Animals of South Sudan

Bushbuck

Tragelaphus sylvaticus

The bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus ) is a common and a widespread species of antelope in Sub-Saharan Africa. Bushbuck are found in a wide range of habitats, such as rain forests, montane forests, forest-savanna mosaic, savanna, bushveld and...

Red-billed oxpecker

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

The red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus ) is a passerine bird in the oxpecker family, Buphagidae. It is native to the savannah of sub-Saharan Africa, from the Central African Republic east to South Sudan and south to northern and eastern...

Cape Hare

Lepus capensis

The Cape hare (Lepus capensis ), also called the desert hare, is a hare native to Africa and Arabia extending into India.

Eurasian spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

The Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia ), or common spoonbill, is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. The genus name Platalea is from Latin and means "broad", referring to the distinctive shape of the bill, and...

Greater honeyguide

Indicator indicator

The greater honeyguide (Indicator indicator ) is a bird in the family Indicatoridae, paleotropical near passerine birds related to the woodpeckers. Its English and scientific names refer to its habit of guiding people to bee colonies. Claims that it...

Striated heron

Butorides striata

The striated heron (Butorides striata ) also known as mangrove heron, little heron or green-backed heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. Striated herons are mostly non-migratory and noted for some interesting behavioral traits. Their breeding...

Caspian tern

Hydroprogne caspia

The Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia ) is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no accepted subspecies. The genus name is from Ancient Greek hudros,...

Nubian Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis

The Nubian giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis) is the nominate subspecies of giraffe. It used to be widespread everywhere on Northeast Africa. It is currently extinct in the wild of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt and Eritrea.

Montagu's Harrier

Circus pygargus

Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus ) is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. Its common name commemorates the British naturalist George Montagu.

Common redshank

Tringa totanus

The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa totanus ) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

Eurasian wryneck

Jynx torquilla

The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla ) is a species of wryneck in the woodpecker family. This species mainly breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia. Most populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa and in...

Short-toed snake eagle

Circaetus gallicus

The short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus ), also known as the short-toed eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers. The genus name...

Pied avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta

The pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta ) is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. They breed in temperate Europe and across the Palearctic to Central Asia then on to the Russian Far East. It is a migratory...

Spotted thick-knee

Burhinus capensis

The spotted thick-knee (Burhinus capensis ), also known as the spotted dikkop or Cape thick-knee, is a wader in the family Burhinidae. It is native to tropical regions of central and southern Africa.

Saddle-billed stork

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

The saddle-billed stork or saddlebill (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis ) is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. It is a widespread species which is a resident breeder in sub-Saharan Africa from Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya south to South...

Palm-nut vulture

Gypohierax angolensis

The palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis ) or vulturine fish eagle, is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae (which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers, vultures, and eagles). It is the only...

Brown snake eagle

Circaetus cinereus

The brown snake eagle (Circaetus cinereus ) is a fairly large species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is found in West, East and southern Africa. This species is an almost obligate predator of a variety of snakes. A very solitary...

Mantled Guereza

Colobus guereza

The mantled guereza (Colobus guereza ), also known simply as the guereza, the eastern black-and-white colobus, or the Abyssinian black-and-white colobus, is a black-and-white colobus, a type of Old World monkey. It is native to much of west central...

Black Crowned Crane

Balearica pavonina

The black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina ) is a part of the family Gruidae, along with its sister species, the grey crowned crane. It is topped with its characteristic bristle-feathered golden crown. It is usually found in the shallow wetlands of...

Common Duiker

Sylvicapra grimmia

The common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia ), also known as the grey or bush duiker, is a small antelope found everywhere in Africa south of the Sahara, excluding the Horn of Africa and the rainforests of the central and western parts of the continent....

Lesser spotted eagle

Clanga pomarina

The lesser spotted eagle (Clanga pomarina ) is a large Eastern European bird of prey. Like all typical eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. The typical eagles are often united with the buteos, sea eagles, and other more heavy-set...

Little bittern

Ixobrychus minutus

The little bittern or common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus ) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. Ixobrychus is from Ancient Greek ixias, a reed-like plant and brukhomai, to bellow, and minutus is Latin for "small".

Fulvous whistling duck

Dendrocygna bicolor

The fulvous whistling duck or fulvous tree duck (Dendrocygna bicolor ) is a species of whistling duck that breeds across the world's tropical regions in much of Mexico and South America, the West Indies, the southern United States, sub-Saharan...

Red-rimmed melania

Melanoides tuberculata

The red-rimmed melania (Melanoides tuberculata ), also known as Malayan livebearing snails or Malayan/Malaysian trumpet snails (often abbreviated to MTS) by aquarists, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, a parthenogenetic, aquatic...

Northern white-faced owl

Ptilopsis leucotis

The northern white-faced owl (Ptilopsis leucotis ) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. The southern white-faced owl (P. granti ) was formerly included in this species and the two were known as the white-faced scops-owl.It is found in a band...

Great reed warbler

Acrocephalus arundinaceus

The great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus ) is a Eurasian passerine in the genus Acrocephalus.The genus name Acrocephalus is from Ancient Greek akros, "highest", and kephale, "head". It is possible that Naumann and Naumann thought akros...

Common ringed plover

Charadrius hiaticula

The common ringed plover or ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula ) is a small plover that breeds in Arctic Eurasia. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient...

Augur buzzard

Buteo augur

The augur buzzard (Buteo augur ) is a fairly large African bird of prey. This species is distinct in typical adult plumage for its blackish back, whitish underside and orange-red tail, however a dark morph is known while juvenile augur buzzards are...

Tree pipit

Anthus trivialis

The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis ) is a small passerine bird which breeds across most of Europe and the Palearctic as far East as the East Siberian Mountains. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa and southern Asia. The scientific...

Palestine sunbird

Cinnyris osea

The Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea ) is a small passerine bird of the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. Found in parts of the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, it is also known as the orange-tufted sunbird, a name also used for the similar Cinnyris...

Whinchat

Saxicola rubetra

The whinchat (Saxicola rubetra ) is a small migratory passerine bird breeding in Europe and western Asia and wintering in central Africa. At one time considered to be in the thrush family, Turdidae, it is now placed in the Old World flycatcher...

Northeast African Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii

The Northeast African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii) is a cheetah subspecies. It was first described under the scientific name Cynailurus soemmeringii by the Austrian zoologist Leopold Fitzinger in 1855 on the basis of a specimen from...

Cape robin-chat

Cossypha caffra

The Cape robin-chat (Cossypha caffra ) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It has a disjunct range from South Sudan to South Africa. The locally familiar and confiding species has colonized and benefited from a...

Long-legged buzzard

Buteo rufinus

The long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus ) is a bird of prey found widely in several parts of Eurasia and in North Africa. This species ranges from Southeastern Europe down to East Africa to the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. The...

Red-chested cuckoo

Cuculus solitarius

The red-chested cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius ) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is a medium-sized bird found in Africa south of the Sahara. In Afrikaans, it is known as "Piet-my-vrou", after its call.

Little ringed plover

Charadrius dubius

The little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius ) is a small plover. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in river valleys...

Pallid harrier

Circus macrourus

The pale or pallid harrier (Circus macrourus ) is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier subfamily. The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek. Circus is from kirkos, referring to a bird of prey named for its circling flight (kirkos,...

Kentish plover

Charadrius alexandrinus

The Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus ) is a small cosmopolitan shorebird (40-44 g) of the family Charadriidae that breeds on the shores of saline lakes, lagoons, and coasts, populating sand dunes, marshes, semi-arid desert, and tundra. Both...

Ruff

Calidris pugnax

The ruff (Calidris pugnax ) is a medium-sized wading bird that breeds in marshes and wet meadows across northern Eurasia. This highly gregarious sandpiper is migratory and sometimes forms huge flocks in its winter grounds, which include southern and...

Great spotted cuckoo

Clamator glandarius

The great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius ) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.It is widely spread throughout Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. It is a...

Superb starling

Lamprotornis superbus

The superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus ) is a member of the starling family of birds. It was formerly known as Spreo superbus.

Yellow-billed stork

Mycteria ibis

The yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis ), sometimes also called the wood stork or wood ibis, is a large African wading stork species in the family Ciconiidae. It is widespread in regions south of the Sahara and also occurs in Madagascar.