Site Report: Lake Navaisha - South Shore
Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Tropical Boubou (Laniarius major)
Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)
Fischer's Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri) - Hybrid with Yellow-collared Lovebird
Eland (Taurotragus oryx)
Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis)
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri) - Juvenile
Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) Eats Flamingo
African Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus) - Juvenile
Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha)
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Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Tropical Boubou (Laniarius major)
Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)
Fischer's Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri) - Hybrid with Yellow-collared Lovebird
Eland (Taurotragus oryx)
Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis)
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri) - Juvenile
Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) Eats Flamingo
African Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus) - Juvenile
Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha)
Lake in Kenya
Visits
- 2013-11-07: For our last day in Kenya, we decided to visit a couple of areas in the south end of Lake Navaisha. We stayed overnight next to the lake shore, and in the morning, we walked around a nearby crater lake. The crater lake was interesting as the first thing we saw was a hyena grabbing a lesser flamingo. Then, we lost the main trail on the walk around the lake, and we ended up inside the crater with all the animals. It was a bit disconcerting when a group of about 25 buffalo started stampeding somewhere within hearing range.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (37 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(37 records)
Class: Birds
(29 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha)
- Order: Coliiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Mousebirds
- Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
- Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Fischer's Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri)
- Order: Pelicans
(5 records)
- Family: Flamingos
- Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Family: Pelicans
- Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Order: Perching Birds
(15 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- White-bellied Tit (Melaniparus albiventris)
- Family: Drongos
- Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
- Family: Gonoleks
- Tropical Boubou (Laniarius major)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- African Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides sharpei)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Green-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri)
- White-browed Robin-Chat (Cossypha heuglini)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
- Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Hildebrandt's Francolin (Pternistis hildebrandti)
- Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: African Barbets
- White-headed Barbet (Lybius leucocephalus)
Class: Mammals
(8 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Hyaenidae
- Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (5 records)
- Family: Giraffidae
- Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
- 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)