This is just a record of the wild animals and birds that we’ve seen and identified in the various national parks and game reserves that we’ve visited. It’s far from exhaustive and just represents what we bothered to positively identify and write down.

Mokala National Park – South Africa

Animals

Warthog, Red Hartebeest, Blue Wildebeest, Springbok, Gemsbok, Tsessebe, Kudu, Impala, Steenbok, Burchell’s Zebra, Buffalo, Giraffe, Yellow Mongoose, Black Backed Jackal, Vervet Monkey, Chacma Baboon, Leopard Tortoise

Birds

South African Shellduck, Laughing Dove, Common Fiscal, Ostrich, Southern Masked Weaver, Sociable Weaver, Little Swift, Barn Swallow, Namaqua Dove, Red Crested Korhaan, Speckled Pigeon, Secretarybird.

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park – South Africa / Botswana

Mammals

Ground Squirrel, Yellow Mongoose, Slender Mongoose, Meerkat, Cape Hare, Spring Hare, Four Striped Grass Mouse, Pygmy Mouse, Springbok, Blue Wildebeest, Gemsbok, Steenbok, Kudu, Red Hartebeest, Eland, Giraffe, Lion, Black Backed Jackal, Spotted Hyena, Brown Hyena, Cheetah, African Wildcat, Bat Eared Fox, Cape Fox, Caracal.

Birds

Cape Glossy Starling, Scaly Feathered Finch, Sociable Weaver, Crimson Breasted Shrike, African Red Eyed Bulbul, Fork Tailed Drongo, Kalahari Scrub Robin, Shaft Tailed Whydah, Yellow Canary, Pale Chanting Goshawk, Lanner Falcon, Martial Eagle, Tawny Eagle, Bataleur, Black Chested Snake Eagle, White Backed Vulture, Lappet Faced Vulture, Spotted Eagle Owl, Barn Owl, Verraux’s Giant Eagle Owl, Kori Bustard, Secretarybird, Ostrich, Namaqua Dove, Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill, Red Billed Spurfowl, Crowned Lapwing, African Jacana, Black Headed Heron.

Reptiles

Leopard Tortoise, Kalahari Tent Tortoise, Barking Gecko, Bibrons Gecko, Puff Adder, Cape Cobra, Sand Snake, Flap-necked Chameleon

Caprivi Strip (Bwabwata, Mudumu, Nkasa Rupara National Parks) – Namibia

Mammals

Hippo, Elephant, Buffalo, Warthog, Impala, Sable, Roan, Plains Zebra, Tsessebe, Greater Kudu, Red Lechwe, Common Reedbuck, Giraffe, Blue Wildebeest, Bushbuck, Tree Squirrel, Malbrouck Monkey, Chacma Baboon, Large Spotted Genet, Cape Clawless Otter, Banded Mongoose, Lion

Birds (75 Species!)

Grey Go Away Bird, Pied Kingfisher, Woodland kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Long Tailed Starling, Magpie (Long tailed) Shrike, Crimson Breasted Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Namaqua Dove, Red Eyed Dove, Cape Turtle Dove, Meyer’s Parrot, White Rumped (Hartlaubs) Babler, Blue Waxbill, Jameson’s Firefinch, Senegal Coucal, Coppery-tailed Coucal, Dark capped Bulbul, African Darter, Reed cormorant , Great Egret, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Purple Heron, Squacco Heron, Goliath Heron, Grey heron, Black Crowned Night Heron, Hammerkop, Glossy Ibis, African Openbill, Marabou Stork, Wattled Crane, Marsh Sandpiper, Black winged Stilt, Blacksmiths Lapwing, Wattled Lapwing, Crowned Lapwing, Long toed Lapwing, African Jacana, Spur Winged Goose, Egyptian Goose, White Backed Duck, White Faced Duck, Comb Duck, Little Bee Eater, Swallow Tailed Bee Eater, White Fronted Bee Eater, Marico Sunbird, Common Scimitarbill, Marico Flycatcher, African Pied Wagtail, African Golden Oriole, Lilac Breasted Roller, Fork Tailed Drongo, Ostrich, Helmeted Guineafowl, Red Billed Spurfowl, African Grey Hornbill, Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill, Southern Ground Hornbill, Yellow Billed Oxpecker, Red Billed Oxpecker, African Hoopoe, Lesser Striped Swallow, Black collared Barbet, Crested Barbet, Cardinal Woodpecker, African Fish Eagle, Bataleur, Tawny eagle, African Harrier Hawk, White Backed Vulture, White Headed Vulture, Secretarybird

Reptiles

Crocodile, Leopard Tortoise

Chobe National Park – Botswana

Mammals

Elephant, Plains Zebra, Waterbuck, Kudu, Impala, Red Lechwe, Blue Wildebeest, Tsessebe, Hippo, Black backed jackal, Giraffe, Buffalo, Spotted necked otter, Warthog, Genet (large Spotted?), Chacma Baboon, Vervet Monkey, African Wild Dog/Painted Wolf, Tree Squirrel, Mongoose (yellow, dwarf), Steenbok, Honey Badger, African Wildcat, Springhare, Lion

Birds

Eagle (African fish, Tawny), Heron (Squacco, Goliath, Purple, Grey), Kingfisher (Malachite, Pied), Woodpecker (Cardinal), Goose (Spur Winged, Egyptian), Duck (white faced), Stork (African Openbill, Saddle Billed, Marabou, Abdims), Lapwing (Blacksmiths), Egret (Great, Cattle), Vulture (White Backed), Hornbill (Red Billed, Yellow Billed, African Grey, Bradfields), Bee Eater (White Fronted, Swallow Tailed, Little), Dove (Namaqua), Bustard (Kori, Black Bellied), Korhaan (Northern black), Coucal (Senegal), Waxbill (blue), Reed Cormorant, African Darter, African Jacana, Whiskered Tern, Marsh Harrier, Red Billed Oxpecker, Spoonbill, Fork tailed drongo, Lilac breasted roller, Helmeted Guineafowl, Ostrich, Verrauxs (Giant) Eagle Owl, Hottentot Teal, Pearl spotted Owlet

Reptiles

Water Monitor, Nile Crocodile, Tropical House Gecko

Okavango Delta (Khwai Community Concession, Moremi GR, OKMCT) – Botswana

Mammals

Elephant, Warthog, Impala, Giraffe, Honey Badger, Lion, Black tailed tree rat/acacia rat, Springhare, Waterbuck, Spotted Hyena (trail cam twice), Red Lechwe, Hippo, Mongoose (dwarf, slender), Kudu, Tsessebe, Leopard, Plains Zebra, African Wildcat, Chacma Baboon, Tree Squirrel, Common Reedbuck, Savannah Hare, Vervet Monkey, Black backed jackal, Steenbok

Birds

Lilac breasted roller, Stork (Saddle billed, Abdims, African Openbill, Yellow Billed), Goshawk (pale chanting), Hornbill (African grey, Bradfields, red billed, yellow billed, southern ground), Lapwing (blacksmiths, crowned, long toed), Red billed Spurfowl, African Darter, African Jacana, Starling (burchells, meves’s/long tailed), Heron (squacco, grey, Goliath), Egret (great, cattle), Ibis (sacred, glossy), Bataleur, Eagle (tawny, African fish), Vulture (white backed, white headed), Woodpecker (bearded), Shrike (Southern white crowned, Long Tailed/Magpie),Kingfisher (pied, woodland), Grey Go Away Bird, Bee Eater (little, swallow tailed), Helmeted Guineafowl, Water Thick-knee, Wattled Crane, Great White pelican, Dove (morning (African red eyed), namaqua), Little Bittern, Weaver (red billed buffalo), Spoonbill, Black Crake

Reptiles

Nile Crocodile

Nata Bird Sanctuary – Botswana

Ostrich, Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo, Black winged stilt, Great White pelican, Grey heron, White winged tern, Caspian tern, Grey headed gull, Pied Avocet

Lower Zambezi National Park – Zambia

Mammals

Hippo, Elephant, Yellow Baboon, Vervet Monkey, Impala, Warthog, Kudu, Waterbuck, Plains Zebra, Bushbuck, Mongoose (Slender, Banded), African Wild Dog/Painted Wolf, Lion, Side Striped Jackal, Buffalo

Birds

Tropical Boubou, Heron (Purple, Black Crowned Night, Goliath, Grey, Green Backed), Bee eater (Little, White Fronted), Reed Cormorant, Duck (White Faced), Water thick knee, Eagle (African Fish), Kingfisher (Pied, Malachite), Grey Go away Bird, Stork (African Openbill, Yellow Billed, Marabou), Egret (Great, Cattle), Goose (Egyptian, Spur Winged), Vulture (White Backed), Lapwing (White Crowned), Ibis (Hadeda, Sacred), Hammerkop, Bataleur, Hornbill (Trumpeter, Southern Ground, Crowned, African Grey, Southern Red Billed), Guineafowl (Helmeted, Crested) , Great White Pelican, Auger Buzzard, African Harrier Hawk

Reptiles

Nile Crocodile, Tropical House Gecko

South Luangwa National Park – Zambia

Mammals

Yellow Baboon, Vervet Monkey, Giraffe, Impala, Plains Zebra, Hippo, Puku, Waterbuck
Elephant, Four toed Elephant Shrew, Scrub Hare, Lion, Mongoose (White Tailed, Banded, Slender), Leopard, Large Spotted Genet, Warthog, Buffalo

Birds

Lizard Buzzard, Stork (African Openbill, Saddle Billed, Yellow Billed, Woolly Necked), Grey Go away Bird, Spotted Thick knee, Hammerkop, Hornbill (Southern Ground, Southern Red Billed), Oxpecker (Red Billed, Yellow Billed), Spurfowl (Swainson’s), Heron (Black Headed), Eagle (Martial), African Jacana, White faced duck, Bataleur

Reptiles

Water Monitor, Nile Crocodile, Flap Necked Chameleon

Katavi National Park – Tanzania

Mammals

Impala, Warthog, Giraffe, Hippo, Oribi, Mongoose (Banded), Elephant, Buffalo, Plains Zebra, Bushbuck, Bushpig, Topi, Waterbuck (Defassa), Bohor Reedbuck

Birds

Hammerkop, Red Billed Oxpecker, Yellow Billed Oxpecker, Comb Duck, Spur Winged Goose, Stork (African Openbill, Saddle Billed), Egret (Cattle, Great), Grey Crowned Crane, Eagle (Long Crested, African Fish), Bare Faced Go Away Bird, Greater Blue Eared Starling, African Jacana

Reptiles

Nile Crocodile, Water Monitor

Serengeti NP/Ngorongoro CA/Lake Manyara NP – Tanzania

Mammals (35 Species!)

Blue Wildebeest, Plains Zebra, Impala, Grant’s Gazelle, Thomson’s Gazelle, Topi, Eland, Waterbuck, Kirk’s Dik-Dik, Coke’s Hartebeest, Bohor Reedbuck, Blue duiker, Bushbuck, Giraffe, Buffalo, Hippo, Elephant, Black Rhinoceros, Warthog, Rock Hyrax, Tree Hyrax, Vervet Monkey, Olive Baboon, Blue Monkey, Mongoose (Banded, Dwarf, Slender), Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Serval, Spotted Hyena, Black Backed Jackal, Golden Jackal, Bat Eared Fox

Birds (109 Species!)

Kite (Black, Black Shouldered), Vulture (White Backed, White Faced, Hooded, Lappet Faced, Ruppels), Eagle (African Fish, Tawny, Long Crested, Brown Snake, Bataleur), Goshawk (Dark Chanting, Gabar), Kestrel (Grey, Lesser, Common), Kingfisher (Pied, Grey Headed, Striped, Pygmy), Stork (Marabou, Yellow Billed, Saddle Billed), Lapwing (African Wattled, Blacksmiths, Crowned, Spur Winged, Black Winged, Long Toed), Hornbill (African Grey, Von der Deckens, Southern Ground, Silvery Cheeked, Red Billed), Weaver (Rufous Tailed, Grey Capped Social, White Headed Buffalo), Dove (Namaqua, Emerald Spotted), Heron (Goliath, Grey, Black Headed, Black Crowned Night, Squacco), Bustard (Kori, White Bellied, Black Bellied), Whydah (Pin Talied, Steel Blue, Eastern Paradise), Longclaw (Rosy Breasted, Yellow Throated), Shrike (Northern White Crowned, Grey Backed), Starling (Hildebrandts, Wattled, Superb, Ruppels, Rufous Tailed), Ibis (Glossy, Sacred Hadeda), Goose (Egyptian, Spur Winged), Jacana (African, Lesser), Flamingo (Greater, Lesser) Roller (Lilac Breasted, Rufous Crowned), Three Banded Plover, Ostrich, D’Arnaud’s Barbet, Secretarybird, Hammerkop, Little Bee Eater, Double Banded Courser, Grey Crowned Crane, Red Cheeked Cordonbleu, Bare Faced Go Away Bird, Silverbird, Red Billed Oxpecker, Diedrick Cuckoo, Yellow Necked Spurfowl, Little Grebe, Speckled Mousebird, White Browed Coucal, Yellow Throated Sandgrouse, Lesser Striped Swallow, White Rumped Swift, Red Knobbed Coot, Yellow Fronted Canary, Meyer’s Parrot, Cape Teal, Helmeted Guineafowl, African Hoopoe, African Grey Woodpecker, Auger Buzzard, White Eyed Slaty Flycatcher, Tropical Boubou, Black Winged Stilt, Southern Red Bishop, Red Capped Lark, Red Billed Quelia, Northern Anteater Chat, Great White Pelican, Water Thick Knee, Black Crake, Red Billed Firefinch

Reptiles

Crocodile, Water Monitor, Leopard Tortoise

Nyika National Park – Malawi

Mammals

Scrub Hare, Bushbuck, Eland, Common Reedbuck, Roan Antelope, Plains Zebra, Warthog.

Birds

Spotted Eagle Owl

Liwonde National Park – Malawi

Mammals

Waterbuck, Impala, Greater Kudu, Bushbuck, Warthog, Buffalo, Elephant, Hippo, Tree Squirrel, Yellow Baboon, Vervet Monkey

Birds

Stork (Openbill, Yellow Billed, Saddle Billed), African Hoopoe, Hornbill (Southern Red Billed, Southern Ground), Oxpecker (Red Billed, Yellow Billed), Kingfisher (Brown Hooded, Pied, Malachite), Fork Tailed Drongo, Bee eater (Little, Bohms), Roller (Lilac Breasted, Racket Tailed), Palm Nut Vulture, Lapwing (African Wattled, Spur Winged), Hammerkop, Black winged Stilt, Heron (Grey, Squacco), White faced duck, Egret (Great White, Cattle), African Fish Eagle, Cormorant (White Breasted, Reed), Blue Waxbill, Helmeted Guineafowl, Meves’ Starling, Sacred Ibis, African Jacana, Egyptian Goose, Collared Palm Thrush, Tropical Boubou

Reptiles

Nile Crocodile

Bazaruto Archipelago National Park – Mozambique

Mammals

Humpback Whale, Bottlenose Dolphin

Kruger National Park – South Africa

Mammals

Tree Squirrel, Greater Kudu, Steenbok, Impala, Blue Wildebeest, Waterbuck, Bushbuck, Nyala, Buffalo, Elephant, Plains Zebra, Warthog, Hippopotamus, Giraffe, Chacma Baboon, Vervet Monkey, Spotted Hyena, Lion, Leopard, Honey Badger

Birds

Hornbill (Southern Yellow Billed, Southern Red Billed, African Grey), Eagle (Bataleur, African Fish, Tawny, Brown Snake), Stork (Openbill, Saddle Billed), Starling (Burchell’s, Greater Blue Eared, Cape Glossy), Oxpecker (Yellow Billed, Red Billed), Grey Heron, Egyptian Goose, Pied Kingfisher, Lilac Breasted Roller, Fork Tailed Drongo, Ostrich, Pin Tailed Whydah, African Jacana, Grey Go-Away Bird, Blacksmith’s Lapwing, White Backed Vulture, Burchell’s Coucal, Kori Bustard, Hammerkop, Long Tailed Shrike, Secretarybird.

Reptiles

Nile Crocodile, Water Monitor, Flap Necked Chameleon