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AsiaA practical Bali wildlife guide built around animals travelers can realistically spot, from birds and coastal species to high-value sightings that make the island feel richer than a resort-only trip.
Animals to spot
Bali Myna · Crested Serpent Eagle
AsiaA practical Singapore Zoo page for families, travelers, and collectors who want a reliable animal day with strong species variety and useful links into AnimalDex guides.
Animals to spot
Orangutan · Elephant · Lion
AsiaA structured guide to Komodo National Park focused on what visitors can realistically spot, from Komodo dragons and marine life to smaller species that reward patient observation.
Animals to spot
Komodo Dragon · Common Kingfisher · Green Sea Turtle
AfricaA structured African safari guide built around practical safari species, real spotting expectations, and the animals that make open-country wildlife travel so iconic.
Animals to spot
Elephant · Lion · Giraffe
North AmericaA practical Costa Rica wildlife guide built around tropical accessibility, marine add-ons, and the species that make the country so good for travel-friendly animal discovery.
Animals to spot
Scarlet Macaw · Green Sea Turtle · Clownfish
OceaniaA practical Australia wildlife guide built around distinctive mammals, coastal species, and the kind of animal list that feels unlike almost anywhere else.
Animals to spot
Koala · Dolphin · Clownfish
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AsiaA practical guide to animals in Indonesia, from accessible birds and coastal wildlife to headline species that make the country one of the world's strongest wildlife-travel destinations.
Animals to spot
Common Kingfisher · Bali Myna · Green Sea Turtle
AsiaA practical Bali wildlife guide built around animals travelers can realistically spot, from birds and coastal species to high-value sightings that make the island feel richer than a resort-only trip.
Animals to spot
Bali Myna · Crested Serpent Eagle
AsiaA structured Jakarta wildlife guide focused on realistic city and near-city animal spotting, with practical routes for urban travelers, families, and zoo visitors.
Animals to spot
Barn Swallow · Common Kingfisher · Cicada
AsiaA practical West Java location guide built around realistic spotting opportunities across city edges, wetlands, coasts, and everyday green space.
Animals to spot
Barn Swallow · Common Kingfisher · Barn Owl
AsiaA structured guide to Komodo National Park focused on what visitors can realistically spot, from Komodo dragons and marine life to smaller species that reward patient observation.
Animals to spot
Komodo Dragon · Common Kingfisher · Green Sea Turtle
AsiaA practical Ujung Kulon wildlife page that avoids overpromising rare flagship animals and instead focuses on realistic spotting around coasts, forests, and quieter habitat edges.
Animals to spot
Common Kingfisher · Green Sea Turtle · Crocodile
AsiaA structured Borneo wildlife guide focused on realistic rainforest, river, and sanctuary-linked spotting with strong links into species pages and broader AnimalDex discovery.
Animals to spot
Orangutan · Proboscis Monkey · Rhinoceros Hornbill
AsiaA practical Singapore Zoo page for families, travelers, and collectors who want a reliable animal day with strong species variety and useful links into AnimalDex guides.
Animals to spot
Orangutan · Elephant · Lion
EuropeA structured London Zoo page for travelers and families who want a practical, species-rich day with strong learning value and clean links into AnimalDex guides.
Animals to spot
Tiger · Giraffe · Gorilla
AfricaA structured African safari guide built around practical safari species, real spotting expectations, and the animals that make open-country wildlife travel so iconic.
Animals to spot
Elephant · Lion · Giraffe
AsiaA practical China wildlife guide built around iconic mountain species, river-edge birds, and the broader habitat variety that makes the country more than a panda-only destination.
Animals to spot
Giant Panda · Snow Leopard · Common Kingfisher
EuropeA practical Germany wildlife guide for forest edges, rivers, farmland margins, and the kind of steady species list that rewards patience instead of spectacle.
Animals to spot
Red Fox · Wolf · Barn Owl
AsiaA practical India wildlife guide built around both headline species and the more realistic birds, reptiles, and river-edge animals that keep a trip productive.
Animals to spot
Tiger · Elephant · Indian Peafowl
AsiaA practical Japan wildlife guide focused on birds, coasts, smaller seasonal animals, and the quieter observation style that makes the country rewarding for careful travelers.
Animals to spot
Common Kingfisher · Barn Swallow · Cicada
OceaniaA practical Australia wildlife guide built around distinctive mammals, coastal species, and the kind of animal list that feels unlike almost anywhere else.
Animals to spot
Koala · Dolphin · Clownfish
South AmericaA practical Brazil wildlife guide built around wetlands, rainforest color, and the species that make the country feel big, alive, and worth collecting carefully.
Animals to spot
Capybara · Scarlet Macaw · Green Sea Turtle
North AmericaA practical Canada wildlife guide built around coasts, forests, migration, and the cold-region species that make the country feel spacious and serious.
Animals to spot
Bald Eagle · Wolf · Atlantic Puffin
North AmericaA practical United States wildlife guide built around habitat variety, from wetlands and coastlines to migration corridors and iconic American species.
Animals to spot
Bald Eagle · American Alligator · Monarch Butterfly
AsiaA practical Thailand wildlife guide built around forests, coasts, reptiles, and the travel-friendly species that make the country feel biologically rewarding without extreme logistics.
Animals to spot
Tiger · King Cobra · Common Kingfisher
North AmericaA practical Mexico wildlife guide built around wetlands, coasts, colorful birds, and the species that make the country strong for flexible animal discovery.
Animals to spot
Axolotl · Scarlet Macaw · American Alligator
South AmericaA practical Peru wildlife guide built around tropical birds, wetlands, coast-linked species, and the layered habitat value that makes the country feel bigger than one simple nature stereotype.
Animals to spot
Scarlet Macaw · Capybara · Green Sea Turtle
AfricaA practical Kenya wildlife guide built around open-country species, clean visibility, and the animals that make East African travel feel immediately iconic.
Animals to spot
Lion · Giraffe · Cheetah
AfricaA practical Madagascar wildlife guide built around endemism, smaller-animal curiosity, and the species that make the island feel unlike anywhere else.
Animals to spot
Ring-tailed Lemur · Green Sea Turtle · Barn Owl
AsiaA practical Sri Lanka wildlife guide built around birds, reptiles, coasts, and the concentrated habitat variety that makes the island feel rewarding fast.
Animals to spot
Indian Peafowl · Common Kingfisher · Green Sea Turtle
South AmericaA practical Ecuador wildlife guide built around tropical color, coast-linked species, and the short-distance habitat shifts that make the country feel dense with animal possibility.
Animals to spot
Scarlet Macaw · Capybara · Green Sea Turtle
North AmericaA practical Costa Rica wildlife guide built around tropical accessibility, marine add-ons, and the species that make the country so good for travel-friendly animal discovery.
Animals to spot
Scarlet Macaw · Green Sea Turtle · Clownfish
EuropeA practical Norway wildlife guide built around cold coasts, northern atmosphere, and the species that make the country feel clean, open, and seasonally distinctive.
Animals to spot
Atlantic Puffin · Polar Bear · Barn Owl
AfricaA practical South Africa wildlife guide built around safari-scale visibility, strong mammal encounters, and the supporting species that keep trips rich even between predator moments.
Animals to spot
Lion · Spotted Hyena · Cheetah
AsiaA practical Singapore wildlife guide built around urban-edge nature, parks, coasts, and the kind of compact travel that can still produce a satisfying animal list.
Animals to spot
Common Kingfisher · Barn Swallow · Green Sea Turtle
AfricaA practical Tanzania wildlife guide built around open-country density, famous safari mammals, and the supporting species that make the trip feel biologically complete.
Animals to spot
Elephant · Lion · Giraffe
EuropeA practical UK wildlife guide built around coasts, woodlands, wetlands, and the familiar-but-rewarding species that make local observation richer than many travelers expect.
Animals to spot
Red Fox · European Hedgehog · Barn Owl
EuropeA practical Spain wildlife guide built around Mediterranean coasts, dry-country birds, wetlands, and the broad habitat mix that makes the country stronger than beach-only travel suggests.
Animals to spot
Hoopoe · Dolphin · European Roller
North AmericaA practical Jamaica wildlife guide built around coasts, tropical edges, wetlands, and the smaller-but-rewarding species that make island travel feel more biologically alive.
Animals to spot
Green Sea Turtle · Dolphin · Great Egret
AsiaA practical Afghanistan wildlife guide built around mountain species, dry-country survival, and the animals that make the region more ecologically layered than most travel summaries suggest.
Animals to spot
Snow Leopard · Wolf · Golden Eagle
AsiaA practical Israel wildlife guide built around migration routes, coasts, wetlands, and the compact habitat variety that gives the country strong observation value.
Animals to spot
Hoopoe · Common Kingfisher · Dolphin
South AmericaA practical Colombia wildlife guide built around tropical birds, forests, wetlands, and the layered species mix that makes the country one of South America's richest wildlife destinations.
Animals to spot
Scarlet Macaw · Poison Dart Frog · Capybara
EuropeA practical Iceland wildlife guide built around seabirds, marine mammals, cold coasts, and the smaller but high-quality species list that makes the island feel distinctive.
Animals to spot
Atlantic Puffin · Harbor Seal · Humpback Whale
AsiaA practical Dubai wildlife guide built around urban-edge nature, coast, desert context, and the species that make the city more biologically interesting than a skyline-first stereotype suggests.
Animals to spot
Dromedary Camel · Peregrine Falcon · Dolphin
EuropeA practical Russia wildlife guide built around scale, cold-region animals, forests, and the species that make the country feel ecologically vast rather than easy to summarize.
Animals to spot
Tiger · Wolf · Reindeer
AsiaA practical Pakistan wildlife guide built around mountain species, river systems, and the mix of birds, reptiles, and highland mammals that make the country ecologically stronger than many summaries suggest.
Animals to spot
Snow Leopard · Markhor · Wolf
AsiaSumatra wildlife guide: orangutans at Bukit Lawang, Way Kambas elephants, tigers and tapirs in Kerinci, hornbills, and the macaques and monitors you will see.
Animals to spot
Sumatran Orangutan · Sumatran Tiger · Asian Elephant
AsiaJava wildlife guide: Javan rhinos in Ujung Kulon, silvery gibbons at Gede Pangrango, banteng and green peafowl at Baluran, and the mynas and herons of the cities.
Animals to spot
Javan Rhinoceros
AsiaSulawesi wildlife guide: tarsiers and crested macaques at Tangkoko, babirusa and anoa at Nantu, knobbed hornbills, and the reefs of Bunaken and Lembeh.
Animals to spot
Spectral Tarsier · Babirusa
AsiaKalimantan wildlife guide: Tanjung Puting orangutans by klotok, proboscis monkeys on the Sekonyer, Derawan turtles and mantas, and Kakaban's jellyfish lake.
Animals to spot
Bornean Orangutan · Proboscis Monkey
AsiaPapua wildlife guide: birds-of-paradise in the Arfak hills, cassowaries and crowned pigeons, cuscus and wallabies at Wasur, and Cenderawasih Bay whale sharks.
Open guide
AsiaMaluku wildlife guide: Wallace's standardwing on Halmahera, umbrella and salmon-crested cockatoos, red lories on Ambon, and the sea kraits of the Banda islands.
Open guide
AsiaRaja Ampat wildlife guide: reef mantas at Manta Sandy, walking sharks and wobbegongs, record reef fish counts, and red and Wilson's birds-of-paradise on Waigeo.
Animals to spot
Manta Ray
AsiaFlores wildlife guide: wild Komodo dragons at Wae Wuul, Riung flying foxes, Flores hawk-eagles over Kelimutu, rusa deer, macaques and pit vipers along the road.
Animals to spot
Komodo Dragon
AsiaLabuan Bajo wildlife guide: Komodo dragons on Rinca, mantas at Manta Point, flying foxes at Kalong island, Padar deer, and the kites and monitors of the harbour.
Animals to spot
Komodo Dragon
AsiaLombok wildlife guide: macaques on the Pusuk pass, leaf monkeys and deer on Rinjani, Gili turtles and reef sharks, Sekotong reefs, flying foxes and tokay geckos.
Open guide
AsiaGili Islands wildlife guide: green and hawksbill turtles off Gili Meno, blacktip reef sharks at Shark Point, clownfish, morays and octopus on three car-free islands.
Animals to spot
Green Sea Turtle · Hawksbill Sea Turtle
AsiaSumba wildlife guide: endemic birds and the citron-crested cockatoo at Manupeu Tanah Daru, savanna rusa deer and buffalo, sea turtles and reef sharks on the coast.
Animals to spot
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
AsiaEast Nusa Tenggara wildlife guide: Komodo dragons, Timor deer, Kupang Bay crocodiles, Savu Sea sperm and blue whales, Alor dugongs, lorikeets and swiftlets.
Animals to spot
Komodo Dragon
AsiaKepulauan Seribu wildlife guide: hawksbill hatchlings at Pramuka island, blacktip reef sharks, clownfish, mudskippers, fiddler crabs and sea eagles near Jakarta.
Animals to spot
Hawksbill Sea Turtle · Green Sea Turtle
AsiaNusa Penida wildlife guide: reef mantas at Manta Point, ocean sunfish at Crystal Bay, reintroduced Bali mynas, sea kraits, turtles and sea eagles on the cliffs.
Animals to spot
Ocean Sunfish · Bali Myna
AsiaBangka Belitung wildlife guide: Belitung's boulder beaches and reef fish, tarsiers and lutungs in the forest, mouse-deer, mangrove monitors and mudskippers.
Animals to spot
Silvery Lutung
AsiaRiau Islands wildlife guide: Bintan mangrove fireflies and otters, Batam macaques and monitors, hornbills, sea eagles, estuary crocodiles and Anambas reefs.
Animals to spot
Firefly
AsiaTogean Islands wildlife guide: coconut crabs, Togean babirusa and knobbed hornbills, stingless jellyfish at Mariona lake, dugongs, turtles and reef sharks.
Animals to spot
Coconut Crab · Babirusa
AsiaEast Java wildlife guide: banteng and green peafowl on Baluran's savanna, nesting turtles at Sukamade, rusa deer under Bromo, kites and civets around Malang.
Open guide
AsiaCentral Java wildlife: Karimunjawa's turtles and reef sharks, surili and macaques on Merbabu, Semarang's mangrove monitors, barn owls over the paddies.
Animals to spot
Green Sea Turtle · Clownfish
AsiaYogyakarta wildlife guide: cave bats and swiftlets in Gunung Kidul's karst, macaques on Merapi, hermit crabs and turtles on the south coast, Gembira Loka Zoo.
Open guide
AsiaBanten wildlife guide: Javan rhino and banteng country at Ujung Kulon, sea eagles on the Anyer coast, whistling ducks in Tangerang and bird-park hornbills.
Animals to spot
Javan Rhinoceros
AsiaBandung wildlife guide: macaques in the Juanda forest park, surili, slow loris and scops owls in the Lembang hills, Tangkuban Perahu birds and Bandung Zoo.
Animals to spot
Javan Slow Loris
AsiaSurabaya wildlife guide: macaques, monitors and mudskippers in the Wonorejo mangroves, brahminy kites over the Madura Strait, Komodo dragons at the zoo.
Animals to spot
Water Monitor · Mudskipper
AsiaMalang and Batu wildlife guide: cassowaries and lories at Batu Secret Zoo, Coban Rondo's macaques, rusa deer and serpent eagles on the Bromo roads, civets.
Animals to spot
Southern Cassowary
AsiaBogor wildlife guide: the Botanical Gardens' flying fox roost, silvery gibbons in Gede Pangrango, Cisarua's slow loris, and Taman Safari's tigers and elephants.
Open guide
AsiaNorth Sumatra wildlife guide: Bukit Lawang's wild orangutans, Tapanuli orangutans in Batang Toru, Tangkahan elephants, siamang and hornbills, Lake Toba.
Animals to spot
Sumatran Orangutan · Tapanuli Orangutan · Siamang
AsiaSouth Sumatra wildlife guide: Sembilang's shorebirds and storks, crocodiles and false gharials in the peat rivers, otters on Palembang's Musi, garden insects.
Animals to spot
Great Egret
AsiaLampung wildlife guide: Sumatran elephants and the rhino sanctuary at Way Kambas, tigers and tapirs in Bukit Barisan Selatan, spinner dolphins off Kiluan.
Animals to spot
Asian Elephant · Sumatran Rhinoceros · Sumatran Tiger
AsiaNorth Sulawesi wildlife guide: Tangkoko's tarsiers and crested macaques, Bunaken's turtles and walls, Lembeh's mimic octopus, Sulawesi's endemic hornbills.
Animals to spot
Spectral Tarsier
AsiaBunaken marine park guide: green and hawksbill turtles on the walls, pygmy seahorses on the fans, reef sharks, Napoleon wrasse, bumphead parrotfish, dugong.
Animals to spot
Green Sea Turtle · Hawksbill Sea Turtle · Pygmy Seahorse
AsiaTangkoko guide: spectral tarsiers at dusk, Celebes crested macaques in the beach forest, knobbed hornbills in the figs, flying dragons and pythons.
Animals to spot
Spectral Tarsier
AsiaTanjung Puting guide: Camp Leakey's orangutans, proboscis monkeys on the Sekonyer at dusk, hornbills from the klotok deck, crocodiles and fireflies.
Animals to spot
Bornean Orangutan · Proboscis Monkey
AsiaWay Kambas guide: wild and patrol-herd Sumatran elephants, the world's only Sumatran rhino sanctuary, tiger tracks, storks and hornbills on the Way Kanan.
Animals to spot
Asian Elephant · Sumatran Rhinoceros · Sumatran Tiger
AsiaBromo Tengger Semeru wildlife: rusa deer on the Ranu Pani grassland, lutung in the Semeru forest, leopard cat and muntjac, raptors on the caldera rim.
Animals to spot
Silvery Lutung · Indian Muntjac
AsiaGunung Leuser guide: wild Sumatran orangutans at Bukit Lawang and Ketambe, siamang, rhinoceros and helmeted hornbills, great argus, and unseen tigers and rhinos.
Animals to spot
Sumatran Orangutan · Siamang
AsiaMalaysia wildlife guide: Malayan tigers and tapirs in Taman Negara, orangutans and proboscis monkeys in Sabah, hornbills at Belum, plus everyday macaques and monitors.
Animals to spot
Malayan Tiger · Malayan Tapir · Asian Elephant
AsiaWhat lives in Terengganu: elephants and hornbills at Kenyir Lake, green turtles on Redang and Perhentian, reef sharks, Setiu wetland monitors and paddy-field insects.
Animals to spot
Asian Elephant · Rhinoceros Hornbill · Malayan Tapir
AsiaKelantan wildlife: gibbons and hornbills at Gunung Stong, elephants and tigers in the Kuala Koh forests, porcupines, sambar and civets on the Tanah Merah kampung edge.
Animals to spot
Asian Elephant · Malayan Tiger
AsiaSabah wildlife guide: orangutans at Sepilok, proboscis monkeys and pygmy elephants on the Kinabatangan, clouded leopards at Danum Valley and turtles at Sipadan.
Animals to spot
Bornean Orangutan · Proboscis Monkey
AsiaWildlife in Kuala Lumpur: macaques at Batu Caves, dusky leaf monkeys under the KL Tower, colugos at FRIM, monitors in the Lake Gardens and Zoo Negara's tigers.
Animals to spot
Dusky Leaf Monkey
AsiaPenang wildlife: dusky leaf monkeys and giant squirrels on Penang Hill, otters at Gurney Drive, sea eagles and turtles in the national park, Entopia's butterflies.
Animals to spot
Dusky Leaf Monkey
AsiaPhilippines wildlife guide: Philippine eagles in Mindanao, tarsiers on Bohol, whale sharks at Donsol, tamaraw on Mindoro, plus the geckos and sparrows users log daily.
Animals to spot
Philippine Eagle
AsiaLuzon wildlife: cloud rats and eagles in the Sierra Madre, Philippine crocodiles at San Mariano, Subic's flying foxes, Candaba's waterbirds and Makiling's forest.
Animals to spot
Philippine Eagle · Philippine Crocodile
AsiaWildlife in Metro Manila: stilts and herons at the Las Piñas-Parañaque wetland, monitors and macaques at La Mesa, fantails and geckos in the parks, rescued crocodiles.
Animals to spot
Black-crowned Night Heron · Little Egret
AsiaVisayas wildlife: tarsiers and fireflies on Bohol, thresher sharks at Malapascua, whale sharks at Oslob, warty pigs on Negros, dolphins and turtles off Apo Island.
Animals to spot
Thresher Shark · Whale Shark
AsiaMindanao wildlife: Philippine eagles at Davao's eagle centre and on Mount Apo, crocodiles in the Agusan marsh, Samal's bat cave, tarsiers and Siargao's turtles.
Animals to spot
Philippine Eagle
AsiaPalawan wildlife: monitors at the Puerto Princesa underground river, bearcats and hill mynas, dugongs off Busuanga, El Nido's swiftlets and Tubbataha's sharks and mantas.
Animals to spot
Water Monitor · Binturong
AsiaVietnam wildlife guide: red-shanked doucs at Son Tra, langurs and lorises at Cuc Phuong, gaur and crocodiles in Cat Tien, sarus cranes at Tram Chim, geckos everywhere.
Animals to spot
Red-shanked Douc · Francois' Langur · Pygmy Slow Loris
AsiaDa Lat wildlife: silver pheasants and montane birds at Bidoup Nui Ba, lorises, muntjac and sambar in the highland forest, and the moths and dragonflies of the plateau.
Animals to spot
Pygmy Slow Loris
AsiaHanoi wildlife: softshell turtles and sliders in Hoan Kiem Lake, herons on the Red River, Ba Vi's water dragons, Cuc Phuong's primate centre and Hanoi Zoo's elephants.
Animals to spot
Chinese Softshell Turtle
AsiaLaos wildlife guide: elephants at Sayaboury, Irrawaddy dolphins at Si Phan Don, rescued bears at Kuang Si, gibbons in Bokeo, doucs in the Annamites, Mekong giant fish.
Animals to spot
Asian Elephant · Dolphin
AsiaCambodia wildlife guide: giant ibis in the northern plains, Tonle Sap's stork colonies at Prek Toal, Irrawaddy dolphins at Kratie, Angkor macaques, Mondulkiri elephants.
Animals to spot
Giant Ibis · Greater Adjutant · Painted Stork
AsiaChiang Mai wildlife: Doi Inthanon's pheasants and montane birds, ethical elephant sanctuaries in Mae Taeng, Doi Suthep's forest, the Night Safari and city geckos.
Animals to spot
Asian Elephant
AsiaBangkok wildlife: giant water monitors in Lumphini Park, Bang Krachao's kingfishers and otters, mudskippers at Bang Khun Thian, Samut Prakan's crocodile farm.
Animals to spot
Water Monitor · Mudskipper
AsiaSouth Korea wildlife guide: red-crowned cranes and vultures at Cheorwon, water deer and raccoon dogs in the hills, Jeju's roe deer, Jirisan's bears, Seoul's tigers.
Animals to spot
Red-crowned Crane · Cinereous Vulture
AsiaNepal wildlife guide: one-horned rhinos and tigers in Chitwan and Bardia, gharials on the Rapti, red pandas and snow leopards in the Himalaya, monal and blue sheep.
Animals to spot
Indian Rhinoceros · Bengal Tiger · Gharial
AsiaHong Kong wildlife: wild boar and barking deer in the country parks, Mai Po's avocets and cormorants, pink dolphins off Lantau, pythons, macaques and horseshoe crabs.
Animals to spot
Indian Muntjac
OceaniaNew Zealand wildlife guide: kiwi on Stewart Island, kea in the Alps, tuatara and takahe in sanctuaries, fur seals, sperm whales and dusky dolphins at Kaikoura.
Animals to spot
Kiwi · Kea · Kakapo
EuropeWhat wildlife lives in France, from Alpine ibex and Mercantour wolves to Camargue flamingos, Alsace storks, Breton puffins and the garden birds people log most.
Animals to spot
Alpine Ibex · Brown Bear
EuropeWildlife of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: Camargue flamingos and pond terrapins, Mercantour wolves and ibex, Hermann's tortoises in the Maures, and summer cicadas.
Animals to spot
Greater Flamingo · Alpine Ibex
EuropeWildlife of Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne: white storks on village roofs, chamois and lynx in the Vosges, grebes and bitterns on the Lorraine ponds, magpies, firebugs.
Animals to spot
White Stork · Red Deer
EuropeWildlife of the French Pyrenees, Cévennes and Languedoc: bearded vultures, brown bears, marmots and isard, Jonte gorge vultures, Thau flamingos and garrigue lizards.
Animals to spot
Brown Bear
EuropeWildlife of the Vanoise, Ardèche and Auvergne: ibex, marmots and bearded vultures, Ardèche eagle owls, red kites over the volcanoes, Drôme bee-eaters and Lyon's zoo.
Animals to spot
Alpine Ibex · Chamois
EuropeNormandy wildlife: harbour seals in the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, Cotentin storks, Seine estuary spoonbills, fulmars at Étretat, Sélune salmon and Cerza zoo's rhinos.
Animals to spot
Harbor Seal · Dolphin
EuropeBrittany wildlife: Sept-Îles puffins and gannets, grey seals and dolphins in the Iroise sea off Crozon, basking sharks, Gulf of Morbihan spoonbills and harbour crabs.
Animals to spot
Atlantic Puffin · Northern Gannet · Razorbill
EuropeItaly's wildlife from the Alps to Sicily: Gran Paradiso ibex, Apennine wolves, Marsican bears, Pelagos fin whales, loggerhead turtles, flamingos, porcupines and gulls.
Animals to spot
Alpine Ibex · Brown Bear · Wolf
EuropeLiguria wildlife: fin whales, sperm whales and dolphins in the Pelagos sanctuary, Genoa Aquarium sharks, Cinque Terre lizards and boar, Portofino octopus, Alpine wolves.
Animals to spot
Sperm Whale · Dolphin
EuropeWildlife of the Amalfi Coast, Vesuvius and Cilento: Monti Lattari peregrines, Vesuvius foxes, Cilento wolves, otters and porcupines, Naples bay dolphins and turtles.
Animals to spot
Peregrine Falcon
EuropeSicily wildlife: flamingos and loggerhead nests at Vendicari, porcupines and martens on Etna, eagles over the Zingaro cliffs, Aeolian sperm whales and Messina swordfish.
Animals to spot
Greater Flamingo · Loggerhead Sea Turtle
EuropePortugal's wildlife from Gerês to the Algarve: Iberian wolves and lynx, Tagus flamingos, cliff-nesting storks, azure-winged magpies, mongooses and Sado dolphins.
Animals to spot
Iberian Lynx · Wolf · Greater Flamingo
EuropeWildlife of Porto, the Douro and Peneda-Gerês: Iberian wolves and garrano ponies, Douro golden eagles, otters and salamanders, Aveiro flamingos and Porto's harbour gulls.
Animals to spot
Wolf
EuropeLisbon wildlife: Tagus estuary flamingos and avocets, the Oceanário's sunfish, Sado dolphins, Cabo da Roca peregrines, Sintra foxes, castle peacocks and wall geckos.
Animals to spot
Greater Flamingo · Pied Avocet
EuropeDutch wildlife: Oostvaardersplassen red deer and spoonbills, Wadden Sea seals, Veluwe boar, barnacle geese by the hundred thousand, storks, urban foxes and parakeets.
Animals to spot
Red Deer · Harbor Seal
EuropeBelgian wildlife: Zwin storks and avocets, Hoge Kempen nightjars, Ardennes boar, deer and wildcats, Brussels foxes and peregrines, Pairi Daiza pandas, Antwerp okapis.
Animals to spot
Giant Panda · Okapi · Bonobo
EuropeIrish wildlife: Skellig puffins and gannets, Killarney's native red deer, basking sharks and humpbacks off Kerry and Cork, Shannon dolphins, otters and pine martens.
Animals to spot
Atlantic Puffin · Northern Gannet
EuropeSwiss wildlife: ibex, chamois and marmots in the Swiss National Park, Engadin eagles and bearded vultures, Jura lynx, wolves, red kites, Zurich foxes, Basel's rhinos.
Animals to spot
Alpine Ibex · Chamois
EuropeAustrian wildlife: Hohe Tauern bearded vultures, ibex and marmots, Tirol chamois and red deer, Lake Neusiedl egrets and bee-eaters, Rust's storks and Schönbrunn's pandas.
Animals to spot
Alpine Ibex
EuropeScottish wildlife: red deer stags, Mull golden eagles, Cairngorms squirrels and wildcats, Moray Firth dolphins, Shetland puffins and bonxies, Bass Rock gannets, seals.
Animals to spot
Red Deer · Golden Eagle · Osprey
EuropeWelsh wildlife: Skomer puffins and Manx shearwaters, Grassholm gannets, Ramsey grey seals, Cardigan Bay dolphins, Gigrin Farm red kites, Snowdonia goats and ospreys.
Animals to spot
Atlantic Puffin · Northern Gannet
EuropeEnglish wildlife: Richmond Park red deer, New Forest ponies, Norfolk Broads bitterns and water deer, Farne Islands puffins and seals, Thanet fulmars, robins and foxes.
Animals to spot
Red Deer · Fallow Deer
EuropePoland's wildlife from Białowieża bison and Biebrza moose to Tatra chamois, Baltic grey seals at Hel and the white storks that nest on half the country's barns.
Animals to spot
Moose · Eurasian Lynx
EuropeHungary's wildlife guide: autumn crane roosts on the Hortobágy puszta, spoonbills and wels catfish at Lake Balaton, red deer in Gemenc and golden jackals in the south.
Animals to spot
Golden Jackal · Red Deer
EuropeWhat lives in Greece: loggerhead turtles on Zakynthos, cinereous vultures at Dadia, pelicans on Prespa, Pindos bears and the tortoises and geckos of every olive grove.
Animals to spot
Loggerhead Sea Turtle · Cinereous Vulture · Great White Pelican
EuropeEstonia's wildlife from brown bears and lynx in Alutaguse to grey and ringed seals around Hiiumaa, the Matsalu goose migration and the flooded forests of Soomaa.
Animals to spot
Brown Bear · Eurasian Lynx
EuropeRomania's wildlife: Europe's largest pelican colony in the Danube Delta, thousands of Carpathian bears, wolves, lynx and chamois, and Dobrogea's tortoises and jackals.
Animals to spot
Great White Pelican · Brown Bear
EuropeSlovakia's wildlife: Tatra chamois and marmots, one of Europe's densest brown bear populations, Carpathian lynx and wolves, and bats in the Slovak Karst caves.
Animals to spot
Chamois · Brown Bear
EuropeDenmark's wildlife: harbour seals on the Wadden Sea sandbanks, porpoises in the Little Belt, the Dyrehaven deer rut outside Copenhagen and gannets streaming past Skagen.
Animals to spot
Harbor Seal · Harbor Porpoise
EuropeCroatia's wildlife: bottlenose dolphins off Lošinj, griffon vultures on Cres, bears and lynx around Plitvice, the Kopački Rit deer rut and the storks of Lonjsko Polje.
Animals to spot
Dolphin · Brown Bear · Eurasian Lynx
EuropeBulgaria's wildlife: bears and chamois in Rila and Pirin, the Via Pontica stork migration, pelicans at Srebarna, red-breasted geese at Durankulak and dense jackals.
Animals to spot
Brown Bear · Golden Jackal
EuropeCzech wildlife from the lynx and wolves of Šumava to the carp ponds and night herons of Třeboň, eagle owls in the quarries and the gorillas and rhinos of Prague Zoo.
Animals to spot
Eurasian Lynx · Red Deer
EuropeLithuania's wildlife: Europe's densest white storks, moose and boar on the Curonian Spit, the Juodkrantė cormorant colony, Nemunas Delta migration and Baltic grey seals.
Animals to spot
White Stork · Moose
EuropeTurkey's wildlife: bald ibis at Birecik, sea turtles at Dalyan and the Göksu Delta, flamingos at the Sultan Marshes near Kayseri, Kaçkar bears and Bosphorus storks.
Animals to spot
Northern Bald Ibis · Loggerhead Sea Turtle · Green Sea Turtle
EuropeSweden's wildlife: 300,000 moose, bears and wolverines in the north, arctic foxes at Helags, Sami reindeer in Lapland, Baltic grey seals and Stora Karlsö's seabirds.
Animals to spot
Moose · Brown Bear · Eurasian Lynx
EuropeFinland's wildlife: bears and wolverines from the Kuhmo hides, the Saimaa ringed seal, wild forest reindeer, great grey owls, Lapland ptarmigan and whooper swans.
Animals to spot
Brown Bear · Wolverine
EuropeBelarus wildlife: European bison and wolves in Belovezhskaya Pushcha, bitterns on the flooded Pripyat marshes, great grey owls on the bogs and storks in every village.
Animals to spot
Eurasian Lynx · Moose
EuropeUkraine's wildlife: saiga and demoiselle cranes on the Askania-Nova steppe, pelicans in the Danube Biosphere Reserve, Carpathian bears and lynx, and Black Sea porpoises.
Animals to spot
Saiga Antelope · Demoiselle Crane · Great White Pelican
North AmericaColorado wildlife guide: elk and bighorn sheep in Rocky Mountain National Park, moose at Grand Lake, prairie dog towns on the Front Range, and the Denver Zoo cluster.
Animals to spot
Elk · Moose
North AmericaNorth Carolina wildlife from the Outer Banks to the Smokies: red wolves at Alligator River, black bears, brown pelicans, green anoles and the fireflies and spiders of Charlotte's nature preserves.
Animals to spot
Red Wolf
North AmericaIowa wildlife guide: wintering bald eagles on the Mississippi, bison and elk at Neal Smith refuge, pelican migrations, and the fireflies, mantises and monarchs of Kalona farm country.
Animals to spot
Bald Eagle · American Bison · Elk
North AmericaCalifornia wildlife guide: sea otters in Monterey, elephant seals at Ano Nuevo, condors at Pinnacles, Yosemite black bears, grey whales offshore and the scrub-jays and quail of Riverside County.
Animals to spot
Sea Otter · California Condor
North AmericaTexas wildlife guide: whooping cranes at Aransas, Kemp's ridley turtles on Padre Island, Big Bend bears and javelinas, Katy Prairie geese and the anoles and mockingbirds of Houston backyards.
Animals to spot
Whooping Crane · American Alligator
North AmericaFlorida wildlife guide: Everglades alligators and crocodiles, manatees at Crystal River and Blue Spring, roseate spoonbills, Kissimmee eagles, nesting sea turtles and the anoles on every fence.
Animals to spot
American Alligator · Manatee
North AmericaMichigan wildlife guide: Isle Royale moose and wolves, Baker Sanctuary's autumn sandhill cranes near Battle Creek, loons and piping plovers on the Great Lakes, and the Detroit Zoo aviary.
Animals to spot
Moose
North AmericaAlabama wildlife guide: alligators and gar in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, Dauphin Island spring migration, gopher tortoises and indigo snakes in the pine woods, and the squirrels and hornets of Prattville backyards.
Animals to spot
American Alligator · Gopher Tortoise · Eastern Indigo Snake
North AmericaConnecticut wildlife guide: ospreys and harbour seals on Long Island Sound, black bears in Litchfield County, suburban deer and turkeys, plus Beardsley Zoo's red wolves and Mystic Aquarium's belugas.
Animals to spot
Osprey · Harbor Seal
North AmericaNew York State wildlife guide: Adirondack moose, loons and bears, Central Park's red-tailed hawks, humpback whales off Long Island, Montauk seals, and the Bronx Zoo's gorillas.
Animals to spot
Moose · Common Loon
North AmericaGeorgia wildlife guide: Okefenokee alligators and sandhill cranes, Cumberland Island's loggerhead turtles and wild horses, gopher tortoises, Atlanta's backyard birds and the Georgia Aquarium's whale sharks.
Animals to spot
American Alligator · Gopher Tortoise · Eastern Indigo Snake
North AmericaIllinois wildlife guide: Chicago lakefront migration at Montrose Point, urban coyotes and peregrines, Mississippi River eagles and pelicans, Shawnee's snake migration, and Brookfield Zoo.
Animals to spot
Coyote · Bald Eagle
North AmericaNorth Dakota wildlife guide: Theodore Roosevelt National Park bison, prairie dogs and wild horses, Chase Lake's pelican colony, sandhill cranes and snow geese on migration, and meadowlarks in Morton County.
Animals to spot
American Bison · Prairie Dog · Pronghorn
North AmericaNova Scotia wildlife guide: Bay of Fundy humpbacks, Sable Island grey seals, Cape Breton moose and eagles, Halifax harbour seals, puffins on the Bird Islands, and Shubenacadie Wildlife Park.
Animals to spot
Humpback Whale · Harbor Seal
North AmericaAlberta wildlife guide: Banff and Jasper elk, grizzlies and bighorn sheep, Elk Island bison, Icefields Parkway mountain goats, great gray owls and the deer and hawks of Wetaskiwin farmland.
Animals to spot
Grizzly Bear · Elk · American Bison
North AmericaOntario wildlife guide: Algonquin moose and wolf howls, Toronto raccoons and the Toronto Zoo, Point Pelee's monarch and warbler migrations, loons on cottage lakes and polar bears on Hudson Bay.
Animals to spot
Moose · Wolf
North AmericaBritish Columbia wildlife guide: orcas and humpbacks in the Salish Sea and Johnstone Strait, grizzlies and spirit bears of the Great Bear Rainforest, Brackendale eagles, Adams River salmon and Vancouver Aquarium otters.
Animals to spot
Orca · Humpback Whale · Grizzly Bear
North AmericaQuebec wildlife guide: Tadoussac belugas and blue whales, Bonaventure Island's gannets, Cap Tourmente snow geese, Forillon moose and seals, Parc Omega's wolves and bison, and winter snowy owls.
Animals to spot
Beluga Whale · Humpback Whale
North AmericaNuevo León wildlife guide: Chipinque's black bears above Monterrey, Cumbres de Monterrey pumas and golden eagles, green jays and roadrunners, Texas tortoises, grackles, cicadas and jumping spiders.
Open guide
North AmericaYucatán Peninsula wildlife guide: whale sharks at Holbox, Celestún flamingos, spider monkeys at Punta Laguna, Sian Ka'an crocodiles and manatees, Calakmul jaguars, coatis and motmots at the ruins.
Animals to spot
Whale Shark · Jaguar
North AmericaJalisco wildlife guide: humpback whales in Banderas Bay, olive ridley turtle releases in Puerto Vallarta, Marietas boobies, Lake Chapala's pelicans, beaded lizards in the Sierra Madre and the Guadalajara Zoo.
Animals to spot
Humpback Whale · Blue-footed Booby
North AmericaHawaii wildlife guide: humpback whales off Maui, green sea turtles at Laniakea and Punaluʻu, Kona manta night dives, nene geese at Haleakalā, Kauai albatrosses, spinner dolphins and the islands' feral chickens, deer and chameleons.
Animals to spot
Humpback Whale · Green Sea Turtle · Nene
South AmericaWildlife in Rio de Janeiro: marmosets and sloths in Tijuca Forest, capybaras on the Barra lagoons, frigatebirds over Sugarloaf and whales off Ilha Grande.
Animals to spot
Three-toed Sloth
South AmericaWildlife in Rio Grande do Sul: capybaras and marsh deer at Taim, flamingos and black-necked swans at Lagoa do Peixe, rheas on the Pampas, right whales at Torres.
Animals to spot
Capybara
South AmericaWildlife in São Paulo: capybaras on the Pinheiros river, howler monkeys and toucans in Cantareira, whales and turtles at Ilhabela, plus the São Paulo Zoo.
Animals to spot
Capybara · Toco Toucan
South AmericaWildlife in Minas Gerais: giant anteaters and rheas on the Serra da Canastra plateau, maned wolves at the Caraça sanctuary, giant armadillos and seriemas.
Animals to spot
Giant Anteater · Maned Wolf · Giant Armadillo
South AmericaWhat animals live in the Amazon rainforest: pink river dolphins, sloths, macaws, hoatzins, caimans and giant otters, and how realistic a jaguar sighting is.
Animals to spot
Three-toed Sloth · Squirrel Monkey
South AmericaPantanal wildlife guide: the best place on earth to see wild jaguars, plus giant otters, hyacinth macaws, caimans, capybaras and jabirus on the Transpantaneira.
Animals to spot
Jaguar · Hyacinth Macaw
South AmericaWildlife in Lima: sea lions and Humboldt penguins on the Palomino islands, Inca terns off Miraflores, Pantanos de Villa wetlands and the Parque de las Leyendas zoo.
Animals to spot
Inca Tern · Brown Pelican
South AmericaWildlife in Baños, Ecuador: hummingbirds and cock-of-the-rock on the waterfall road, spectacled bears and tapirs in Llanganates, and the San Martín rescue zoo.
Animals to spot
Andean Cock-of-the-rock · Sword-billed Hummingbird
South AmericaGalápagos wildlife guide: marine iguanas, giant tortoises, blue-footed boobies, sea lions, Darwin's finches, penguins and hammerheads, island by island.
Animals to spot
Marine Iguana · Galapagos Tortoise · Galápagos Sea Lion
South AmericaWildlife in Chile: pumas and guanacos in Torres del Paine, Andean condors, Humboldt penguins at Punta de Choros, Darwin's foxes on Chiloé and blue whales offshore.
Animals to spot
Cougar · Guanaco · Andean Condor
South AmericaWildlife in Argentina: right whales and elephant seals at Península Valdés, capybaras and caimans in Iberá, coatis at Iguazú, condors and reintroduced jaguars.
Animals to spot
Orca
South AmericaPatagonia wildlife on both sides of the Andes: pumas and guanacos in Torres del Paine, Magellanic and king penguins, condors, whales, elephant seals and maras.
Animals to spot
Guanaco · Cougar · Andean Condor
South AmericaWildlife in Uruguay: sea lions at Cabo Polonio, capybaras and rheas on the Pampas, black-necked swans on the Rocha lagoons, right whales offshore in spring.
Animals to spot
Capybara
South AmericaWildlife on Colombia's Caribbean coast: Rosario islands reefs and turtles, sloths and capuchins in Tayrona, mangrove caimans, scarlet ibis and flamingos at La Guajira.
Animals to spot
Three-toed Sloth · Cotton-top Tamarin
South AmericaWildlife in Trinidad and Tobago: scarlet ibis at Caroni swamp, leatherback turtles at Grande Riviere, oilbirds and hummingbirds at Asa Wright, Tobago's reefs.
Animals to spot
Scarlet Ibis · Leatherback Sea Turtle · Oilbird
South AmericaWildlife in French Guiana: leatherback turtles at Awala-Yalimapo, black caimans and hoatzins at Kaw, cock-of-the-rock, sloths, jaguars and the Cayenne zoo.
Animals to spot
Leatherback Sea Turtle · Green Sea Turtle
South AmericaWildlife in Guyana: harpy eagles and giant otters in the Rupununi, giant anteaters, arapaima, black caimans, cock-of-the-rock at Kaieteur and the hoatzin.
Animals to spot
Giant Anteater · Harpy Eagle
North AmericaWildlife in El Salvador: the torogoz motmot, hawksbill and olive ridley turtles at Jiquilisco Bay, pumas and king vultures in El Imposible, Montecristo quetzals.
Animals to spot
Turquoise-browed Motmot · Hawksbill Sea Turtle
AfricaAlgeria wildlife guide: Barbary macaques in the Chréa cedars, flamingos at El Kala, fennec foxes in the Sahara and the wall geckos AnimalDex users log around Blida.
Animals to spot
Barbary Macaque · Fennec Fox
AfricaRéunion wildlife guide: humpback whales off Saint-Gilles, tropicbirds over the cirques, panther chameleons in gardens and turtles in the Saint-Paul lagoon.
Animals to spot
Humpback Whale · Sperm Whale
AfricaMorocco wildlife guide: Barbary macaques in the Ifrane cedars, northern bald ibis at Souss-Massa, storks on every minaret, fennec foxes and camels at Merzouga.
Animals to spot
Barbary Macaque · Northern Bald Ibis · White Stork
AfricaEgypt wildlife guide: dugongs and Napoleon wrasse on the Red Sea reefs, Sataya's spinner dolphins, Nubian ibex in Sinai, Fayoum flamingos and Nile kingfishers.
Animals to spot
Dugong · Green Sea Turtle
AfricaNamibia wildlife guide: Etosha's waterhole lions and black rhinos, Damaraland desert elephants, Cape Cross fur seals, Sossusvlei oryx and wild cheetahs.
Animals to spot
African Bush Elephant · Black Rhinoceros · Lion
AfricaBotswana wildlife guide: Okavango Delta mokoro trips with hippos and lechwe, Chobe's river elephants, wild dogs in Moremi, Makgadikgadi meerkats and the zebra migration.
Animals to spot
African Bush Elephant · Hippopotamus · Crocodile
AfricaUganda wildlife guide: mountain gorillas in Bwindi, Kibale chimpanzees, shoebills at Mabamba swamp, Murchison Falls hippos and elephants, tree-climbing lions in Ishasha.
Animals to spot
Chimpanzee · Shoebill
AfricaRwanda wildlife guide: mountain gorillas and golden monkeys in Volcanoes NP, Nyungwe chimpanzees and colobus, Akagera's reintroduced lions and rhinos.
Animals to spot
Chimpanzee · Black-and-white Colobus
AfricaZanzibar wildlife guide: red colobus in Jozani forest, dolphins at Kizimkazi, turtles and reef fish at Mnemba, Prison Island giant tortoises and mangrove crabs.
Animals to spot
Dolphin · Green Sea Turtle · Hawksbill Sea Turtle
AfricaDar es Salaam wildlife guide: reef fish and hermit crabs on Bongoyo island, nesting turtles at Kigamboni, vervets in the Pugu hills and the city's crows and egrets.
Animals to spot
Cattle Egret
AfricaSerengeti wildlife guide: the wildebeest migration and river crossings, lions, leopards and cheetahs, black rhinos on the Ngorongoro crater floor and big-sky birds.
Animals to spot
Lion · Leopard · Cheetah
AfricaMasai Mara wildlife guide: Mara river wildebeest crossings, the Marsh and Topi lion prides, cheetahs on the plains, leopards along the Talek, hippos and elephants.
Animals to spot
Lion · Cheetah · Leopard
AfricaKruger National Park wildlife guide: Big Five self-drives, wild dogs and leopards in Sabi Sands, Sabie river hippos, ground hornbills, honey badgers and 500 bird species.
Animals to spot
Lion · Leopard · African Bush Elephant
AfricaCape Town wildlife guide: Boulders Beach penguins, Hout Bay fur seals, Table Mountain dassies, southern right whales in False Bay and the kelp-forest octopus.
Animals to spot
Seal · Rock Hyrax
AfricaEthiopia wildlife guide: gelada troops and walia ibex in the Simien Mountains, Ethiopian wolves on the Bale plateau, Harar's hyenas and Lake Tana pelicans.
Animals to spot
Gelada · Walia Ibex
AfricaMauritius wildlife guide: pink pigeons in Black River Gorges, giant tortoises on Île aux Aigrettes, flying foxes at dusk, Tamarin Bay dolphins and lagoon turtles.
Animals to spot
Pink Pigeon · Aldabra Giant Tortoise
AsiaSaudi Arabia wildlife guide: Arabian oryx at AlUla, hamadryas baboons in the Asir highlands, Red Sea whale sharks, Farasan gazelles, dugongs and Gulf flamingos.
Open guide
AsiaOman wildlife guide: nesting green turtles at Ras Al Jinz, Arabian leopards in Dhofar, humpback whales and dolphins off Muscat, Daymaniyat whale sharks and oryx.
Animals to spot
Green Sea Turtle · Loggerhead Sea Turtle · Hawksbill Sea Turtle
AsiaJordan wildlife guide: Nubian ibex and hyraxes in Dana, Arabian oryx and onagers at Shaumari, Azraq wetland flamingos and storks, Aqaba's Red Sea reef and Wadi Rum.
Animals to spot
Onager
AsiaUAE wildlife guide: Ras Al Khor flamingos in Dubai, Arabian oryx and sand gazelles in the desert reserves, Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi's dugongs and dhub lizards.
Animals to spot
Greater Flamingo · Goitered Gazelle
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