Nile Crocodile
Common Name: Nile Crocodile Scientific name: Crocodylus niloticus Hausa Name: KADA Size: over 20ft long. Weight: over 900kg Habitat: Large fresh water, lakes, swamps, and rivers, plus coastal estuaries and mangrove swamps. Feeding Habit: Carnivores, it feed chiefly on larger fishes, but will ambush antelopes, buffalos, zebras, and domestic animals coming to drink water. Breeding: […]
Black-Neck Spitting Cobra
Common Name: Black-Neck Spitting Cobra Scientific name: Naja nigricollis Hausa Name: JAN NASURU Size: 3.9 – 7.2ft Weight: Habitat: Most common in grasslands, savannas, and scrubs woodlands, but occurs in arid rocky areas of south West Africa. Feeding Habit: Feeds on rodents, lizards, and toads, chiefly at night. Breeding: Lays 10 – 22 eggs Lifespan: […]
Ostrich
Common Name: Ostrich Scientific name: Struthio camelus Hausa Name: JIMINA Size: 9ft tall Male, 5.7 – 6.2ft female. weight: 154kg. Habitat: Open semi – arid plains and woodlands. Feeding Habit: Ostrich feeds on roots, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds. They also take locusts, insects, Lizards and small tortoises. Nesting: Territorial male usually has a “major […]
Marabou stork
Common Name: Marabou stork Scientific name: Leptoptilos crumeniferus Hausa Name: Babba da Jaka Size: 5ft Male female smaller. Weight: 4.5 – 8kg. Adult Habitat: Savannas, shorelines and towns. Feeding Habit: Scavengers, by feeding on dead remains of animal carcasses. This bird frequents dumps, slaughter houses, and fishing villages for discarded scraps. It also eat carrion, […]
White Stork
Common Name: White Stork Scientific name: Ciconia ciconia Hausa Name: Tsagagi Size: 100 – 125cm Weight: 2.3 – 4.5kg. Habitat: Open grassland, Savanna, Lakesides and farms. Feeding Habit: Large number of White storks congregate at grass fires and locust swarms. They also feed opportunistically on rodents, frogs, reptiles, earthworms, and fish. Nesting: Build a stick […]
Warthog
Common Name: Warthog Scientific name: Phacochoerus africanus Hausa Name: Mugundawa Size: 4.1 – -4.9ft (male), 3.4 – 4.6ft (female). Weight: 60 -15-kg (male), 50 – 75kg (female). Habitat: Moist and arid savannas, floodplains, absent in rainforests. Feeding Habit: Herbivore Gestation Period: 5.5months. Lifespan: 18 Years in captivity Conservation Status: Least concern. (LC) Group name: Sounder.
