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Animals/Birds found at the Ruaha National Park

Caracal


Lions


Leopard


Cheetahs

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Elephant


Giraffes


Buffalo


Zebra


Hippopotamus

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Sable Antelope


Greater Kudu


Lesser Kudu

 

Frican Wild Dog


Roan Antelope

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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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