Birding Safaris in Masai MAra

Birding Safaris in Masai Mara

Birding Safaris in Masai Mara, Masai Mara national reserve is termed as the birding paradise with over 450 bird species out of which more than 45 species of birds of prey. The reserve hosts the largest bird on planet earth that is the Ostrich also commonly known as “the Masai Ostrich”. This bird life is harbored by a great advantage of different ecosystem that forms the reserve like open savannah, river banks, rocky sides and the Great Rift Valley escarpments.

Birders enjoy the Birding Safaris in Masai Mara which come in all colors and sizes of birds with a key Kenya’s Savannah bird species easily seen in the reserve. Masai mara has a record of raptors with over 45 species available in the open savannah of the park, this gives an added advantage to birders to do birding throughout the year from Masai Mara.

Birding Safaris in Masai Mara

Masai mara has the greatest record of the highest number of bird species in Africa more than even countries; it’s through Birding Safaris in Masai Mara  that Kenya got an award after breaking the birding record as the only country in the world one can see 342 bird species within 24 hours catensy of Masai Mara national reserve.

Mara hosts a lot of migratory birds annually between October and Feb the reserve receives more Palearctic migrants , swallows, tens, waders and others while around June to July Mara river swamp is fully occupied by weaver birds and bishops as they come for breeding.

Birding Safaris in Masai Mara

Other most popular bird species are Rosy-throated long and magpie Shrike, Ostrich, Long tailed Cormorant, Little Bittern, Cattle Egret, Rufous-billied Heron, Great Egret, Grey Heron, Hamerkop, Marabou stork, Yellow-billed stork, Hadeda Ibis, Sacred Ibis, Ruppels Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, African Fish Eagle, Tawny Eagle, Kori bustard, Secretary bird, Sooty chat, Usambiro barbet the list is very long.

The wide diversified range of habitats supports a great diversity of birds in Masai Mara making your birding holiday more wonderful and experiential.

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