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Learn the wildlife of Cameroon

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4,073 species have research-grade observations in Cameroon 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 Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus106
  2. Black Kite Milvus migrans85
  3. Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus83
  4. Pied Crow Corvus albus75
  5. Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis63
  6. Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus62
  7. Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus54
  8. Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata53
  9. African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus49
  10. Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus48

Plants

  1. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera76
  2. African Coromandel Asystasia intrusa49
  3. Asthma Plant Euphorbia hirta39
  4. Indian mango Mangifera indica37
  5. Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus37
  6. Common Purslane Portulaca oleracea36
  7. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens36
  8. Mexican sunflower Tithonia diversifolia35
  9. Skyflower Duranta erecta34
  10. Bellyache Bush Jatropha gossypiifolia33

Mammals

  1. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum61
  2. Kob Kobus kob46
  3. Northern Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis36
  4. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius30
  5. Olive Baboon Papio anubis26
  6. Mantled Guereza Colobus guereza24
  7. Roan Antelope Hippotragus equinus23
  8. Putty-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus nictitans23
  9. Moustached Monkey Cercopithecus cephus22
  10. African Buffalo Syncerus caffer21

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera146
  2. Variegated grasshopper Zonocerus variegatus143
  3. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus67
  4. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone39
  5. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus34
  6. Little Pansy Junonia sophia34
  7. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus32
  8. African Weaver Ant Oecophylla longinoda31
  9. Dysdercus superstitiosus31
  10. Basker Euchromia lethe25

Spiders and kin

  1. Dictator Scorpion Pandinopsis dictator15
  2. Alligatorback Scorpion Hottentotta hottentotta11
  3. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata11
  4. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria10
  5. Trichonephila turneri10
  6. Argiope flavipalpis9
  7. Nephila constricta8

Reptiles

  1. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas54
  2. Speckle-lipped Mabuya Trachylepis maculilabris35
  3. Crested Chameleon Trioceros cristatus34
  4. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia34
  5. Cameroon Sailfin Chameleon Trioceros montium32
  6. Rainbow Agama Agama agama28
  7. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda26
  8. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus23
  9. Nkoelon Half-toed Gecko Hemidactylus coalescens23
  10. Cameroon Rainbow Agama Agama lebretoni21

Amphibians

  1. Goliath Frog Conraua goliath38
  2. Mottled Squeaker Arthroleptis poecilonotus29
  3. Riggenbach's Reed Frog Hyperolius riggenbachi25
  4. Buea Screeching Frog Arthroleptis variabilis20
  5. Golden Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus auritus20
  6. Scotobleps gabonicus19
  7. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis14
  8. Cinnamon-bellied Reed Frog Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris13
  9. Black Long-fingered Frog Cardioglossa pulchra13
  10. Egyptian Toad Sclerophrys regularis13

Fish

  1. African Sicklefish Drepane africana276
  2. African Moony Monodactylus sebae271
  3. Atlantic Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis162
  4. Bennett's Puffer Ephippion guttifer153
  5. Guinean Barracuda Sphyraena afra121
  6. Gorean Snapper Lutjanus goreensis99
  7. African Arowana Heterotis niloticus96
  8. West African Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus tritor88
  9. Giant African Threadfin Polydactylus quadrifilis82
  10. Biglip Grunt Plectorhinchus macrolepis76

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.