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Learn the wildlife of Waterberg Plateau Park National Park

Namibia

526 species have research-grade observations inside Waterberg Plateau Park 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. Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus47
  2. Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor35
  3. Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis24
  4. Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura23
  5. African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus21
  6. Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii18
  7. Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis17
  8. Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup17
  9. Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii16
  10. Purple Roller Coracias naevius16

Plants

  1. Aroma Dichrostachys cinerea40
  2. Purplepod clusterleaf Terminalia prunioides37
  3. Lavender Feverberry Croton gratissimus30
  4. Mopane Aloe Aloe littoralis20
  5. Crown Honeyflower Melianthus comosus17
  6. South African Wild Pear Dombeya rotundifolia17
  7. Sycamore fig Ficus sycomorus17
  8. Brazilian Nightshade Solanum seaforthianum16
  9. Laurel Fig Ficus ilicina16
  10. Showy Balloon Vine Cardiospermum grandiflorum14

Mammals

  1. Damara Dik-dik Madoqua damarensis89
  2. Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis50
  3. Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo40
  4. Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus38
  5. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus36
  6. Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula10
  7. Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros9
  8. Southern Giraffe Giraffa giraffa9
  9. Sable Antelope Hippotragus niger8
  10. Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus6

Insects

  1. Popeye Dung Beetle Pachylomera femoralis26
  2. Eastern Dotted Border Mylothris agathina21
  3. Darker Commodore Precis antilope19
  4. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta17
  5. Little Scarlet Crocothemis sanguinolenta17
  6. Pioneer White Belenois aurota17
  7. Julia Skimmer Orthetrum julia16
  8. Green-veined Emperor Charaxes candiope12
  9. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus11
  10. Zebra White Pinacopteryx eriphia10

Spiders and kin

  1. Banded-legged golden orb-web spider Trichonephila senegalensis10
  2. Orange Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion Uroplectes planimanus9
  3. Robust Burrowing Scorpion Opistophthalmus carinatus8
  4. Opistophthalmus setifrons4
  5. Hyllus treleaveni3
  6. Uroplectes otjimbinguensis3
  7. FitzSimons' Burrowing Scorpion Opistophthalmus fitzsimonsi3
  8. Common Trapdoor Baboon Spider Idiothele nigrofulva2
  9. Brown Flower Crab Spider Thomisus scrupeus1
  10. Thyene inflata1

Reptiles

  1. Ruben's Sand Lizard Pedioplanis rubens21
  2. Wahlberg’s Striped Skink Trachylepis wahlbergii18
  3. Kalahari Tree Skink Trachylepis spilogaster14
  4. Damara Skink Trachylepis damarana9
  5. Bushveld Lizard Heliobolus lugubris7
  6. Fischer's Thick-toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus6
  7. Waterberg Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus waterbergensis5
  8. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis5
  9. Variable Skink Trachylepis varia4
  10. Flap-necked Chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis2

Amphibians

  1. African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis3
  2. Tandy's sand frog Tomopterna tandyi3
  3. Power's Toad Sclerophrys poweri3
  4. Common Rain Frog Breviceps adspersus2
  5. Senegal Running Frog Kassina senegalensis1
  6. 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.