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Learn the wildlife of Zakouma National Park

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474 species have research-grade observations inside Zakouma 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 Quelea Quelea quelea28
  2. Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis26
  3. African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer26
  4. African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus25
  5. Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis24
  6. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax23
  7. White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata23
  8. African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus23
  9. Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala22
  10. Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus20

Plants

  1. Borassus palm Borassus aethiopum8
  2. Bauhinia rufescens5
  3. Combretum aculeatum5
  4. Sausage tree Kigelia africana4
  5. Sacred Garlic Pear Crateva adansonii4
  6. Water Lettuce Pistia stratiotes3
  7. Aroma Dichrostachys cinerea3
  8. Mitragyna inermis3
  9. Thirsty Thorn Vachellia seyal3
  10. Peacock flower Caesalpinia pulcherrima2

Mammals

  1. Roan Antelope Hippotragus equinus23
  2. Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta20
  3. Olive Baboon Papio anubis20
  4. Lion Panthera leo17
  5. Tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus17
  6. African Buffalo Syncerus caffer17
  7. Northern Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis16
  8. Northern Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus16
  9. Bohor Reedbuck Redunca redunca14
  10. Serval Leptailurus serval13

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera11
  2. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus9
  3. African Caper Belenois creona9
  4. Banded Scarlet Tip Colotis danae8
  5. Cabbage Tree Emperor Bunaea alcinoe8
  6. Savanna Pied Pierrot Tuxentius cretosus6
  7. Bright Babul Blue Azanus ubaldus6
  8. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus5
  9. Black Mud Wasp Delta emarginatum5
  10. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui4

Reptiles

  1. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus17
  2. West African Crocodile Crocodylus suchus15
  3. African Chameleon Chamaeleo africanus13
  4. African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata8
  5. Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia4
  6. African Rock Python Python sebae3
  7. Nubian Flapshell Turtle Cyclanorbis elegans3
  8. Elegant Sand Racer Psammophis elegans2
  9. Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis2
  10. Egyptian Cobra Naja haje2

Amphibians

  1. Edible bullfrog Pyxicephalus edulis6
  2. West African Rubber Frog Phrynomantis microps4
  3. Rusty Forest Tree Frog Leptopelis viridis2
  4. Galam white-lipped frog Hylarana galamensis2
  5. Savannah Forest Tree Frog Leptopelis bufonides1
  6. Senegal Running Frog Kassina senegalensis1
  7. Guinea Snout-burrower Hemisus guineensis1
  8. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis1
  9. Egyptian Toad Sclerophrys regularis1

Fish

  1. Sharptooth Catfish Clarias gariepinus2
  2. Mudfish Clarias anguillaris2
  3. Nothobranchius virgatus2
  4. Black Nile Catfish Bagrus bajad1
  5. Mandi Synodontis clarias1
  6. Nile Bichir Polypterus bichir1

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.