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

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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Showing 61 species · Dinder National Park

Showing 61 species · Dinder National Park

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Bushbuck

Tragelaphus scriptus

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Greater Kudu

Tragelaphus strepsiceros

HerbivoreCrepuscularIn herds

Cocoi Heron

Ardea cocoi

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Marabou Stork

Leptoptilos crumenifer

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Grivet

Chlorocebus aethiops

OmnivoreDiurnalSavanna

African Catfish

Clarias gariepinus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Common Agama

Agama agama

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Boomslang

Dispholidus typus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Lappet-faced Vulture

Torgos tracheliotos

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Egyptian Cobra

Naja haje

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Migratory Locust

Locusta migratoria

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Tsetse Fly

Glossina morsitans

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

Village Weaver

Ploceus cucullatus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

African Spurred Tortoise

Centrochelys sulcata

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Puff Adder

Bitis arietans

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Phoorsa

Echis carinatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Montagu's Harrier

Circus pygargus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Giant African Snail

Lissachatina fulica

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Cream-coloured Courser

Cursorius cursor

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Northern Lesser Galago

Galago senegalensis

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

African Lungfish

Protopterus annectens

CarnivoreSolitaryFish

African Mound-building Termite

Macrotermes bellicosus

HerbivoreColonialInsect

Common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus erythrorhynchus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Black-necked Spitting Cobra

Naja nigricollis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Isabelline Wheatear

Oenanthe isabellina

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

45 countries57 parks2 dive sites

Common Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius

HerbivoreNocturnalIn herds

43 countries30 parks1 dive site

Leopard

Panthera pardus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

83 countries114 parks

Lion

Panthera leo

Big FiveCarnivoreCrepuscular

44 countries52 parks

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

44 countries33 parks

Spotted Hyaena

Crocuta crocuta

CarnivoreNocturnalIn packs

43 countries35 parks

Long-tailed Cormorant

Microcarbo africanus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

14 countries46 parks1 dive site

Oribi

Ourebia ourebi

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

43 countries23 parks

Common Ostrich

Struthio camelus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn herds

43 countries18 parks

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

58 countries72 parks

43 countries

23 parks

43 countries

31 parks

71 parks

43 countries

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9 countries

10 parks

57 countries69 parks1 dive site

43 countries45 parks

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43 countries75 parks

48 countries73 parks

68 countries36 parks

56 countries41 parks

43 countries69 parks

62 countries38 parks

43 countries31 parks

43 countries17 parks

47 countries76 parks

39 countries24 parks

62 countries76 parks

106 countries51 parks

18 countries21 parks

43 countries11 parks

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161 countries90 parks

10 countries5 parks

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79 countries26 parks

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43 countries54 parks

26 countries16 parks