J. So, you might be wondering what animals (or ‘aminals’ as T. used to say…) we saw during our stay in Kruger… Well, going through our guidebook, here is the complete list…
Birds:
- African Fish Eagle
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Tawny Eagle
- Bateleur
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- White-headed Vulture
- White-backed Vulture
- Secretary bird
- Abdim’s Stork
- White Stork
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Egyptian Goose
- Blacksmith Lapwing
- Cattle Egret
- Little Egret
- Grey Heron
- Crested Francolin
- Natal Spurfowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Common Ostrich
- Red-crested Korhaan
- BulBul
- Magpie Shrike
- Cape Glossy Starling
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
- African Grey Hornbill
- Southern Ground Hornbill
- Red-billed Hornbill
- Lilac Breasted Roller
- African Hoopoe
- Brown-headed Parrot
- Grey Go-away-bird
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark
- Speckled Mousebird
- House Sparrow
- Grey-headed Sparrow
- Village Weaver
- Cape Cormorant
Mammals and Reptiles:
- Leopard
- Lion
- Cheetah
- African Civet
- African Wild Cat
- Black-backed Jackal
- Spotted Hyena
- African Wild Dog
- Chacma Baboon
- Hippopotamus
- Vervet Monkey
- Giraffe
- Warthog
- African Elephant
- Burchell’s Zebra
- Greater Lidi
- Niyala
- African Buffalo
- Blue Wildebeest
- Waterbuck
- Bushbuck
- Impala
- Steenbok
- Sharpe’s Grysbok
- Common Duiker
- Tree Squirrel
- Southern Tree Agama
- Dwarf Gecko
- Striped Skink
- Rock Monitor
- Crocodile
- Hinged Terapin
- Dwarf Mongoose
Quite a list… Before we left on this trip, I never expected to see this many animals…!
