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Meru National Park is one of Kenya's best-known parks and one of the two areas in which conservationists George and Joy Adamson raised Elsa, the lioness of Born Free fame. Named after the beloved big cat, Elsa's Kopje is an unashamedly romantic safari lodge settled on a rocky hill in the heart of Meru. The views are breathtaking, the service exceptional and the quality of guiding is superb.

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335
Observations

203
Species

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Melierax poliopterus Cabanis, 1868

Terathopius ecaudatus (Daudin, 1800)

Aquila rapax (Temminck, 1828)

Oena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Pternistis leucoscepus (G.R.Gray, 1867)

Vanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783)

Bubalornis niger A.Smith, 1836

Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell, 1845)

Lamprotornis superbus Rüppell, 1845

10.

Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Melierax poliopterus Cabanis, 1868

Terathopius ecaudatus (Daudin, 1800)

Aquila rapax (Temminck, 1828)

Oena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Pternistis leucoscepus (G.R.Gray, 1867)

Vanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783)

Bubalornis niger A.Smith, 1836

Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell, 1845)

Lamprotornis superbus Rüppell, 1845

10.

Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758)

11.

Lamprotornis purpuroptera Rüppell, 1845

12.

Coracias caudatus Linnaeus, 1766

13.

Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758)

14.

Tockus erythrorhynchus (Temminck, 1823)

15.

Eurocephalus ruppelli Bonaparte, 1853

16.

Vanellus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

17.

Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789)

18.

Pterocles decoratus Cabanis, 1868

19.

Streptopelia capicola (Sundevall, 1857)

20.

Vanellus tectus (Boddaert, 1783)

21.

Corythaixoides leucogaster (Ruppell, 1842)

22.

Streptopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

23.

Polihierax semitorquatus (A.Smith, 1836)

24.

Ortygornis sephaena (A.Smith, 1836)

25.

Dicrurus adsimilis (Bechstein, 1794)

26.

Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors, 1826

27.

Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758

28.

Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, 1790)

29.

Merops pusillus P.L.S.Müller, 1776

30.

Halcyon leucocephala (P.L.S.Müller, 1776)

31.

Tockus deckeni (Cabanis, 1868)

32.

Buphagus erythrorhynchus (Stanley, 1814)

33.

Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789)

34.

Treron calvus (Temminck, 1811)

35.

Bostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790)

36.

Lophoceros alboterminatus Büttikofer, 1889

37.

Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758)

38.

Urocolius macrourus (Linnaeus, 1766)

39.

Trachyphonus darnaudii (Prévost & Des Murs, 1847)

40.

Calamonastes simplex (Cabanis, 1878)

41.

Turtur chalcospilos (Wagler, 1827)

42.

Oriolus larvatus Lichtenstein, 1823

43.

Cypsiurus parvus (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823)

44.

Terpsiphone viridis (Statius Muller, 1776)

45.

Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758

46.

Upupa epops Linnaeus, 1758

47.

Lophoceros nasutus (Linnaeus, 1766)

48.

Malaconotus blanchoti Stephens, 1826

49.

Poicephalus rufiventris (Ruppell, 1845)

50.

Creatophora cinerea (Meuschen, 1787)

51.

Uraeginthus bengalus (Linnaeus, 1766)

52.

Cinnyris nectarinioides Richmond, 1897

53.

Phoeniculus damarensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1901)

54.

Lamprotornis chalybaeus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828

55.

Circaetus cinereus Vieillot, 1818

56.

Bubo lacteus (Temminck, 1820)

57.

Ardeotis kori (Burchell, 1822)

58.

Ploceus rubiginosus Rüppell, 1840

59.

Passer gongonensis (Oustalet, 1890)

60.

Argya rubiginosa (Rüppell, 1845)

61.

Lanius cabanisi Hartert, 1906

62.

Motacilla aguimp Temminck, 1820

63.

Lamprotornis fischeri (Reichenow, 1884)

64.

Polemaetus bellicosus (Daudin, 1800)

65.

Rhodophoneus cruentus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828)

66.

Phyllastrephus strepitans (Reichenow, 1879)

67.

Tchagra senegalus (Linnaeus, 1766)

68.

Struthio molybdophanes Reichenow, 1883

69.

Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865

70.

Cyrtaucheniidae

71.

Lychas obsti

72.

Parabuthus maximus

73.

Hottentotta eminii

74.

Cantharoctenus

75.

Agama lionotus

76.

Pandinurus gregoryi

77.

Heterohyrax brucei

78.

Parabuthus pallidus

79.

Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

80.

Corythornis cristatus (Pallas, 1764)

81.

Gymnoris pyrgita (Heuglin, 1862)

82.

Buphagus africanus Linnaeus, 1766

83.

Anaplectes rubriceps (Sundevall, 1850)

84.

Centropus superciliosus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829

85.

Caprimulgus donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895

86.

Scopus umbretta Gmelin, 1789

87.

Plocepasser mahali A.Smith, 1836

88.

Laniarius funebris (Hartlaub, 1863)

89.

Lanius dorsalis Cabanis, 1878

90.

Campethera nubica (Boddaert, 1783)

91.

Megaceryle maxima (Pallas, 1769)

92.

Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1829

93.

Plocepasser donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895

94.

Telophorus sulfureopectus (Lesson, 1831)

95.

Bycanistes bucinator (Temminck, 1824)

96.

Gypohierax angolensis (Gmelin, 1788)

97.

Merops albicollis Vieillot, 1817

98.

Phoeniculus purpureus (J.F.Miller, 1784)

99.

Oenanthe oenanthe (Linnaeus, 1758)

100.

Colius striatus J.F.Gmelin, 1789

101.

Gyps rueppellii (A.E.Brehm, 1852)

102.

Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758)

103.

Ploceus subaureus A.Smith, 1839

104.

Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758

105.

Vidua macroura (Pallas, 1764)

106.

Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758

107.

Streptopelia decipiens (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870)

108.

Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

109.

Eupodotis senegalensis (Vieillot, 1820)

110.

Oenanthe isabellina (Temminck, 1829)

111.

Columba guinea Linnaeus, 1758

112.

Burhinus vermiculatus (Cabanis, 1868)

113.

Accipiter badius (Gmelin, 1788)

114.

Prionops plumatus (Shaw, 1809)

115.

Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837)

116.

Circaetus cinerascens J.W.Von Muller, 1851

117.

Emberiza poliopleura (Salvadori, 1888)

118.

Onychognathus morio (Linnaeus, 1766)

119.

Charadrius tricollaris Vieillot, 1818

120.

Caprimulgus fraenatus Salvadori, 1884

121.

Crinifer leucogaster (Rüppell, 1842)

122.

Ispidina picta (Boddaert, 1783)

123.

Passer eminibey (Hartlaub, 1880)

124.

Anastomus lamelligerus Temminck, 1823

125.

Euphorbia

126.

Micrelaps vaillanti

127.

Aparallactus lunulatus

128.

Calosoma planicolle

129.

Solpugidae

130.

Brachyphrynus petrosus

131.

Agaricales

132.

Hippotion

133.

Sparassidae

134.

Lixinae

135.

Poliodes roseicornis

136.

Lamiinae

137.

Mitrophrys menete

138.

Eulepida

139.

Varanus albigularis microstictus

140.

Proagonistes mystaceus

141.

Prionops plumatus

142.

Promachus

143.

Pseudaphelia

144.

Poliana micra

145.

Taurotagus

146.

Lydomorphus purpureicolor

147.

Naja ashei

148.

Terminalia brownii

149.

Albizia tanganyicensis

150.

Actiniopteris radiata

151.

Lygodactylus wojnowskii

152.

Microcerus

153.

Crematogaster

154.

Pandinoides militaris

155.

Tomopterna

156.

Ptychadena anchietae

157.

Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii

158.

Kassina senegalensis

159.

Euphorbia magnicapsula

160.

Terminalia spinosa

161.

Hemidactylus angulatus

162.

Broadleysaurus major

163.

Selenopidae

164.

Lycosidae

165.

Plexippus

166.

Zapornia flavirostra (Swainson, 1837)

167.

Halcyon chelicuti (Stanley, 1814)

168.

Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863)

169.

Micronisus gabar (Daudin, 1800)

170.

Cisticola cinereolus Salvadori, 1888

171.

Sylvietta brachyura Lafresnaye, 1839

172.

Lophaetus occipitalis (Daudin, 1800)

173.

Trachyphonus erythrocephalus Cabanis, 1878

174.

Caprimulgus clarus Reichenow, 1892

175.

Hedydipna collaris (Vieillot, 1819)

176.

Pogoniulus pusillus (Dumont, 1805)

177.

Chalcomitra amethystina (Shaw, 1812)

178.

Coracias naevius Daudin, 1800

179.

Acryllium vulturinum (Hardwicke, 1834)

180.

Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758)

181.

Indicator indicator (Sparrman, 1777)

182.

Circaetus pectoralis A.Smith, 1829

183.

Merops superciliosus Linnaeus, 1766

184.

Pterocles exustus Temminck, 1825

185.

Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786

186.

Cisticola brachypterus (Sharpe, 1870)

187.

Polyboroides typus A.Smith, 1829

188.

Buteo augur (Ruppell, 1836)

189.

Corvus albus Statius Muller, 1776

190.

Anthreptes orientalis Hartlaub, 1880

191.

Vanellus armatus (Burchell, 1822)

192.

Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)

193.

Cecropis abyssinica (Guerin-Meneville, 1843)

194.

Tockus flavirostris (Rüppell, 1835)

195.

Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

196.

Bubo africanus (Temminck, 1821)

197.

Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

198.

Sagittarius serpentarius (J.F.Miller, 1779)

199.

Ardea intermedia Wagler, 1829

200.

Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758)

201.

Haliaeetus vocifer (Daudin, 1800)

202.

Ketupa lactea (Temminck, 1820)

203.

Ciconia episcopus (Boddaert, 1783)

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