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The lilac-breasted roller and the rooster are Kenya's national birds. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Kenya. The avifauna of Kenya included a total of 1158 confirmed species as of July 2023. Of them, 11 are endemic, and 4 have been introduced by humans. An additional three species are considered "hypothetical" (see below) and are ...
Synonyms. Coracias caudata Linnaeus, 1766 ( lapsus) The lilac-breasted roller ( Coracias caudatus) is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae. It is widely distributed in Southern and Eastern Africa, and is a vagrant to the southern Arabian Peninsula. [1] It prefers open woodland and savanna, and it is for the most part absent from ...
The Great Rift Valley is part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south. It is part of the Gregory Rift, the eastern branch of the East African Rift, which starts in Tanzania to the south and continues northward into Ethiopia. [1] It was formed on the "Kenyan Dome" a geographical upwelling created by the ...
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Binomial name. Ketupa lactea. ( Temminck, 1820) Verreaux's eagle-owl ( Ketupa lactea ), also commonly known as the milky eagle owl or giant eagle owl, [3] is a member of the family Strigidae. This species is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. A member of the genus Ketupa, it is the largest African owl, measuring up to 66 cm (26 in) in total length.
It is a resident breeder in tropical Africa from Senegal and north Zaire east to Sudan and west Kenya. This common passerine is typically found in open woodland and cultivation. Description. The adults of these stocky 22–23 cm long birds have a metallic purple head and body, and glossy green wings. They have a short tail and a yellow eye.
Pelecanus. Species: P. rufescens. Binomial name. Pelecanus rufescens. Gmelin, 1789. Range map (in Hebrew) The pink-backed pelican ( Pelecanus rufescens) is a bird of the pelican family. It is a resident breeder in the swamps and shallow lakes of Africa and southern Arabia; it has also apparently been extirpated from Madagascar .
Flower colour varies through different shades of purple, pink, yellow, and white and blue. Seeds and seed pods from wild cowpeas are very small, ... Kenya: 264,160
Its strong-scented flowers feature a white corolla, often tinged pink. The fruit is red to purple-black when ripe. Distribution and habitat. Carissa tetramera is native to Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces). Its habitat is dry open woodland. References