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Mwea National Reserve

Index Mwea National Reserve

The Mwea National Reserve is a nature reserve in Kenya. [1]

33 relations: Acacia, Adansonia, African buffalo, African elephant, African leopard, Bird, Black-backed jackal, Bushpig, Campsite, Cape bushbuck, Common duiker, Embu County, Genet (animal), Giraffe, Grant's zebra, Hartebeest, Hinde's babbler, Impala, Important Bird Area, Kenya, Kenya Wildlife Service, Lesser kudu, Malagasy pond heron, Nile crocodile, Pel's fishing owl, Phacochoerus, Rock hyrax, Siakago, Sykes' monkey, Waterbuck, White-backed night heron, Xerus erythropus, Yellow baboon.

Acacia

Acacia, commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae.

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Adansonia

Adansonia is a genus of deciduous trees known as baobabs.

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African buffalo

The African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large African bovine.

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African elephant

African elephants are elephants of the genus Loxodonta.

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African leopard

The African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) is the leopard nominate subspecies native to many countries in Africa.

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Bird

Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Black-backed jackal

The black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) is a canid native to two areas of Africa, separated by roughly 900 km.

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Bushpig

The bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus) is a member of the pig family and lives in forests, woodland, riverine vegetation and reedbeds in East and Southern Africa.

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Campsite

A campsite or camping pitch is a place used for overnight stay in an outdoor area.

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Cape bushbuck

The imbabala or Cape bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus) is a widespread species of antelope in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Common duiker

The common duiker, (Sylvicapra grimmia), also known as the grey or bush duiker, is a small antelope found in west, central, east, and southern Africa- essentially everywhere in Africa south of the Sahara, excluding the Horn of Africa and the rainforests of the central and western parts of the continent.

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Embu County

Embu County is a county of Kenya.

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Genet (animal)

A genet (pronounced or) is a member of the genus Genetta, which consists of 14 to 17 species of small African carnivorans.

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Giraffe

The giraffe (Giraffa) is a genus of African even-toed ungulate mammals, the tallest living terrestrial animals and the largest ruminants.

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Grant's zebra

The Grant's zebra (Equus quagga boehmi) is the smallest of six subspecies of the plains zebra.

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Hartebeest

The hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), also known as kongoni, is an African antelope.

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Hinde's babbler

Hinde's babbler (Turdoides hindei), also known as Hinde's pied-babbler, is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family.

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Impala

The impala; (Aepyceros melampus) is a medium-sized antelope found in eastern and southern Africa.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

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Kenya Wildlife Service

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is a Kenyan state corporation that was established in 1989 to conserve and manage Kenya’s wildlife.

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Lesser kudu

The lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis) is a forest antelope found in East Africa.

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Malagasy pond heron

The Malagasy pond heron (Ardeola idae) is a species of heron belonging to the Ardeidae family.

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Nile crocodile

The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is an African crocodile, the largest freshwater predator in Africa, and may be considered the second-largest extant reptile and crocodilian in the world, after the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).

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Pel's fishing owl

The Pel's fishing owl (Scotopelia peli) is a large species of owl in the family Strigidae.

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Phacochoerus

Phacochoerus is a genus in the family Suidae, commonly known as warthogs.

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Rock hyrax

The rock hyrax (Procavia capensis), also called rock badger, rock rabbit, and Cape hyrax, is commonly referred to in South African English as the dassie.

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Siakago

Siakago is a town in Embu County, Kenya.

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Sykes' monkey

The Sykes' monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis), named after English naturalist Colonel William Henry Sykes (1790-1872), also known as the white-throated monkey or Samango monkey, is an Old World monkey found between Ethiopia and South Africa, including south and east Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Waterbuck

The waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) is a large antelope found widely in sub-Saharan Africa.

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White-backed night heron

The white-backed night heron (Gorsachius leuconotus) is a species of medium-sized heron in the family Ardeidae, found in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Xerus erythropus

Xerus erythropus (striped ground squirrel) is a species of squirrel native to Africa.

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Yellow baboon

The yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) is a baboon in the family of Old World monkeys.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mwea_National_Reserve

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