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Learn the wildlife of Burkina Faso

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947 species have research-grade observations in Burkina Faso 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. Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus83
  2. Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus72
  3. Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus71
  4. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis53
  5. Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala52
  6. African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis51
  7. African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus50
  8. Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus49
  9. Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus46
  10. Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus46

Plants

  1. Shea Tree Vitellaria paradoxa407
  2. Simple-thorned greenthorn Balanites aegyptiaca187
  3. Neem Azadirachta indica104
  4. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera49
  5. African baobab Adansonia digitata48
  6. Coffee Senna Senna occidentalis43
  7. Thirsty Thorn Vachellia seyal42
  8. Tamarind Tamarindus indica37
  9. African locust bean Parkia biglobosa33
  10. Doum palm Hyphaene thebaica26

Mammals

  1. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum129
  2. Roan Antelope Hippotragus equinus91
  3. Kob Kobus kob72
  4. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus66
  5. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus61
  6. African Buffalo Syncerus caffer60
  7. African Savanna Elephant Loxodonta africana60
  8. Olive Baboon Papio anubis58
  9. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius56
  10. Northern Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus51

Insects

  1. Broad Scarlet Crocothemis erythraea28
  2. Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata26
  3. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus24
  4. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus19
  5. Lucia Widow Palpopleura lucia19
  6. African Caper Belenois creona18
  7. African Migrant Catopsilia florella16
  8. Dancing Amber Telchinia serena16
  9. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera14
  10. Banded Scarlet Tip Colotis danae14

Spiders and kin

  1. Alligatorback Scorpion Hottentotta hottentotta4
  2. Common Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator2
  3. Adanson's House Jumper Hasarius adansoni2

Reptiles

  1. West African Crocodile Crocodylus suchus81
  2. African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata35
  3. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus33
  4. Togo Fan-footed Gecko Ptyodactylus togoensis7
  5. African Spurred Tortoise Centrochelys sulcata6
  6. African Rock Python Python sebae4
  7. Fire-sided Skink Trachylepis perrotetii4
  8. Savannah Monitor Varanus exanthematicus3
  9. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda3
  10. Elegant Sand Racer Psammophis elegans2

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.