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Learn the wildlife of Mikumi National Park

Morogoro · Tanzania

463 species have research-grade observations inside Mikumi 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. Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus49
  2. Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer48
  3. Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi46
  4. Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer34
  5. White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus28
  6. Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri28
  7. Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster28
  8. Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus27
  9. Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus27
  10. Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus24

Plants

  1. African baobab Adansonia digitata23
  2. Water Lettuce Pistia stratiotes6
  3. Common Tree Euphorbia Euphorbia ingens4
  4. Butterberry Hoslundia opposita4
  5. Bloodlily Scadoxus multiflorus3
  6. Sausage tree Kigelia africana3
  7. Ivy gourd Coccinia grandis3
  8. Thyme Java Tea Orthosiphon thymiflorus3
  9. Mexican prickly poppy Argemone mexicana2
  10. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens2

Mammals

  1. Maasai Giraffe Giraffa tippelskirchi123
  2. African Savanna Elephant Loxodonta africana105
  3. Impala Aepyceros melampus100
  4. Plains Zebra Equus quagga92
  5. Lion Panthera leo77
  6. Yellow Baboon Papio cynocephalus56
  7. Common Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus54
  8. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus45
  9. African Buffalo Syncerus caffer45
  10. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius34

Insects

  1. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus20
  2. Southern Banded Groundling Brachythemis leucosticta12
  3. Spotted Brown Pansy Junonia natalica8
  4. False Lacipa Schalidomitra ambages8
  5. African Caper Belenois creona7
  6. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui4
  7. Tigertail Ictinogomphus ferox4
  8. Long Skimmer Orthetrum trinacria4
  9. Gaudy Weevil Polyclaeis longicornis4
  10. Dancing Amber Telchinia serena4

Spiders and kin

  1. Common Garden Orbweb Spider Argiope australis1
  2. Tropical Tent-web Spider Cyrtophora citricola1
  3. African Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridis1
  4. Usambara Baboon Tarantula Pterinochilus murinus1
  5. Hyllus argyrotoxus1
  6. Stenaelurillus darwini1
  7. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata1
  8. Banded-legged golden orb-web spider Trichonephila senegalensis1
  9. African Forest Scorpion Afrolychas burdoi1

Reptiles

  1. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus33
  2. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata12
  3. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus10
  4. Painted Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus picturatus8
  5. Rock Monitor Varanus albigularis4
  6. Southern African Python Python natalensis2
  7. Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus1
  8. Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis1
  9. Puff Adder Bitis arietans1
  10. Montane rock agama Agama montana1

Amphibians

  1. Grey Foam-nest Tree Frog Chiromantis xerampelina5
  2. Fornasini's Spiny Reed Frog Afrixalus fornasini1
  3. Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog Hemisus marmoratus1
  4. Red-Banded Rubber Frog Phrynomantis bifasciatus1

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.