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Learn the wildlife of Queen Elizabeth National Park

Uganda

646 species have research-grade observations inside Queen Elizabeth 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. African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer281
  2. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis224
  3. Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis197
  4. Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer149
  5. White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus148
  6. Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis144
  7. Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus137
  8. Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus129
  9. Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis126
  10. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca126

Plants

  1. Common Tree Euphorbia Euphorbia ingens71
  2. Common water hyacinth Pontederia crassipes21
  3. Aroma Dichrostachys cinerea12
  4. Papyrus sedge Cyperus papyrus11
  5. Woolly Caperbush Capparis tomentosa9
  6. Jimsonweed Datura stramonium6
  7. Santa Maria feverfew Parthenium hysterophorus6
  8. Butterberry Hoslundia opposita6
  9. African Coromandel Asystasia intrusa6
  10. Common lantana Lantana camara5

Mammals

  1. African Savanna Elephant Loxodonta africana438
  2. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius430
  3. Kob Kobus kob387
  4. African Buffalo Syncerus caffer385
  5. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus335
  6. Lion Panthera leo207
  7. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus207
  8. Olive Baboon Papio anubis177
  9. Giant Forest Hog Hylochoerus meinertzhageni105
  10. Tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus100

Insects

  1. African Caper Belenois creona39
  2. Apple-green Swallowtail Papilio phorcas23
  3. Southern Banded Groundling Brachythemis leucosticta18
  4. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone15
  5. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus13
  6. Narrow Green-banded Swallowtail Papilio nireus12
  7. African Veined White Pseudanaphaeis gidica12
  8. Yellow Caper White Belenois solilucis10
  9. Desert Orange Tip Colotis evagore8
  10. False Dotted Border Belenois thysa8

Reptiles

  1. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus212
  2. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus211
  3. Uganda blue-headed tree agama Acanthocercus ugandaensis57
  4. Speckle-lipped Mabuya Trachylepis maculilabris32
  5. African Rock Python Python sebae16
  6. Montane side-striped chameleon Trioceros ellioti15
  7. Puff Adder Bitis arietans9
  8. Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus5
  9. Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis5
  10. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata5

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.