MY SAFARI JOURNAL
Animals Big Five Lion Panthera leo The back of the lion's ears and the tuft of the tail are black, giving cubs a clear 'follow me' focal point, to help them follow their mother and keep in touch with the rest of the pride when moving through tall grass. Rhinoceros Black: Diceros bicornis White: Ceratotherium simum The black and white rhino can be differentiated by the shape of it s mouth. Black rhino: Pointy and triangular. White rhino: Square, straight lips. The natural skin coloration of the two species is similar (greyish brown), African Elephant Loxodonta africana Elephants spend about 16 hours a day feeding, and will consume on average 4 to 6% of their body weight daily, grinding the food between their rasp-like molars (the molars slide forward and backward over each other and not from side to side like most other herbivores). African / Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer The buffalo is a ruminant, and considered as a bulk grazer, making use of its tongue and wide incisor teeth to eat grass quicker than most other African herbivores. Leopard Panthera pardus Pattern-wise, no two leopards are alike, as the multitude of combinations of spots and rosettes, as well as their amount, size and position (on the body) are so varied and individualistic. Each leopard may be identified by its beautiful and unique spot pattern. 1
Birds & Trees at Madikwe Spotted Eagle Owl Bubo africanus African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens Hammerkop Scopus umbretta Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus Little Bee Eater Merops pusillus Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis Crimson Breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus 2
My Safari Checklist MAMMALS REPTILES Predators (Large) Wild Dog Brown Hyena Cheetah Leopard Lion Spotted Hyena Predators (Small) Civet Aardvark Banded Mongoose Backed Jackal Caracal Cape Clawless Otter Dwarf Mongoose Honey Badger Large Spotted Genet Pangolin Serval Small Spotted Genet Slender Mongoose Striped Polecat PRIMATES Baboon Lesser Bushbaby Vervet Monkey HERBIVORES Elephant Rhino Blue Wildebeest Burchell s Zebra Bushbuck Bush Pig Cape Buffalo Eland Gemsbok Giraffe Greater Kudu Grey Duiker Hippopotamus Impala Klipspringer Mountain Reedbuck Red Hartebeest Scrub Hare Springbok Steenbok Tree Squirrel Tsessebe Warthog Waterbuck White Rhino Rock Python Snake Bibron s Blind Snake Mamba Snake Boomslang Brown House Snake Brown Water Snake Egg Eater Snake Tiger Snake Wolf Snake Kalahari Sand Snake Mole Snake Mozambique Spitting Cobra Puff Adder Red Liped Herald Snake Shield Nose Snake Short-snouted Whip/Grass Snake Snouted Cobra Spotted Bush Snake Striped Skaapsteker Snake Vine Snake Flap Necked Chameleon Blue Headed Tree Agama Headed Centipede Eater Bushveld Lizard Kalahari Tent Tortoise Leopard Tortoise Marsh Terrapin Rock Monitor Serrated Hinge Terrapin Striped Skink Water Monitor TREES Blue Thorn Buffalo Thorn Camel Thorn Spike Thorn Knob Thorn Large Fruited Bushwillow Lavender Fever Berry Leadwood Magic Guarri Marula Red Bushwillow Red Leaved Rock Fig River Bushwillow Russet Bushwillow Shepards Tree Silver Cluster Leave Silver Pipe Stem Bush Sour Plum Stinging Nettle Tree Sweet Scented Thorn Sweet Thorn Tamboti Umbrella Thorn Wild Pomagranet 3
GRASSES Annual Three Awn Blue Buffalo Grass Broad Leaved Turpentine Grass Bur Bristle Grass Finger Grass Thatching Grass Guinea Grass Hairy Love Grass Narrow Leaved Love Grass Natal Red Top Quinine Grass Rooigras/Red Grass Saw Tooth Love Grass Sand Quick Spear Grass Sticky Love Grass Weeping Love Grass Wire Grass Wool Grass BIRDS Apalis Bar-throated Babbler Arrow-marked Southern Pied Barbet Acacia Pied -collared Crested Batis Chinspot Pririt Bee Eater European Southern Carmine Swallow-tailed White-fronted Bishop Southern Red Bittern Dwarf Boubou Southern Bru-bru Bru-bru Bul-bul Red-eyed Dark-capped Buttonquial Bunting Cinnamon-breasted Golden-breasted Bufflo Weaver Bustard Kori Buzzard Lizard Steppe Camaroptera Grey-backed Canary -throated Yellow Yellow-fronted Chat Ant-eating Familiar Cisticola Lazy Rattling Zitting Cormorant Reed White-breasted Coucal Burchell s Courser Bronze-winged Temminck s Crake Crombec Long-billed Cuckoo Diederik Great Spotted Jacobin Klaas s Red Chested Cuckoo Hawk Cuckooshrike Darter Dove Mourning Cape Turtle Laughing Red-eyed 4
Dove continued Emerald Spotted Wood Namaqua Drongo Fork-tailed Duck Black Shell Knob-billed Maccoa Yellow-billed White-faced Whistling Eagle Fish -chested Snake Brown Snake Lesser Spotted Martial Steppe Tawny Verreaux s Wahlbergs Egret Cattle Great Yellow-billed Eremomela Burnt-neck Yellow-bellied Falcon Amur Lanner Peregrine Red-footed Finfoot Firefinch Jameson s Flycatcher Paradise Fiscal Marico Pale Southern Black Spotted Francolin Coqui Crested Orange River Goose Egyptian Spur-winged Goshawk Gabar Pale Chanting Grebe Guineafowl Helmeted Hammerkop Hammerkop Harrier-hawk Heron -headed Goliath Green-backed Grey Squacco Hoopoe Hornbill Grey Southern Red-billed Southern Yellow-billed Honeyguide Greater Lesser Ibis Sacred Hadeda Indigobird Dusky Village Jacana Kestrel Greater Lesser Rock Kite -shouldered Yellow-billed Kingfisher Brown-hooded Giant Grey-headed Malachite Pied Striped Woodland Korhaan Northern Black Red-crested Lapwing Wattled smith Crowned 5
Lark Melodious Monotonous Rufous-naped Sabota Short-clawed Nightjar European Fiery-necked Freckled Roufus-cheeked Pennant-winged Moorhen Mannikin Bronze Mousebird Red-faced Speckled White-backed Oriole -headed Owl Scops Barn Marsh Pearl-spotted Southern White-faced Scops Spotted Eagle Verreaux Eagle Oxpecker Palm-swift Parrot Meyers Pigeon Green Speckled Pipit Bushveld Plover Three-banded Kittlitz s Prinia Tawny-flanked Pytilia Green-winged Quail Harlequin Quelea Robin-Chat Red-capped White-browed White-throated Roller European Lilac-breasted Purple Ruff Ruff Sandgrouse Burchell s Double-banded Yellow-throated Sandpiper Curlew Wood Scimitarbill Scrub-Robin Kalahari Shikra White-browed Shikra Shikra Shrike Crimson-breasted Grey Headed Bush Lesser Grey Magpie Red-backed Southern White-crowned Sparrowhawk Sparrow-Lark Chestnut-backed Sparrow House Southern Grey-headed Spoonbill Spurfowl Natal Swainsons Starling Cape Glossy Burchell s Violet-backed Wattled 6
Stilt -winged Stint Stonechat Stork Abdim s Marabou White Sunbird Amethyst Collared Malachite Marico White-bellied Swallow Barn Greater Striped Lesser Striped Pearl-breasted Red-breasted Wire-tailed Swift Black Alpine Tchagra -crowned Brown-crowned Teal Hottentot Thick-knee Spotted Water Thrush Groundscraper Kurrichane Tit Grey Penduline Southern Black Waxbill -faced Blue Violet-eared Weaver Lesser Masked Red-headed Village White Browed Sparrow White-eye Cape Widowbird White-winged Woodpecker Bearded Bennett s Cardinal Golden-tailed Wood-Hoopoe Green Whydah Long-tailed Paradise Pin-tailed Shaft-tailed ANIMAL TRACKS Baboon Banded Mongoose Buffalo Elephant Giraffe Impala Kudu Leopard Lion Rhino Spotted Hyena Springbok Vervet Monkey Warthog Wildebeest Zebra Go-away-bird Grey Vulture Cape Lappet-faced White-backed Wagtail Pied Cape Warbler Lesser Swamp Willow 7
Madikwe Safari Lodge, Madikwe Game Reserve, North West Province, South Africa Reservations: Tel: +27 11 880 9992 Email: res@more.co.za Lodge Tel: +27 18 350 9902 www.madikwesafarilodge.co.za