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Habitat / Grassland & Shrubland / Savanna

Savanna

A Golden-breasted Starling perches on a low shrub and looks directly at the camera in the savanna landscape of Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.

Golden-breasted Starling

Lamprotornis regius (Golden-breasted Starling)

A gerenuk with elongated neck and upright ears faces the camera in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, with green grassland in the background.

Gerenuk does its best Lee van Cleef Impression

Litocranius walleri (gerenuk)

An adult grey crowned crane stands in grassland under bright midday light in Masai Mara, Kenya.

Balearica regulorum

With This Seed, I Thee Wed

With This Seed, I Thee Wed

Tockus erythrorhynchus (Northern Red-billed Hornbill)

Blue Wildebeest Portrait in Masai Mara

What’s gnu, blue?

Connochaetes taurinus (Blue Wildebeest)

A gray-headed kingfisher with blue and chestnut wings and a long red-orange bill perches on a branch, facing left with alert posture.

Not all kingfishers fish.

Halcyon leucocephala (Gray-headed Kingfisher)

A giraffe with brown and white patterned coat stands in profile, stretching its neck upward to feed on vegetation against a blurred green backdrop.

What’s wrong with this picture?

Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe)

A male impala with long curved horns extends its tongue in a courtship display against a green blurred background.

Male Impala in Courtship Display

Aepyceros melampus (impala)

Panthera leo (Lion) alert (watchful) in Siana

The eyes have it.

Panthera leo (Lion)

An adult cheetah stands upright in tall savanna grass, head turned to look over its shoulder, surrounded by green and brown grassland vegetation.

Cheetah Hunting in Savanna Grassland

Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah)

An adult spotted hyena with brown and darker spotted fur stands in green grassland, facing toward the camera.

Spotted Hyena Walking in Savanna Grass

Crocuta crocuta (Spotted Hyena)

Lioness

Lioness

Panthera leo (Lion)