MAMMALS OF AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK:  1. Spectacled Elephant shrew(Generally frequents low bush at edge of acacia woodland) 2. Short - snouted Elephant shrew(Inhabits open plains where patches of low bush exist) 3. East African Hedgehog 4. Giant white - toothed shrew 5. Rousette Fruit Bat(Attracted of fruiting trees) 6. Epauletted Fruit Bat(Attracted to fruiting fig trees) 7. White - bellied Tomb Bat 8. Hollow - faced Bat 9. False vampire Bat(colonies often found in dis used masai huts) 10. Yelllow - winged Bat(Hangs in acacia trees and bushes by day) 11. Lander's Horseshoe Bat 12. Banana Bat or African pipistrelle 13. Yellow - bellied Bat 14. Angola Free - tailed Bat(Inhabits roofs of huts and lodges) 15. White - bellied Free - tailed Bat 16. Bush Baby(Frequents acacia woodland) 17. Black - faced vervet monkey 18. Blue or Sykes' monkey 19. Yellow Baboon 20. Hunting Dog 21. Golden Jackal(the rarest of the jackals of Amboseli) 22. Black - backed/Silver - backed jackal 23. Side - striped Jackal 24. Bat - eared Fox (often seen basking outside holes on open plains) 25. Zorilla (seen usually at dusk) 26. Ratel /Honey Badger (rarely seen) 27. African Civet 28. Neumann's or Small - spotted Genet 29. Bush or Large - spotted Genet 30. Marsh Mongoose 31. Dwarf Mongoose 32. Large Grey Mongoose 33. Slender /Black - tipped Mongoose 34. White - tailed Mongoose 35. Banded Mongoose 36. Aard - wolf (rarely seen: nocturnal) 37. Spotted Hyaena 38. Striped Hyaena(rare) 39. Cheetah 40. Caracal 41. African wildcat 42. Serval 43. Lion 44. Leopard 45. Ant Bear (Nocturnal rarely seen) 46. Tree Hyrax 47. Rock Hyrax 48. African Elephant 49. Burchell's or Common zebra 50. Hippopotamus 51. Warthog 52. Masai Giraffe 53. Coke's Hartebeest or Kongoni 54. White - bearded `Gnu or Wildebeest 55. Harvey Red Duiker(much rarer than Bush Duiker) 56. Bush Duiker 57. Klipspringer 58. Steinbok 59. Kirk's Dik-Dik 60. Common waterbuck 61. Bohor Reedbuck 62. Impala 63. Thomson's Gazelle 64. Grant's Gazelle 65. Gerenuk 66. Fringe - eared oryx 67. Bushbuck 68. Lesser Kudu 69. East Africa Eland 70. African Hare 71. African Buffalo 72. Porcupine (Nocturral:seldom seen) 73. Striped Ground squirrel 74. Unstripped Gruond squirrel 75. Bush squirrel 76. Spring Hare 77. African Dormouse 78. Kenya Mole rat    BIRDS OF AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK(KENYA); 1. Masai ostrich (not uncommon on the plains) 2. Little Grebe 3. White - necked cormorant (uncommon visitor) 4. Long - tailed cormorant 5. African Darter 6. White pelican 7. Pink - backed Pelican(spasmodic visitors in varying numbers) 8. Grey Heron 9. Black - headed Heron 10. Goliath Heron 11. Purple Heron 12. Great white Egret 13. Yellow - billed Egret 14. Little Egret 15. Buff - backed Heron or Cattle Egret 16. Rufous –bellied Heron 17. Squacco Heron 18. Madagascar squacco Heron (A non –breeding visitor in small numbers .Generally observed in Loginya swamps) 19. Green –backed Heron 20. Night Heron 21. Little Bittern 22. Dwarf Bittern (The best place to look for herons and egrets is in the swamps below observation Hill and along the edges of Loginya swamp east of Ol Tukai Lodge. ) 23. Hamerkop 24. White stork (winter visitor and passage migrant in flocks of varying numbers) 25. European Black stork (Rare winter visitor) 26. Woolly –necked stork (Rare visitor) 27. Abdim’s stork (spasmodic visitor,sometimes in large flocks plains) 28. Open –bill stork(visitor in small numbers) 29. Saddle –bill stork (Resident in small numbers. Usually seen in Loginya swamp) 30. Marabou stork 31. Wood Ibis or Yellow -  billled stork 32. Sacred Ibis 33. Hadada Ibis 34. Glossy Ibis(Rare visitor) 35. African spoonbill 36. Greater Flamingo 37. Lesser Flamingo(Flamingos occur as vagrants ,never in large numbers) 38. White –backed Duck 39. African pochard 40. Tufted Duck (Rare winter visitor) 41. European shoveler 42. Yellow –billed Duck 43. Garganey Teal 44. Hottentot Teal 45. Red-billed Duck 46. European pintail 47. White - faced Tree Duck (uncommon visitor) 48. Fulvous Tree Duck 49. Knob - billed Duck 50. Egyptian Goose 51. Spur - winged Goose 52. Secretary Bird 53. Ruppell’s vulture 54. White –backed vulture 55. Nubian or Lappet - faced vulture 56. White - headed vulture 57. Egyptian vulture 58. Hooded vulture 59. Peregrine Falcon (visitor in small numbers) 60. Lanner (visitor in small numbers, but commoner than peregrine) 61. Taita Falcon (Rare visitor.Has habit of perching high in dead acacia tree) 62. European Hobby(uncommon spring passage migrant) 63. European Kestrel (winter visitor) 64. Greater or white –eyed Kestrel (Resident in small numbers,mainly Namanga area) 65. Lesser Kestrel(winter and passage migrant) 66. Pygmy Falcon (most frequent acacia bush country towards Namanga) 67. European Black Kite 68. African Black Kite 69. Black –shouldered Kite 70. Bat Hawk (occurs near Namanga .Probably overlooked on account of its crepuscular habits) 71. Honey Buzzard (Rare visitor, usually in April /May) 72. Steppe Eagle (winter visitor in small numbers. Perches on ground on open plains) 73. Tawny Eagle 74. Wahlberg’s Eagle 75. African Hawk Eagle 76. Booted Eagle (Rare winter visitor) 77. Martial Eagle 78. Crowned Hawk Eagle (Recorded a few times; usually immature birds) 79. Long –crested Eagle 80. Lizard Buzzard 81. Brown Harrier Eagle 82. Black –chested Harrier Eagle 83. Southern Banded Harrier Eagle (single record of pair in acacia woodland south of observation Hill) 84. Grasshopper Buzzard (Non –breeding visitor. Mainly in bush country on Emali road) 85. Bateleur 86. African Fish Eagle 87. Steppe Buzzard (winter visitor in varying numbers) 88. Augur Buzzard 89. Little sparrow Hawk 90. Shikra 91. Gabar Goshawk 92. Pale chanting Goshawk 93. Montagu’s Harrier 94. Pallid Harrier 95. European marsh Harrier 96. African marsh Harrier 97. Harrier Hawk 98. Osprey (Rare visitor) 99. Coqui Francolin 100. Crested Francolin 101. Shelley’s (Greywing) Francolin 102. Yellow –necked spurfowl 103. Harlequin Quail 104. Helmeted Guinea –fowl 105. Vulturine Guinea –fowl 106. Kaffir Rail (sometimes seen in swamp near simek causeway) 107. Black crake 108. Moorhen 109. Red –knobled coot 110. Crowned crane 111. Kori Bustard 112. Jackson’s Bustard plains(The rarest of the Amboseli bustards) 113. White –bellied Bustard 114. Buff - crested Bustard (Not uncommon in dry bush country) 115. Black - bellied Bustard 116. Hartlaub’s Bustard 117. Spotted stone curlew 118. Water Dikkop 119. African Jacana 120. Ringed plover 121. Little Ringed plover 122. Kittlitz plover 123. Three - banded plover 124. Caspian plover (winter visitor in flocks in flocks. Open plains) 125. Grey plover (Rare winter visitor ) 126. Crowned plover 127. Senegal plover (Rare visitor in small numbers. Open plains) 128. Black smith plover 129. Long –toed Lapwing (swamps .walks on floating aquatic vegetation in manner of jacana) 130. Avocet 131. Black –winged stilt 132. Painted snipe 133. Curlew sandpiper 134. Little stint 135. Ruff 136. Common sandpiper 137. Green sandpiper 138. Wood sandpiper 139. Spotted Redshank (winter visitor in small numbers) 140. Marsh sandpiper 141. Green shank 142. Temminck’s courser(often attracted to recently burned grassland) 143. Two - banded courser (open plains) 144. Heuglin’s courser (uncommon. Bushcountry ) 145. Pratincole 146. Gull - billed Tern (uncommon visitor) 147. White –winged Black Tern 148. Buttorn Quail 149. Chestnut - bellied sandgrouse 150. Black - faced sandgrouse 151. Yellow –throated sandgrouse in flocks on open grassy plains) 152. Speckled pigeon 153. Red - eyed Dove 154. Mourning Dove 155. Ring –necked Dove 156. Laughing Dove 157. Namaqua Dove 158. Tambourine Dove 159. Emerald –spotted wood Dove 160. Green pigeon 161. Cuckoo 162. Red - chested cuckoo 163. Black cuckoo 164. Great –spotted cuckoo 165. Levaillant’s cuckoo 166. Black and white cuckoo 167. Emerald cuckoo 168. Didric cuckoo 169. Klaa’s cuckoo 170. Blue –headed coucal 171. White –browed coucal 172. White - bellied Go-away –bird 173. Orange –bellied Parrot 174. Brown Parrot 175. European Roller (sometimes abundant on spring migration) 176. Lilac –breasted Roller 177. Rufous –crowned Roller 178. Broad - billed Roller 179. Pied Kingfisher 180. Giant Kingfisher(uncommon) 181. Malachite Kingfisher 182. Pygmy Kingfisher (In scrub and acacia woodland) 183. Grey –headed Kingfisher 184. Striped Kingfisher 185. European Bee-eater 186. Madagascar Bee –eater(visitor) 187. Blue - cheeked Bee-eater (uncommon migrant visitor) 188. White –throated Bee-eater 189. Little Bee –eater 190. Grey Hornbill 191. Red - billed Hornbill 192. Yellow –billed Hornbill 193. Von der Decken’s Hornbill 194. Crowned Hornbill 195. Ground Hornbill 196. European Hoopoe 197. Green wood Hoopoe 198. Scimitar –bill 199. Abyssinian scimitar –bill 200. African marsh owl 201. African scops owl 202. White –faced scops owl 203. Pearl –spotted owlet 204. Spotted Eagle owl 205. Verreaux’s Eagle owl 206. European Nightjar 207. Dusky Nightjar 208. Plain Nightjar 209. Long –tailed Nightjar 210. Speckled mousebird 211. Blue - naped mousebird 212. Brown - throated Barbet 213. Spotted –flanked Barbet 214. Red - fronted Barbet 215. Red - fronted Tinkerbird 216. Red and Yellow Barbet 217. D’Arnaud’s Barbet 218. Greater Honey guide 219. Scaly –throated Honey guide 220. Lesser Honey guide 221. Wahlberg’s Honey guide 222. Nubian woodpecker 223. Cardinal woodpecker 224. Bearded woodpecker 225. Grey woodpecker 226. Nyanza swift 227. Mottled swift 228. Little swift 229. White - rumped swift 230. Horus swift 231. Palm swift 232. Singing Bush Lark 233. Northern white –tailed Lark 234. Flappet Lark 235. Fawn –coloured Lark 236. Pink –breasted Lark (confined to arid bush areas). 237. Fischer’s sparrow Lark 238. Red –capped Lark 239. African pied wagtail 240. Blue - headed and yellow wagtails (Flocks of various races pass through on spring migration) 241. Long - billed pipit 242. Richard’s pipit 242. Yellow –throated longclaw 243. Black –lored Babbler 244. Northern Pied Babbler 245. Rufous chatterer 246. Yellow - vented Bulbul 247. Northern Brownbul 248. European spotted Flycatcher 249. Dusky Flycatcher 250. Grey Flycatcher 251. South African Black Flycatcher 252. Silverbird 253. Chin - spot Flycatcher 254. Black - throated wattle –eye 255. Paradise Flycatcher 256. Olive Thrush 257. Bare –eyed Thrush (occurs in arid bush country) 258. European Rock Thrush 259. European common wheatear 260. Isabelline wheatear 261. Pied wheatear 262. Schalow’s wheatear (Found near Namanga ) 263. Capped wheatear 264. Cliff chat (occurs on Oldoinyo orok ) 265. Anteater chat 266. European whinchat 267. White - browed Robin chat 268. Robin chat 269. Spotted morning warbler 270. Red - back scrub Robin 271. White –winged scrub Robin 272. White –throated Robin (single record near Ol Tukai; may be overlooked) 273. European Nightingale /(winter visitor in small numbers) 274. Thrush Nightingale/Sprosser(winter visitor ,commoner than nightingale) 275. European white throat 276. Garden warbler 277. Blackcap warbler 278. Barred warbler 279. Great Reed Warbler (Passage migrant in spring) 280. European sedge warbler 281. Greater swamp warbler (Resident in small numbers) 282. European willow warbler 283. Grey wren warbler 284. Black –breasted Apalis 285. Red - faced Apalis (occurs in arid bush areas) 286. Grey - capped warbler 287. Buff - bellied warbler 288. Crombec 289. Red - faced crombec 290. Banded Tit –warbler 291. Yellow –bellied Eremomela 292. Grey –backed camaroptera 293. Pectoral –patch cisticola 294. Rattling cisticola 295. Winding cisticola 296. Tawny –flanked prinia 297. European swallow 298. Angola swallow 299. Wire –tailed swallow 300. Red –rumped swallow 301. Mosque swallow 302. Striped swallow 303. Grey –rumped swallow 304. European sand martin 305. African sand martin 306. Banded martin 307. African Rock martin (occurs near Namanga ) 308. Black Rough –wing swallow 309. White –headed Rough –wing swallow 310. Black cuckoo shrike 311. Drongo 312. Straight –crested Helmet shrike 313. White –crowned shrike 314. Northern Brubru 315. Grey - backed Fiscal 316. Lesser Grey shrike (Passage migrant late March/April) 317. Fiscal shrike(Namanga area) 318. Taita Fiscal (Dry bush country) 319. Long –tailed Fiscal 320. Red - backed shrike 321. Red - tailed shrike 322. Slate –coloured Boubou 323. Tropical Boubou (undergrowth in acacia woodland) 324. Black - backed puff-back 325. Black - headed Tchagra 326. Brown –headed Tchagra 327. Sulphur –breasted Bush shrike 328. Grey –headed Bush shrike 329. Rosy –patched shrike 330. Grey Tit 331. White - breasted Tit 332. Red - throated Tit 333. African Penduline Tit 334. European Golden Oriole 335. Black –headed oriole 336. Pied crow 337. White - naped Raven 338. Wattled starling (often perch on zebra in manner of oxpeckers) 339. Violet –backed starling 340. Blue - eared Glossy starling 341. Ruppell’s Long –tailed starling 342. Red - winged starling (Namanga area) 343. Fischer’s starling 344. Hildebrandt’s starling 345. Superb starling 346. Red –billed oxpeckers 347. Yellow white eye 348. Bronzy sunbird (Namanga area) 349. Beautiful sunbird (black –bellied race) 350. Mariqua sunbird 351. Variable sunbird 352. Amethyst sunbird (mainly in Namanga area) 353. Hunter’s sunbird (mainly in dry bush in eastern section) 354. Olive sunbird (occurs around Namanga) 355. Collared sunbird 356. Kenya violet –backed sunbird 357. Buffalo weaver 358. White –headed Buffalo weaver 359. Grey –headed social weaver 360. White –browed sparrow weaver 361. Rufous sparrow 362. Swahili sparrow 363. Parrot –billed sparrow 364. Chestnut sparrow 365. Yellow –spotted Petronia 366. Speckled - fronted weaver 367. Layard’s Black –headed weaver 368. Speke’s weaver 369. Masked weaver 370. Vitelline masked weaver 371. Chestnut weaver 372. Taveta Golden weaver 373. Black –necked weaver 374. Spectacled weaver 375. Holub’s Golden weaver 376. Reichenow’s weaver (Near Namanga) 377. Grosbeak weaver (swamps) 378. Red - headed weaver 379. Red - billed quelea 380. Cardinal quelea 381. Yellow Bishop 382. Yellow –crowned Bishop (spasmodic in appearance; turns up in swampy hollows in years when heavy rains have fallen) 383. Fan –tailed widow –bird 384. White - winged widow –bird 385. Bronze Mannikin 386. Silverbill 387. Grey –headed silver –bill. Frequents dry acacia bush 388. Cut - throat 389. Quail Finch (Frequents marshy spots on open plains) 390. Parasitic weaver (spasmodic in appearance; occurs only in seasons of heavy rains) 391. Green –winged pytilia 392. African Fire Finch (common around Namanga) 393. Jameson’s Fire Finch 394. Red - billed Fire Finch 395. Yellow –bellied waxbill 396. Waxbill 397. Crimson - rumped waxbill 398. Black –cheeked waxbill 399. Red - cheeked cordon -bleu 400. Blue - capped cordon-bleu 401. Purple Grenadier 402. Indigo bird 403. Pin - tailed whydah 405. Steel - blue whydah (Dry bush country near Namanga) 406. Fischer’s straw –tailed whydah 407. Paradise whydah 408. Yellow –fronted canary 409. White –bellied canary 410. Brimstone canary 411. Kenya Grosbeak canary 412. Yellow –rumped seed - eater 413. Streaky seed eater 414. Golden - breasted Bunting 415. Cinnamon –breasted Rock Bunting