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298 species have research-grade observations in Eritrea 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. Black Kite Milvus migrans13
  2. Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala13
  3. Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii11
  4. Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava11
  5. Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens10
  6. Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula9
  7. Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus9
  8. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca9
  9. Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii9
  10. Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus9

Plants

  1. Desert candle Euphorbia abyssinica6
  2. African baobab Adansonia digitata5
  3. Marvel of Peru Mirabilis jalapa4
  4. Jimsonweed Datura stramonium4
  5. Oleander Nerium oleander3
  6. Common lantana Lantana camara3
  7. Creeping Woodsorrel Oxalis corniculata3
  8. Tree tobacco Nicotiana glauca3
  9. Grey Mangrove Avicennia marina3
  10. Skyflower Duranta erecta3

Mammals

  1. Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryas5
  2. Sömmerring's Gazelle Nanger soemmerringii4
  3. Dromedary Camel Camelus dromedarius4
  4. Grivet Monkey Chlorocebus aethiops3
  5. Dorcas Gazelle Gazella dorcas2
  6. Olive Baboon Papio anubis2
  7. African Wolf Canis lupaster2
  8. Striped Ground Squirrel Euxerus erythropus2
  9. Egyptian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris thebaica1
  10. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus1

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera4
  2. Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth Spoladea recurvalis3
  3. Lunate Lady Beetle Cheilomenes lunata3
  4. Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria3
  5. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2
  6. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus2
  7. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta2
  8. Garden Locust Acanthacris ruficornis2
  9. Pachnoda stehelini2
  10. Phymateus aegrotus2

Reptiles

  1. Martin’s Desert Racer Mesalina martini2
  2. Spiny Agama Agama spinosa1
  3. Ragazzi’s Fan-footed gecko Ptyodactylus ragazzii1
  4. Andersson's Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus laticaudatus1
  5. Northern House Gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis1
  6. Sinai Racerunner Pseuderemias mucronata1
  7. Variable Skink Trachylepis varia1
  8. African Spurred Tortoise Centrochelys sulcata1
  9. African Chameleon Chamaeleo africanus1
  10. Eritrean Ridgeback Agama Acanthocercus annectans1

Mollusks

  1. Lined conch Conomurex fasciatus2
  2. Thrush cowrie Naria turdus2
  3. False Venus Comb Murex scolopax1

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.