Animals of Zimbabwe
133 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Zimbabwe on GBIF: 82 birds, 37 mammals, 8 reptiles, 3 amphibians, 2 insects & other invertebrates, 1 sharks & fish. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map
All 133 animals by group
Big cats 3
Foxes, jackals & wild dogs 1
- African wild dog Lycaon pictus
Hyenas & aardwolf 1
- Spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta
Mongooses, civets & genets 3
- Banded mongoose Mungos mungo
- Common dwarf mongoose Helogale parvula
- Common slender mongoose Galerella sanguinea
Elephants 1
- African bush elephant Loxodonta africana
Rhinos 2
- Black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis
- White rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum
Hippos, giraffes & zebras 2
- Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius
- Plains zebra Equus quagga
Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats 13
- African buffalo Syncerus caffer
- Blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus
- Cape bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus
- Common eland Taurotragus oryx
- Greater kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros
- Harnessed bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus
- Impala Aepyceros melampus
- Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus
- Roan antelope Hippotragus equinus
- Sable antelope Hippotragus niger
- Southern reedbuck Redunca arundinum
- Steenbok Raphicerus campestris
- Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Wild pigs & peccaries 1
- Common warthog Phacochoerus africanus
Monkeys 3
- Chacma baboon Papio ursinus
- Malbrouck Chlorocebus cynosuros
- Vervet monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus
Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots 1
- Smith's bush squirrel Paraxerus cepapi
Mice, rats & other rodents 2
- Mashona mole-rat Fukomys darlingi
- South African springhare Pedetes capensis
Hedgehogs, shrews & moles 1
- Lesser red musk shrew Crocidura hirta
Pangolins, hyraxes & other mammals 3
- Eastern rock sengi Elephantulus myurus
- Rock hyrax Procavia capensis
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax Heterohyrax brucei
Birds of prey 20
- African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
- Amur falcon Falco amurensis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Black kite Milvus migrans
- Black-winged kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common buzzard Buteo buteo
- Crowned eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo
- European honey buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Hooded vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus
- Lappet-faced vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Martial eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Shikra Accipiter badius
- Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Tawny eagle Aquila rapax
- Verreaux's eagle Aquila verreauxii
- White-backed vulture Gyps africanus
Owls 1
- Western barn owl Tyto alba
Ducks, geese & swans 1
- Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Waders, gulls, terns & auks 10
- Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Little stint Calidris minuta
- Pied avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- White-winged tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
Seabirds, divers & grebes 3
- Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos 17
- African sacred ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Black stork Ciconia nigra
- Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Goliath heron Ardea goliath
- Great egret Ardea alba
- Grey crowned crane Balearica regulorum (introduced)
- Grey heron Ardea cinerea
- Hadada ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Little egret Egretta garzetta
- Marabou stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Purple heron Ardea purpurea
- Western cattle egret Ardea ibis
- White stork Ciconia ciconia
Pheasants, grouse & game birds 1
- Helmeted guinea fowl Numida meleagris
Pigeons & doves 2
- Laughing dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rock dove Columba livia (introduced)
Woodpeckers, kingfishers, hornbills & toucans 5
- Eurasian hoopoe Upupa epops
- European bee-eater Merops apiaster
- European roller Coracias garrulus
- Lilac-breasted roller Coracias caudatus
- Southern ground hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
Hummingbirds, swifts & nightjars 1
- Common swift Apus apus
Ostriches, emus, kiwis & rheas 1
- Common ostrich Struthio camelus
Crows, jays & magpies 1
- Pied crow Corvus albus
Songbirds & perching birds 18
- Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common myna Acridotheres tristis (introduced)
- Common reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian golden oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Garden warbler Sylvia borin
- Great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- House sparrow Passer domesticus (introduced)
- Icterine warbler Hippolais icterina
- Marsh warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Red-backed shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-billed quelea Quelea quelea
- Sand martin Riparia riparia
- Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Violet-backed starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Western house martin Delichon urbicum
- Western yellow wagtail Motacilla flava
- Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Cuckoos, turacos & other birds 1
- Kori bustard Ardeotis kori
Crocodiles & alligators 1
- Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus
Snakes 3
- Boomslang Dispholidus typus
- Mozambique spitting cobra Naja mossambica
- Southern African rock python Python natalensis
Lizards, geckos & tuatara 3
- Nile monitor Varanus niloticus
- Rock monitor Varanus albigularis
- Tropical house gecko Hemidactylus mabouia
Turtles & tortoises 1
- Leopard tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis
Frogs & toads 3
- African bullfrog Pyxicephalus adspersus
- African clawed frog Xenopus laevis
- Grey foam-nest tree frog Chiromantis xerampelina
Bony fish 1
- Clarias gariepinus Clarias gariepinus
Butterflies & moths 1
- Gonimbrasia belina Gonimbrasia belina
Spiders, scorpions & other arachnids 1
- Latrodectus geometricus Latrodectus geometricus
Presence means at least a few wild records with coordinates (and a minimum share of the species’ records, to exclude vagrants and escapes) in GBIF data licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0. Some species may be missing where open data is scarce.