Etosha is big game country. Elephants and giraffes roam the land, and the rare black rhinoceros puts in an occasional appearance. Both Burchell's and Hartmann's zebras graze the park. Even the elusive black-faced impala. The cats slinking through the grass are difficult to spot, but be assured prides of lions and a few cheetahs and leopards are stalking their prey.
Ostriches share the grasslands with the hoofed animals.
The huge kori bustard, weighing over 30 pounds, lives mostly on the ground as well, seldom summoning the strength to propel its enormous mass into flight. Yellow-billed hornbills are common and over 300 more birds have been spotted. In years of good rain, the salt pan becomes a temporary lagoon. Flamingos and white pelicans wing in to breed. The Pan itself is strictly off-limits, but a network of gravel roads runs along its edge.