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Animals in Kenya

20 animal species on file have openly licensed sighting records from Kenya, 7 of them threatened. Records include captive animals and introduced populations.

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Species recorded
20
Threatened
7
Groups represented
6
Sighting records
23,150
Fiji: 11 speciesTanzania: 21 speciesW. Sahara: 8 speciesCanada: 38 speciesUnited States of America: 61 speciesKazakhstan: 13 speciesUzbekistan: 10 speciesPapua New Guinea: 11 speciesIndonesia: 26 speciesArgentina: 22 speciesChile: 18 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 21 speciesSomalia: 13 speciesKenya: 20 speciesSudan: 21 speciesChad: 12 speciesHaiti: 9 speciesDominican Rep.: 10 speciesRussia: 32 speciesBahamas: 12 speciesFalkland Is.: 5 speciesNorway: 26 speciesGreenland: 14 speciesFr. S. Antarctic Lands: 15 speciesTimor-Leste: 5 speciesSouth Africa: 35 speciesLesotho: 6 speciesMexico: 28 speciesUruguay: 13 speciesBrazil: 31 speciesBolivia: 9 speciesPeru: 17 speciesColombia: 19 speciesPanama: 18 speciesCosta Rica: 19 speciesNicaragua: 13 speciesHonduras: 12 speciesEl Salvador: 12 speciesGuatemala: 13 speciesBelize: 16 speciesVenezuela: 15 speciesGuyana: 8 speciesSuriname: 12 speciesFrance: 45 speciesEcuador: 18 speciesPuerto Rico: 13 speciesJamaica: 10 speciesCuba: 14 speciesZimbabwe: 14 speciesBotswana: 12 speciesNamibia: 33 speciesSenegal: 21 speciesMali: 11 speciesMauritania: 7 speciesBenin: 17 speciesNiger: 9 speciesNigeria: 21 speciesCameroon: 14 speciesTogo: 7 speciesGhana: 14 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 17 speciesGuinea: 11 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 8 speciesLiberia: 12 speciesSierra Leone: 12 speciesBurkina Faso: 6 speciesCentral African Rep.: 12 speciesCongo: 10 speciesGabon: 11 speciesEq. Guinea: 13 speciesZambia: 12 speciesMalawi: 12 speciesMozambique: 15 specieseSwatini: 8 speciesAngola: 14 speciesBurundi: 8 speciesIsrael: 26 speciesLebanon: 16 speciesMadagascar: 14 speciesPalestine: 11 speciesGambia: 9 speciesTunisia: 14 speciesAlgeria: 19 speciesJordan: 13 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 13 speciesQatar: 9 speciesKuwait: 10 speciesIraq: 13 speciesOman: 16 speciesVanuatu: 8 speciesCambodia: 8 speciesThailand: 22 speciesLaos: 8 speciesMyanmar: 13 speciesVietnam: 19 speciesNorth Korea: 4 speciesSouth Korea: 15 speciesMongolia: 12 speciesIndia: 33 speciesBangladesh: 12 speciesBhutan: 9 speciesNepal: 12 speciesPakistan: 16 speciesAfghanistan: 11 speciesTajikistan: 9 speciesKyrgyzstan: 9 speciesTurkmenistan: 7 speciesIran: 20 speciesSyria: 15 speciesArmenia: 13 speciesSweden: 36 speciesBelarus: 15 speciesUkraine: 24 speciesPoland: 25 speciesAustria: 22 speciesHungary: 18 speciesMoldova: 14 speciesRomania: 18 speciesLithuania: 18 speciesLatvia: 18 speciesEstonia: 23 speciesGermany: 51 speciesBulgaria: 20 speciesGreece: 21 speciesTurkey: 23 speciesAlbania: 15 speciesCroatia: 20 speciesSwitzerland: 20 speciesLuxembourg: 19 speciesBelgium: 32 speciesNetherlands: 42 speciesPortugal: 32 speciesSpain: 36 speciesIreland: 26 speciesNew Caledonia: 17 speciesSolomon Is.: 8 speciesNew Zealand: 23 speciesAustralia: 36 speciesSri Lanka: 12 speciesChina: 24 speciesTaiwan: 18 speciesItaly: 28 speciesDenmark: 40 speciesUnited Kingdom: 43 speciesIceland: 16 speciesAzerbaijan: 10 speciesGeorgia: 16 speciesPhilippines: 20 speciesMalaysia: 17 speciesBrunei: 5 speciesSlovenia: 18 speciesFinland: 28 speciesSlovakia: 17 speciesCzechia: 24 speciesEritrea: 7 speciesJapan: 49 speciesParaguay: 7 speciesYemen: 14 speciesSaudi Arabia: 16 speciesCyprus: 13 speciesMorocco: 23 speciesEgypt: 23 speciesLibya: 9 speciesEthiopia: 12 speciesDjibouti: 6 speciesUganda: 14 speciesRwanda: 11 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 13 speciesMacedonia: 14 speciesSerbia: 16 speciesMontenegro: 17 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 11 speciesS. Sudan: 10 species
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale

Which well-known animals are recorded in Kenya?

The most looked-up species with records here.

LC, Least Concern
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Anatidae

VU, Vulnerable
Lion (Panthera leo)

Lion

Panthera leo

Felidae

EN, Endangered
Tiger (Panthera tigris)

Tiger

Panthera tigris

Felidae

VU, Vulnerable
Leopard (Panthera pardus)

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Felidae

What kinds of animals are recorded in Kenya?

  1. Mammals

    grey wolf, lion, tiger, leopard …

    9 species

  2. Birds

    mallard, peregrine falcon, common ostrich, western barn owl

    4 species

  3. Reptiles

    green turtle, nile crocodile

    2 species

  4. Insects

    honey bee, emperor dragonfly

    2 species

  5. Arachnids

    emperor scorpion

    1 species

  6. Other invertebrates

    common jellyfish, earthworm

    2 species

Which threatened animals are recorded in Kenya?

Species listed as Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The category is global, not specific to Kenya.

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusRecords here
LionPanthera leoFelidaeVulnerable835
TigerPanthera tigrisFelidaeEndangered3
LeopardPanthera pardusFelidaeVulnerable275
CheetahAcinonyx jubatusFelidaeVulnerable301
Northern giraffeGiraffa camelopardalisGiraffidaeVulnerable3,618
African bush elephantLoxodonta africanaElephantidaeEndangered1,480
ChimpanzeePan troglodytesHominidaeEndangered2

All animals recorded in Kenya

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Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusRecords here
MallardAnas platyrhynchosAnatidaeLeast Concern5
Grey wolfCanis lupusCanidaeLeast Concern93
Peregrine falconFalco peregrinusFalconidaeLeast Concern832
LionPanthera leoFelidaeVulnerable835
Common ostrichStruthio camelusStruthionidaeLeast Concern14,346
TigerPanthera tigrisFelidaeEndangered3
LeopardPanthera pardusFelidaeVulnerable275
Western barn owlTyto albaTytonidaeLeast Concern548
Honey beeApis melliferaApidaeData Deficient451
CheetahAcinonyx jubatusFelidaeVulnerable301
Northern giraffeGiraffa camelopardalisGiraffidaeVulnerable3,618
Green turtleChelonia mydasCheloniidaeLeast Concern26
Common bottlenose dolphinTursiops truncatusDelphinidaeLeast Concern3
African bush elephantLoxodonta africanaElephantidaeEndangered1,480
ChimpanzeePan troglodytesHominidaeEndangered2
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperatorAeshnidaeLeast Concern13
Nile crocodileCrocodylus niloticusCrocodylidaeLeast Concern315
Common jellyfishAurelia auritaUlmaridaeNot recorded1
EarthwormLumbricus terrestrisLumbricidaeNot recorded1
Emperor scorpionPandinus imperatorScorpionidaeNot recorded2

Method: a species is listed if GBIF holds at least one CC0 or CC BY occurrence record for it in Kenya. Zoo animals, escapes and introduced populations are included, and native species nobody has recorded are missing. See the methodology.