10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

This attractive (for a lark anyway) species is restricted to the dry savannah Somali-Maasai biome of north-east Africa (northern Tanzania, Kenya, southern Ethiopia and Somalia). Photo by Adam Riley. Pink-breasted Lark. Its specific preference is arid areas with sandy soils and scattered trees. Pink-breasted Dove.

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Africa Somalia Mozambique Pelicans 246

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Herbert is Managing Director of Bird Uganda Safaris, LTD and his company offers a variety of birding and wildlife tours of the most naturally resplendent regions of Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. He is also the team leader of the African Birding Expo which has made him a members of the World Bird Fairs Council. Herbert holds a B.

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Uganda Rwanda Wildlife Reserve Kenya 256

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

The former occurs from Kakamega Forest in Kenya westwards to Cameroon and the latter from Cameroon westwards to Sierra Leone. It occurs in similar montane forest edges but further south, with Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania forming the bulk of its range.

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Africa Gabon Uganda South Africa 266

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2019

4%: Mexico, West Papua (Indonesia), New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya. Kenya and Tanzania combined offer the longest tour list of Africa, South Africa with its good infrastructure and easiness of finding birds comes close second, while Madagascar is there because of its 100 endemics. 8%: Brazil, Panama. 17%: Ecuador, Peru.

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Papua New Guinea America Costa Rica Sri Lanka 214

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2021

I had the good fortune to visit Lake Nakuru in Kenya in 2019, one of the high elevation rift valley soda lakes. There is still so much to learn! It seems like ages ago and almost a completely foreign concept, but once upon a time we used to travel for birding!

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Buffalo Kenya Trinidad 2019 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Some Floridians to this day claim that all Grey-headed Swamphen present in their state were born in Kenya (in birding circles, these are known as “birthers”), and that the species should thus be removed from the American list. In 2013, it was even included in the birdwatching list of the American Birding Association.

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China Kenya Florida India 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2013

They do not look or act much like any other birds (my photo above shows a Speckled Mousebird , Colius striatus , in Nairobi, Kenya). Mousebirds (order Coliiformes) are one of the perennial puzzles in bird systematics. The six living species are all found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Kenya Parrots Africa North America 193

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

A lot of destinations were mentioned, with Central and South America leading the way, New Guinea, Indonesia and Australia appearing only at the middle of the list, and African countries (South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar) lagging at the end of the list.

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Congo Africa Madagascar Kenya 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Three years ago I asked American birders which foreign countries they dream of birding, and with more than one fifth of all answers, Costa Rica turned to hold a very strong first place.

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Costa Rica San Jose Nepal Europe 264

Critter News

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Kenya seized almost 700 kilograms of ivory worth millions of dollars in a night-time raid at the country's main airport. So far this year poachers in Kenya have killed 128 elephants for their ivory; last year 98 were killed. So far this year poachers in Kenya have killed 128 elephants for their ivory; last year 98 were killed.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

1101-1200 sp: Mexico; Argentina; DR Congo (Kinshasa), Tanzania, Kenya; India. . – now the pace quickens: USA; Angola, Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia; Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam. 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China. 1401-1600 sp: Ecuador, Bolivia; Indonesia.

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Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Central African Republic Guyana 233

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

To follow on from that, I decided to include a few other often-overlooked birds from my travels to Kenya. It was only during the preparation of that post I truly realized how many images I had of these little brown birds! Hanging out with my friend Washington Wachira of Cisticola Tours Ltd – it was impossible to bypass any cisticola.

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Kenya Washington Groups Game 232

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

A Sharpe’s Longclaw photographed on the Kinangop Plateau, Kenya by Adam Riley. Sharpe’s Longclaw This attractive species is endemic to Kenya, and occurs in the few remaining, fragmented and isolated regions where high altitude tussock grassland hasn’t yet been converted into agricultural land.

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Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 228

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

Kenya (1034 / 1153). Taking as a rule, the higher figure is more accurate. The Oriental realm. Indonesia (1615 / 1603). Malaysia (702 / 781). Thailand (925 / 948). India (1180 / 1171). Sri Lanka (375 / 436). The Afrotropics. Uganda (987 / 1083). South Africa (755 / 842). Botswana (529 / 577). Namibia (595 / 690). The Neotropics.

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Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2015

They are also found in patches of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and also north through Zambia, the Congo and Tanzania (just poking into Kenya). They seem to like the building and are pretty tame. Bringing food to the young. This fledgeling was trapped in the lobby, but we were able to guide it back outside. The family reunited in safety.

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Mozambique Zambia Zimbabwe Namibia 190

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2011

Instead, name one of the endemic species in this country.

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Myanmar Bolivia 2011 Venezuela 150

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2020

I wrote previously about the prolific birding that is to be had in the small town of Baringo, Kenya. That post dealt specifically with the dry scrub that surrounds Lake Baringo, however. The lake itself is a whole other pot of gold. At an elevation of 970m, Lake Baringo is a typical freshwater Rift Valley lake with much of the usual suspects.

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Kenya Fish Trinidad Eagles 174

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2012

The Mantled Guereza , ( Colobus guereza ) The Mantled Guereza, also known as the Eastern Black-and-white Colobus or Abyssinian Black-and-white Colobus , is a common forest species found across the rain forests and savannah woodlands of central Africa from Cameroon to Kenya, with a separate population across most of Ethiopia.

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Monkeys Uganda Primates Cameroon 172

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

While Uganda does not have the international reputation of its neighbors Kenya and Tanzania, the experience there is no less extraordinary – and in many ways, particularly for the birder, it’s even more so. The diversity of habitats in this country that is approximately the size of Oregon is particularly notable.

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Uganda Africa Squirrels Tanzania 190

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2021

If it means that the authors think that this – the many fine photographs, by David Tipling — is distinctive in books about migration, and that it’s something of which he, and they, are, and should be, proud, they’re right on both counts, as the examples below (clockwise from upper left: Lesser Flamingos in Kenya, Turtle Doves in Norfolk, Osprey (..)

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Alaska Kenya Georgia Russia 255

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Prime destinations for seeing African Elephant in the wild include Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda. Lions are most easily found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Leopards Elephants 240

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Here, in south-west Ethiopia’s awkwardly named “Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region”, bordering Kenya and Sudan, the great Omo River dominates this dry savanna valley, resulting in some of Africa’s most well developed and best preserved arid-zone riverine forests.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Cattle 255

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2016

Bird book of choice is the “Birds of East Africa” by Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe, a Helm Field Guide covering Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi – also the first complete guide to cover the 1388 species found in this region.

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Africa Uganda Gorillas Rwanda 169

Critter News

DECEMBER 3, 2009

More than two tons of illegal ivory have been seized and more than 100 people have been arrested in the largest international operation targeting wildlife crime across Eastern Africa, the Kenya Wildlife Service and INTERPOL announced today.

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Africa Trafficking Kenya Elephants 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2015

Essentially, their record was broken in 1986 by Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe when they recorded 342 species during one calendar day in Kenya. Talk about mega birding (and mega skills of course)! Although they did use a small plane during the process, that’s still one heck of an impressive total.

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Costa Rica Kenya South Africa Ecuador 182

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Dedicated keepers at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Nairobi Elephant Nursery in Kenya protect baby Shukuru from the cold and rain, and the risk of pneumonia, with a custom-made raincoat. Sheldrick is fourth-generation Kenya-born and has spent the better part of her life tending wild animals.

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Elephants Kenya Wounded Rhinos 100

Critter News

MAY 10, 2009

Echo, the elephant matriarch of a 40 member herd in Kenya has died from what is believed to be old age.

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Elephants Kenya Research Tagged 100

Critter News

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Body said arrests and seizures were part of a five-country law enforcement operation co-ordinated by INTERPOL, and involved more than 300 law enforcement officers from police, customs, national wildlife and national intelligence agencies in Congo (Brazzaville), Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia, further saying this represented largest-ever international (..)

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Trafficking Africa Zambia Ghana 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2015

My only sighting until this year had been a distant speck on a far off koppie in Kenya, but this pair (they live in pairs) came very close to my safari vehicle in Madikwe in South Africa. Literally ‘rock-jumper’ in Afrikaans, this tiny antelope is rarely found far from rocky outcrops (or koppies) or mountainous outcrops.

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South Africa Kenya Leopards Africa 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

A two-week birding tour could expect around 400 species and up to 550 in 3 weeks, including sightings of most of Ethiopia’s endemic and near-endemic birds.

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Eritrea Ethiopia Africa Mammals 275

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Kilimanjaro in Kenya, lions are attacking Maasai cattle, as they have for hundreds of years. As promised, another sneak peak! Tonight’s program is called Lion Warriors and premieres Wednesday, December 8, at 9PM ET/PT. On the Great Plains below Mt.

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Lions Kenya Cats Livestock 100

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Everything from lions in Kenya to snow leopards in the Himalaya, the big cats all need our help. So of course we wanted to help spread the word about the Cause an Uproar initiative. Big cats in the world need our help. They are disappearing quickly due to habitat loss as well as conflict with humans.

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Snow Leopard Kenya Leopards Lions 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

This 12,000 square mile ecosystem stretches across north-western Tanzania into the Maasai Mara in Kenya. So here are my three essential northern Tanzanian sites: The Serengeti – derives its name from the Maasai word “ serengit ” meaning “ endless plains ”.

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Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 248

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

You may have heard of him; he lives in Kenya and holds the Big Day world record. They look like grayish flycatchers but they’ll show rufous in the wings when they fly.”. Put it this way, the least experienced person on the Field Guides team—on his first trip to Peru—was Terry Stevenson.

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Peru South America Birds Kenya 255

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

One of my most memorable outings was a night-time game drive in Kenya when we saw an aardvark and a zorilla, so we ticked off both the first mammal in the field guide’s index, and the last. On my 21-day Kenyan safaris we reckoned to find around 600 species of birds and around 60 mammals, both impressive totals.

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Fur Otters Bulgaria Estonia 235

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2024

I’ve done a number of big days since, most notably in Kenya in 1986. To achieve our score, we started at dawn in Kakamega Forest in Western Kenya, from where we flew to the Rift Valley, then on to the Indian Ocean coast at Malindi. Though I say it myself, it still makes an amusing read.

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Kenya Birds Barn Owls Owls 139

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

The first time I went was for my Masters Field Trip, studying tropical ecology in Kenya (otherwise known as the best month of my life). As has been the case every time I’ve been to Africa before, I won’t be there just for play. The second trip was for my masters project ( the one with the cave ).

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Uganda Sharks New Zealand Africa 169