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3,313 species have research-grade observations in Bangladesh on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis262
  2. Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis225
  3. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus210
  4. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer207
  5. Indian Pied Starling Gracupica contra205
  6. House Sparrow Passer domesticus183
  7. Black Kite Milvus migrans173
  8. House Crow Corvus splendens168
  9. Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis167
  10. Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus159

Plants

  1. Common water hyacinth Pontederia crassipes70
  2. Vetiver Chrysopogon zizanioides59
  3. Ivy gourd Coccinia grandis52
  4. Crown flower Calotropis gigantea50
  5. Red Buffalo-bur Solanum sisymbriifolium49
  6. Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus44
  7. Trailing Daisy Sphagneticola trilobata41
  8. Hill glorybower Clerodendrum infortunatum37
  9. Jackfruit Artocarpus heterophyllus36
  10. Mangrove Palm Nypa fruticans35

Mammals

  1. Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta133
  2. Irrawaddy Squirrel Callosciurus pygerythrus116
  3. Five-striped Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii97
  4. Indian Flying Fox Pteropus medius84
  5. Capped Lutung Trachypithecus pileatus82
  6. Golden Jackal Canis aureus71
  7. Phayre's Leaf Monkey Trachypithecus phayrei61
  8. Chital Axis axis57
  9. Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata56
  10. Northern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca leonina48

Insects

  1. Common Evening Brown Melanitis leda152
  2. Common Mormon Swallowtail Papilio polytes137
  3. Scarlet Skimmer Crocothemis servilia131
  4. Grey Pansy Junonia atlites129
  5. Pied Paddy Skimmer Neurothemis tullia128
  6. Common Pierrot Castalius rosimon118
  7. Slender Skimmer Orthetrum sabina110
  8. Coromandel Marsh Dart Ceriagrion coromandelianum105
  9. Ditch Jewel Brachythemis contaminata103
  10. Common Grass Yellow Eurema hecabe95

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes91
  2. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria58
  3. Heavy-bodied Jumper Hyllus semicupreus37
  4. Garden tent-web spider Cyrtophora cicatrosa28
  5. Black Golden Orbweaver Nephila kuhli27
  6. Two-striped Telamonia Telamonia dimidiata25
  7. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli23
  8. Lean Lynx Spider Oxyopes macilentus22
  9. Hasselt's Spiny Spider Macracantha hasselti20
  10. Garden cross spider Argiope pulchella16

Reptiles

  1. Indian Garden Lizard Calotes versicolor150
  2. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus142
  3. Chequered Keelback Fowlea piscator114
  4. Spot-tailed Pitviper Trimeresurus erythrurus68
  5. Bengal Monitor Varanus bengalensis67
  6. Tokay Gecko Gekko gecko57
  7. Monocellate Cobra Naja kaouthia47
  8. Common Sun Skink Eutropis multifasciata46
  9. Common Water Monitor Varanus salvator45
  10. Saltwater Crocodile Crocodylus porosus44

Amphibians

  1. Asian Common Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus338
  2. Indus Valley Bullfrog Hoplobatrachus tigerinus139
  3. Bangladesh Skittering Frog Euphlyctis adolfi51
  4. Common Southeast Asian Tree Frog Polypedates leucomystax40
  5. Common skittering frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis39
  6. Asian Painted Frog Kaloula pulchra38
  7. Indus Valley Toad Firouzophrynus stomaticus36
  8. Cope's Assam Frog Hylarana leptoglossa33
  9. Indian Five-fingered Frog Phrynoderma hexadactylum31
  10. Assam Hills Frog Clinotarsus alticola28

Fish

  1. Boddart's Blue-spotted Mudskipper Boleophthalmus boddarti32
  2. Climbing Perch Anabas testudineus21
  3. Blue Panchax Aplocheilus panchax18
  4. Lepidocephalichthys guntea18
  5. Barred Spiny Eel Macrognathus pancalus18
  6. Croaking Gourami Trichopsis vittata18
  7. Gangetic leaffish Nandus nandus17
  8. Tank Goby Glossogobius giuris17

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.