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Learn the wildlife of Niokolo-Koba National Park

Senegal

350 species have research-grade observations inside Niokolo-Koba 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. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris39
  2. Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius39
  3. Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus30
  4. Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus28
  5. White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps26
  6. Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis26
  7. African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer26
  8. African Jacana Actophilornis africanus23
  9. Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus23
  10. Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki21

Plants

  1. Borassus akeassii61
  2. African Copaiba Balsam Tree Daniellia oliveri29
  3. African baobab Adansonia digitata28
  4. Red kapok tree Bombax costatum23
  5. African locust bean Parkia biglobosa21
  6. African Bamboo Oxytenanthera abyssinica21
  7. Saba senegalensis19
  8. Combretum glutinosum19
  9. Chinese Apple Ziziphus mauritiana17
  10. Gardenia erubescens17

Mammals

  1. Northern Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus90
  2. Kob Kobus kob83
  3. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus78
  4. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus56
  5. Guinea Baboon Papio papio50
  6. Green Monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus47
  7. Roan Antelope Hippotragus equinus32
  8. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius27
  9. Oribi Ourebia ourebi20
  10. Red-flanked Duiker Cephalophorus rufilatus17

Insects

  1. African Veined White Pseudanaphaeis gidica6
  2. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus4
  3. Pied-spot Hemistigma albipunctum3
  4. Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata3
  5. Darker Commodore Precis antilope3
  6. Dancing Amber Telchinia serena3
  7. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus2
  8. Broad Scarlet Crocothemis erythraea2
  9. Portia Widow Palpopleura portia2
  10. Angola White Lady Graphium angolanus2

Spiders and kin

  1. Selenops radiatus1
  2. Alligatorback Scorpion Hottentotta hottentotta1
  3. Western Whipspider Damon medius1

Reptiles

  1. West African Crocodile Crocodylus suchus441
  2. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus14
  3. Rainbow Agama Agama agama9
  4. Senegal Flapshell Turtle Cyclanorbis senegalensis4
  5. Sierra Leone Wall Gecko Tarentola parvicarinata3
  6. African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata2
  7. Puff Adder Bitis arietans1
  8. Sahara Sand Boa Eryx muelleri1
  9. Helmeted Turtle Pelomedusa subrufa1
  10. Boé Agama Agama boensis1

Fish

  1. Nurse Tetra Brachyalestes nurse2
  2. Aba Gymnarchus niloticus1
  3. Vundu Heterobranchus longifilis1
  4. Mormyrus hasselquistii1
  5. Sarotherodon occidentalis1
  6. Ocellated Synodontis Synodontis ocellifer1

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.