OLORGESAILIE
KENYA
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 21 |
| # Species*: | 34 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 34 |
| # Endemics*: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 2 |
| Species/100 ha*: | 161.9 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
| Habitat: Dry scrub, semi-arid | |
ABOUT THE BIRDING
Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site is dry, arid scrub country below the escarpment south of Nairobi. It's a good place to find birds of arid habitat characteristic of eastern Kenya, some of which aren't present most other places visited on a birding tour to the main reserves and game parks. A museum at the site displays hand tools and other artifacts of pre-historic man from various archeological sites in Kenya.
LOCATION OF SITE
Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site is located about 75km south of Nairobi on the main road to Lake Magadi.