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Animals – Check List www.readysetsafari.com Animal Family Common Name Poins Checklist Antelope Blue Wildebeest 5 Bushbuck 5 Greater Kudu 5 Grey Duiker (Common 5 Duiker) Impala 5 Nyala 5 Steenbok 5 Waterbuck 5 Buffalo African Buffalo 10 (BIG 5) Canines African Wild Dog 30 PUP: 100 Black-Backed Jackal 5 Side-Striped Jackal 10 Spotted Hyena 10 CUB: 50 Cats Leopard 20 (BIG 5) CUB: 75 Lion 10 (BIG 5) CUB: 50 Cheetah 30 CUB: 100 Elephant African Elephant 5 Giraffe Giraffe 5 Hippopotamus Hippopotamus 5 Pigs Common Warthog 5 Rhinoceroses White Rhinoceros 10 (BIG 5) Black Rhinoceros 50 Zebra Plains Zebra (Burchell’s 5 Zebra) Mongooses Banded Mongoose 5 Dwarf Mongoose 5 Slender Mongoose 5 Monkeys Chacma Baboon 5 Vervet Monkey 5 Lesser Bushbaby 10 Thick-tailed Bushbaby 20 Reptiles / Snakes Crocodile 5 Water Monitor 10 Rock Monitor 10 Black Mamba 20 Puff Adder 20 African Boomslang 20 African Rock Python 20 Squirrels Tree Squirrel 5 Viverridae African Civet 10 Small-spotted Genet 5 Large-spotted Genet 5 RARER SPECIES Aardvark (Antbear) 50 Aardwolf 100 Eland 50 Klipspringer 20 Lichtensein’s Hartebeest 50 Reedbuck 20 Roan Antelope 50 Sable Antelope 50 Sharpe’s Grysbok 20 Tsessebe 50 Honey Badger 50 Bat-eared Fox 50 Brown Hyena 50 African Wild Cat 20 Caracal (Lynx) 50 Serval 50 Ground Pangolin 1000 Bushpig 20 Cape Porcupine 50 BIRDS Owls Spotted Eagle-Owl 20 Pearl-spotted Owlet 20 Southern White-faced 20 Scops-Owl Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl 10 (Giant) Barn Owl 0 African Scops Owl 30 Eagles Walhberg’s Eagle 15 Tawny Eagle 15 Steppe Eagle 10 African Fish Eagle 5 Brown Snake Eagle 5 Black-chest Snake Eagle 20 African Hawk Eagle 10 Martial Eagle 20 Long-crested Eagle 20 Bateleur 5 Hawks/Kites Black-shouldered Kite 10 African Harrier Hawk 20 Vultures Hooded Vulture 10 White-backed Vulture 10 Lappet-faced Vulture 50 Cape Vulture 50 White-headed Vulture 30 Larger Ground Birds Secretary Bird 30 Southern Ground Hornbill 20 Black-bellied Bustard 30 Kori Bustard 20 Common Ostrich 20 Red-crested Korhaan 10 Helmeted Guineafowl 5 Storks Saddle-billed Stork 20 Black Stork 30 Marabou Stork 5 Yellow-billed Stork 10 Woolly-necked Stork 10 White Stork 20 Herons Grey Heron 10 Goliath Heron 30 Green-backed Heron 30 Rollers Lilac-breasted Roller 5 Purple Roller 10 European Roller 10 Broad-billed Roller 20 Water birds Egyptian Geese 5 Three Banded Plover 30 Water Thicknee 10 Cattle Egret 10 Hamerkop 10 Blacksmith Lapwing 10 Kingfishers Malachite Kingfisher 30 Pied Kingfisher 20 Giant Kingfisher 30 Woodland Kingfisher 10 Hornbill Red-billed Hornbill 5 Yellow-billed Hornbill 5 African Grey Hornbill 5 Trumpeter Hornbill 50 Other Birds Black-headed Oriole 5 Brown-headed Parrot 30 Crested Barbet 10 Red-billed Oxpecker 5 Yellow-billed Oxpecker 50 Grey Go-away Bird 5 Magpie Shrike 5 European Bee-eater 10 White-fronted Bee-eater 20 Cape Glossy Starling 5 Burchell’s Starling 5 OTHER BIRDS SPOTTED: ______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ OTHER ANIMALS SPOTTED: ___________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ TOTAL ANIMAL SCORE: TOTAL BIRD SCORE: TOTAL OVERALL SCORE: RATING SCALE: Common = 5 points Rare animals = 30 points Animals you have a good chance of seeing = 10 points SUPER RARE = 50 points Animals you are lucky to see = 20 points CRAZY SUPER RARE = >50 points.
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