Mara Mobile Veterinary Unit

Category: Life of a Vet, Maasai People | Date: Oct 01 2007 | By: admin

Maasai guys from Dupoto Forest came by my house with lists of tree, mammals and birds. I promised them that I would type out what they have written on notebook paper, but I did not have time to counter check what they listed. They also listed some Maasai names for the species.

Dupoto Forest

Botanical List
1. Tricocladus ellypticus (Olmarashirashi)
2. Teclea nobilis (Olgilai)
3. Teclea tricocarpa (Entoriroi)
4. Warbugia ugadensis (Osokonoi)
5. Manilkara butagi (Olairrenyi)
6. Diasporus abbysinnica (Olchartuyian)
7. Olea africana (Olfamiyioi)
8. Olea cappensis (Olalui)
9. Ficus thoningi (Oreteti)
10. Euclea divinorum (Olkinyei)
11. Rhus natalensis (Olmisigiyioi)
12. Eteandedron buchanani (Osoket)
13. Rawsonia lucidia (Olmolongwa)
14. Casia didimotobia (Olchasimpol)

Mammal List
1. Elephant (Oltome)
2. Buffalo (Olaror)
3. Impala (Sakkat)
4. Bushbuck (Olbua)
5. Waterbuck (Olmoingo)
6. Dikdik (Erongo)
7. Duiker (Olcharkuk)
8. Monkeys - several types (Onayokutuk)
9. Zebra (Oloitiko)
10. Baboons (Oyegen)
11. African Hare (Angitecho)
12. Leopard (Olmara)
13. Hyena (Olkonoi)
14. Lion (Olowaru)
15. Bush Pig (Olkuiya)
16. Warthog (Emuny)
17. Giant Forest Hog
18. Squirrel (Engishureni)

Bird List
1. Horus swifts (Esarabayani)
2. Pam swift
3. Cassinos spinetail
4. Alpine swifts
5. Mosque swallow
6. Red-mpod swallo
7. Angola swallow
8. Grey-rumped swllow
9. African rock martin
10. Lesser honeyguides
11. Greater honeyguide
12. African broadbill (Elkindegoo)
13. Olive woodpecker
14. Schalow’s wheatears (Enkomerrei)
15. Capped wheatears
16. Hill/Mountain Chat
17. Bare-eyed thrush
18. Cliff chat
19. Winding cisticola (Noontiale)
20. Hunter’s cisticola
21. Stout cisticola
22. Wing-snapping cisticola
23. Black cuckoo (Eshut)
24. Taita fiscal
25. Magpie shrike
26. Long-tailed fiscal
27. Hunter’s sunbird (Noombibia)
28. Green-throated sunbird
29. Blue-headed sunbird
30. Loveridg’s sunbird
31. Regal sunbird
32. Grey tit (Enkirapash)
33. Kikuyu white-eye
34. Broad-ringed white eye
35. African citril
36. Yellow white-eye
37. Oriole finch
38. Yellow-fronted canary
39. White pelican (Ekaakaa)
40. Pink-backed pelican (Enarau)
41. White-necked cormorant (Emontonyi)
42. Night heron (Oltilo)
43. Dwarf bittern (Olkindegoo)
44. Squacco heron (Olkirapash)
45. Green-backed heron (Engool)
46. Hadada ibis (Entialolong)
47. Glossy ibis
48. Marabou stork
49. Lesser Flamingo
50. Saddle-bill stork
51. White-headed vulture (Ilmontonyi)
52. White-backed vulture (Takunda)
53. Ruppell’s vulture (Olkuragos)
54. Secretary bird (Olebaye)
55. African owl (Emontony okiyiaa)
56. Nubian nightjars
57. Spotted eagle owls
58. African marsh owls