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Learn the wildlife of Tarangire National Park

Tanzania

691 species have research-grade observations inside Tarangire 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 caudatus402
  2. Common Ostrich Struthio camelus345
  3. Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor332
  4. Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus300
  5. Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus281
  6. White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli254
  7. Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni230
  8. White-rumped Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli230
  9. Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax220
  10. Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus177

Plants

  1. African baobab Adansonia digitata423
  2. Sausage tree Kigelia africana70
  3. Common Tree Euphorbia Euphorbia ingens52
  4. Makalani Palm Hyphaene petersiana20
  5. Bush Thunbergia Thunbergia erecta11
  6. Ipomoea hildebrandtii10
  7. Kenaf Sabdariffa cannabina10
  8. Spiderwisp Cleome gynandra7
  9. Umbrella thorn Vachellia tortilis7
  10. Water Lettuce Pistia stratiotes6

Mammals

  1. Impala Aepyceros melampus406
  2. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus356
  3. African Savanna Elephant Loxodonta africana332
  4. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus299
  5. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus265
  6. Common Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus243
  7. Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo203
  8. Olive Baboon Papio anubis195
  9. Maasai Giraffe Giraffa tippelskirchi190
  10. Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula149

Insects

  1. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone23
  2. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera21
  3. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus18
  4. African Caper Belenois creona13
  5. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus12
  6. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus11
  7. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta9
  8. Pioneer White Belenois aurota8
  9. Sundowner moth Sphingomorpha chlorea8
  10. Cabbage Tree Emperor Bunaea alcinoe7

Spiders and kin

  1. Zebra Tick Rhipicephalus pulchellus9
  2. Uroplectes fischeri4
  3. African Hermit Spider Nephilingis cruentata3
  4. Pandinoides duffmackayi3
  5. Red-legged Golden Orb-web Spider Trichonephila sumptuosa2

Reptiles

  1. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus94
  2. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis65
  3. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata24
  4. Rough-scaled Plated Lizard Broadleysaurus major16
  5. Flap-necked Chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis13
  6. African Rock Python Python sebae11
  7. Dodoma Rock Agama Agama dodomae9
  8. Sudan Mabuya Trachylepis brevicollis6
  9. Boomslang Dispholidus typus5
  10. Helmeted Turtle Pelomedusa subrufa5

Amphibians

  1. Senegal Running Frog Kassina senegalensis1
  2. Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog Hemisus marmoratus1
  3. Red-Banded Rubber Frog Phrynomantis bifasciatus1
  4. Schilluk ridged frog Ptychadena schillukorum1
  5. Edible bullfrog Pyxicephalus edulis1
  6. Peters' Foam-nest Tree Frog Chiromantis petersii1

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.