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Learn the wildlife of Lake Manyara National Park

Tanzania

476 species have research-grade observations inside Lake Manyara 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. Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis137
  2. Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis89
  3. Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala83
  4. Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus75
  5. Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus72
  6. Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus65
  7. Hamerkop Scopus umbretta57
  8. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca53
  9. Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri53
  10. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea50

Plants

  1. African baobab Adansonia digitata44
  2. Sausage tree Kigelia africana22
  3. Wild Melon Lagenaria sphaerica15
  4. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera5
  5. Makalani Palm Hyphaene petersiana5
  6. Fire Stick Euphorbia tirucalli4
  7. Umbrella thorn Vachellia tortilis4
  8. Water Lettuce Pistia stratiotes2
  9. Asthma Plant Euphorbia hirta2
  10. Reclining Date Palm Phoenix reclinata2

Mammals

  1. Olive Baboon Papio anubis376
  2. Impala Aepyceros melampus147
  3. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus145
  4. African Savanna Elephant Loxodonta africana97
  5. Southern Bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus92
  6. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus63
  7. Maasai Giraffe Giraffa tippelskirchi51
  8. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus47
  9. Blue Monkey Cercopithecus mitis41
  10. Common Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus40

Insects

  1. Southern Banded Groundling Brachythemis leucosticta26
  2. African Caper Belenois creona15
  3. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta12
  4. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus10
  5. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus5
  6. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus4
  7. Round-winged Orange Tip Colotis euippe4
  8. African Veined White Pseudanaphaeis gidica4
  9. Surinam Cockroach Pycnoscelus surinamensis3
  10. White-spotted Commodore Precis limnoria3

Spiders and kin

  1. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata2
  2. Medium-wing Kitespider Gasteracantha milvoides1
  3. Eastern Nomad Scorpion Hottentotta trilineatus1
  4. Hyllus argyrotoxus1
  5. Scimitar-horn Kitespider Gasteracantha falcicornis1
  6. Smeringopus peregrinus1

Reptiles

  1. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus48
  2. Dodoma Rock Agama Agama dodomae8
  3. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis7
  4. African Rock Python Python sebae4
  5. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata4
  6. Sudan Mabuya Trachylepis brevicollis4
  7. Variable Skink Trachylepis varia3
  8. Wahlberg's Snake-eyed Skink Panaspis wahlbergii3
  9. Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis2
  10. Kenyan Rock Agama Agama lionotus2

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.