Animals You Can See At Animal Kingdom and Where to Find Them

4. Maharajah Jungle Trek (Asia)

Because of the abundance of animal species throughout Asia, one of Animal Kingdom’s featured sections is devoted entirely to the continent. Rides aside, there is plenty to love here by way of other attractions as well, many of which include animals, of course. Attending a show like Up! A Great Bird Adventure is the best suggestion for those seeking to get their fill of diverse bird species throughout the world. But Asia is also home to one of the park’s most popular walk-through trekking experiences—the Maharajah Jungle Trek. Here you will encounter a vast variety of creatures consisting of the following:

• Asian tiger
• Malayan flying fox
• Pigeons (Nicobar, Magnificent ground, Pied imperial, Pheasant, and Pink-necked green)
• Doves (Green-winged, Jambu fruit, Wompoo fruit, and Temminck’s fruit)
• Thrushes (Yellow-throated laughing and White-rumped shama)
• Amboina king parrot
• Finches (Red-headed, Spice, Timor sparrow, and Zebra)
• Bluebirds (Early and Asian fairy)
• Kingfishers (Collared and White-collard)
• Blue-throated barbet
• Mynahs (Gold-crested and Bali)
• Golden-backed woodpecker
• Iris lorikeet
• Indian blue roller
• Bulbuls (Yellow-vented and Sooty-headed)
• Indian Pygmy goose
• Mandarin duck
• Rodrigues fruit bat
• Eld’s deer
• Pheasants (Golden and Lady Amherst’s)
• Green-naped pheasant pigeon
• New Guinea masked plover
• Green jungle fowl
• Green peafowl
• Plum-headed parakeet
• Orange-bellied leafbird
• White-headed munia
• Crested wood partridge
• Sarus crane
• Banteng
• Hooded pitta
• Komodo dragon
• White-headed buffalo weaver
• White-checked gibbon
• Siamang
• Hoopoe
• Silver-eared mesia
• Blackbuck antelope

3. Rafiki’s Planet Watch

The Africa section of the Animal Kingdom is where you will find the majority of the park’s resident animals of all shapes and sizes. But that isn’t too surprising given Africa is home base to several favorite creature feature locations. Rafiki’s Planet Watch is one such an example. A destination into the living world of animals and conservation efforts, arrival to this sanctuary of sorts is exclusively done via the Wildlife Express Train. Once onsite you will take part in a host of interactive hands-on as well as observatory experiences. From the Affection Section onsite petting zoo to watching veterinary procedures through a large window within the Conservation Station, or walking the pathway to Habitat Habitat, there’s plenty to see and do at Rafiki’s Planet Watch. Along the way you’re destined to come across a host of interesting creatures like:

• Snakes (Ball pythons, Green tree pythons, Common boa, Madagascar tree boa, Corn, red ratsnake, Everglades ratsnake)
• Macaws (Blue and gold, Green-winged, and Hyacinth)
• Parrots (Solomon Island eclectus, and Vasa)
• Goats (African pygmy, Nigerian dwarf, and San Clemente Island)
• Sheep (Gulf Coast Native and Tunis)
• Dexter cow
• Llama
• Miniature donkey
• Dominique chicken
• Skinks (Blue-tongued and Prehensile-tailed)
• Cockatoos (Citron, Rose-breasted, Medium Sulphur-crested)
• Chinchilla
• Standard chinchilla rabbit
• Ferret
• Opossums (and Brush-tailed possum)
• Cockroaches (Death’s head and Madagascar hissing)
• Tarantulas
• Butterflies
• Giant African black millipede
• Emperor scorpion
• Hermit crab
• Monitors (Black rough-necked, Nile, and Savanna)
• Owls (Speckled and Tawny)
• Ferret
• Guinea hog
• Pygmy hedgehog tenrec
• Striped skunk
• Rat
• Golden lion tamarin
• Red-crested touraco
• Red-cockaded woodpecker
• Red-backed hawk
• Tawny frogmouth
• Madagascar day gecko
• Inland bearded dragon
• Uromastyx
• Tamandua
• Kinkajou
• Toe-toed sloth