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The park has a diversity of environments with characteristic fauna and flora. Open grass plains with scattered acacia bush predominant. The western side has a highland dry forest and a permanent river with a riverine forest. In addition, there are stretches of broken bush country and deep, rocky valleys and gorges with scrub and long grass. Man-made dams have also added a further habitat, favourable to certain species of birds and other aquatic biota. The dams also attract water dependent herbivores during the dry season.
The park has diverse birdlife with 520 species recorded. Visitors to Kenya's capital city may be surprised that the Nairobi area boosts a greater variety of birds within its boundaries, than any other similar sized expanse on the entire continent.Birdwatchers should not miss at least one of the site in the area- Nairobi naional park,nowhere else in the world you can find a national park within the city!As a birder's first outin in kenya , this can be a rewarding place to start.Nairobi national park boost a list of 520 species regularly recorded in a day. It also has a wide variety of mammals including four of the "Big Five". However all species are not always present and much depends on season. Northern migrants pass through the park primarily during late March through April.
Nairobi National Park is one of the most successful of Kenya's rhino sanctuaries that is already generating a stock for reintroduction in the species former range. Due to this success, it is one of the few parks where a visitor can be certain of seeing a black rhino in its natural habitat.
To the south of the park is the Athi-Kapiti Plains and Kitengela Migration Corridor. These are vital areas for herbivores disperse over them during the rains and concentrate in the park in the dry season.
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