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Learn the wildlife of Marakele National Park

Limpopo · South Africa

814 species have research-grade observations inside Marakele 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. Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris30
  2. Common Ostrich Struthio camelus23
  3. Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas21
  4. Cape Rock-Thrush Monticola rupestris19
  5. Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris19
  6. Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis19
  7. Buff-streaked Chat Campicoloides bifasciatus18
  8. Crimson-breasted Gonolek Laniarius atrococcineus13
  9. Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos12
  10. Cape Griffon Gyps coprotheres11

Plants

  1. Common Protea Protea afra36
  2. Real yellowwood Podocarpus latifolius25
  3. Stamvrug Englerophytum magalismontanum23
  4. Willow beechwood Faurea saligna21
  5. Silver Sugarbush Protea roupelliae21
  6. Wild syringa Burkea africana17
  7. Aroma Dichrostachys cinerea16
  8. Weeping wattle Peltophorum africanum16
  9. Buffalo-thorn Ziziphus mucronata15
  10. Dwarf Savanna Sugarbush Protea welwitschii13

Mammals

  1. Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus61
  2. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus28
  3. Southern Giraffe Giraffa giraffa28
  4. Plains Zebra Equus quagga27
  5. Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros26
  6. Impala Aepyceros melampus23
  7. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus18
  8. Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus14
  9. Common Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus11
  10. Nyala Tragelaphus angasii11

Insects

  1. Spotted Joker Byblia ilithyia13
  2. Creamstriped Owl Cyligramma latona11
  3. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus8
  4. Broad-bordered Grass Yellow Eurema brigitta8
  5. Dancing Amber Telchinia serena8
  6. Common White-legged Quadrate Toktokkie Bouchardium cubicum8
  7. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta7
  8. Sundowner moth Sphingomorpha chlorea7
  9. Variegated Princess Eriboea achaemenes7
  10. Yellowheart Fruit Chafer Pedinorrhina trivittata6

Spiders and kin

  1. Orange Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion Uroplectes planimanus3
  2. Tropical Tent-web Spider Cyrtophora citricola2
  3. Shiny Burrow Scorpion Opistophthalmus glabrifrons2
  4. Highveld Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion Uroplectes triangulifer2
  5. Shorthorn Kitespider Gasteracantha sanguinolenta2
  6. Banded-legged golden orb-web spider Trichonephila senegalensis2

Reptiles

  1. Southern Tree Agama Acanthocercus atricollis25
  2. Common Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus capensis14
  3. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis14
  4. Northern Crag Lizard Pseudocordylus transvaalensis13
  5. Rock Monitor Varanus albigularis9
  6. Speckled Rock Skink Trachylepis punctatissima9
  7. Waterberg flat lizard Platysaurus minor8
  8. Waterberg Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus waterbergensis5
  9. Arnold's Velvet Gecko Homopholis arnoldi5
  10. Bushveld Lizard Heliobolus lugubris3

Amphibians

  1. African Red Toad Schismaderma carens12
  2. Grey Foam-nest Tree Frog Chiromantis xerampelina3
  3. Natal sand frog Tomopterna natalensis2
  4. Eastern Flat-backed Toad Sclerophrys pusilla2
  5. Painted Reed Frog Hyperolius marmoratus1
  6. Senegal Running Frog Kassina senegalensis1
  7. Red-Banded Rubber Frog Phrynomantis bifasciatus1
  8. Common Rain Frog Breviceps adspersus1
  9. Mozambique Rain Frog Breviceps mossambicus1
  10. Anchieta's Ridged Frog Ptychadena anchietae1

Fish

  1. Sharptooth Catfish Clarias gariepinus2
  2. Hyphen Barb Enteromius bifrenatus2
  3. Southern Mouthbrooder Pseudocrenilabrus philander1

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.