Mammal and Bird Lists

There is an incredible amount of wildlife out here. Almost every day on the way to and from the baboon troops we come across gazelles, Grevy’s zebra, elephants, and giraffes – so often that these animals have become commonplace for us. The most exciting of our new spots was (1) our first black rhino (a very shy animal) and (2) a cheetah stalking a mixed herd of gazelles and zebra. Here is my complete mammal list to date:  

African Elephant

Anubis Baboon

Beisa Oryx

Black Rhinoceros

Black-backed Jackal

Burchell's Zebra

Bush Hare

Cape Buffalo

Cheetah

Common Eland

Gerenuk

Grant's Gazelle

Grevy's Zebra

Guenther's Dik Dik

Hippo

Impala

Jackson's Hartebeest

Klipspringer

Lesser Kudu

Pygmy Mongoose

Reticulated Giraffe

Rock Hyrax

Spotted Hyena

Steenbok

Swayne's Dik Dik

Thomson's Gazelle

Vervet Monkey

Warthog Waterbuck

Of course we also see a ton of birds, not only are there numerous species here year-round, but this area hosts a variety of migrant species across the year as well. This is, of course, a partial list of what’s around here. When I’m out with the baboons I don’t tend to have to time to ID all the birds around me, or take their photos for later identification. So, here’s my bird list to date, all the species I have identified in between baboon time and around camp:

Common Names:

Abyssinian Scimitarbill

African Crow

African Firefinch

African Paradise Flycatcher

African Pied Wagtail

African Spoonbill

Amethyst Sunbird

Arabian Bustard

Augur Buzzard

Baglafecht Weaver

Beautiful Sunbird

Black Coucal

Black Coucal

Black Kite

Black-capped Social Weaver

Black-headed Batis

Black-headed Heron

Black-headed Weaver

Blacksmith Lapwing

Black-winged Stilt

Blue-naped Mousebird

Brown Parrot

Brubru

Cape Rook

Cardinal Woodpecker

Chin-spot Batis

Cliff Chat

Common Bulbul

Common Kestrel

Common Ostrich

Common Rock Thrush

Crowned Lapwing

d'Arnaud's Barbet

Dusky Nightjar

Eastern Chanting Goshawk

Egyptian Goose

Ethiopian Swallow

Eurasian Hoopoe

Eurasian Swift

European Roller

Fork-tailed Drongo

Golden-breasted Starling

Great Egret

Great White Pelican

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Green Wood-Hoopoe

Grey Crowned Crane

Grey Heron

Grey Woodpecker

Grey-headed Silverbill

Hadada Ibis

Hamerkop

Helmeted Guineafowl

Heuglin's Courser

Hildebrandt's Starling

Kori Bustard

Lesser Masked Weaver

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Lilac-breasted Roller

Little Bee-eater

Little Grebe

Little Rock Thrush

Little Swift

Marico Sunbird

Namaqua Dove

Northern Wheatear

Northern White-crowned Shrike

Nubian Woodpecker

Pied crow

Pintailed Whydah

Purple Grenadier

Red-and-yellow Barbet

Red-billed Hornbill

Red-billed oxpecker

Red-billed Teal

Red-capped Lark

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Red-fronted Barbet

Red-rumped Swallow

Red-winged Starling

Ring-necked Dove

Rock Thrush

Rosy-breasted Bush-shrike

Rosy-breasted Longclaw

Rufous Sparrow

Rufous-crowned Roller

Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Secretary Bird

Somali Ostrich

Speckled Mousebird

Speckle-fronted Weaver

Spotted Thick-knee

Spur-winged Lapwing

Steel-blue Whydah

Superb Starling

Three-banded Plover

Variable Sunbird

Verreaux's Eagle

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Vulturine Guineafowl

White-bellied Bustard

White-bellied Canary

White-bellied Go-away-bird

White-browed Robin-chat

White-browed Scrub-Robin

White-browed Sparrow-weaver

White-headed Mousebird

Woodland Kingfisher

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Yellow-spotted Petronia Sorry, no time for pictures, maybe next time!!