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Learn the wildlife of Akagera National Park

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549 species have research-grade observations inside Akagera National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you know what you're looking at before you go.

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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. African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer112
  2. African Darter Anhinga rufa87
  3. Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus55
  4. Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis52
  5. Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus50
  6. Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus48
  7. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis46
  8. Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus43
  9. Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer43
  10. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo42

Plants

  1. Papyrus sedge Cyperus papyrus16
  2. Common water hyacinth Pontederia crassipes14
  3. Redhot Poker Tree Erythrina abyssinica12
  4. Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus8
  5. Lion's ear Leonotis nepetifolia6
  6. African Coromandel Asystasia intrusa6
  7. Common lantana Lantana camara5
  8. Bloodlily Scadoxus multiflorus5
  9. Reclining Date Palm Phoenix reclinata5
  10. Common Tree Euphorbia Euphorbia ingens5

Mammals

  1. Impala Aepyceros melampus178
  2. Olive Baboon Papio anubis139
  3. Tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus95
  4. Plains Zebra Equus quagga94
  5. Maasai Giraffe Giraffa tippelskirchi89
  6. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius69
  7. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus69
  8. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus66
  9. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus66
  10. African Savanna Elephant Loxodonta africana43

Insects

  1. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus18
  2. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus14
  3. African Caper Belenois creona10
  4. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus8
  5. Narrow Green-banded Swallowtail Papilio nireus8
  6. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta7
  7. Mocker Swallowtail Papilio dardanus7
  8. Southern Banded Groundling Brachythemis leucosticta7
  9. Gaudy Commodore Precis octavia6
  10. African Veined White Pseudanaphaeis gidica6

Spiders and kin

  1. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus1
  2. Babycurus centrurimorphus1
  3. Velvet Lynx Spider Oxyopes flavipalpis1

Reptiles

  1. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus70
  2. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus13
  3. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata6
  4. Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise Kinixys spekii5
  5. Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus4
  6. Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis3
  7. Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis3
  8. African Rock Python Python sebae2
  9. Variable Skink Trachylepis varia2
  10. Tree skink Trachylepis planifrons2

Amphibians

  1. Common Reed Frog Hyperolius viridiflavus7
  2. Guttural Toad Sclerophrys gutturalis4
  3. Natal Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus natalensis2
  4. Bocage's Tree Frog Leptopelis bocagii1
  5. Anchieta's Ridged Frog Ptychadena anchietae1

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. Parks outside the U.S. are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet). KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service or any park's managers. Free, with no ads, no account, and no purchases.