Annual game counts have been undertaken in Sioma-Ngwezi National Park since 2017 using road-route sections covering the western boundary, the southern area, and central area of the park. The vegetation of the park is dominated by miombo broad-leafed savanna but with some marshland associated with the Kwando river in the west (Sinjembela road and Mufulani road A). In 2021 several new routes were driven, however data from all except Namulilo road were discarded as they overlapped existing routes. Only a portion of Mulamba road route was counted. In total 27 species have been recorded (including porcupine- not shown in the table). Sightings were relatively evenly spaced along all routes. 8 species were seen consistently in all six count years: duiker, giraffe, impala, kudu, reedbuck, roan, sable antelope and Burchell’s zebra. The most prevalent species in each year varied across the seven counts.
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