Elephant Database
African Elephant Specialist Group

Kenya, 2002

All Years for Kenya: 201620132007200219981995

2002 Summary Totals for Kenya

Data Category Definite Probable Possible Speculative
Aerial or Ground Total Counts19,582000
Direct Sample Counts and Reliable Dung Counts2,4546416410
Other Dung Counts04603830
Informed Guesses002,07350
Other Guesses0002,522
Total22,0361,1013,0972,572

No changes between current and previous report.

Kenya : Elephant Estimates

Survey Details2 Number of Elephants Area Map Location
Input ZoneTypeReliab.YearEstimate95% C.L. SourcePFS3 (km²) Lon. Lat.
Aberdare National ParkDC2E19901,822 729Blom et al., 19903767 36.7E 0.4S
Aberdare (Outside)OG3E1990700Butynski, 199931,070 36.7E 0.6S
Amboseli EcosystemIR1A20021,100Moss pers. comm., 200325,547 37.4E 2.6S
Arabuko Sokoke Forest ReserveDC1B2002184 43Litoroh, 2002b3415 39.9E 3.3S
Bisanadi National ReserveAT2A2002100Omondi et al., 2002a3606 38.4E 0.1N
Boni & Dodori National ReservesDC3C200050 46Litoroh pers. comm., 200321,643 41.2E 1.8S
Kerio Valley Conservation and dispersal areasAT3A2002490Omondi et al., 2002c24,616 35.7E 1.6N
Kora National ParkAT2A20025Omondi et al., 2002a21,789 38.7E 0.2S
Lamu DistrictAT3A200082Litoroh pers. comm., 200325,964 40.6E 2.1S
Loroki ForestDC3C1997210 354Bitok et al., 19973596 36.8E 1.1N
Marsabit National ParkIG3D1998500Omondi pers. comm., 19983142 38.0E 2.2N
Masai Mara National ReserveAT3A20021,655Muriuki, 200221,510 35.1E 1.5S
Masai Mara (Outside)AT3A2002461Muriuki, 200221,978 35.3E 1.4S
Mau Forest ComplexDC3D19951,003Njumbi et al., 199531,267 35.5E 0.5S
Meru National ParkAT2A2002272Omondi et al., 2002a3884 38.2E 0.1N
Meru North Dispersal AreasAT3A200236Omondi et al., 2002a23,516 38.3E 0.5N
Mt Elgon National Park and Forest ReserveIG3D1999400Thouless et al., in prep.31,083 34.6E 1.0N
Mt Kenya National Park and Forest ReserveDC1B20012,911 640Vanleeuwe, 199722,007 37.4E 0.2S
Mwea National ReserveGT1A199855Manegene and Musoki, 1998468 37.6E 0.8S
NgurumanIG3D1998150 50*Chege, 199822,197 36.0E 1.8S
North Kitui National ReserveAT2A20020Omondi et al., 2002a3745 38.5E 0.3S
Samburu - Laikipia EcosystemAT3A20025,447Omondi et al., 2002b128,529 37.3E 0.8N
Shimba Hills EcosystemIR1A1999658Muir, 20003250 39.4E 4.2S
Tana River DeltaIG3D200220Knocker pers. comm., 20033184 40.2E 2.6S
Transmara ForestDC3C1997200 139Wamukayo et al., 19973300
Tsavo National ParkAT3A20028,344Omondi et al., 2002d120,812 38.6E 3.0S
Tsavo (Outside) EcosystemAT3A2002877Omondi et al., 2002d116,570 39.0E 3.2S

* Range of informed guess

1Key to Causes of Change (only tracked since 2007): DA: Different Area; DD: Data Degraded; DT: Different Technique; NA: New Analysis; NG: New Guess; NP: New population; PL: Population Lost; RS: Repeat Survey (RS ́ denotes a repeat survey that is not statistically comparable for reasons such as different season); –––: No Change

2Key to Survey Types: AC: Aerial Count, not specified; AS: Aerial Sample Count; AT: Aerial Total Count; DC: Dung Count; EX: Extrapolation from GIS; GD: Genetic Dung Count; GS: Ground Sample Count; GT: Ground Total Count; IG: Informed Guess; IR: Individual Registration; OG: Other Guess. Survey Type is followed by an indicator of survey quality, ranked from 1 to 3 (best to worst). Survey Reliability is keyed A-E (best to worst) as outlined in this table.

3PFS: Priority for Future Surveys, ranked from 1 to 5 (highest to lowest). Based on the precision of estimates and the proportion of national range accounted for by the site in question, PFS is a measure of the importance and urgency for future population surveys. All areas of unassessed range have a priority of 1. See Introduction for details on how the PFS is derived.

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