🇿🇼Animals recorded in Zimbabwe

Which animals have been recorded in Zimbabwe? 11,636 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 367 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Xeric Four-striped Grass Rat, Coucha Rat, Termitophilomyia zimbraunsi.

• 11,636 records
• 1,200+ species
• 21 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Xeric Four-striped Grass Rat, Coucha Rat, Termitophilomyia zimbraunsi. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Zimbabwe

	Animal	Group	Records
	Xeric Four-striped Grass Rat Rhabdomys pumilio	Mammalia Muridae	267
	Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	143
	Termitophilomyia zimbraunsi	Insecta Phoridae	96
	Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus crypturus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	83
	Red Veld Aethomys Aethomys chrysophilus	Mammalia Muridae	77
	Banana Bat Afronycteris nanus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	75
	Single-Striped Lemniscomys Lemniscomys rosalia	Mammalia Muridae	73
	Lesser Red Musk Shrew Crocidura hirta	Mammalia Soricidae	54
	White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	Aves Muscicapidae	52
	Cape Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus capensis	Squamata Gekkonidae	45
	White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini	Aves Muscicapidae	44
	Southern African Spiny Mouse Acomys spinosissimus	Mammalia Muridae	44
	Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus	Aves Nectariniidae	44
	Wahlberg's Striped Skink Trachylepis wahlbergii	Squamata Scincidae	41
	plains zebra Equus quagga	Mammalia Equidae	41
	Haplomydas crassipes	Insecta Mydidae	40
	impala Aepyceros melampus	Mammalia Bovidae	37
	greater kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros	Mammalia Bovidae	37
	Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava	Aves Cisticolidae	36
	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Mammalia Nycteridae	36
	African elephant Loxodonta africana	Mammalia Elephantidae	35
	Pouched Mouse Saccostomus campestris	Mammalia Nesomyidae	34
	Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica	Aves Cisticolidae	34
	Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris	Aves Alcedinidae	34
	Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis	Aves Nectariniidae	34
	Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus	Aves Nectariniidae	33
	Southern Giraffe Giraffa giraffa	Mammalia Giraffidae	33
	Greater Gray-brown Musk Shrew Crocidura luna	Mammalia Soricidae	32
	Cape Batis Batis capensis	Aves Platysteiridae	32
	Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana	Aves Cisticolidae	32
	bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus	Mammalia Bovidae	31
	Stichopogon punctus	Insecta Asilidae	30
	Common Flat Lizard Platysaurus intermedius	Squamata Cordylidae	30
	Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	30
	Swynnerton's Robin Swynnertonia swynnertoni	Aves Muscicapidae	29
	Common Grammomys Grammomys dolichurus	Mammalia Muridae	28
	Dark-footed Forest Shrew Myosorex cafer	Mammalia Soricidae	28
	common warthog Phacochoerus africanus	Mammalia Suidae	28
	African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus	Aves Muscicapidae	28
	Brancus mustelus	Arachnida Salticidae	28
	Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus	Aves Coliidae	27
	Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica	Aves Fringillidae	27
	Smith's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus cepapi	Mammalia Sciuridae	26
	Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis	Aves Ploceidae	26
	Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus	Aves Meropidae	25
	Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	24
	Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis	Aves Cisticolidae	24
	hippo Hippopotamus amphibius	Mammalia Hippopotamidae	24
	Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais	Aves Cisticolidae	24
	Rainbow Skink Trachylepis margaritifera	Squamata Scincidae	24
	Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	Aves Turdidae	24
	Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus	Aves Malaconotidae	24
	African Split-skin Toad Schismaderma carens	Amphibia Bufonidae	23
	Parabomis megae	Arachnida Thomisidae	23
	Baryphas Jumping Spider Baryphas ahenus	Arachnida Salticidae	23
	Feather-legged Lace Weaver Uloborus plumipes	Arachnida Uloboridae	23
	Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens	Aves Picidae	23
	Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla	Aves Malaconotidae	23
	Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	23
	Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans	Aves Cisticolidae	23