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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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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Showing 28 species · Kibale

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Common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Forest Hog

Hylochoerus meinertzhageni

HerbivoreDiurnalFamily group

Critically Endangered

Slender-snouted Crocodile

Mecistops cataphractus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

African Golden Cat

Caracal aurata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Narina Trogon

Apaloderma narina

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

De Brazza’s Monkey

Cercopithecus neglectus

OmnivoreDiurnalRainforest

West African Potto

Perodicticus potto

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Yellow-casqued Hornbill

Ceratogymna elata

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Tree Pangolin

Phataginus tricuspis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Northern Giant Pouched Rat

Cricetomys gambianus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat

Eidolon helvum

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Near Threatened

Spotted-necked Otter

Hydrictis maculicollis

CarnivoreDiurnalNear Threatened

Ross's Turaco

Tauraco rossae

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Putty-nosed Monkey

Cercopithecus nictitans

OmnivoreDiurnalRainforest

Great Blue Turaco

Corythaeola cristata

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Grey-cheeked Mangabey

Lophocebus albigena

OmnivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Egyptian Rousette

Rousettus aegyptiacus

FrugivoreNocturnalColonial

L'Hoest's Monkey

Allochrocebus lhoesti

OmnivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

46 countries39 parks

Tsetse Fly

Glossina morsitans

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

43 countries69 parks

Village Weaver

Ploceus cucullatus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

43 countries31 parks

Rhinoceros Viper

Bitis nasicornis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

12 countries19 parks

Whip-spider

Damon variegatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

43 countries55 parks

Goliath Beetle

Goliathus goliatus

FrugivoreDiurnalSolitary

43 countries37 parks

Giant African Millipede

Archispirostreptus gigas

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

44 countries58 parks

Gaboon Viper

Bitis gabonica

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

43 countries29 parks

Near Threatened

Crowned Eagle

Stephanoaetus coronatus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

43 countries33 parks

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

12 countries23 parks

79 countries26 parks

13 countries13 parks

21 countries32 parks

43 countries21 parks

27 countries29 parks

23 countries15 parks

22 countries16 parks

21 countries23 parks

22 countries21 parks

43 countries56 parks

16 countries11 parks

14 countries51 parks

10 countries30 parks

21 countries22 parks

22 countries26 parks

8 countries14 parks

61 countries18 parks

4 countries7 parks