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Learn the wildlife of Augrabies Falls National Park

Northern Cape · South Africa

439 species have research-grade observations inside Augrabies Falls 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. Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup103
  2. Orange River White-eye Zosterops pallidus64
  3. African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans58
  4. Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus45
  5. Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas36
  6. Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus35
  7. Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius34
  8. Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii31
  9. Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer30
  10. Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola29

Plants

  1. Black thorn Senegalia mellifera133
  2. Desert Broom Sisyndite spartea107
  3. Shepherds tree Boscia albitrunca69
  4. Namaqua Porkbush Portulacaria namaquensis56
  5. Namaqua Fig Ficus cordata48
  6. White Nectarcup Codon royenii43
  7. Camel Thorn Vachellia erioloba34
  8. Butterfly leaf Adenolobus garipensis33
  9. Karoo Boerbean Schotia afra29
  10. Black Ebony Euclea pseudebenus29

Mammals

  1. Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis185
  2. Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus99
  3. Southern Giraffe Giraffa giraffa74
  4. Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus46
  5. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus46
  6. Cape Grey Mongoose Herpestes pulverulentus41
  7. Gemsbok Oryx gazella38
  8. South African Ground Squirrel Geosciurus inauris37
  9. Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis29
  10. Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata21

Insects

  1. Pioneer White Belenois aurota16
  2. Racingstripe Darkling Beetle Stenocara gracilipes13
  3. Toad Grasshopper Trachypetrella anderssonii9
  4. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera7
  5. Broad Scarlet Crocothemis erythraea7
  6. Karoo Balbyter Ant Camponotus fulvopilosus6
  7. Tree Locust Anacridium moestum6
  8. Brown Armoured Corncricket Acanthoplus discoidalis5
  9. Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata5
  10. The Geometrician Grammodes stolida5

Spiders and kin

  1. Shaggy Thicktail Scorpion Parabuthus villosus4
  2. Common Garden Orbweb Spider Argiope australis3
  3. Giant Cellar Spider Artema atlanta3
  4. Long-tailed Burrowing Scorpion Opistophthalmus longicauda3
  5. Gracile Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion Uroplectes gracilior2
  6. Richtersveld Rock Scorpion Hadogenes zumpti2
  7. Euophrys leipoldti1

Reptiles

  1. Augrabies flat lizard Platysaurus broadleyi380
  2. Southern Rock Agama Agama atra68
  3. Fischer's Thick-toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus45
  4. Western Rock Skink Trachylepis sulcata34
  5. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis24
  6. Plain Sand Lizard Pedioplanis inornata17
  7. Augrabies Gecko Pachydactylus atorquatus14
  8. Haacke’s Thick-toed gecko Pachydactylus haackei14
  9. Western Barred Spitting Cobra Naja nigricincta10
  10. Montane Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus montanus8

Amphibians

  1. Raucous Toad Sclerophrys capensis8
  2. Common River Frog Amietia delalandii8
  3. Marbled rubber frog Phrynomantis annectens7
  4. Power's Toad Sclerophrys poweri2
  5. Poynton's River Frog Amietia poyntoni1

Fish

  1. Sharptooth Catfish Clarias gariepinus1
  2. Orange River Mudfish Labeo capensis1
  3. Mozambique Tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus1
  4. Banded Tilapia Tilapia sparrmanii1

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.