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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

Species

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Learn what each species is like, find out where it lives in the wild, and plan your next sighting — all in one place.

2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

Parks connected

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Apex predators187speciesGiants of nature57speciesThreatened species515speciesNight life768speciesBig cats39speciesPolar wildlife74speciesEndemic species6speciesThe Big Five6species

Conservation

Showing 20 species · Gambella

Showing 20 species · Gambella

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Least Concern

Savanna Monitor

Varanus exanthematicus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Nile Monitor

Varanus niloticus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

De Brazza’s Monkey

Cercopithecus neglectus

OmnivoreDiurnalRainforest
Least Concern

African Spoonbill

Platalea alba

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Vulnerable

Wattled Crane

Bugeranus carunculatus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Vulnerable

Black Crowned Crane

Balearica pavonina

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

African Golden Wolf

Canis anthus

OmnivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Patas Monkey

Erythrocebus patas

OmnivoreDiurnalIn herds
Near Threatened

Spotted-necked Otter

Hydrictis maculicollis

CarnivoreDiurnalNear Threatened
Least Concern

African Electric Catfish

Malapterurus electricus

CarnivoreNocturnalFish
Relevancia
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Long-tailed CormorantLeast Concern

Long-tailed Cormorant

Microcarbo africanus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
14 countries46 parks1 dive site
African Sacred IbisLeast Concern

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial
58 countries72 parks
Cocoi HeronLeast Concern

Cocoi Heron

Ardea cocoi

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
58 countries71 parks
Marabou StorkLeast Concern

Marabou Stork

Leptoptilos crumenifer

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
43 countries66 parks
Least Concern

African Catfish

Clarias gariepinus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
57 countries69 parks1 dive site
Least Concern

Common Agama

Agama agama

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial
43 countries45 parks
Endangered

African Spurred Tortoise

Centrochelys sulcata

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary
43 countries17 parks
Least Concern

Demoiselle Crane

Grus virgo

OmnivoreDiurnalBird
18 countries21 parks
Least Concern

Helmeted Turtle

Pelomedusa subrufa

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
13 countries39 parks
Critically Endangered

Pancake Tortoise

Malacochersus tornieri

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
24 countries14 parks
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
43 countries68 parks
44 countries73 parks
23 countries15 parks
44 countries67 parks
13 countries26 parks
12 countries9 parks
17 countries27 parks
13 countries11 parks
14 countries51 parks
23 countries14 parks