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Every animal & plant in Kruger, in one place.

402 species — mammals, birds, reptiles and the veld's trees & plants — each with a photo, how to tell it apart, and where to see it on a Kruger self-drive. It's all in the free MyKrugerHoliday app too, with a one-tap sighting log that works offline.

Mammals · 69

Aardvark Orycteropus afer Aardwolf Proteles cristata African Buffalo Syncerus caffer African Civet Civettictis civetta African Elephant Loxodonta africana African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus African Wildcat Felis lybica Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis Black-backed Jackal Lupulella mesomelas Blue Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus Brown Hyena Parahyaena brunnea Bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus Bushpig Potamochoerus larvatus Cape Clawless Otter Aonyx capensis Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis Caracal Caracal caracal Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia Common Eland Taurotragus oryx Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula Elephant Shrew Elephantulus myurus Four-striped Grass Mouse Rhabdomys pumilio Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros Ground Pangolin Smutsia temminckii Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius Honey Badger Mellivora capensis Impala Aepyceros melampus Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus Large Grey Mongoose Herpestes ichneumon Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrina Leopard Panthera pardus Lesser Bushbaby Galago moholi Lion Panthera leo Marsh Mongoose Atilax paludinosus Mountain Reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula Nyala Tragelaphus angasii Oribi Ourebia ourebi Plains Zebra (Burchell's) Equus quagga Red Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus Roan Antelope Hippotragus equinus Rock Hyrax (Dassie) Procavia capensis Sable Antelope Hippotragus niger Scrub Hare Lepus saxatilis Serval Leptailurus serval Sharpe's Grysbok Raphicerus sharpei Side-striped Jackal Lupulella adusta Slender Mongoose Herpestes sanguineus Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta Smith's Bush Squirrel (Tree Squirrel) Paraxerus cepapi Southern African Hedgehog Atelerix frontalis Southern Reedbuck Redunca arundinum Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta Spotted-necked Otter Hydrictis maculicollis Springhare Pedetes capensis Steenbok Raphicerus campestris Striped Polecat Ictonyx striatus Suni Neotragus moschatus Thick-tailed Bushbaby (Greater Galago) Otolemur crassicaudatus Tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus White Rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata

Birds · 278

Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense African Black Duck Anas sparsa African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides African Darter Anhinga rufa African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus African Finfoot Podica senegalensis African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro African Green Pigeon Treron calvus African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster African Hoopoe Upupa africana African Jacana Actophilornis africanus African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis African Spoonbill Platalea alba African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii Banded Martin Riparia cincta Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus Black Stork Ciconia nigra Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola Brubru Nilaus afer Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis Cape Glossy Starling Lamprotornis nitens Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres Cape White-eye Zosterops virens Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Chinspot Batis Batis molitor Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Common Fiscal Lanius collaris Common House Martin Delichon urbicum Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Common Ostrich Struthio camelus Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Common Swift Apus apus Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena Crested Guineafowl Guttera edouardi Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo European Bee-eater Merops apiaster European Roller Coracias garrulus Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Great Egret Ardea alba Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis Green Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura Green-backed Heron Butorides striata Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Malaconotus blanchoti Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala Grey-headed Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis suahelicus Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsitsirupa Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata Hamerkop Scopus umbretta Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus Hottentot Teal Spatula hottentota House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyanus Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus Little Swift Apus affinis Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer Marsh Owl Asio capensis Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Purple Roller Coracias naevius Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorynchus Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Sand Martin Riparia riparia Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi Shikra Accipiter badius Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens Western Barn Owl Tyto alba White Stork Ciconia ciconia White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus White-browed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis White-rumped Swift Apus caffer White-throated Robin-Chat Cossypha humeralis White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus Yellow-throated Petronia Gymnoris superciliaris

Reptiles · 13

African Rock Python Python natalensis Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis Boomslang Dispholidus typus Flap-necked Chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis Mozambique Spitting Cobra Naja mossambica Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus Nile Monitor (Water Monitor) Varanus niloticus Puff Adder Bitis arietans Rock Monitor Varanus albigularis Serrated Hinged Terrapin Pelusios sinuatus Snouted Cobra Naja annulifera Southern Tree Agama Acanthocercus atricollis

Insects · 2

Antlion Myrmeleontidae Rhinoceros Beetle Oryctes boas

Trees & plants · 40

Apple-leaf (Rain Tree) Philenoptera violacea Baobab Adansonia digitata Buffalo Thorn Ziziphus mucronata Candelabra Tree Euphorbia ingens Common cluster fig Ficus sur Common coral tree Erythrina lysistemon Delagoa thorn Senegalia welwitschii subsp. delagoensis False Marula Lannea schweinfurthii var. stuhlmannii Fever tree Vachellia xanthophloea Green monkey orange Strychnos spinosa Impala Lily Adenium multiflorum Jackalberry Diospyros mespiliformis Knob-thorn Senegalia nigrescens Lala palm Hyphaene petersiana Leadwood Combretum imberbe Lowveld fig Ficus stuhlmannii Magic Guarri Euclea divinorum Marula Sclerocarya birrea Mopane Colophospermum mopane Mountain Aloe Aloe marlothii Natal mahogany Trichilia emetica Pod Mahogany Afzelia quanzensis Red bushwillow Combretum apiculatum Red Grass Themeda triandra Round-leaved bloodwood Pterocarpus rotundifolius Russet Bushwillow Combretum hereroense Sausage tree Kigelia africana Shepherd's Tree Boscia albitrunca Sicklebush Dichrostachys cinerea Silver Cluster-leaf Terminalia sericea Sweet Thorn Vachellia karroo Sycamore Fig Ficus sycomorus Tamboti Spirostachys africana Transvaal mustard tree Salvadora australis Tree Wisteria Bolusanthus speciosus Umbrella Thorn Vachellia tortilis Weeping Boer-bean Schotia brachypetala White raisin bush Grewia bicolor Wild Date Palm Phoenix reclinata Wild Seringa Burkea africana