Site Report: South Luangwa National Park
×
South Luangwa National Park is one of the easier parks to get to if you consider a 6 hour bus ride followed by another 6 hour bus ride over extremely rough roads to be easy. South Luangwa is one of the places where you are able to do a walking safari, which is much more fun than the car safari.
Visits
No visit reports available.Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (44 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(44 records)
Class: Birds
(34 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis)
- Order: Bucerotiformes (2 records)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Coucals
- White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Little Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza minulla)
- Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Ketupa lactea)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae)
- Order: Pelicans
(4 records)
- Family: Herons
- Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
- African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(10 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Yellow-fronted Canary (Crithagra mozambica)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Northern Gray-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus)
- Green-winged Pytilia (Pytilia melba)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii)
- Family: Oxpeckers
- Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythroryncha)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chiniana)
- Family: Shrikes
- Souza's Shrike (Lanius souzae)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Meves's Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis mevesii)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- African Skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris)
- Family: Plovers
- Three-banded Plover (Thinornis tricollaris)
- Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
- Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(2 records)
- Family: Honeyguides
- Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens)
Class: Mammals
(9 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(4 records)
- Family: Felidae
- Leopard (Panthera pardus)
- Family: Mustelids
- Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis)
- Family: Viverridae
- African Civet (Civettictis civetta)
- Large-spotted Genet (Genetta tigrina)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (4 records)
- Family: Giraffidae
- Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
- Family: Hippopotamidae
- Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
- Order: Proboscidea
(1 record)
- Family: Elephantidae
- African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Crocodiles
- Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)