Site Report: Nxai Pan National Park

Elephant Skull, Botswana

Elephant Skull and Skin, Botswana

Baobab Tree, Botswana

White-quilled Bustard (Eupodotis afraoides)

According to the season, this park should have been full of wildlife, but for some reason most everything was not around this time.

2002-12-12: Next on the agenda was a trip into a large salt pan where animals were meant to be at this time of year. However, most of the animals had not arrived due to unusual weather patterns. At night, we were treated to a massive electrical storm with lightening flashing everywhere in the distance.

Kingdom: Animals (4 records)

Phylum: Chordates (4 records)

Class: Birds (2 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Bustards
- White-quilled Bustard (Afrotis afraoides)

Order: Struthioniformes (1 record)
- Family: Ostriches
- Ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Class: Mammals (2 records)

Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (1 record)
- Family: Bovids
- Gemsbok (Oryx gazella)

Order: Proboscidea (1 record)
- Family: Elephantidae
- African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)