2 Lake Naivasha, 2 Tarangiere, 1 Lake Manyara and 4 Serengeti
Bearded Woodpecker
1 Samburu-Thomson’s Falls and 1 Lake Bogoria
Grey Woodpecker
1 Thomson’s Falls and 9 Lake Naivasha
Singing Bush Lark
1 Amboseli
Rufous-naped Lark
2 Hell’s Gate and 32 Ngorongoro
Red-winged Lark
1 Lake Nakuru
Flappet Lark
2 displaying Serengeti
Foxy (Fawn-collared) Lark
2 Nairobi-Tsawo West, 26 Amboseli, 4 Amboseli-Namanga, 38 Serengeti and 2 Tarangiere
Red-capped Lark
3 Amboseli, 1 Samburu-Thomson’s Falls and 12 Nogorongoro
Athi Short-toed Lark
11 Amboseli
Short-tailed Lark
2 Serengeti
Fisher’s Sparrow Lark
At least 552
Cheastnut-headed Sparrow Lark
4 Sabaki River Mouth
African Pied Wagtail
2 Nairobi-Tsawo West, 3 Tsawo West, 1 Amboseli-Namanga, 2 Naro Moru, 4 Lake Barringo, 4 Serengeti and 8 Ngorongoro
Mountain Wagtail
1 Naro Moru
Yellow Wagtail
A total of 1.615
Grassland Pipit
1 Tsawo West, 6 Amboseli, 2 Amboseli-Namango, 2 Samburu, 2 Samburu-Thomson’s Falls, 3 Hell’s Gate, 4 Lake Naivasha, 8 Serengeti and 12 Ngorongoro
Long-tailed Pipit
1 Amboseli and 1 Hell’s Gate
Plain-backed Pipit
2 Lake Nakuru and 1 Hell’s Gate
Tree Pipit
2 Thomson’s Falls and 1 Lake Naivasha
Red-throated Pipit
2 Amboseli
Bush Pipit
1 Tsawo West
Sokoke Pipit
3 skulking Sokoke Forest
Golden Pipit
1 Nairobi-Tsawo West and 4 Tsawo West
Yellow-throated Longclaw
2 Amboseli, 11 Lake Nakuru, 1 Lake Naivasha and 7 Serengeti
Pangani Longclaw
2 Lake Manyara
Pink-throated Longclaw
1 Ngorongoro
Banded Martin
1 Lake Naivasha and 2 Ngorongoro
African Sand Martin
12 Amboseli, 400 Lake Naivasha, 10 Thomson’s Falls and 60 Ngorongoro
Bank Swallow
1 Lake Barringo, 1 Hell’s Gate, 200 Lake Naivasha, 1 Serengeti and 1 Sabaki River
Wire-tailed Swallow
1 Samburu, 6 Lake Naivasha and 2 Ngorongoro
Barn Swallow
A total of 10.310
Ethiopian Swallow
8 Malindi
Red-rumped Swallow
7 Amboseli, 20 Naro Moru-Samburu, 60 Lake Barringo, 1 Lake Manyara and 30 Serengeti
Mosque Swallow
3 Lake Naivasha, 4 Manyara-Ngorongoro, 2 Serengeti and 1 Ngorongoro
Lesser Striped Swallow
5 Amboseli, 7 Tarangiere, 9 Serengeti and 3 Ngorongoro
Rock Martin
2 Hell’s Gate
Black Sawwing
4 Naro Moru, 30 Thomson’s Falls and 6 Ngorongoro
White-headed Sawwing
1 Serengeti and 1 Serengeti-Ngorongoro
Mountain Greenbull
2 Ngorongoro
Yellow-whiskered Greenbull
2 Naro Moru
Sombre Greenbull
4 Sokoke Forest and 1 Sabaki River Mouth
Tiny Greenbull
1 Sokoke Forest
Yellow-bellied Greenbull
4 Sokoke Forest
Dark-capped Bulbul
A total of 104 – a recent split from Common Bulbul
Dodson’s Bulbul
8 Tsawo West and 40 Amboseli – also a recent split
Black-lored Babbler
7 Lake Naivasha
Arrowmarked Babler
12 Serengeti
Brown Babbler
1 Lake Barringo
Nothern Pied Babbler
3 Tarangiere
Rufous Chatterer
6 Naro Moru, 6 Samburu, 2 near Thomson’s Falls, 4 Lake Barringo and 8 Serengeti
White-browed Robin Chat
1 Lake Manyara
Rüppels Robin Chat
9 Ngorongoro
Cape Robin Chat
1 Naro Moru, 3 near Thomson’s Falls, 1 Lake Barringo, 6 Lake Nakuru, 2 Lake Nakuru-Hells Gate, 4 Lake Naivasha, 2 Nairobi, 2 Tarangiere
Red-tailed Ant Thrush
4 Sokoke Forest
Spotted Morning Thrush
2 Tsawo West, 3 Samburu, 2 Lake Barringo and 2 Serengeti
Nightingale
5 Amboseli
Thrush Nightingale
1 Tsawo West
White-browed Scrub Robin
2 Samburu and 1 Tarangiere
Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin
19 Sokoke Forest
Rufous Scrub Robin
1 Lake Barringo
White-browed Robin
1 Amboseli – also known as Irania
Common Stonechat
1 Tsawo West, 1 Naro Moru-Samburu, 6 Samburu-Thomson’s Falls, 1 Hell’s Gate, 7 Serengeti and 12 Ngorongoro
Whinchat
1 Tarangiere
Northern Wheatear
A total of 109
Pied Wheatear
7 Tsawo West, 2 Tsawo West-Amboseli, 4 Amboseli-Nairobi, 1 Samburu-Thomson’s Falls, 3 Hell’s Gate and 1 Ngorongoro
Isabelline Wheatear
2 Tsawo West, 1 Amboseli, 1 Naro Moru-Samburu, 1 Lake Naivasha-Nairobi and 1 Lake Manyara
Capped Wheatear
2 Tsawo West and 1 Ngorongoro
Schalow’s Wheatear
8 Hell’s Gate and 2 Ngorongoro
Brown-tailed Rock Chat
4 Lake Barringo
Northern Anteater Chat
1 Samburu-Thomson’s Falls, 4 Lake Nakuru, 3 Nakuru-Hell’s Gate, 6 Hell’s Gate 4 Lake Naivasha and 6 Ngorongoro
Cliff Chat
1 Lake Nakuru
Common Rock Thrush
2 Tsawo West
Olive Thrush
2 Samburu-Thomson’s Falls and 3 Thomson’s Falls
African Thrush
1 Lake Barringo
Bare-eyed Thrush
2 Samburu
Spotted Flycatcher
A total 48
African Dusky Flycatcher
2 Naro Moru
Ashy Flycatcher
5 Sokoke forest
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
2 Naro Moru, 2 Lake Nakuru, 2 Thomson’s Falls, 1 Hell’s Gate and 5 Ngorongoro
Southern Black Flycatcher
2 Samburu
Pale Flycatcher
1 Serengeti
Silverbird
2 Lake Bogoria, 3 Lake Nakuru and 5 Serengeti
Lesser Swamp Warbler
2 Lake Barringo
Olivaceous Warbler
4 Tsawo West, 2 Lake Bogoria, 3 Lake Nakuru, 4 Lake Naivasha, 1 Tarangiere and 2 Serengeti
Upcher’s Warbler
1 Tsawo West
Common Whitethroat
1 Samburu
Blackcap
2 Tsawo West and 1 Lake Naivasha
Chiffchaff
1 singing at the lodge Ngorongoro crater edge is rare
Willow Warbler
1 Tsawo West, 1 Thomson’s Falls, 1 Lake Barringo, 1 Lake Naivasha, 2 Lake Manyara and 1 Serengeti
Zitting Cisticola
2 Serengeti and 2 Ngorongoro
Hunter’s Cisticola
1 Serengeti-Ngorongoro
Tiny Cisticola
1 Tsawo West
Winding Cisticola
9 Amboseli, 4 Lake Naivasha, 5 Tarangiere and 1 Ngorongoro
Rattling Cisticola
3 Tsawo West, 3 Naro Moru, 1 Isiolo, 9 Amboseli, 21 Tarangiere, 4 Lake Manyara and 42 Serengeti
Boran Cisticola
2 Isiolo-Laikipi
Ashy Cisticola
5 Tsawo West
Desert Cisticola
1 Hell’s Gate
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
1 Lake Bogoria and 3 Ngorongoro
Tawny-flanked Prinia
5 Lake Nakuru, 6 Lake Naivasha, 3 Tarangiere, 2 Lake Manyara and 8 Serengeti
Buff-bellied Warbler
1 Lake Barringo and 6 Serengeti
Pale Wren Warbler
1 Serengeti
Grey-backed Camaroptera
1 Naro Moru, 1 Serengeti and 3 Sokoke Forest
Yellow-breasted Apalis
4 Amboseli
Brown-headed Apalis
5 Nogorongoro
Black-headed Apalis
3 Sokoke Forest
Red-faced Crombec
3 Tsawo West, 4 Amboseli, 1 Naro Moru, 1 Naro Moru-Samburu, 2 Lake Barringo and 1 Serengeti
Montane Whiteeye
1 Naro Moru and 1 Thomson’s Falls
Yellow Whiteeye
4 Tsawo West and 2 Lake Bogoria
White-bellied Tit
2 Lake Barringo and 1 Lake Bogoria
Little Yellow Flycatcher
7 Sokoke Forest
African Paradise Flycatcher
3 Lake Barringo and 8 Sokoke Forest
Chinspot Batis
2 Tsawo West, 2 Lake Nakuru, 1 Lake Barringo, 2 Samburu and 1 Lake Manyara
Forest Batis
3 Sokoke Forest
East Coast Batis
10 Sokoke Forest, also known as Pale Batis
Pygmy Batis
1 Lake Barringo
White-crested Helmet Shrike
4 Lake Barringo
Retz’s Helmet Shrike
5 Sokoke Forest
Chestnut-fronted Helmet Shrike
3 Sokoke Forest
Northern White-crowned Shrike
2 Tsawo West, 2 Tsawo West-Amboseli, 2 near Arusha, 8 Tarangiere and 12 Serengeti
Magpie Shrike
10 Tarangiere
Red-backed Shrike
1 Lake Manyara
Isabelline Shrike
4 Nairobi-Tsawo Est, 3 Tsawo West, 3 Tsawo West Ambolseli, 1 Amboseli, 2 Naor Moru-Samburu, 1 Isiolo, 1 Hell’s Gate, 2 Nairobi-Arusha, 1 Lake Manyara and 2 Lake Manyara-Ngorongoro
Lesser Grey Shrike
1 Nairobi-Tsawo West, 1 Lake Nakuru, 6 Lake Naivasha, 2 Tarangiere, 2 Lake Manyara-Ngorongoro and 17 Serengeti
Grey-backed Fiscal
A total of 32 Lake Bogoria- Lake Naivasha
Long-tailed Fiscal
42 Tsawo West, 6 Amboseli, 2 Namanga-Nairobi, 1 Samburu and 6 Tarangiere
Somali Fiscal
1 Samburu – out of range
Taita Fiscal
1 Amboseli and 2 Samburu
Common Fiscal
A total of 98
Brubru
2 Tsawo West, 1 Naro Moru, 1 Hell’s Gate, 2 Tarangiere, 3 Serengeti and 2 Ngorongoro
Black-crowned Tchagra
2 Lake Manyara, 2 Serengeti and 2 Sokoke Forest
Three-streaked Tchagra
2 Tsawo West and 1 Samburu
Rosy-patched Bushshrike
1 Isiolo and 1 Samburu
Tropical Boubou
3 Naro Moru, 1 Lake Naivasha and 5 Sokoke Forest
Slate-colored Boubou
1 Lake Barringo and 4 Tarangiere
Northern Puffback
1 Samburu and 2 Lake Barringo
Black-backed Puffbak
4 Sokoke Forest
Eastern Nicator
2 Sokoke Forest
Common Drongo
A total of 139
Black-headed Oriole
3 Naro Moru, 4 Lake Barringo, 4 Lake Naivasha, 3 Malindi, 8 Sokoke Forest and 4 Sabaki River Mouth
Montane Oriole
1 Naro Moru
Eurasian Golden Oriole
1 Malindi
House Crow
40 Malindi
Fan-tailed Raven
2 Lake Barringo
Pied Crow
A total of 160
Cape Rook
4 Nairobi-Tsawo West, 3 Thomson’s Falls-Lake Barringo, 3 Lake Nakuru-Hell’s Gate and 8 Serengeti-Ngorongoro
Red-winged Starling
3 Naro Moru-Samburu and 1 Lake Bogoria – Lake Nakuru
Slender-billed Starling
1 Lake Barringo escarpment and 2 Thomson’s Falls
Bristle-crowned Starling
14 Lake Barringo
Black-bellied Starling
4 Sokoke Forest
Superb Starling
A total of at least 1.195
Greater Blue-eared Starling
8 Naro Moru, 1 Nora Moru-Samburu, 10 near Isiolo, 4 Lake Nakuru-Hell’s Gate, ( arusha-Tarangiere and 10 Serengeti
Rüppel’s Long-tailed Starling
12 Thomson’s Falls-Lake Barringo, 16 Lake Barringo, 6 Lake Nakuru, 2 Lake Nakuru-Hell’s Gate and 2 Tarangiere
Hildebrandt’s Starling
4 Amboseli, 2 Lake Naivasha, 4 Nairobi-Arusha, 20 Tarangiere and 4 Serengeti
Golden-breasted Starling
2 Tsawo West, 2 Tsawo West-Amboseli, 1 Namanga and 3 Samburu
Ashy Starling
44 Tarangiere
Violet-backed Starling
7 Amboseli and 1 Naro Moru – also known as Plumcoloured Starling
Fischer’s Starling
13 Tsawo West and 8 Samburu
Wattled Starling
20 Tsawo West, 80 Amboseli, 10 Amboseli-Namanga, 260 Lake Barringo, 20 near Arusha and 460 Serengeti
Red-billed Oxpecker
4 Tsawo West, 43 Amboseli, 8 Samburu, 12 Lake Nakuru, 5 Tarangiere and 6 Serengeti
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
1 Amboseli and 6 Serengeti
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
3 Samburu and 2 Lake Barringo
Amani Sunbird
4 Sokoke Forest
Collared Sunbird
13 Sokoke Forest
Olive Sunbird
8 Sokoke Forest
Amethyst Sunbird
6 Naro Moru
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
1 Lake Barringo, 8 Lake Naivasha, 2 Tarangiere and 1 Serengeti
Hunter’s Sunbird
4 Tsawo West
Variable Sunbird
4 Lake Naivasha and 2 Hell’s Gate
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
1 Naro Moru
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
2 Naro Moru, 2 Lake Bogoria and 6 Ngorongoro
Marico Sunbird
1 Naro Moru-Samburu
Purple-banded Sunbird
2 Tsawo West and 2 Serengeti
Tacazze Sunbird
4 Naro Moru, 1 Naro Moru-Samburu, 1 Thomson’s Falls and 12 Ngorongoro crater edge
Bronze Sunbird
3 Naro Moru-Samburu, 2 near Isiolo
Golden-winged Sunbird
2 Isiolo-Laikipia
Malachite Sunbird
1 Naro Moru
Beautiful Sunbird
1 Tsawo West, 1 near Naro Moru and 8 Lake Barringo
Grey-headed Sparrow
20 Lake Naivasha and 4 Tarangiere – I had no notes on (sub)species
Parrot-billed Sparrow
4 Tsawo West, 30 Amboseli and 6 Samburu – a recent split from Greyheaded Sparrow
Swahili Sparrow
4 Serengeti – a recent split from Greyheaded Sparrow
Rufous Sparrow
5Amboseli, 8 Nairobi-Naivasha, 6 Naro Moru, 20 Naro Moru-Samburu, 40 Samburu-Thomson’s Falls, 40 Hell’s Gate, 10 Tarangiere and 30 Serengeti
House Sparrow
2 Nairobi, 1 Thomson’s Falls-Lake Barringo, 20 Lake Manyara, 20 Lake Manyara-Ngorongoro, 20 Malindi
Chestnut Sparrow
20 Hell’s Gate and 4 Tarangiere
Yellow-spotted Petronia
2 Amboseli-Namanga and 2 Lake Barringo
White-headed Buffaloweaver
6 Nairobi-Tsawo West, 40 Tsawo West, 8 Samburu, 20 Lake Barringo, 22 Tarangiere and 20 Serengeti
Red-billed Buffaloweaver
3 Nairobi-Tsawo West, 90 Tsawo West, 20 Tsawo West-Amboseli, 2 Amboseli-Namanga, 50 Namanga-Nairoib, 2 Samburu, 4 Tarangiere and 20 Serengeti
White-billed Buffaloweaver
30 Lake Barringo
Donaldson-Smith’s Sparrow Weaver
18 Samburu
White-browed Sparrow Weaver
2 Isiolo, 40 Samburu, 40 lake Barringo, 20 lake Bogoria and 20 Lake Nakuru
Rufous-tailed Weaver
5 Tarangiere, 1 Serengeti-Ngorongoro and 40 Ngorongoro
Grey-capped Social Weaver
8 Samburu
Speckle-fronted Weaver
1 Naro Moru-Samburu
Baglafecht Weaver
A total of 246
Little Weaver
4 Lake Barringo and 1 Lake Bogoria
Spectacled Weaver
1 Naro Moru, 20 Lake Barringo and 2 Ngorongoro
Holub’s Golden Weaver
1 Lake Naivasha
Golden Palm Weaver
2 Malindi
Taveta Golden Weaver
2 Amboseli
Vitelline Masked Weaver
10 Nairobi and 30 Serengeti
Lesser Masked Weaver
60 Malindi
Northern Masked Weaver
60 Lake Barringo
Speke’s Weaver
40 Lake Nakuru, 2 Lake Manyara and 20 Lake Naivasha
Village Weaver
30 Nairobi-Tsawo West, 20 Amboseli, 20 Namanga-Nairobi, 60 Lake Barringo, 10 Lake Nakuru, 20 Lake Nakuru-Hell’s Gate, 20 Serengeti and 20 Ngorongoro
Chestnut Weaver
20 Hell’s Gate
Dark-backed Weaver
2 Sokoke Forest
Red-billed Quelea
20 Nairobi-Tsawo West, 20 near Isiolo and 120 Tarangiere
White-winged Widowbird
2 Amboseli and 1 Naro Moru-Samburu
Red-collared Widowbird
30 Ngorongoro
Long-tailed Widowbird
6 near Naro Moru and 2 near Isiolo
Jackson’s Widowbird
5 Ngorongoro
Green-winged Pytilia
1 Serengeti – also known as Melba Finch
Red-billed Firefinch
4 Amboseli, 2 Tarngiere, 4 Tarangiere-Ngorongoro and 2 Ngorongoro
African Firefinch
1 Naro Moru and 2 Serengeti
Red-cheeked Gordonbleu
3 Tsawo West, 3 Naro Moru and 2 Isiolo-Thomson’s Falls
Blue-capped Gordonbleu
4 Amboseli and 14 Tarangiere
Purple Grenadier
4 Tsawo West, 6 Naro Moru, 6 Tarangiere and 2 near Nairobi
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
4 Tsawo West
Common Waxbill
20 Amboseli, 1 Naro Moru, 10 Lake Naivasha, 14 Tarangiere and 60 Lake Barringo
Quail Finch
3 Serengeti
African Silverbill
3 Nairobi-Tsawo West, 20 Tsawo West, 8 Samburu, 2 Serengeti-Ngorongoro and 1 Ngorongoro
Bronze Mannikin
2 Naro Moru
Black-and-white Mannikin
1 Sokoke Forest and 140 Malindi
Cutthroat Finch
20 Tsawo West
Village Indigofinch
2 Tarangiere
Pin-tailed Whydah
4 Ngorongoro
Straw-tailed Whydah
2 Tsawo West
Paradise Whydah
40 Mida Creek
Streaky Seedeater
8 Naro Moru and 2 Naro Moru-Samburu
Yellow-rumped Seedeater
10 Lake Manyara
African Citril
6 Lake Naivasha-Lake Nakuru, 2 Lake Manyara and 2 Ngorongoro
Yellow-fronted Canary
7 Naro Moru-Samburu, 2 Samburu-Laikipia, 2 Thomson’s Falls and 1 Sokoke Forest
White-bellied Canary
8 Tsawo West, 2 Tsawo West-Amboseli and 3 Serengeti
Brimstone Canary
5 Naro Moru
Golden-breasted Bunting
1 Serengeti
Somali Golden-breasted Bunting
4 Tsawo West
Rock Bunting
1 Isiolo-Thomson’s Falls
Mammals
Pied Colobus
2 Naro Moru
Olive Baboon
20 Samburu, 2 Thomson’s Falls, 18 Lake Nakuru, 19 Lake Nakuru-Hell’s Gate, 44 Tarangiere, 20 Lake Manyara and 40 Ngorongoro
Yellow Baboon
1 Nairobi-Tsawo West and 12 Tsawo West
Vervet Monkey
5 Nairobi-Tsawo West, 14 Tsawo West, 40 Samburu, 4 Lake Barringo, 12 Lake Nakuru, 4 Lake Naivasha, 18 Lake Manyara and 14 Serengeti
Gentle Monkey
9 Tsawo West, 4 Tarangiere, 6 Ngorongoro and 2 Sokoke Forest
Greater Galago
1 Sokoke Forest
Bat sp
5 Tsawo West, 3 Lake Barringo, 20 Lake Nakuru, 2 Tarangiere and 14 Ngorongoro
Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew
4 Sokoke Forest
Rabbit
1 Lake Naivasha
Spring Hare
1 Amboseli
Squirrel sp
2 Amboseli
Unstriped Ground Squirrel
8 Samburu and 2 Tarangiere
Striped Ground Squirrel
4 Lake Bogoria
Red-bellied Coast Squirrel
3 Sokoke Forest
Mice sp
20 Serengeti
Golden-backed Jackal
2 Ngorongoro
Black-backed Jackal
1 Tsawo West, 1 Amboseli, 1 Samburu, 1 Hell’s Gate and 9 Serengeti
Dwarf Mongoose
4 Tsawo West and 2 Samburu
Banded Mongoose
4 Tarangiere
White-tailed Mongoose
1 Sokoke Forest
Spotted Hyena
1 Tsawo West, 5 Amboseli, Serengeti and 7 Ngorongoro
Common Genet
1 Tsawo West
Wild Cat
1 Amboseli
Leopard
2 Samburu, 2 Serengeti and 1 Ngorongoro
Lion
13 Amboseli, 18 Samburu, 69 Serengeti and 15 Ngorongoro
Cheetah
1 Tsawo West, 1 Samburu, 4 Serengeti and 1 Ngorongoro
Rock Hyrax
2 Lake Barringo, 1 Lake Naivasha, 2 Tarangiere and 2 Serengeti
Bush Hyrax
4 Naro Moru, 10 Serengeti and 1 Ngorongoro
African Elephant
1 Tsawo West, 130 Amboseli, 6 Samburu, 17 Tarangiere, 11 Lake Manyara, 48 Serengeti, 5 Ngorongoro and 2 Sokoke Forest
Common Zebra
A total of 3.603 – also seen outside national parks, most 1.800 Serengeti
Grevy’s Zebra
27 Samburu
Black Rhinoceros
2 Ngorongoro
White Rinoceros
3 Lake Nakuru
Hippopotamus
36 Tsawo West, 16 Amboseli, 16 Lake Barringo, 108 Lake Naivasha, 11 Lake Manyara, 15 Serengeti and 48 Ngorongoro
Common Warthog
25 Tsawo West, 2 Tsawo West-Amboseli, 6 Amboseli, 2 Lake Nakuru, 6 Hell’s Gate, 6 Tarangiere, 3 Lake Manyara, 22 Serengeti and 13 Ngorongoro
Giraffe
Masai-Giraffe : 2 Nairobi-Tsawo West, 12 Tsawo West, 25 Amboseli, 7 Lake Naivasha, 2 Tarangiere, 41 Lake Manyara and 26 Serengeti
Rothschild’s Giraffe 2 Lake Nakuru and Reticulated Giraffe 23 Samburu – by some authors regarded three different species
African Buffalo
4 Tsawo West, 14 Amboseli, 18 Samburu, 90 Lake Nakuru, 24 Tarangiere, 22 Lake Manyara, 280 Serengeti and 180 Ngorongoro
Lesser Kudu
1 Tsawo West and 1 Namanga-Nairobi
Eland
2 Amboseli and 1 Ngorongoro
Bush Duiker
1 Tsawo West
Ader’s Duiker
1 Sokoke Forest
Klipspringer
2 Hell’s Gate
Kirk’s Dikdik
5 Tsawo West, 28 Samburu and 12 Tarangiere
Waterbuck
5 Tsawo West, 15 Amboseli, 42 Samburu, 17 Lake Naivasha, 18 Tarangiere, 12 Lake Manyara, 12 Serengeti and 6 Ngorongoro
Sitatunga
1 Tsawo West
Thomson’s Gazelle
170 Nairobi-Tsawo West, 8 Tsawo West, 5 Tsawo West-Amboseli, 80 Amboseli, 5 Namanga-Nairobi, 2 Samburu, 10 Isiolo-Thomson’s Falls, 40 Lake Nakuru, 3.600 Serengeti and 800 Ngorongoro
Grant’s Gazelle
8 Amboseli, 26 Samburu and 14 Lake Naivasha
Gerenuk
5 Samburu
Impala
A total of 1.262, also seen outside national parks – most 420 Serengeti
Tessebe
23 Serengeti
Hartebeest
18 Serengeti
Wildebeest
An exceptional 550.000 Serengeti. 5.300 Amboseli and 3.500 Ngorongoro. 860 at other localities – also seen outside national parks
Beisa Oryx
28 Samburu
Whale sp
1 Malindi – a dorsal fin seen briefly on quite a distance, looked like Killer Whale
Reptiles
Spotted Bush Snake
1 Serengeti being killed by a secretary bird
Bomslang
1 Serengeti
Redheaded Agama
4 Tsawo West
Mwanza Rock Agama
12 Serengeti
Slender Chameleon
1 thomson’s Falls
Tropical House Gecko
Several
Whiteheaded Dwarf Gecko
5 Malindi
Nile Crocodile
1 Samburu and 3 Lake Barringo
Leopard Tortoise
1 Tarangiere
Hawksbill Turtle
1 dead Malindi
And several unidentified skinks or/and lizards