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Learn the wildlife of Chobe National Park

Botswana

794 species have research-grade observations inside Chobe 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 vocifer437
  2. Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus312
  3. Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis303
  4. African Darter Anhinga rufa275
  5. African Jacana Actophilornis africanus264
  6. Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer263
  7. African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus221
  8. Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris211
  9. Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus210
  10. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris203

Plants

  1. African baobab Adansonia digitata104
  2. Cat's claw Kalaharia uncinata31
  3. Day Waterlily Nymphaea nouchali27
  4. Woolly Caperbush Capparis tomentosa27
  5. Egyptian white water-lily Nymphaea lotus11
  6. Large fever-berry Croton megalobotrys11
  7. Hairy Spindlepod Cleome hirta11
  8. Coffee Senna Senna occidentalis10
  9. Water caltrop Trapa natans10
  10. Sausage tree Kigelia africana9

Mammals

  1. Southern Giraffe Giraffa giraffa526
  2. Impala Aepyceros melampus522
  3. Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros427
  4. Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus346
  5. Lion Panthera leo325
  6. African Savanna Elephant Loxodonta africana285
  7. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus254
  8. Black-backed Jackal Lupulella mesomelas208
  9. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus199
  10. Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo163

Insects

  1. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus41
  2. Southern Banded Groundling Brachythemis leucosticta36
  3. Pioneer White Belenois aurota17
  4. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus16
  5. African Veined White Pseudanaphaeis gidica16
  6. African Joker Byblia anvatara12
  7. African stink ant Paltothyreus tarsatus10
  8. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta9
  9. Eastern Dotted Border Mylothris agathina9
  10. African Caper Belenois creona9

Spiders and kin

  1. Ocyale Burrowing Wolf spider Hippasosa guttata5
  2. Hyllus treleaveni4
  3. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus2
  4. Kalahari Burrowing Scorpion Opistophthalmus wahlbergii2

Reptiles

  1. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus479
  2. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus260
  3. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis48
  4. Wahlberg’s Striped Skink Trachylepis wahlbergii41
  5. Chobe Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus chobiensis25
  6. Southern African Python Python natalensis16
  7. Rock Monitor Varanus albigularis12
  8. Fischer's Thick-toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus9
  9. Puff Adder Bitis arietans8
  10. Flap-necked Chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis6

Amphibians

  1. Grey Foam-nest Tree Frog Chiromantis xerampelina10
  2. Angolan Reed Frog Hyperolius parallelus3
  3. Mozambique ridged frog Ptychadena mossambica2
  4. Guttural Toad Sclerophrys gutturalis2

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.