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Learn the wildlife of Arusha National Park

Tanzania

648 species have research-grade observations inside Arusha 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. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus91
  2. Cape Teal Anas capensis84
  3. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis80
  4. Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis79
  5. African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus77
  6. White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides75
  7. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus72
  8. Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus61
  9. Gray Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum52
  10. Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus52

Plants

  1. Black-eyed Susan vine Thunbergia alata19
  2. Impatiens pseudoviola18
  3. Peanut-Butter Cassia Senna didymobotrya13
  4. Alpine Poker Kniphofia thomsonii11
  5. African Coromandel Asystasia intrusa11
  6. Lion's ear Leonotis nepetifolia7
  7. Sticky Psiadia Psiadia punctulata7
  8. Benghal Dayflower Commelina benghalensis6
  9. Bloodlily Scadoxus multiflorus6
  10. Great thumba Leucas grandis5

Mammals

  1. Olive Baboon Papio anubis234
  2. Mount Kilimanjaro Guereza Colobus caudatus201
  3. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus194
  4. Blue Monkey Cercopithecus mitis181
  5. Southern Bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus180
  6. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus164
  7. Harvey's Duiker Cephalophorus harveyi42
  8. Hinde's Dik-Dik Madoqua hindei24
  9. Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo12
  10. Cavendish's Dik-Dik Madoqua cavendishi12

Insects

  1. Southern Banded Groundling Brachythemis leucosticta44
  2. Yellow-banded Pansy Junonia elgiva32
  3. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone16
  4. Apple-green Swallowtail Papilio phorcas12
  5. Mocker Swallowtail Papilio dardanus10
  6. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus9
  7. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus7
  8. Common Mother-of-Pearl Protogoniomorpha parhassus7
  9. Yellow-banded Amber Telchinia cabira7
  10. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus6

Reptiles

  1. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata21
  2. Tanzanian Montane Dwarf Chameleon Trioceros sternfeldi8
  3. Adolfus kibonotensis6
  4. Kenyan Rock Agama Agama lionotus4
  5. Eastern Twig Snake Thelotornis mossambicanus3
  6. Southern African Python Python natalensis3
  7. Dodoma Rock Agama Agama dodomae3
  8. Puff Adder Bitis arietans2
  9. Jackson's Chameleon Trioceros jacksonii2
  10. Olive Marsh Snake Natriciteres olivacea1

Amphibians

  1. Common Reed Frog Hyperolius viridiflavus21
  2. Senegal Running Frog Kassina senegalensis7
  3. Nile Ridged Frog Ptychadena nilotica7
  4. Mount Meru Stream Frog Strongylopus merumontanus4
  5. Howell's Reed Frog Hyperolius howelli4
  6. Nutt's River Frog Amietia nutti4
  7. Marsabit Clawed Frog Xenopus borealis2
  8. Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog Hemisus marmoratus1
  9. Anchieta's Ridged Frog Ptychadena anchietae1
  10. Molo Frog Amietia wittei1

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.