Noms d’animaux en swahili
SafariLingo est une app iPhone/iPad : un guide de safari avec 300+ espèces du Serengeti, utilisable hors ligne et disponible en 9 langues. En Afrique de l’Est, les guides emploient souvent des noms swahili. Cette page est une liste compagnon pour relier ce que vous entendez (swahili) aux animaux que vous consultez dans SafariLingo (anglais/latin).
| Anglais | Swahili | Latin |
|---|---|---|
| Aardvark | Kifaru cha mchwa | Orycteropus afer |
| African Broad-billed Roller | Mkorogo mpana mdomoni | Eurystomus glaucurus |
| African Civet | Mnyau-mnyau | Civettictis civetta |
| African Fish Eagle | Mwewe wa Samaki | Haliaeetus vocifer |
| African Green Pigeon | Kwakwa wa kijani | Treron calvus |
| African Grey Hornbill | Kasuku wa Kijivu | Lophoceros nasutus |
| African Harrier Hawk | Mwewe-mweupe | Polyboroides typus |
| African Hawk Eagle | Mwewe-mweupe | Aquila spilogaster |
| African Hoopoe | Kikuyu: Mchiriku; Swahili: Mchiriku | Upupa africana |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
| African Marsh Owl | Bundi wa Mito | Asio capensis |
| African Openbill | Domo-wazi | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| African Paradise Flycatcher | Mchafuji wa Peponi wa Afrika | Terpsiphone viridis |
| African Pied Wagtail | Mchuchuma mweusi na mweupe | Motacilla aguimp |
| African Pipit | Mchwa wa Afrika | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | |
| African Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Mkorogo mweupe | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| African Savanna Elephant | Tembo | Loxodonta africana |
| African Scops-owl | Bundi wa Afrika | Otus senegalensis |
| African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| African Spoonbill | Mchongoma mweupe | Platalea alba |
| African Wild Dog | Mbwa mwitu | Lycaon pictus |
| African Wildcat | Paka mwitu wa Afrika | Felis lybica |
| African Wolf | Mbweha wa Dhahabu | Canis lupaster |
| African Woollyneck | Mkorongo wa shingo laini | Ciconia microscelis |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
| Banded Mongoose | Nguchiro | Mungos mungo |
| Barn Swallow | Mchwa | Hirundo rustica |
| Barn-owl | Bundi | Tyto alba |
| Bat-eared Fox | Mbweha | Otocyon megalotis |
| Bateleur | Mkorogo | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| Beisa Oryx | Choroa | Oryx beisa |
| Black Crake | Kikuku mweusi | Zapornia flavirostra |
| Black Mamba | Mamba Mweusi | Dendroaspis polylepis |
| Black Rhinoceros | Kifaru mweusi | Diceros bicornis |
| Black-and-White Colobus | Mbega mweusi-na-mweupe | Colobus guereza |
| Black-backed Jackal | Mbweha | Lupulella mesomelas |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Mkorongo wa tumbo mweusi | Lissotis melanogaster |
| Black-collared Barbet | Kwakwa-mwekundu | Lybius torquatus |
| Black-headed Heron | Mswaki wa kichwa mweusi | Ardea melanocephala |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Mchongoma wa Chuma | Vanellus armatus |
| Blue Monkey | Kima cha samawi | Cercopithecus mitis |
| Blue Wildebeest | Ngiri | Connochaetes taurinus |
| Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| Bohor Reedbuck | Redunca redunca | |
| Boomslang | Mamba wa mti | Dispholidus typus |
| Brown Hyena | Parahyaena brunnea | |
| Brown Snake Eagle | Mwewe wa Nyoka wa Kahawia | Circaetus cinereus |
| Brown-headed Parrot | Poicephalus cryptoxanthus | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Mkundu-mwekundu | Halcyon albiventris |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Burchell's Coucal | Kukuu wa Burchell | Centropus burchellii |
| Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
| Burchell's Zebra | Punda Milia | Equus quagga burchellii |
| Bush Duiker | Kudu mdogo | Sylvicapra grimmia |
| Bushpig | Ngiri | Potamochoerus larvatus |
| Cape Buffalo | Nyati | Syncerus caffer |
| Cape Clawless Otter | Fisi wa maji wa Cape | Aonyx capensis |
| Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | |
| Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| Cape Starling | Nyekundu wa Cape | Lamprotornis nitens |
| Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | |
| Caracal | Karakal | Caracal caracal |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Chacma Baboon | Nyani | Papio ursinus |
| Cheetah | Duma | Acinonyx jubatus |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| Chimpanzee | Sokwe | Pan troglodytes |
| Coke's Hartebeest | Kongoni | Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii |
| Collared Sunbird | Ndege wa jua wa shingo | Hedydipna collaris |
| Comb Duck | Bata ya kifaru | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| Common Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
| Common Dwarf Mongoose | Kiboko kidogo | Helogale parvula |
| Common Eland | Eland | Tragelaphus oryx |
| Common Genet | Genetta genetta | |
| Common Hippopotamus | Kiboko | Hippopotamus amphibius |
| Common Myna | Njiwa ya kawaida | Acridotheres tristis |
| Common Ostrich | Njelele | Struthio camelus |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Common Slender Mongoose | Nguchiro mwembamba | Herpestes sanguineus |
| Common Warthog | Ngiri | Phacochoerus africanus |
| Common Waxbill | Kipepeo wa kawaida | Estrilda astrild |
| Crested Barbet | Kasuku wa Kofia | Trachyphonus vaillantii |
| Crested Francolin | Kokoto wa kichwa | Ortygornis sephaena |
| Crested Porcupine | Ndege wa njiwa | Hystrix cristata |
| Crowned Hornbill | Kasuku wa taji | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| Crowned Lapwing | Kikuku cha taji | Vanellus coronatus |
| D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii | |
| Diederik Cuckoo | Kuku wa Diederik | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
| Eastern Black-headed Oriole | Mwewe kichwa mweusi | Oriolus larvatus |
| Eastern Gorilla | Gorila ya Mlima | Gorilla beringei |
| Egyptian Goose | Bata wa Misri | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| Emerald-spotted Wood Dove | Kibuyu | Turtur chalcospilos |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | Mwewe wa Fedha | Melaenornis silens |
| Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | |
| Flapneck Chameleon | Kinyonga | Chamaeleo dilepis |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Kwakwa-mkia-mbili | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| Fringe-eared Oryx | Choroa Masikio | Oryx callotis |
| Gemsbok | Oryx gazella | |
| Gerenuk | Swala Twiga | Litocranius walleri |
| Giant Kingfisher | Mkoko mkubwa | Megaceryle maxima |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
| Goliath Heron | Mkorongo Mkubwa | Ardea goliath |
| Grant's Gazelle | Swala Granti | Nanger granti |
| Great Egret | Korongo Mweupe Mkubwa | Ardea alba |
| Great White Pelican | Mkorokoro Mweupe | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Nyekundu ya buluu kubwa ya masikio | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| Greater Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris afer | |
| Greater Flamingo | Mbalamwezi Mkubwa | Phoenicopterus roseus |
| Greater Kudu | Kudu Mkubwa | Tragelaphus strepsiceros |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | |
| Green-backed Heron | Mkorongo wa kijani | Butorides striata |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Kipepeo wa majani wa Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| Grevy's Zebra | Punda Milia wa Grevy | Equus grevyi |
| Grey Crowned Crane | Korongo Taji | Balearica regulorum |
| Grey Go-away-bird | Ndege wa Kuondoka Kijivu | Corythaixoides concolor |
| Grey Heron | Mswaki-mweupe | Ardea cinerea |
| Grey-headed Bush-Shrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
| Grey-headed Gull | Mwewe Kichwa Mweusi | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Dege-maji kichwa-kijivu | Halcyon leucocephala |
| Ground Pangolin | Sungura wa Ardhi | Smutsia temminckii |
| Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
| Hadada Ibis | Mabawa mekundu | Bostrychia hagedash |
| Hamerkop | Kongoni wa Msumeno | Scopus umbretta |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | |
| Hedgehog | Kifaru mdogo | Erinaceus europaeus |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Kanga | Numida meleagris |
| Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | |
| Honey Badger | Mwewe | Mellivora capensis |
| Hooded Vulture | Ndege mwekundu | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| House Sparrow | Mchwa Nyumbani | Passer domesticus |
| Impala | Swala Mwitu | Aepyceros melampus |
| Jackal Hawk | Buteo rufofuscus | |
| Jackson's Chameleon | Kinyonga wa Jackson | Trioceros jacksonii |
| Jacobin Cuckoo | Kokokuu wa Jacobin | Clamator jacobinus |
| Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | |
| Kirk's Dik-dik | Dikidiki | Madoqua kirkii |
| Klipspringer | Kudu mdogo | Oreotragus oreotragus |
| Kori Bustard | Mbuni mkubwa | Ardeotis kori |
| Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana | |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Ndege mwekundu | Torgos tracheliotos |
| Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
| Laughing Dove | Nguva-cheka | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| Leopard | Chui | Panthera pardus |
| Leopard Tortoise | Kobe | Stigmochelys pardalis |
| Lesser Flamingo | Heroe Mdogo | Phoeniconaias minor |
| Lesser Kudu | Tandala Mdogo | Tragelaphus imberbis |
| Lesser Pied Kingfisher | Mbutu mweupe na mweusi | Ceryle rudis |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Kibuyu kidogo chenye mistari | Cecropis abyssinica |
| Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| Lichtenstein's Hartebeest | Kongoni wa Lichtenstein | Alcelaphus lichtensteinii |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Churawani wa lilac | Coracias caudatus |
| Lion | Simba | Panthera leo |
| Little Bee Eater | Mchawi mdogo | Merops pusillus |
| Little Egret | Mwewe Mdogo | Egretta garzetta |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| Long-crested Eagle | Mwewe wa Manyoya Marefu | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| Long-tailed Cormorant | Mkoko wa nyasi | Microcarbo africanus |
| Long-tailed Paradise Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| Magpie Shrike | Lanius melanoleucus | |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Msumari wa samaki wa malachite | Corythornis cristatus |
| Mandrill | Mandrill | Mandrillus sphinx |
| Marabou | Mkorogo | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| Martial Eagle | Mwewe Mkali | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| Masai Giraffe | Twiga wa Maasai | Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii |
| Mocking Cliff Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| Mountain Gorilla | Ngagi | Gorilla beringei beringei |
| Mountain Reedbuck | Pofu wa Mlima | Redunca fulvorufula |
| Mountain Zebra | Equus zebra | |
| Mourning Collared Dove | Nguu wa maombolezo | Streptopelia decipiens |
| Mozambique Spitting Cobra | Mamba wa mto | Naja mossambica |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Namaqua Dove | Kijiji cha Namaqua | Oena capensis |
| Natal Francolin | Pternistis natalensis | |
| Nile Crocodile | Mamba Maji | Crocodylus niloticus |
| Nile Monitor | Mamba wa Mto | Varanus niloticus |
| Northern Bushbuck | Kifaru mdogo | Tragelaphus scriptus |
| Northern Giraffe | Twiga | Giraffa camelopardalis |
| Northern Grey-headed Sparrow | Kochwa wa kichwa kijivu wa kusini | Passer griseus |
| Northern Lesser Galago | Kima mdogo wa msitu | Galago senegalensis |
| Nyala | Nyala | Tragelaphus angasii |
| Olive Baboon | Nyani | Papio anubis |
| Orange-breasted Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Oribi | Kongoni mdogo | Ourebia ourebi |
| Pan-hinged Terrapin | Pelusios subniger | |
| Patas Monkey | Erythrocebus patas | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Kiboko wa Mvua | Glaucidium perlatum |
| Pel's Fishing-owl | Scotopelia peli | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Mwewe wa mbinguni | Falco peregrinus |
| Pied Kingfisher | Mzamiaji | Ceryle rudis |
| Plains Zebra | Punda milia | Equus quagga |
| Puff Adder | Mbuzi wa mto | Bitis arietans |
| Puku | Puku | Kobus vardonii |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| Red Hartebeest | Kongoni mwekundu | Alcelaphus buselaphus caama |
| Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | |
| Red-billed Buffalo Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Mchwa mwekundu | Lagonosticta senegala |
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Mwangwi mwekundu | Buphagus erythrorynchus |
| Red-capped Robin-chat | Mchongoma mwekundu | Cossypha natalensis |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Njiwa ya macho mekundu | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
| Red-headed Rock Agama | Agama lionotus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Kokoto Mwekundu | Fulica cristata |
| Red-throated Francolin | Pternistis afer | |
| Red-winged Starling | Njiwa mwekundu | Onychognathus morio |
| Reticulated Giraffe | Twiga wa Somali | Giraffa reticulata |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Roan Antelope | Swala Mkubwa | Hippotragus equinus |
| Rock Hyrax | Kudu wa mwamba | Procavia capensis |
| Rufous-crowned Roller | Kwakwa wa buluu | Coracias naevius |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Kipepeo wa shingo ya rangi ya chungwa | Mirafra africana |
| Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficaudus | |
| Rüppell's Griffon | Tumbusi wa Rüppell | Gyps rueppelli |
| Sable Antelope | Pofu | Hippotragus niger |
| Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| Saddlebill | Mkorongo wa Kifaru | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| Samango Monkey | Kima Samango | Cercopithecus mitis |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Mchwa wa jua wa kifua chemchemi | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| Scrub Hare | Sungura wa msitu | Lepus saxatilis |
| Secretarybird | Mwewe wa maandishi | Sagittarius serpentarius |
| Sengi | Ndege wa panya | Elephantulus brachyrhynchus |
| Serrated Hinged Terrapin | Pelusios sinuatus | |
| Serval | Chui Mdogo | Leptailurus serval |
| Sharpe's Grysbok | Raphicerus sharpei | |
| Side-striped Jackal | Mbweha wa mistari | Lupulella adustus |
| Sitatunga | Tragelaphus spekii | |
| Snouted Cobra | Naja annulifera | |
| Southern Aardwolf | Mbweha wa nchi kavu | Proteles cristata |
| Southern African Python | Python natalensis | |
| Southern African Springhare | Kifaru mdogo | Pedetes capensis |
| Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
| Southern Carmine Bee Eater | Mchawi mwekundu | Merops nubicoides |
| Southern Ground Hornbill | Kasuku wa Ardhi wa Kusini | Bucorvus leadbeateri |
| Southern Masked Weaver | Mchongoma wa Kusini | Ploceus velatus |
| Southern Pied Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
| Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Kilikili mwekundu wa kusini | Tockus rufirostris |
| Southern Reedbuck | Mbuzi wa nyasi | Redunca arundinum |
| Southern Tree Agama | Kobe wa mti wa kusini | Acanthocercus atricollis |
| Southern White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
| Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Kwakwa wa mdomo wa njano wa kusini | Tockus leucomelas |
| Speckled Mousebird | Kweha Mwekundu | Colius striatus |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| Speke's Hinged-back Tortoise | Kinixys spekii | |
| Spotted Bush Snake | Nyoka wa mbuga wenye madoa | Philothamnus semivariegatus |
| Spotted Eagle Owl | Bundi mweusi | Bubo africanus |
| Spotted Hyena | Fisi | Crocuta crocuta |
| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
| Springbok | Swala-mwitu | Antidorcas marsupialis |
| Spur-winged Goose | Bata | Plectropterus gambensis |
| Steenbok | Kudu mdogo | Raphicerus campestris |
| Striped Hyena | Hyaena hyaena | |
| Suni | Suni | Nesotragus moschatus |
| Superb Starling | Kwesi mrembo | Lamprotornis superbus |
| Swainson’s Francolin | Kokoto wa Swainson | Pternistis swainsonii |
| Tawny Eagle | Mwewe wa Rangi ya Kahawia | Aquila rapax |
| Thick-tailed Greater Galago | Kima-mkubwa-mkundu | Otolemur crassicaudatus |
| Thomson's Gazelle | Swala Thomson | Eudorcas thomsonii |
| Topi | Nyamera | Damaliscus lunatus jimela |
| Tree Squirrel | Kibokoboko wa mti | Paraxerus cepapi |
| Trumpeter Hornbill | Kasuku Kenge | Bycanistes bucinator |
| Twig Snake | Thelotornis capensis | |
| Verreaux's Eagle Owl | Bundi mkubwa wa Verreaux | Bubo lacteus |
| Vervet Monkey | Kima wa kijani | Chlorocebus pygerythrus |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Violet-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus | |
| Von der Decken's Hornbill | Hondohondo | Tockus deckeni |
| Waterbuck | Kongoni | Kobus ellipsiprymnus |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Western Cattle Egret | Mwewe wa Ng'ombe | Bubulcus ibis |
| White Rhinoceros | Kifaru mweupe | Ceratotherium simum |
| White-backed Vulture | Kiboko mweupe | Gyps africanus |
| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides leucogaster | |
| White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
| White-breasted Cormorant | Mkorongo mweupe wa kifua | Phalacrocorax lucidus |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Mswaki mweupe wa kozi | Cossypha heuglini |
| White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| White-fronted Bee Eater | Mchwa mweupe wa mbele | Merops bullockoides |
| White-headed Lapwing | Mchwa Mweupe wa Kofia | Vanellus albiceps |
| White-headed Vulture | Mkorogo wa kichwa-cheupe | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| White-tailed Mongoose | Mwewe mweupe | Ichneumia albicauda |
| Wild Boar | Nguruwe mwitu | Sus scrofa |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Mchongoma wa msitu | Tringa glareola |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Msumari wa msitu | Halcyon senegalensis |
| Yellow Baboon | Nyani wa Njano | Papio cynocephalus |
| Yellow-billed Kite | Mkorogo mweupe | Milvus aegyptius |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Kichwa-Huruma | Buphagus africanus |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mkoroboi wa mdomo wa njano | Mycteria ibis |
| Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Mkorongo wa Kijani | Euplectes afer |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Mbulula wa manjano | Crithagra mozambica |
| Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax | Heterohyrax brucei | |
| Yellow-throated Francolin | Pternistis leucoscepus | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
| Zorilla | Ictonyx striatus |