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Learn the wildlife of Zambezi National Park

Zimbabwe

555 species have research-grade observations inside Zambezi 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 Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus89
  2. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca76
  3. Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus73
  4. White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides72
  5. White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps69
  6. Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash65
  7. Great Egret Ardea alba58
  8. African Darter Anhinga rufa57
  9. Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer54
  10. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis38

Plants

  1. African baobab Adansonia digitata28
  2. Makalani Palm Hyphaene petersiana19
  3. Egyptian white water-lily Nymphaea lotus14
  4. Sausage tree Kigelia africana8
  5. Water Pear Syzygium guineense8
  6. Laurel dodder Cassytha filiformis8
  7. Common water hyacinth Pontederia crassipes8
  8. Bloodlily Scadoxus multiflorus7
  9. Flannel weed Sida cordifolia5
  10. Common lantana Lantana camara4

Mammals

  1. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus50
  2. Southern Giraffe Giraffa giraffa44
  3. Southern Bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus42
  4. Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus37
  5. Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros25
  6. Impala Aepyceros melampus23
  7. Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo19
  8. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus13
  9. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus13
  10. Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta12

Insects

  1. African Caper Belenois creona18
  2. Lucia Widow Palpopleura lucia16
  3. Broad-bordered Grass Yellow Eurema brigitta8
  4. Elegant grasshopper Zonocerus elegans6
  5. Barbet Percher Diplacodes luminans6
  6. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta5
  7. Spotted Brown Pansy Junonia natalica5
  8. Eastern Dotted Border Mylothris agathina5
  9. Broad Scarlet Crocothemis erythraea4
  10. Creamstriped Owl Cyligramma latona4

Spiders and kin

  1. African Social Spider Stegodyphus dumicola2
  2. Yellow-striped Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion Uroplectes xanthogrammus2
  3. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata2
  4. Eastern Bark Scorpion Uroplectes vittatus1
  5. Hyllus argyrotoxus1
  6. Kenyan Thyene Jumping Spider Thyene bucculenta1

Reptiles

  1. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus108
  2. Wahlberg’s Striped Skink Trachylepis wahlbergii24
  3. Chobe Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus chobiensis23
  4. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus23
  5. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis4
  6. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia2
  7. Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Psammophis subtaeniatus1
  8. Angola Shovel-snout Prosymna angolensis1
  9. Flap-necked Chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis1
  10. Angola Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus angolensis1

Amphibians

  1. Grey Foam-nest Tree Frog Chiromantis xerampelina12
  2. Anchieta's Ridged Frog Ptychadena anchietae2
  3. Senegal Running Frog Kassina senegalensis1
  4. Müller's Clawed Frog Xenopus muelleri1
  5. Guttural Toad Sclerophrys gutturalis1
  6. Eastern Flat-backed Toad Sclerophrys pusilla1

Fish

  1. Striped Tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus1
  2. Banded Jewel Cichlid Hemichromis elongatus1
  3. Zambezi Bream Pharyngochromis acuticeps1
  4. Nembwe Serranochromis jallae1

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.