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Learn the wildlife of Boucle de la Pendjari National Park

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451 species have research-grade observations inside Boucle de la Pendjari 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. Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis67
  2. African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis53
  3. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea49
  4. Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer47
  5. African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer47
  6. Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina45
  7. Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis44
  8. Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash38
  9. Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus36
  10. Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus33

Plants

  1. African baobab Adansonia digitata9
  2. Borassus palm Borassus aethiopum6
  3. Cochlospermum tinctorium6
  4. Sausage tree Kigelia africana5
  5. Mitragyna inermis5
  6. Camels-foot monkeybread Piliostigma thonningii5
  7. Fishbone cassia Chamaecrista mimosoides4
  8. Natal ginger Siphonochilus aethiopicus4
  9. Sacred Garlic Pear Crateva adansonii4
  10. Feretia apodanthera4

Mammals

  1. Roan Antelope Hippotragus equinus288
  2. African Buffalo Syncerus caffer224
  3. Olive Baboon Papio anubis211
  4. Kob Kobus kob160
  5. Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus141
  6. Oribi Ourebia ourebi134
  7. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus133
  8. Lion Panthera leo131
  9. Bush Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia111
  10. Northern Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus106

Insects

  1. Angola White Lady Graphium angolanus12
  2. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta7
  3. African Veined White Pseudanaphaeis gidica7
  4. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus6
  5. Pioneer White Belenois aurota5
  6. Dancing Amber Telchinia serena5
  7. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera4
  8. African Migrant Catopsilia florella4
  9. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus3
  10. Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha3

Reptiles

  1. West African Crocodile Crocodylus suchus65
  2. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus18
  3. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda4
  4. African Rock Python Python sebae3
  5. Senegal Flapshell Turtle Cyclanorbis senegalensis3
  6. Dorr's Racer Bamanophis dorri2
  7. Fire-sided Skink Trachylepis perrotetii2
  8. Elegant Sand Racer Psammophis elegans1
  9. Eastern crowned smooth snake Meizodon regularis1
  10. Senegal Chameleon Chamaeleo senegalensis1

Amphibians

  1. Rusty Forest Tree Frog Leptopelis viridis1
  2. Galam white-lipped frog Hylarana galamensis1
  3. Egyptian Toad Sclerophrys regularis1

Fish

  1. African Arowana Heterotis niloticus1
  2. Nile Perch Lates niloticus1
  3. Senegal Mormyrid Mormyrus rume1

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.