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Zambian Wildlife Animals- 2019

September 27th to October 6th 2019

This trip was organised by Busanga Safaris. The Lodges were in the Kafue Natioal Park in the west of Zambia.

The weather was dry, sunny and hot.

This page shows the photographs of the Lion, Leopard and other animals seen. General photos of the Park may be viewed by using the link to Zambia 2019.

A record of the Birds seen and photographed may be found at Birds of Kafue

Animals     

Leopard (Panthera pardus)     

First Sighting - late morning - Musekese     

There's trouble about!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just taking the kids for a walk.

 

 

 

First Sighting - seen again late afternoon    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Sighting - Musekese  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lion (Panthera leo)

First Sighting - early morning kill - Musekese  

Out for morning stroll.

 

Hang on what is that I see?

 

Faster

 

Got you (young Puku).

 

Now to suffocate.

 

I deserve a little rest.

 

I must hide it.

 

This looks good.

 

Second Sighting - arriving at Ntemwa    

 

 

 

 

Third Sighting - early morning at Ntemwa    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fourth Sighting - mid day on the plains  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serval  (Leptailurus serval)   

 

 

 

 

Cape Genet  (Genetta tigrina)

 

 

 

 

 Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Plains Zebra (Equus quagga)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) Herd of over 1000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Cape Bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Common Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)

 

 

 

 

  Sharpe's Grysbok (Raphicerus sharpei)

 

 

 

 

  Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)

 

 

 

 

  Impala (Aepyceros melampus)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Oribi (Ourebia ourebi)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Puku (Kobus vardonii)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Red Lechwe (Kobus leche)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Roan (Hippotragus equinus)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Sable (Hippotragus niger)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Southern Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum)

 

 

 

 

  Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus ssp. defassa)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus)

 

 

 

 

  Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  White-tailed Mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda)

 

 

 

 

Banded Mongoose  (Mungos mungo)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  African Hare (Lepus victoriae)

 

 

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Smith's Bush or Tree Squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

African Bush Elephant  (Loxodonta africana)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nile Crocodile  (Crocodylus niloticus)

 

 

 

 

Nile Monitor Lizard  (Varanus niloticus niloticus)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Probably Savannah Monitor Lizard  (Varanus exanthematicus albigularisb)

 

 

 

 

Terrapin  (Pelusios sp.)

 

 

 

 

Spider  

 

 

 

 

 

General photos may be viewed by using the link to Zambia 2019.

 

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