Site Report: Nairobi National Park, Kenya
Shopping trip.
Kenya Rufous Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus) - Female
Secretary-Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht) - Female Reichenow's
Bronze Sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis) - Male
Cape Robin-Chat (Cossypha caffra)
Anubis Baboon (Papio anubis)
Yellow-spotted Hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)
Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus)
Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) - Male
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus)
Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata)
Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus) - Male
Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi)
Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla)
Abyssinian Thrush (Turdus abyssinicus)
European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater (Merops oreobates)
Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
Cape Robin-Chat (Cossypha caffra) - Juvenile
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris)
Cook's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)
eland (Taurotragus oryx)
Burchell's Zebra (Equus quagga) - Wounded by Lion
Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
Rufous-naped Lark (Mirafra africana)
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
White-headed Barbet (Lybius leucocephalus)
Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
Eastern Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax validus)
Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
Black-necked Agama (Acanthocercus atricollis)
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri)
Singing Cisticola (Cisticola cantans)
Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida)
Typical Striped Grass Mouse (Lemniscomys striatus)
Bronze Sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis) - Female
Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) - Female
Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus) - Female
Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht) - Juvenile Reichnow's
African Green-Pigeon (Treron calvus)
African Darter (Anhinga rufa)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
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Shopping trip.
Kenya Rufous Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus) - Female
Secretary-Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht) - Female Reichenow's
Bronze Sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis) - Male
Cape Robin-Chat (Cossypha caffra)
Anubis Baboon (Papio anubis)
Yellow-spotted Hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)
Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus)
Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) - Male
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus)
Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata)
Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus) - Male
Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi)
Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla)
Abyssinian Thrush (Turdus abyssinicus)
European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater (Merops oreobates)
Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
Cape Robin-Chat (Cossypha caffra) - Juvenile
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris)
Cook's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)
eland (Taurotragus oryx)
Burchell's Zebra (Equus quagga) - Wounded by Lion
Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
Rufous-naped Lark (Mirafra africana)
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
White-headed Barbet (Lybius leucocephalus)
Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
Eastern Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax validus)
Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
Black-necked Agama (Acanthocercus atricollis)
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri)
Singing Cisticola (Cisticola cantans)
Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida)
Typical Striped Grass Mouse (Lemniscomys striatus)
Bronze Sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis) - Female
Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) - Female
Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus) - Female
Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht) - Juvenile Reichnow's
African Green-Pigeon (Treron calvus)
African Darter (Anhinga rufa)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
National Park on the outskirts of Nairobi.
Visits
- 2013-10-24: After a very long 24 hours in the air, I arrived in Nairobi. I met my friend in the airport, and we headed out to our hotel just outside the gates of Nairobi National Park. Following breakfast, we did a driving safari around the main roads in the park. Despite the proximity to the city, there were plenty of large mammals in the park, and ostriches grazed with skyscrapers in the background. The park is mostly or maybe completely surrounded by fencing, however, so there is a bit of a zoo feeling about it. Still, it was a lot wilder than one would expect so near a large city.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (82 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(82 records)
Class: Birds
(61 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
- Order: Coliiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Mousebirds
- Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (4 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (5 records)
- Family: Secretarybirds
- Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Nyanza Swift (Apus niansae)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (3 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- Order: Musophagiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Turacos
- White-bellied Go-away-bird (Crinifer leucogaster)
- Order: Pelicans
(12 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- African Darter (Anhinga rufa)
- Family: Hamerkops
- Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
- African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(26 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Streaky Seedeater (Crithagra striolata)
- Family: Gonoleks
- Tropical Boubou (Laniarius major)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla)
- Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
- Family: Larks
- Sentinel Lark (Corypha athi)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht)
- Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata)
- Grosbeak Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Kenya Rufous Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus)
- Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster)
- Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Black-collared Apalis (Oreolais pulcher)
- Singing Cisticola (Cisticola cantans)
- Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Abyssinian Thrush (Turdus abyssinicus)
- Cape Robin-Chat (Dessonornis caffer)
- White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (3 records)
- Order: Struthioniformes
(1 record)
- Family: Ostriches
- Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl (Pternistis leucoscepus)
- Family: Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds
(1 record)
- Family: African Barbets
- White-headed Barbet (Lybius leucocephalus)
Class: Mammals
(19 records)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(12 records)
- Family: Bovids
- African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
- Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
- Eland (Taurotragus oryx)
- Grant's Gazelle (Nanger granti)
- Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
- Impala (Aepyceros melampus)
- Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)
- Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
- Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)
- Family: Giraffidae
- Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
- Family: Hippopotamidae
- Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
- Family: Suidae
- Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
- Order: Hyracoidea (3 records)
- Order: Perissodactyla
(2 records)
- Family: Equidae
- Plains Zebra (Equus quagga)
- Family: Rhinocerotidae
- White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Anubis Baboon (Papio anubis)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Typical Striped Grass Mouse (Lemniscomys striatus)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Crocodiles
- Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Agamas
- Blue-headed Tree Agama (Acanthosaura gregorii)