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Species seen:
- Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Crested Francolin Peliperdix sephaena
- Hildebrandt's Francolin Pternistis hildebrandti
- Scaly Francolin Pternistis squamatus
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- d'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
- African Hoopoe Upupa africana
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maximus
- Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Pied Cuckoo Oxylophus jacobinus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Klaas' Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Alpine Swift Apus melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- African Swift Apus barbatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Corythaixoides leucogaster
- Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
- Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus
- Buff-crested Bustard Eupodotis gindiana
- Hartlaub's Bustard Eupodotis hartlaubii
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
- Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-billed Kite Milvus migrans
- African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Rüppell's Griffon Gyps rueppellii
- Lappet-faced vulture Torgos tracheliotus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Eastern Chanting-Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Shikra Accipiter badius
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
- African Hawk Eagle Aquila spilogastra
- Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Common Fiscal Lanius collaris
- White-rumped Shrike Eurocephalus rueppelli
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Eurasian Golden-Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Slate-coloured Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- White-winged Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys
- Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Rüppell's Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpuropterus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Fischer's Starling Spreo fischeri
- Golden-breasted Starling Cosmopsarus regius
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Somali Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lesser Striped-Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Northern House-Martin Delichon urbicum
- Garden Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Grey Wren Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- White-breasted White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Caspian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Basra Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
- Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
- Singing Lark Mirafra cantillans
- Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Amethyst Sunbird Nectarinia amethystina
- Hunter's Sunbird Nectarinia hunteri
- Variable Sunbird Nectarinia venusta
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
- White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Grey-headed Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Black-capped Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- African Golden-Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Vitelline Masked-Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Cinnamon-shouldered Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Peters' Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Purple Grenadier Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda nigriloris
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- 229 spp
Other species seen:
Odonata
- Hagen's Sprite Pseudagrion hageni
- One seen and photographed at Hunter's Lodge
- Dancing Jewel Platycypha caligata
- One seen and photographed at Mzima Springs
- Common Emperor Anax imperator
- One or two patrolling the pond at Hunter's Lodge
- Pintail Acisoma panorpoides
- One at Hunter's Lodge the only one seen
- Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens
- The only dragonfly species seen at Ngulia lodge; the waterhole outside the lodge frequently had a handful of individuals over it, whilst others were seen round the swimming-pool. Females were seen ovipositing in the pool and in puddles of water left on the concrete sun-loungers surrounding!
- Red-veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa
- Common at Hunter's Lodge and Mzima Springs (latter inside Tsavo NP)
- Unidentified odonata
Lepidoptera
- African Migrant Catopsilia florella
- Plain Tiger Danaus chrysippus
- Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta
- Occasional individuals of each species were seen on a regular basis around Ngulia Lodge.
Reptiles and amphibians
- Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus
- Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus
- Leopard Tortoise Geochelone pardalis
- African Pancake Tortoise Malacochersus tornieri
- (Red-headed Rock) Agama Agama agama
- Striped Skink Mabuya striata
- Rainbow Skink
- Red-thighed Toad Bufo diadema
Mammals
- African Elephant Loxodonta africana
- Greater Galago Otolemur crassicaudatus
- Olive Baboon Papio anubis
- Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus
- Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas
- Leopard Panthera pardus
- White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda
- Red Mongoose Galerella sanguineus
- Common Genet Genetta genetta
- Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis
- African Crested Porcupine Hystrix cristata
- Huet's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus ochraceus
- Unstriped Ground Squirrel Xerus rutilus
- Burchell's Zebra Equus burchelli
- Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis
- Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus
- Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius
- Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis
- Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus
- Kirk's Dik-dik Madoqua kirkii
- African Buffalo Syncerus caffer
- Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis
- Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus
- Impala Aepyceros melampus
- Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus
- Bohor Reedbuck Redunca redunca
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