Zebra Herds Aerial: Annotated Top-View Drone Images from Kenya

Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia County, Kenya, is the location for this collection of labelled top-view aerial images of plains zebra herds. The footage was captured by a DJI Mini-series drone flying at 60 metres altitude in January 2025. Individual video frames were extracted and each visible zebra was annotated with a bounding box.

Use Cases

• Train object-detection models based on bounding box annotations of zebras.
• Evaluate model performance on wildlife detection based on labelled aerial imagery.
• Benchmark drone-based animal counting algorithms based on nadir-view images.
• Study zebra herd patterns and density based on geotagged aerial footage.

Strengths

• All visible zebras are annotated with bounding boxes, providing clear labels for model training.
• The capture altitude of 60 metres and nadir angle are specified, providing context for image scale and perspective.
• The geographic location (Ol Pejeta Conservancy) and capture date (January 2025) are explicitly stated.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset's single geographic and temporal snapshot may not generalize to other locations or seasons.

Provenance

Source

edouard-rolland

Collection Method

Footage captured with a DJI Mini-series drone, with individual frames extracted and annotated.

Time Range

January 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 12:07:36; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia County, Kenya