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661 species have research-grade observations in Equatorial Guinea 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. Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus32
  2. Pied Crow Corvus albus30
  3. Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis20
  4. Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus20
  5. Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi20
  6. Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis15
  7. Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer13
  8. Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild13
  9. Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura13
  10. Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis12

Plants

  1. African corkwood tree Musanga cecropioides9
  2. Lobelia columnaris6
  3. Purple Vlei Harlequin Eulophia horsfallii6
  4. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica4
  5. Sea Almond Terminalia catappa4
  6. Staghorn clubmoss Palhinhaea cernua4
  7. Podococcus barteri4
  8. Forest Fireball Lily Scadoxus cinnabarinus4
  9. Peacock flower Caesalpinia pulcherrima3
  10. Kapok Tree Ceiba pentandra3

Mammals

  1. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum22
  2. Red-eared Monkey Cercopithecus erythrotis12
  3. White-bellied Pangolin Phataginus tricuspis11
  4. Blue Duiker Philantomba monticola11
  5. African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus9
  6. Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekii8
  7. Drill Mandrillus leucophaeus8
  8. Crowned Monkey Cercopithecus pogonias8
  9. Bay Duiker Cephalophus dorsalis7
  10. Red-legged Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus rufobrachium7

Insects

  1. Chirista compta15
  2. Parapetasia femorata14
  3. Gemeneta opilionoides10
  4. Pterotiltus bioko10
  5. Green tree locust Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa9
  6. Northern Short-tailed Admiral Vanessa dimorphica6
  7. Centaurus Beetle Augosoma centaurus6
  8. Holopercna gerstaeckerii5
  9. Red Jungle-skimmer Hadrothemis defecta4
  10. Variegated grasshopper Zonocerus variegatus4

Spiders and kin

  1. Trichonephila turneri14
  2. Bioko Baboon Spider Hysterocrates ederi9
  3. African Hermit Spider Nephilingis cruentata7
  4. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus5
  5. Nephila constricta4
  6. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata4
  7. Macroctenus kingsleyi2
  8. Ricinoides karschii2
  9. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria1
  10. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli1

Reptiles

  1. Bioko Montane Chameleon Trioceros feae18
  2. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda18
  3. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas11
  4. Rainbow Agama Agama agama10
  5. Spectral Pygmy Chameleon Rhampholeon spectrum7
  6. Leatherback Sea Turtle Dermochelys coriacea6
  7. Eroded Hingeback Tortoise Kinixys erosa6
  8. Crested Chameleon Trioceros cristatus5
  9. Nkoelon Half-toed Gecko Hemidactylus coalescens5
  10. Senegal Mabuya Trachylepis affinis4

Amphibians

  1. Golden Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus auritus10
  2. Fernando Po toad Sclerophrys tuberosa9
  3. Golden-eyed Reed Frog Hyperolius ocellatus6
  4. African Tree Toad Nectophryne afra5
  5. Foulassi Banana Frog Afrixalus paradorsalis3
  6. African foam-nest tree frog Chiromantis rufescens3
  7. Mottled Squeaker Arthroleptis poecilonotus2
  8. Forest White-lipped Frog Hylarana albolabris2
  9. Oban Toad Sclerophrys camerunensis2
  10. Victoria Forest Tree Frog Leptopelis boulengeri1

Fish

  1. Atlantic Mudskipper Periophthalmus barbarus5
  2. Nematogobius maindroni3
  3. East Atlantic Redlip Blenny Ophioblennius atlanticus2
  4. African Orangetail Tetra Brachyalestes opisthotaenia2
  5. Cape Verde Gregory Stegastes imbricatus1
  6. Banded Lampeye Aplocheilichthys spilauchen1
  7. Bonga Shad Ethmalosa fimbriata1
  8. Big-toothed Pellonula Pellonula vorax1
  9. Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus1
  10. Biafra Doctorfish Prionurus biafraensis1

Mollusks

  1. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica6
  2. Giant West African Snail Archachatina marginata3
  3. Delessert's False Donax Iphigenia delessertii1

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.