Jambo The guide to 105 animals
From lion to dung beetle: every species the Jambo Tembo AI can recognise, with its rarity and the best way to see it.
105 species
Rare
Lion
Panthera leoVery rare
Leopard
Panthera pardusCommon
African elephant
Loxodonta africanaCommon
African buffalo
Syncerus cafferLegendary
Black rhino
Diceros bicornisVery rare
White rhino
Ceratotherium simumVery rare
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatusLegendary
African wild dog
Lycaon pictusUncommon
Spotted hyena
Crocuta crocutaUncommon
Black-backed jackal
Lupulella mesomelasVery rare
Serval
Leptailurus servalLegendary
Caracal
Caracal caracalVery rare
Honey badger
Mellivora capensisVery rare
African civet
Civettictis civettaRare
Genet
Genetta maculataUncommon
Banded mongoose
Mungos mungoCommon
Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalisCommon
Plains zebra
Equus quaggaCommon
Blue wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinusCommon
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibiusCommon
Common warthog
Phacochoerus africanusVery rare
Bushpig
Potamochoerus larvatusCommon
Impala
Aepyceros melampusUncommon
Greater kudu
Tragelaphus strepsicerosRare
Lesser kudu
Tragelaphus imberbisUncommon
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnusUncommon
Nyala
Tragelaphus angasiiRare
Common eland
Taurotragus oryxVery rare
Sable antelope
Hippotragus nigerLegendary
Roan antelope
Hippotragus equinusVery rare
Topi / Tsessebe
Damaliscus lunatusUncommon
Coke's hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphusCommon
Thomson's gazelle
Eudorcas thomsoniiCommon
Grant's gazelle
Nanger grantiRare
Gerenuk
Litocranius walleriRare
Beisa oryx
Oryx beisaUncommon
Kirk's dik-dik
Madoqua kirkiiUncommon
Steenbok
Raphicerus campestrisUncommon
Common duiker
Sylvicapra grimmiaRare
Klipspringer
Oreotragus oreotragusRare
Reedbuck
Redunca arundinumCommon
Baboon
Papio sp.Common
Vervet monkey
Chlorocebus pygerythrusVery rare
Samango monkey
Cercopithecus albogularisVery rare
Bushbaby
Galago moholiLegendary
Cape porcupine
Hystrix africaeaustralisLegendary
Aardvark
Orycteropus aferLegendary
Ground pangolin
Smutsia temminckiiUncommon
Scrub hare
Lepus saxatilisUncommon
Rock hyrax
Procavia capensisCommon
Tree squirrel
Paraxerus cepapiRare
Common ostrich
Struthio camelusRare
Kori bustard
Ardeotis koriLegendary
Grey crowned crane
Balearica regulorumUncommon
Marabou stork
Leptoptilos crumeniferRare
Saddle-billed stork
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensisUncommon
Yellow-billed stork
Mycteria ibisCommon
White-backed vulture
Gyps africanusRare
Lappet-faced vulture
Torgos tracheliotosUncommon
African fish eagle
Haliaeetus vociferUncommon
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatusVery rare
Martial eagle
Polemaetus bellicosusRare
Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentariusVery rare
Verreaux's eagle-owl
Bubo lacteusRare
Pearl-spotted owlet
Glaucidium perlatumCommon
Red-billed hornbill
Tockus erythrorhynchusCommon
Yellow-billed hornbill
Tockus leucomelasVery rare
Southern ground hornbill
Bucorvus leadbeateriCommon
Lilac-breasted roller
Coracias caudatusRare
Southern carmine bee-eater
Merops nubicoidesUncommon
Little bee-eater
Merops pusillusUncommon
Pied kingfisher
Ceryle rudisCommon
Glossy starling
Lamprotornis sp.Common
Helmeted guineafowl
Numida meleagrisCommon
Spurfowl
Pternistis sp.Common
Egyptian goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaRare
Flamingo
Phoenicopterus sp.Rare
Great white pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalusRare
Goliath heron
Ardea goliathCommon
Great egret
Ardea albaUncommon
Hamerkop
Scopus umbrettaUncommon
White-browed coucal
Centropus superciliosusUncommon
Red-billed buffalo weaver
Bubalornis nigerCommon
Weaver
Ploceus sp.Common
Grey go-away-bird
Crinifer concolorCommon
Crowned lapwing
Vanellus coronatusUncommon
Oxpecker
Buphagus sp.Uncommon
African jacana
Actophilornis africanusCommon
Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticusUncommon
Nile monitor
Varanus niloticusVery rare
African rock python
Python sebaeVery rare
Black mamba
Dendroaspis polylepisRare
Puff adder
Bitis arietansVery rare
Spitting cobra
Naja mossambicaRare
Flap-necked chameleon
Chamaeleo dilepisCommon
Rock agama
Agama sp.Uncommon
Leopard tortoise
Stigmochelys pardalisUncommon
Marsh terrapin
Pelomedusa subrufaCommon
Dung beetle
ScarabaeinaeRare
Rhinoceros beetle
DynastinaeRare
Antlion
MyrmeleontidaeVery rare
Elephant shrew
Elephantulus sp.Rare
Scorpion
ScorpionesCommon
Giant millipede
Archispirostreptus sp.Uncommon
Praying mantis
MantodeaCollections
Big Five
Lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino
Lion · Leopard · African elephant · African buffalo · Black rhino or White rhino
Little Five
The "little" namesakes of the Big Five
Antlion · Red-billed buffalo weaver · Elephant shrew · Leopard tortoise · Rhinoceros beetle
Ugly Five
The savannah's unloved
Spotted hyena · White-backed vulture · Marabou stork · Blue wildebeest · Common warthog
Night kings
Nocturnal creatures
African civet · Genet · Bushbaby · Cape porcupine · Verreaux's eagle-owl
Lords of the sky
The great raptors
African fish eagle · Bateleur · Martial eagle · Secretarybird · Lappet-faced vulture
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