Kruger National Park Mammal List
The Kruger National Park is without question one of Africa’s premier game-watching destinations and for good reason, 147 mammal species that occur within the Park and surrounding reserves.
Interested in spotting the famed « Big 5 » well that might just be easier than you might expect with estimated numbers as follows; Rhinoceros +-7000 (both white and black), Buffalo +- 27000, Leopard +- 2000, Lion +- 2800 and Elephants +- 12000.
Rare and endangered Wild Dog (+- 150) and Cheetah (+- 120) can also be found although their numbers are on the low side.
↓ Kruger Mammal List ↓
– Aardvark
– Aardwolf
– Roan Antelope
– Sable Antelope
– Chacma Baboon
– Honey Badger
– Peter’s Epauletted Bat
– Wahlberg’s Epauletted Bat
– Angolan Free-tailed Bat
– Little Free-tailed Bat
– Mauritian Tomb Bat
– Buffalo
– Lesser Bushbaby
– Thick-tailed Bushbaby
– Bushbuck
– Bushpig
– Greater Cane-Rat
– Caracal
– African Cat Wild
– Cheetah
– Civet
– Rock Dassie
– Yellow-spotted Rock Dassie
– Dog Wild
– Common Duiker
– Red Duiker
– Eland
– African Elephant
– Bat-eared Fox
– Large-spotted Genet
– Small-spotted Genet
– Giraffe
– Sharpe’s Grysbok
– Cape Hare
– Natal Hare Red
– Scrub Hare
– Lichtenstein’s Hartebeest
– Hippopotamus
– Spotted Hyaena
– Impala
– Black-backed Jackal
– Side-striped Jackal
– Klipspringer
– Kudu
– Leopard
– Lion
– Banded Mongoose
– Dwarf Mongoose
– Large Grey Mongoose
– Meller’s Mongoose
– Selous’s Mongoose
– Slender Mongoose
– Water Mongoose
– White-tailed Mongoose
– Samango Monkey
– Vervet Monkey
– Natal Multimammate Mouse
– Nyala
– Oribi
– Cape Clawless Otter
– Pangolin
– Striped Polecat
– Porcupine
– Common Reedbuck
– Mountain Reedbuck
– Grey Rhebok
– Black Rhinoceros
– White Rhinoceros
– Serval
– Spring hare
– Tree Squirrel
– Steenbok
– Suni
– Tsessebe
– Warthog
– Waterbuck
– Blue Wildebeest
– Burchell’s Zebra
Kruger National Park Bird List
The Kruger National Park and surrounding private games reserves offer without question some of the finest birding in Southern Africa, with over 500 species (some that are found nowhere else). In general birding in the park is spectacular but the Pafuri region in the far north as well the lower Sabie and Sabi Sand reserve in the South are two stand-out areas.
Below is the complete Kruger Bird List with around 500 species, enjoy.
↓ Kruger Bird List ↓
Struthionidae
– Ostrich
Numididae
– Helmeted Guineafowl
– Crested Guineafowl
Phasianidae
– Coqui Francolin
– Shelley’s Francolin
– Crested Francolin
– Natal Francolin
– Swainson’s Francolin
– Red-necked Francolin
– Common Quail
– Harlequin Quail
– African Blue Quail
Anatidae
– White-faced Whistling Duck
– Fulvous Whistling Duck
– White-backed Duck
– Spur-winged Goose
– Comb Duck
– Egyptian Goose
– African Pygmy-goose
– African Black Duck
– Yellow-billed Duck
– Cape Shoveler
– Northern Shoveler
– Red-billed Duck
– Garganey
– Hottentot Teal
– Southern Pochard
Podicipedidae
– Little Grebe
Phoenicopteridae
– Greater Flamingo
– Lesser Flamingo
Ciconiidae
– Yellow-billed Stork
– African Openbill
– Black Stork
– Abdim’s Stork
– Woolly-necked Stork
– European White Stork
– Saddle-bill Stork
– Marabou
Threskiornithidae
– Sacred Ibis
– Hadada Ibis
– Glossy Ibis
– African Spoonbill
Ardeidae
– Eurasian Bittern
– Little Bittern
– Dwarf Bittern
– White-backed Night Heron
– Black-crowned Night Heron
– Striated Heron
– Squacco Heron
– Rufous-bellied Heron
– Cattle Egret
– Grey Heron
– Black-headed Heron
– Goliath Heron
– Purple Heron
– Great Egret
– Intermediate Egret
– Black Heron
– Slaty Egret
– Little Egret
Scopidae
– Hamerkop
Pelecanidae
– Great White Pelican
– Pink-backed Pelican
Phalacrocoracidae
– Long-tailed Cormorant/Reed Cormorant
– Great Cormorant
Anhingidae
– Darter
Falconidae
– African Pygmy Falcon
– Lesser Kestrel
– Common Kestrel
– Dickinson’s Kestrel
– Red-necked Falcon
– Red-footed Falcon
– Amur Falcon
– Sooty Falcon
– Eurasian Hobby
– African Hobby
– Lanner Falcon
– Peregrine Falcon
Accipitridae
– Secretary Bird
– Osprey
– African Cuckoo-Hawk
– European Honey Buzzard
– Bat Hawk
– Black-winged Kite
– Black Kite
– African Fish Eagle
– Palm-nut Vulture
– Egyptian Vulture
– Hooded Vulture
– African White-backed Vulture
– Cape Griffon
– White-headed Vulture
– Lappet-faced Vulture
– Black-breasted Snake Eagle
– Brown Snake Eagle
– Bateleur
– Western Marsh Harrier
– African Marsh Harrier
– Pallid Harrier
– Montagu’s Harrier
– African Harrier-Hawk
– Dark Chanting Goshawk
– Gabar Goshawk
– African Goshawk
– Shikra
– African Little Sparrowhawk
– Ovambo Sparrowhawk
– Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
– Black Sparrowhawk
– Lizard Buzzard
– Eurasian Buzzard
– Mountain Buzzard
– Long-legged Buzzard
– Augur Buzzard
– Jackal Buzzard
– Lesser Spotted Eagle
– Tawny Eagle
– Steppe Eagle
– Verreaux’s Eagle
– Wahlberg’s Eagle
– African Hawk-Eagle
– Booted Eagle
– Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle
– Martial Eagle
– Long-crested Eagle
– Crowned Hawk-Eagle
Otididae
– Kori Bustard
– Red-crested Bustard
– Black-bellied Bustard
Rallidae
– Buff-spotted Flufftail
– Red-chested Flufftail
– African Rail
– African Crake
– Corncrake
– Black Crake
– Baillon’s Crake
– Spotted Crake
– Striped Crake
– Purple Swamphen
– Allen’s Gallinule
– Common Moorhen
– Lesser Moorhen
– Red-knobbed Coot
Heliornithidae
African Finfoot
Gruidae
– Grey Crowned Crane
Turnicidae
– Common Buttonquail
– Black-rumped Buttonquail
Burhinidae
– Water Dikkop
– Spotted Dikkop
Recurvirostridae
– Black-winged Stilt
– Pied Avocet
Charadriidae
– Blacksmith Plover
– White-headed Lapwing
– Lesser Black-winged Lapwing
– Crowned Plover
– African Wattled Lapwing
– Grey Plover/Black-bellied Plover
– Common Ringed Plover
– Kittlitz’s Sand Plover
– Three-banded Plover
– White-fronted Plover
– Caspian Plover
Rostratulidae
– Greater Painted-snipe
Jacanidae
– African Jacana
Scolopacidae
– African Snipe
– Whimbrel
– Common Redshank
– Marsh Sandpiper
– Common Greenshank
– Lesser Yellowlegs
– Green Sandpiper
– Wood Sandpiper
– Common Sandpiper
– Sanderling
– Little Stint
– Baird’s Sandpiper
– Pectoral Sandpiper
– Curlew Sandpiper
– Dunlin
– Ruff
– Grey Phalarope/Red Phalarope
Glareolidae
– Temminck’s Courser
– Heuglin’s Courser
– Bronze-winged Courser
– Collared Pratincole
Laridae
– Lesser Black-backed Gull
– Grey-hooded Gull
– Whiskered Tern
– White-winged Black Tern
Pteroclididae
– Double-banded Sandgrouse
Columbidae
– Rock Dove
– Speckled Pigeon
– African Olive Pigeon
– African Lemon Dove
– European Turtle Dove
– Mourning Collared Dove
– Red-eyed Turtle Dove
– Ring-necked Dove
– Laughing Dove
– Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
– Blue-spotted Wood Dove
– Tambourine Dove
– Namaqua Dove
– African Green Pigeon
Psittacidae
– Brown-necked Parrot
– Brown Parrot
– Brown-headed Parrot
Musophagidae
– Knysna Turaco
– Purple-crested Turaco
– Grey Go-away Bird
Cuculidae
– Jacobin Cuckoo
– Levaillant’s Cuckoo
– Great Spotted Cuckoo
– Thick-billed Cuckoo
– Red-chested Cuckoo
– Black Cuckoo
– Common Cuckoo
– African Cuckoo
– Madagascan Cuckoo
– Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
– Klaas’s Cuckoo
– African Emerald Cuckoo
– Dideric Cuckoo
– Yellowbill
– African Black Coucal
– White-browed Coucal
Tytonidae
– Barn Owl
– Grass Owl
Strigidae
– African Scops Owl
– Southern White-faced Owl
– Spotted Eagle-Owl
– Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
– Pel’s Fishing Owl
– African Wood Owl
– Pearl-spotted Owlet
– African Barred Owlet
– Marsh Owl
Caprimulgidae
– European Nightjar
– Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
– Fiery-necked Nightjar
– Swamp Nightjar
– Freckled Nightjar
– Mozambique Nightjar
– Pennant-winged Nightjar
Apodidae
– Mottled Spinetailed Swift
– Böhm’s Spinetailed Swift
– African Palm Swift
– Alpine Swift
– Common Swift
– African Swift
– Little Swift
– Horus Swift
– White-rumped Swift
Coliidae
– Speckled Mousebird
– Red-faced Mousebird
Trogonidae
– Narina’s Trogon
Coraciidae
– Rufous-crowned Roller
– Racquet-tailed Roller
– Lilac-breasted Roller
– European Roller
– Broad-billed Roller
Alcedinidae
– Grey-headed Kingfisher
– Brown-hooded Kingfisher
– Striped Kingfisher
– Woodland Kingfisher
– African Pygmy Kingfisher
– Malachite Kingfisher
– Half-collared Kingfisher
– Giant Kingfisher
– Pied Kingfisher
Meropidae
– Little Bee-eater
– White-fronted Bee-eater
– Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
– European Bee-eater
– Carmine Bee-eater
Upupidae
– Common Hoopoe
Phoeniculidae
– Green Wood Hoopoe
– Common Scimitarbill
Bucerotidae
– Crowned Hornbill
– African Grey Hornbill
– Red-billed Hornbill
– Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
– Trumpeter Hornbill
Bucorvidae
– Southern Ground Hornbill
Ramphastidae
– Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
– Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
– Acacia Pied Barbet
– Black-collared Barbet
– Crested Barbet
Indicatoridae
– Wahlberg’s Honeybird
– Lesser Honeyguide
– Scaly-throated Honeyguide
– Greater Honeyguide
Picidae
– Rufous-breasted Wryneck
– Bennett’s Woodpecker
– Golden-tailed Woodpecker
– Cardinal Woodpecker
– Bearded Woodpecker
– Olive Woodpecker
Pittidae
– African Pitta
Platysteiridae
– Black-and-white Shrike-Flycatcher
– Cape Batis
– Woodwards’ Batis
– Chinspot Batis
– Black-throated Wattle-eye
Malaconotidae
– White Helmet-shrike
– Retz’s Helmet-shrike
– Grey-headed Bush Shrike
– Black-fronted Bush Shrike
– Olive Bush Shrike
– Orange-breasted Bush Shrike
– Gorgeous Bush Shrike
– Bokmakierie
– Brown-crowned Tchagra
– Black-crowned Tchagra
– Black-backed Puffback
– Tropical Boubou
– Southern Boubou
– Crimson-breasted Gonolek
– Brubru
Campephagidae
– Grey Cuckoo-shrike
– White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike
– Black Cuckoo-shrike
Laniidae
– Magpie-Shrike
– White-crowned Shrike
– Red-backed Shrike
– Lesser Grey Shrike
– Fiscal Shrike
Oriolidae
– Eurasian Golden Oriole
– African Golden Oriole
– Eastern Black-headed Oriole
Dicruridae
– Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarchidae
– Blue-mantled Paradise-flycatcher
– African Paradise-flycatcher
Corvidae
– Cape Crow
– Pied Crow
– White-necked Raven
Paridae
Southern Black Tit
Remizidae
African Penduline Tit
Hirundinidae
– Black Saw-wing
– Grey-rumped Swallow
– Plain Martin
– Collared Sand Martin/Bank Swallow
– Barn Swallow
– White-throated Swallow
– Wire-tailed Swallow
– Pearl-breasted Swallow
– Rock Martin
– Northern House Martin
– Greater Striped Swallow
– Lesser Striped Swallow
– Rufous-chested Swallow
– Mosque Swallow
Alaudidae
– Monotonous Bushlark
– Rufous-naped Bushlark
– Flappet Lark
– Fawn-coloured Bushlark
– Sabota Bushlark
– Dusky Lark
– Red-capped Lark
– Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Cisticolidae
– Red-faced Cisticola
– Rock-loving Cisticola
– Rattling Cisticola
– Winding Cisticola
– Levaillant’s Cisticola
– Croaking Cisticola
– Piping Cisticola
– Zitting Cisticola
– Desert Cisticola
– Wing-snapping Cisticola
– Tawny-flanked Prinia
– Karoo Prinia
– Red-winged Warbler
– Bar-throated Apalis
– Yellow-breasted Apalis
– Bleating Warbler
– Miombo Wren-Warbler
– Barred Wren-Warbler
Pycnonotidae
– Common Bulbul
– Sombre Greenbul
– Yellow-bellied Greenbul
– Terrestrial Brownbul
– Yellow-streaked Greenbul
Genera Incertae Sedis
– Eastern Nicator
Sylviidae
– Fan-tailed Grassbird
– Little Rush Warbler
– Cape Grassbird
– River Warbler
– Lesser Swamp Warbler
– Great Reed Warbler
– Sedge Warbler
– African Reed Warbler
– Marsh Warbler
– Olive-tree Warbler
– Icterine Warbler
– African Yellow Warbler
– Southern Hyliota
– Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler
– Willow Warbler
– Yellow-bellied Eremomela
– Green-capped Eremomela
– Burnt-necked Eremomela
– Long-billed Crombec
– Garden Warbler
– Greater Whitethroat
Timaliidae
– Arrow-marked Babbler
– Southern Pied Babbler
Zosteropidae
– Cape White-eye
– African Yellow White-eye
Sturnidae
– Wattled Starling
– Cape Glossy Starling
– Greater Blue-eared Starling
– Meves’s Long-tailed Starling
– Burchell’s Starling
– Black-bellied Glossy Starling
– Amethyst Starling
– Red-winged Starling
– Red-billed Oxpecker
– Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Turdidae
– Groundscraper Thrush
– Kurrichane Thrush
Muscicapidae
– White-starred Robin
– Thrush Nightingale
– Cape Robin-Chat
– White-throated Robin-Chat
– White-browed Robin-Chat
– Red-capped Robin-Chat
– Collared Palm Thrush
– Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin
– Brown Scrub Robin
– White-browed Scrub Robin
– Common Stonechat
– Capped Wheatear
– Mountain Wheatear
– Familiar Chat
– White-headed Black Chat
– Mocking Cliffchat
– Cape Rock Thrush
– Southern Black Flycatcher
– Pale Flycatcher
– Mariqua Flycatcher
– Fiscal-Flycatcher
– Spotted Flycatcher
– Ashy Flycatcher
– African Dusky Flycatcher
– Grey Tit-Flycatcher
– Collared Flycatcher
Nectariniidae
– Plain-backed Sunbird
– Collared Sunbird
– Amethyst Sunbird
– Scarlet-chested Sunbird
– Southern Double-collared Sunbird
– Greater Double-collared Sunbird
– Mariqua Sunbird
– Purple-banded Sunbird
– White-bellied Sunbird
– Variable Sunbird
Passeridae
– White-browed Sparrow Weaver
– House Sparrow
– Mossie
– Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
– Yellow-throated Petronia
Ploceidae
– Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
– Grosbeak-Weaver
– Spectacled Weaver
– Cape Weaver
– African Golden Weaver
– Lesser Masked Weaver
– African Masked Weaver
– Village Weaver
– Red-headed Weaver
– Red-billed Quelea
– Yellow-crowned Bishop
– Southern Red Bishop
– Yellow Bishop
– Fan-tailed Widowbird
– White-winged Widowbird
– Red-collared Widowbird
Estrildidae
– Orange-winged Pytilia
– Green-winged Pytilia
– Red-headed Finch
– Cut-throat
– Green-backed Twinspot
– Pink-throated Twinspot
– Red-billed Firefinch
– African Firefinch
– Jameson’s Firefinch
– Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu
– Violet-eared Waxbill
– Swee Waxbill
– Common Waxbill
– Black-faced Waxbill
– Zebra Waxbill
– African Quailfinch
– Bronze Mannikin
– Black-and-white Mannikin
Viduidae
– Village Indigobird
– Purple Indigobird
– Dusky Indigobird
– Pin-tailed Whydah
– Shaft-tailed Whydah
– Eastern Paradise Whydah
– Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
– Parasitic Weaver
Motacillidae
– Yellow Wagtail
– Cape Wagtail
– Grey Wagtail
– Mountain Wagtail
– African Pied Wagtail
– Golden Pipit
– Yellow-throated Longclaw
– African Pipit
– Long-billed Pipit
– Woodland Pipit
– Buffy Pipit
– Plain-backed Pipit
– Tree Pipit
– Red-throated Pipit
– Striped Pipit
– Short-tailed Pipit
– Bush Pipit
Fringillidae
– Forest Canary
– Lemon-breasted Canary
– Yellow-fronted Canary
– Brimstone Canary
– Streaky-headed Seedeater
Emberizidae
– Lark-like Bunting
– Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
– Golden-breasted Bunting
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