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576 species have research-grade observations in Burundi 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. Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus23
  2. Black Kite Milvus migrans20
  3. White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata20
  4. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis20
  5. Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala19
  6. Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis19
  7. African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp18
  8. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus18
  9. Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis15
  10. White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini15

Plants

  1. Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus7
  2. Common water hyacinth Pontederia crassipes7
  3. Common lantana Lantana camara6
  4. Billygoat weed Ageratum conyzoides6
  5. African Coromandel Asystasia intrusa6
  6. Castor bean Ricinus communis5
  7. Turkey Berry Solanum torvum5
  8. Asthma Plant Euphorbia hirta5
  9. Wide Spikenard Mesosphaerum suaveolens5
  10. Papaya Carica papaya4

Mammals

  1. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius38
  2. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum8
  3. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus4
  4. Blue Monkey Cercopithecus mitis3
  5. Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes3
  6. Boehm's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus boehmi3
  7. Bush Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia2
  8. Domestic Cat Felis catus2
  9. Southern Bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus2
  10. Yellow-winged Bat Lavia frons1

Insects

  1. Southern Banded Groundling Brachythemis leucosticta16
  2. Red Groundling Brachythemis lacustris9
  3. Elegant grasshopper Zonocerus elegans6
  4. Lucia Widow Palpopleura lucia6
  5. Yellow-banded Pansy Junonia elgiva6
  6. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera5
  7. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone5
  8. Falcate Amber Telchinia amicitiae5
  9. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus4
  10. Barbet Percher Diplacodes luminans4

Spiders and kin

  1. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus3
  2. Giant Cellar Spider Artema atlanta2
  3. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata2
  4. Adanson's House Jumper Hasarius adansoni1
  5. African Hermit Spider Nephilingis cruentata1

Reptiles

  1. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus17
  2. Speckle-lipped Mabuya Trachylepis maculilabris14
  3. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia9
  4. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata7
  5. Gaboon Viper Bitis gabonica6
  6. Lygodactylus kibera5
  7. Montane side-striped chameleon Trioceros ellioti4
  8. Flap-necked Chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis4
  9. Common Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus capensis4
  10. Kivu blue-headed tree agama Acanthocercus kiwuensis4

Amphibians

  1. Eastern Flat-backed Toad Sclerophrys pusilla6
  2. Nile Ridged Frog Ptychadena nilotica2
  3. Cinnamon-bellied Reed Frog Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris1
  4. Peters' Reed Frog Hyperolius glandicolor1
  5. Bocage's Tree Frog Leptopelis bocagii1
  6. De Witte's Clawed Frog Xenopus wittei1
  7. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis1
  8. Four-lined Spiny Reed Frog Afrixalus quadrivittatus1
  9. Galam white-lipped frog Hylarana galamensis1
  10. Margined Reed Frog Hyperolius marginatus1

Fish

  1. Latticed Cichlid Limnotilapia dardennii9
  2. Tanganyikan Tilapia Oreochromis tanganicae4
  3. Burton's Mouthbrooder Astatotilapia burtoni3
  4. Dewindt's Cichlid Aulonocranus dewindti3
  5. Giant Tanganyika Cichlid Boulengerochromis microlepis3
  6. Perissodus microlepis3
  7. Yellow Sand Cichlid Xenotilapia flavipinnis3
  8. Neolamprologus cunningtoni3
  9. Jabarichromis pfefferi3
  10. Mbaraga Acapoeta tanganicae2

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.