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Animals/Birds found at the Ruaha National Park

Caracal


Lions


Leopard


Cheetahs


Elephant


Giraffes


Buffalo


Zebra


Hippopotamus

Sable Antelope


Greater Kudu


Lesser Kudu

 

Frican Wild Dog


Roan Antelope

Steinbuck


Reedbuck


Eland


Hartebeest


Duiker


Grants Gazelle


Impala


Waterbuck


Bushbuck


Dikdik

Mongooses


Banded Mongoose


Dwarf Mongoose


Egyption Mongoose


Marsh Mongoose


Slender Mongoose


White-tailed Mongoose


Common Genet


Large-spotted Genet


Thick-tailed Bush baby


African Civet


Two-spotted Palm Civet


Ratel / Honey Badger


Hare

Bat-eared Fox


Rock Hyrax


Tree Hyrax


Yellow-spotted Hyrax


Aardwolf


Hare-cape


Spotted Hyena


Striped Hyena


Black-backed Jackal


Side-striped Jackal


Aardvark


Giant Pangolin


Yellow Baboons


Vervet Monkeys


Warthog


Bush pig

HERONS & EGRETS
Cattle Egret
Large White Egret

BEE-EATERS
Little bee-eater
European bee-eater
 
PIGEONS & DOVES
Speckled Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
African Mourning Dove
Black-billed Wood Dove

CUCKOOS
Red-chested Cuckoo
Common cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Barred long-tailed Cuckoo
Diederik Cuckoo
 
WAGTAILS
  African Pied Wagtail
  
BULBULS
Yellow-vented Bulbul

EAGLES & HAWKS
Black-shouldered Kite
Brown Snake Eagle
African Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Long-crested Eagle
Fish Eagle
 
FINCH
  Melba Finch or
Green-winged Pytilia

SHRIKES
Black-fronted Bush Shrike
Speckled Mousebird
  
OWLS
African Wood Owl
  
ROLLERS
Eurasian Roller
Broad Tailed Roller
Lilac Breasted Roller
  
HORN BILLS
Crowned Hornbill
  Red-billed Hornbill
Ground Hornbill
 
CROWS & RAVENS
  Pied Crow
  

WEAVERS & WIDOWBIRDS
Red-billed Oxpecker
Grey-headed Sparrow
White-headed Buffalo Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Red-belied Buffalo Weaver

CAMAROTERA
Grey Backed Camaroptera
  
FRANCOLINS & QUAILS
Red Chestnut Napped Francolin
Red Necked Francolin
 
BABLER
Arrow-marked Babler

APALIS
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis

HONEY GUIDES
Lesser Honey Guide
  
SWIFT
Little Swift
  
BUSTARDS
Black-bellied Bustard
  
WOODPECKERS
Olive Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
 
WARBLERS
Red-faced Crombec
Wing-snapping Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Black-breasted Cisticola

PARROTS
Yellow-collared Lovebird
Red-parched Cordon Bleu
Red Cordon Bleu
Fischer’s Lovebird

KINGFISHERS
Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Mangrove Kingfisher
 
FLYCATCHERS
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
African Paradise Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
Southern Black Flycatcher

GUINEA FOWL
Helmeted Guinea Fowl
Crested Guinea Fowl
  
SWALLOWS & MARTINS
White-headed Roughwing
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
  
WAXBILLS
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Common Waxbill

SUNBIRDS
Collared Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Scarlet-tufted Malachite
  
BARBET
Spot-flanked Barbet
  
CANARIES & SEEDEATERS
East African Citril

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