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Learn the wildlife of Zimbabwe

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6,929 species have research-grade observations in Zimbabwe on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus556
  2. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca383
  3. Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus354
  4. White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus345
  5. Southern Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis330
  6. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris328
  7. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis328
  8. Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer306
  9. Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus285
  10. White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali281

Plants

  1. African baobab Adansonia digitata562
  2. Flame lily Gloriosa superba191
  3. Common lantana Lantana camara190
  4. Common Tree Euphorbia Euphorbia ingens182
  5. Common Protea Protea afra174
  6. Mopane Colophospermum mopane173
  7. Bloodlily Scadoxus multiflorus162
  8. Aroma Dichrostachys cinerea161
  9. Weeping wattle Peltophorum africanum139
  10. Red Sunflower Tithonia rotundifolia139

Mammals

  1. African Savanna Elephant Loxodonta africana988
  2. Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus559
  3. Plains Zebra Equus quagga558
  4. Southern Giraffe Giraffa giraffa515
  5. Impala Aepyceros melampus482
  6. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus476
  7. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius436
  8. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus421
  9. Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros407
  10. Southern Bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus383

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera242
  2. Southern Banded Groundling Brachythemis leucosticta208
  3. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta190
  4. Garden Commodore Precis archesia177
  5. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus172
  6. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus167
  7. Dancing Amber Telchinia serena163
  8. Pioneer White Belenois aurota161
  9. African Caper Belenois creona153
  10. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone150

Spiders and kin

  1. Yellow Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion Uroplectes flavoviridis126
  2. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata123
  3. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus110
  4. Longleg Dandy Portia schultzi95
  5. Vicirionessa mustela94
  6. Banded-legged golden orb-web spider Trichonephila senegalensis86
  7. Eastern Nomad Scorpion Hottentotta trilineatus75
  8. Tropical Tent-web Spider Cyrtophora citricola72
  9. Baryphas Jumping Spider Baryphas ahenus72
  10. Feather-legged Lace Weaver Uloborus plumipes69

Reptiles

  1. Wahlberg’s Striped Skink Trachylepis wahlbergii427
  2. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus405
  3. Common Flat Lizard Platysaurus intermedius350
  4. Rainbow Skink Trachylepis margaritifer306
  5. Flap-necked Chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis262
  6. Common Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus capensis242
  7. Chobe Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus chobiensis234
  8. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis201
  9. Southern Tree Agama Acanthocercus atricollis191
  10. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia187

Amphibians

  1. Grey Foam-nest Tree Frog Chiromantis xerampelina258
  2. African Red Toad Schismaderma carens193
  3. Painted Reed Frog Hyperolius marmoratus126
  4. Guttural Toad Sclerophrys gutturalis90
  5. Common River Frog Amietia delalandii82
  6. Garman's Toad Sclerophrys garmani71
  7. Senegal Running Frog Kassina senegalensis59
  8. Red-Banded Rubber Frog Phrynomantis bifasciatus55

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.