Site Report: Hell's Gate National Park
Hell's Gate National Park by Bicycle.
Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei)
Northern Anteater-Chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops)
Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)
Schalow's Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris)
White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides)
Kenya Rufous Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus) - Male
Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
Grant's Gazelle (Gazella granti)
Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
Schalow's Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris) - Female
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
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Hell's Gate National Park by Bicycle.
Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei)
Northern Anteater-Chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops)
Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)
Schalow's Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris)
White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides)
Kenya Rufous Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus) - Male
Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
Grant's Gazelle (Gazella granti)
Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
Schalow's Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris) - Female
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
National Park near Nairobi.
Visits
- 2013-11-07: Our last stop before heading back to our flights in Nairobi was Hell's Gate National Park. We arranged for some bicycles near the park gate, and just as soon as we got into the park, it started raining. We rode the bikes through the rain for the hike into the slot canyons. It was really impressive to watch the flood waters gathering in the gorge. Later, we found out that several Kenyan tourists had drowned in the same gorge a few years prior. Riding bikes around with the buffalo and zebras was a fitting end to our trip. We got back in the car to sort through the massive traffic jam in Nairobi before heading home.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (22 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(22 records)
Class: Birds
(13 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Bustards
- Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Rueppell's Griffon (Gyps rueppelli)
- Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur)
- Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(6 records)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Schalow's Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Kenya Rufous Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus)
- Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei)
- Family: Shrikes
- Northern Fiscal (Lanius humeralis)
- Family: Swallows
- Red-throated Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne rufigula)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Northern Anteater-Chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
Class: Mammals
(9 records)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (7 records)
- Family: Suidae
- Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
- Order: Perissodactyla
(1 record)
- Family: Equidae
- Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)