Mara Birds Photo Gallery by RAINBIRDER at pbase.com

Mara Birds

The Mara holds an amazing selection of birds. Habitats include rivers, marshes, riparian forest, scrub & extensive grassland plains. The Mara birdlist exceeds 450 species & includes a large number of raptors amongst many other spectacular species BUT (there always is one!) we travelled to the Mara to see mammals not birds. Despite this I did get a chance to photograph a number of bird species -mainly from a vehicle & usually in less than ideal light conditions. This gallery holds a selection of these images -most are just record shots but at least they hint at the amazing range of birds to be found in the Mara.

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Guest		10-Jan-2017 05:51
maasai mara is absolutly the best in game driving n bird watching.

Quazi Ahmed Hussain		06-Aug-2011 05:10
I visited both Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru last month. Both are like paradises in real sense. A nature lover can easily keep seated in those places for days together watching the heavenly beauties mother nature offers to us for viewing. Thank you for the lovely pictures above.

Guest		13-Mar-2010 14:50
Great collection!Congrats!

Guest		25-Jan-2008 12:01
What a wonderful selection of birds

John Molloy		21-Jan-2008 04:36
Great gallery looking forward to seeing it finished, love the Bateleur images (one of my must see birds)

Birte Person		21-Jan-2008 01:22
Excellent gallery,hope you have checked out OZ for bird photography, especially NT wetlands, enjoyed browsing through.

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Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) headshot	Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) female	Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) female	Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) female
Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) immature	Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) immature	African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) -adult roosting with a full crop	African Hoopoe (Upupa epops africana)
African Hoopoe (Upupa epops africana)	African Hoopoe (Upupa epops africana)	African Wattled Plover (Vanellus senegallus)	Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii)
Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) female	Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) female	Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) female	Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) female
Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) male	Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostris)	Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostris) calling	Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla) male
Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla) male	Black-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster) male	Black-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster) male	Black-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster) male
Black-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster) male	Black-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster) male	Black-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster) male in flight	Black-chested Snake Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis)
Black-chested Snake Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis)	Black-chested Snake Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) with a snake	Black-chested Snake Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) with a snake	Black-chested Snake Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) with a snake
Black-chested Snake Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) guzzling a snake	Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) adult	Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) juvenile	Black-headed Heron juvenile (Ardea melanocephala)
Herons & Yellow-billed Stork @ the roost	Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus) male	Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus) immature	Black-winged Plover (Vanellus melanopterus)
Blue-naped Mousebird (Urocolius macrourus)	Blue-naped Mousebirds (Urocolius macrourus)	Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus) adult	Black-shouldered Kite immature (Elanus caeruleus)
Black-shouldered Kite immature (Elanus caeruleus)	Black-shouldered Kite immature (Elanus caeruleus) eating a mouse	Black-shouldered Kite immature (Elanus caeruleus) eating a mouse	Chin-spot Batis (Batis molitor) female
Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus tricolor)	Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus tricolor)	Common Fiscal (Lanius collaris)	Common Fiscal (Lanius collaris)
Common Fiscal (Lanius collaris)	White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus) at a carcase @ dawn	White-backed Vultures & Marabou Stork @ a carcase	White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus) on a kill @ sunrise
White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus) on a kill @ sunrise	White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus) on a kill @ sunrise	Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) @ the carcase	Lappet-faced Vulture & White-backed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus)	Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus)	Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus)	Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus)
Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus)	Ruppells Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)	Ruppells Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)	Ruppells Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)
Ruppells Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)	Ruppells Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)	Ruppells Griffon Vultures (Gyps rueppellii)	White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)	White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)	White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)	White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis pair)
White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis) pair	White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis) pair	Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)	Coqui Francolin (Francolinus coqui) female
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)	Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)	Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)	Red-necked Spurfowl (Francolinus afer)
Red-necked Spurfowl (Francolinus afer)	Red-necked Spurfowl (Francolinus afer)	Egyptian Goose (Alopechen aegyptiacus)	Egyptian Goose (Alopechen aegyptiacus)
White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) female	White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) male	White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) male headshot	Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) Female
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) Male	Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) Male	Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) pair	Emerald-spotted Wood Dove (Turtur chalcospilos)
Schalows Turaco (Tauraco schalowi)	Schalows Turaco (Tauraco schalowi)	Schalows Turaco (Tauraco schalowi)	Schalows Turaco (Tauraco schalowi) headshot
Crowned Plover (Vanellus coronatus)	Crowned Plover (Vanellus coronatus)	Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)	Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) fishing @ dawn
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) fishing @ dawn	Spotted Thick-Knee (Burhinus capensis)	Spotted Thick-Knee (Burhinus capensis)	Temmincks Courser (Cursorius temminckii)
Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris)	Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris)	Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)	Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) fishing
Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) fishing @ dawn	Yellow-billed Stork juvenile (Mycteria ibis)	Yellow-billed Stork juvenile (Mycteria ibis) headshot	Yellow-billed Storks (Mycteria ibis) feeding at dawn
Yellow-billed Storks (Mycteria ibis) flying out at dawn	Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus) @ dawn	Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus) @ dawn	White Storks (Ciconia ciconia)
Marabou Stork (Leptoptilus crumeniferus)	Marabou Stork (Leptoptilus crumeniferus)	Marabou Stork (Leptoptilus crumeniferus) @ dawn	Marabou Stork (Leptoptilus crumeniferus)
Marabou Stork (Leptoptilus crumeniferus)	Marabou Stork (Leptoptilus crumeniferus) headshot	Marabou Stork (Leptoptilus crumeniferus) headshot	Marabou Stork (Leptoptilus crumeniferus) preening
Marabou Stork (Leptoptilus crumeniferus) preening	Masai Ostrich female (Struthio camelus massaicus) displaying	Masai Ostrich male (Struthio camelus massaicus)	Masai Ostrich male (Struthio camelus massaicus)
Masai Ostrich male (Struthio camelus massaicus)	Masai Ostrich male (Struthio camelus massaicus)	Masai Ostrich male (Struthio camelus massaicus) displaying	Masai Ostrich male (Struthio camelus massaicus) displaying
Masai Ostrich male (Struthio camelus massaicus)-flushed in display	Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus)	Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus)	Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus)
Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus) party	Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)	Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)	Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) @ sunrise
Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) hunting	Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) hunting	Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) hunting	Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) hunting @ dawn
Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) hunting @ dawn	Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) in pre-dawn light	Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) on the nest	Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) on the nest
Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) preening	Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) preening	Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) Quillhead	Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) on a bugfest!	Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)	Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)	Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)	Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)	Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)	Golden-tailed Woodpecker (Campethera abingoni)
Red-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus pusillus)	Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lachrymosa)	Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lachrymosa)	Tropical Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus) in dense shade
Grey-headed Bush-Shrike (Malaconotus blanchoti)	Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudata)	Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudata)	Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudata)
Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudata)	Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudata)	Little Bee-Eater (Merops pusillus cyanostictus)	Little Bee-Eater (Merops pusillus cyanostictus)
Little Bee-Eater (Merops pusillus cyanostictus)	Wattled Starlings (Creatophora cinerea) @ dawn	Yellow-billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus)	Yellow-billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus)
Ruppells Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)	Ruppells Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)	Ruppells Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)	White-headed Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne albiceps)
Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)	Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)	Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus)	Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus)
Rosy-breasted Longclaw (Macronyx ameliae) female	Hildebrandts Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)	Hildebrandts Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)	Hildebrandts Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)
Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus)	Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus)	Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus)	Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leuocogaster verreauxi) Male
Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leuocogaster verreauxi) female	Marico Sunbird (Nectarinia mariquensis) juvenile male	Marico Sunbird (Nectarinia mariquensis) male	Marico Sunbird (Nectarinia mariquensis) male
Northern Black Flycatcher (Melaenornis edolioides)	Slate-coloured Boubou (Laniarius funebris)	Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra)	Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra)
White-browed Coucal juvenile (Centropus superciliosus)	Dark Chanting Goshawk (Melierax metabates)	Dark Chanting Goshawk (Melierax metabates)	Dark Chanting Goshawk (Melierax metabates)
Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar)	Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar)	Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar) chasing a small bird	Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar) immature
Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar) immature hunting	Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar) immature hunting	Ovambo Sparrowhawk (Accipiter ovampensis) juvenile	Ovambo Sparrowhawk (Accipiter ovampensis) juvenile
Ovambo Sparrowhawk (Accipiter ovampensis) juvenile	Ovambo Sparrowhawk (Accipiter ovampensis) juvenile	Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis) juvenile preening	Tawny Eagle ( Aquila rapax)
Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)	Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)	Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)	Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) with a full crop	Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)	Verreauxs Eagle-Owl (Bubo lacteus)	Verreauxs Eagle-Owl (Bubo lacteus)