Birds of Masai Mara - Birds of Prey

From lake & marshes, this post is about birds of prey. One of the largest and most powerful birds of prey in Masai Mara is no other than Martial eagle. They hunt from soaring high up in the air and that makes them a dangerous predator. They hunt for mammals, birds, reptiles and even livestock.

 Back view of the Martial eagle show dark coloration on the upperparts and head.

 Front view show a white underparts feathers.

 Martial eagle taking flight.

 An immature Martial eagle.

 Have a glance of African harrier-hawk fly overhead.

 An African fish eagle is cleaning himself up by the river.

 One of the nicer looking birds of prey in Masai Mara is this Bateleur with bright  orange bill.

 Compare to other vultures, Hooded vulture is the smaller one.

Lappet-faced vulture is the King of African vultures. Largest among all the vultures with wingspan of up to 3m.

 Another large vulture in Masai Mara - Rüppell's vulture

Very similar to Rüppell's vulture but White-backed vulture can be easily identiry but is black colour bill. We will next look at birds in the wooded and garden area...