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Learn the wildlife of Mountain Zebra National Park

Eastern Cape · South Africa

701 species have research-grade observations inside Mountain Zebra 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. White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali117
  2. Southern Anteater-Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora99
  3. Pale Chanting-Goshawk Melierax canorus88
  4. Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris84
  5. Scaly Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons80
  6. Common Ostrich Struthio camelus65
  7. Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata61
  8. Large-billed Lark Galerida magnirostris55
  9. Piping Cisticola Cisticola fulvicapilla46
  10. African Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor46

Plants

  1. Sweet Thorn Vachellia karroo306
  2. African sumac Searsia lancea54
  3. Renosterbush Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis52
  4. Karoo Tulp Moraea polystachya47
  5. Southern Cabbagetree Cussonia paniculata34
  6. Crown Honeyflower Melianthus comosus32
  7. Snake aloe Aloe broomii32
  8. Poison-bulb Boophone disticha30
  9. Karoo Sage Buddleja glomerata27
  10. Black Storm Cadaba aphylla26

Mammals

  1. Mountain Zebra Equus zebra296
  2. Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis171
  3. Black Wildebeest Connochaetes gnou143
  4. Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros125
  5. Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus119
  6. South African Ground Squirrel Geosciurus inauris116
  7. Bontebok/Blesbok Damaliscus pygargus111
  8. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus94
  9. Black-backed Jackal Lupulella mesomelas66
  10. Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata65

Insects

  1. Karoo Balbyter Ant Camponotus fulvopilosus22
  2. Large Pugnacious Ant Anoplolepis custodiens12
  3. Navy Dropwing Trithemis furva11
  4. Northern Harvester Termite Hodotermes mossambicus11
  5. Red-veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa10
  6. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui9
  7. Orange-winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi8
  8. Leprous Milkweed Locust Phymateus leprosus8
  9. African Meadow White Pontia helice7
  10. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus6

Spiders and kin

  1. Banded-legged golden orb-web spider Trichonephila senegalensis15
  2. Albany Rock Scorpion Hadogenes trichiurus9
  3. Highveld Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion Uroplectes triangulifer7
  4. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata5
  5. Drab Thicktail Scorpion Parabuthus planicauda3
  6. Addo Burrowing Scorpion Opistophthalmus nitidiceps3
  7. Common Garden Orbweb Spider Argiope australis2
  8. Sideclaw Burrowing Scorpion Opistophthalmus latimanus2

Reptiles

  1. Southern Rock Agama Agama atra60
  2. Western Rock Skink Trachylepis sulcata23
  3. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis19
  4. Ground Agama Agama aculeata17
  5. Rock Monitor Varanus albigularis14
  6. Variegated Skink Trachylepis variegata13
  7. Puff Adder Bitis arietans9
  8. Cape Crag Lizard Pseudocordylus microlepidotus9
  9. Namaqua Sand Lizard Pedioplanis namaquensis9
  10. Cape Terrapin Pelomedusa galeata9

Amphibians

  1. Poynton's River Frog Amietia poyntoni15
  2. Karoo Toad Vandijkophrynus gariepensis4
  3. Boettger's dainty frog Cacosternum boettgeri2
  4. African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis2
  5. Tandy's sand frog Tomopterna tandyi2

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.