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CHECKLIST OF BIRDS AT HELL’S GATE NATIONAL PARK, NAIVASHA, NAKURU COUNTY - KENYA

Citation

Ikime T, Mutati A, Mulwa M, Musila S (2024). CHECKLIST OF BIRDS AT HELL’S GATE NATIONAL PARK, NAIVASHA, NAKURU COUNTY - KENYA. Version 1.1. National Museums of Kenya. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6bb9yh accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-23.

Description

The dataset consists of different bird species recorded from Hell’s Gate National Park (NP), Nakuru County-Kenya. The dataset was generated from field visits to the study area. The data is formatted according to Darwin Core Standard (DwC) (GitHub DwC repository: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc; DwC quick reference guide: https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Kenyan Rift Valley, Naivasha, Hell’s Gate National Park (NP), Nakuru County-Kenya. Coordinates: Latitude -0.878774 and Longitude 36.323478, 187 m (4,680 ft–6,561 ft) above sea level.

Bibliographic Citations

  1. BirdLife International. 2021. Gyps rueppelli. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22695207A204723468. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021- 3.RLTS.T22695207A204723468.en. Accessed 30th April 2023. -
  2. Bibby, C. J, Burgess, N. D. & Hill, D. A. 1992. Birds Census Techniques. Academic Press. London. -
  3. Getonto, A.J. 2018. impacts of geothermal power station on avifauna at Hell’s Gate National Park, Nakuru County, Kenya. Msc. Thesis, Kenyatta University, Kenya. -
  4. Harper, D. 1991. Birds of Hell's Gate National Park. University of Leicester Press, Leicester. -
  5. Ikime, T., Musila, S., Mulwa, M. and Mutati, A. 2023. Project Report 2: Assessing the Conservation Status of the Critically Endangered Ruppell’s Vulture (G. rueppellii) at Hell’s Gate and Mt. Longonot National Parks, Nakuru County-Kenya. National Museums of Kenya, Wildlife Research & Training Institute and 2Resilient Conservation Society of Kenya (RCOSOK) technical Report. Nairobi-Kenya. -
  6. Kiringe, J.W. 1990. A vegetation and large herbivore species survey in Hell’s Gate National Park, Naivasha-Kenya. MSc. Thesis, University of Nairobi, Nairobi-Kenya. -
  7. KWS. 2010. Hell’s Gate-Mt. Longonot Ecosystem Management Plan, 2010-2015. KWS. Langata, Nairobi. -
  8. Lepage, D. 2022. Checklist of the birds of Hell's Gate National Park. Avibase, the world bird database. Retrieved from https://avibase.bsc -
  9. Maurice O. Ogoma, Broder Breckling, Hauke Reuter, Muchai Muchane and Mwangi Githiru. 2010. The birds of Gongoni Forest Reserve, South Coast, Kenya. Scopus 30: 1–11. -
  10. Pomeroy, D. and Tengecho, B. 1986. Studies of birds in a semi-arid area of Kenya. III – the use of ‘timed species-counts’ for studying regional avifaunas. Journal of Tropical Ecology 2: 231–247. -
  11. Virani, M. Z., & Harper, D. M. 2004. A comparative study of the breeding behaviour of the Augur Buzzard, Buteo augur, in two different land-use areas in southern Lake Naivasha, Kenya. Ostrich-Journal of African Ornithology, 75(1-2), 11-19. -
  12. Stein, A.B. et al. (2020). Panthera pardus (amended version of 2019 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T15954A163991139. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T15954A163991139.en. Accessed 30th April 2023. -
  13. Wildlife Conservation and Management Department (WCMD). 1985. Hells Gate and Mt. Longonot National Parks Management Plan. Wildlife Planning Unit. WCMD Technical Report. Nairobi, Kenya. -
  14. White, F. (1983). The vegatation of Africa. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation, Paris. -

Contacts

Timothy Ikime
originator
position: Researcher
Wildlife Research & Training Institute
Naivasha
KE
email: ikimetim@gmail.com
Alex Mutati
originator
position: Research Technician
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill
Nairobi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE
email: alekyzmutati@gmail.com
Moses Mulwa
originator
position: Researcher
Resilient Conservation Society of Kenya
Nairobi
KE
email: mulwamusa@gmail.com
Simon Musila
originator
position: Senior Research Scientist, Mammalogy Section, Zoology Dept.
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill
Nairobi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE
email: surnbirds@gmail.com
Timothy Ikime
metadata author
position: Researcher
Wildlife Research & Training Institute
Naivasha
KE
email: ikimetim@gmail.com
Timothy Ikime
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Wildlife Research & Training Institute
Naivasha
KE
email: ikimetim@gmail.com
Alex Mutati
administrative point of contact
position: Research Technician
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill
Nairobi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE
email: alekyzmutati@gmail.com
Moses Mulwa
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Resilient Conservation Society of Kenya
Nairobi
KE
email: mulwamusa@gmail.com
Simon Musila
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Research Scientist, Mammalogy Section, Zoology Dept.
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill
Nairobi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE
email: surnbirds@gmail.com
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