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African field guide

Field guide • Here is an alphabetical list of the most common animals seen on safari in Africa – Mammals – Reptiles – Birds

Mammals (1) African bush elephant Blue monkey Blue wildebeest Cheetah Cape buffalo Chacma baboon

Mammals (2) Colobus monkey Common warthog Eastern gorilla Grant’s gazelle Giraffe Greater kudu

Mammals (3) Grévy’s zebra Hartebeest Impala (m) Impala (f) Hippopotamus Kirk’s dik-dik

Mammals (4) Lion (m) Lion (f) Olive baboon Plains zebra Leopard Mouse

Mammals (5) Red lechwe Rock hyrax Silver-backed jackal Spotted hyena Thomson’s gazelle Topi

Mammals (6) Waterbuck (m) Vervet monkey Waterbuck (f) White rhinoceros Sable antelope

Reptiles Agama lizard (m) Agama lizard (f) Nile crocodile Monitor lizard

Birds (1) Abdim’s stork African fish eagle African darter African hoopoe African jacana African wattled lapwing

Birds (2) Ashy starling Bateleur eagle Augur buzzard Black-bellied bustard Black kite Black-headed heron

Birds (3) Burchell’s sand grouse Blacksmith plover Cape turtle dove Burchell’s starling Cape wagtail Cattle egret

Birds (4) Cocoi heron Crowned eagle Eastern chanting goshawk Elephant stork Goliath heron Egyptian goose

Birds (5) Greater white-breasted cormorant Great white egret Greater blue-eared starling Grey-capped social weaver Grey crowned crane Hammerkop

Birds (6) Helmeted guineafowl House sparrow (m) House sparrow (f) Knob-billed duck Kori bustard Lappet-faced vulture

Birds (7) Lilac-breasted roller Magpie shrike Little bee-eater Long-tailed cormorant Malachite kingfisher Marabou stork

Birds (8) Masked weaver Monotonous lark Northern white-crowned shrike Ostrich Pale flycatcher Peacock

Birds (9) Pelican Purple grenadier Red-billed hornbill Red-cheeked cordon-bleu Red-and-yellow barbet Ruppell’s griffon vulture

Birds (10) Saddle-billed stork Secretary bird Southern ground hornbill Southern red bishop Speckled mousebird Speke’s weaver

Birds (11) Spotted eagle owl Superb starling Spur-winged goose Tawny eagle Three-banded plover White-backed vulture

Birds (12) White-browed robin chat Yellow-collared lovebird White-crowned plover