Irangi Forest is snuggled on the eastern side of the Mount Kenya expanse which is the largest Indigenous forest remaining in Kenya
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Irangi Forest is snuggled on the eastern side of the Mount Kenya expanse which is the largest Indigenous forest remaining in Kenya
Irangi Forest is huddled on the eastern side of the Mount Kenya stretch, the largest forest remaining in Kenya. The forest ecosystem plays an important role in the water catchment for two main rivers in the country, the Tana and Ewaso Nyiro. Irangi Forest is an Important Bird Area (IBA) with rich biological diversity, not only in terms of ecosystems but also in terms of species. The area also has a wide variety of fauna with major species of large mammals of international conservation interest, including elephant, leopard, giant forest hog, eastern mountain bongo, and black-fronted duiker. The Irangi Frog is endemic to Kenya and is only known to occur in the Irangi forest and Kimandi on the south-eastern slopes of the Aberdare National Park
Birding in Irangi forest in conducted on foot, on the many nature trails inside the vast forest
Irangi Forest Birds; Mountain Buzzard, Green Ibis, Hamerkop, Eurasian Hobby, African Goshawk Little Sparrow Hawk, Great Sparrowhawk, Augur Buzzard, Booted Eagle, Ayres’s Hawk Eagle, Crowned Eagle, Dusky Nightjar, Olive Pigeon, Lemon Dove, Red-eyed Dove, Tambourine Dove, Hartlaub’s Turaco, African Emerald Cuckoo, African Wood Owl, Little & White-rumped Swifts, Bar-tailed Trogon, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Moustached& Yellow-rumped Tinkerbirds, White-eared Barbet, Fine-banded Woodpecker, Black-fronted Bushshrike, Lesser Honeyguide, Grey Cuckoo Shrike, Kenrick’s, Sharpe & Abbott’s Starlings, Chestnut &Grey throated Apalises, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul, Slender-billed Greenbul, Cabanis’s Greenbul, Cinnamon-bracken Warbler, Brown Woodland Warbler, Abyssinian Ground Thrush, Thick-billed Seed-eater.
A full-day birding in the famous Ol Pejeta Conservancy offers a wealth of possibilities, the park hosts exciting bird species and special animals. Ol Pejeta exhibits such a versatile geography, endowed with endless rolling plains, rivers, marshes, and wetlands which are responsible for the great variety and abundance of birds and mammals. There is a lot to see here- fabulous birds, endless splendid wildlife sightings including the alarmingly rare Northern White Rhino. The climate is mostly cool, dry and enjoyable throughout the year.
