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Learn the wildlife of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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661 species have research-grade observations in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 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. Blue-billed White-Tern Gygis candida84
  2. Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus75
  3. White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus61
  4. Green Junglefowl Gallus varius57
  5. Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra33
  6. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa26
  7. Medium Egret Ardea intermedia23
  8. White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus19
  9. Red-footed Booby Sula sula15
  10. Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis13

Plants

  1. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera39
  2. Beach naupaka Scaevola taccada23
  3. Tree heliotrope Heliotropium arboreum13
  4. Wild poinsettia Euphorbia cyathophora9
  5. Bantigue Pemphis acidula9
  6. Beach Morning Glory Ipomoea pes-caprae8
  7. Beach Gardenia Guettarda speciosa7
  8. Laurel dodder Cassytha filiformis6
  9. Baycedar Suriana maritima5
  10. Yellow alder Turnera ulmifolia5

Insects

  1. Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp Polistes olivaceus23
  2. Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens18
  3. Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina5
  4. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera4
  5. Bombay Locust Patanga succincta4
  6. Yellow Crazy Ant Anoplolepis gracilipes2
  7. Narrow-lobed Glider Tramea stenoloba2
  8. Lesser Wanderer Danaus petilia2
  9. Gesonia obeditalis2
  10. Cocoa Black Ant Dolichoderus thoracicus2

Spiders and kin

  1. Australian Golden Orbweaver Trichonephila edulis12
  2. Signature Spider Argiope anasuja4
  3. Olios lamarcki3
  4. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria2
  5. Adanson's House Jumper Hasarius adansoni2
  6. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus1
  7. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus1

Reptiles

  1. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas54
  2. Blue-tailed Snake-eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus egeriae27
  3. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus9
  4. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris7
  5. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata6
  6. Flat-tailed House Gecko Hemidactylus platyurus1

Fish

  1. Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga45
  2. Convict Surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus45
  3. Threespot Wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus45
  4. Bluefin Trevally Caranx melampygus40
  5. Blacktail Snapper Lutjanus fulvus34
  6. Indian Ocean Humbug Dascyllus abudafur34
  7. Saddle Butterflyfish Chaetodon ephippium33
  8. Checkerboard Wrasse Halichoeres hortulanus33
  9. Lagoon Triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus32
  10. Whitecheek Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigricans28

Mollusks

  1. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima41
  2. Turbo lajonkairii14
  3. Day Octopus Octopus cyanea13
  4. Chiragra Conch Harpago chiragra11
  5. Black-and-white Cone Snail Conus ebraeus9
  6. Gold-Mouthed Triton Snail Monoplex nicobaricus8
  7. Pleated Nerite Nerita plicata6
  8. Money Cowry Monetaria moneta6
  9. Red-lined Jorunna Jorunna rubescens6
  10. Giant Nodulose Creeper Cerithium nodulosum4

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.