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Learn the wildlife of Eswatini

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4,546 species have research-grade observations in Eswatini 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 barbatus78
  2. White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides69
  3. Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus60
  4. Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana54
  5. Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha54
  6. Southern Crested Guineafowl Guttera edouardi51
  7. Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash49
  8. African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis48
  9. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris45
  10. Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris45

Plants

  1. Common lantana Lantana camara411
  2. Mountain aloe Aloe marlothii277
  3. Mysore Thorn Biancaea decapetala225
  4. Bugweed Solanum mauritianum193
  5. Chinaberry Melia azedarach143
  6. Monkeys Tail Xerophyta retinervis136
  7. Peanut-Butter Cassia Senna didymobotrya124
  8. Common Tree Euphorbia Euphorbia ingens119
  9. Common Protea Protea afra117
  10. Black wattle Acacia mearnsii116

Mammals

  1. Nyala Tragelaphus angasii235
  2. Impala Aepyceros melampus198
  3. Bontebok/Blesbok Damaliscus pygargus170
  4. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus139
  5. Plains Zebra Equus quagga132
  6. Southern Giraffe Giraffa giraffa116
  7. White Rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum113
  8. Common Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus105
  9. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus89
  10. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius70

Insects

  1. Red-veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa177
  2. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta171
  3. Hot Snout Cerynea thermesialis128
  4. African Grass Blue Zizeeria knysna121
  5. African Veined White Pseudanaphaeis gidica112
  6. African Caper Belenois creona104
  7. Broad Scarlet Crocothemis erythraea98
  8. Orange-winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi95
  9. Gibbalaria scabellana95
  10. Common Bush Brown Bicyclus safitza94

Spiders and kin

  1. Redleg Orbweaver Trichonephila inaurata26
  2. African Hermit Spider Nephilingis cruentata22
  3. Banded-legged golden orb-web spider Trichonephila senegalensis22
  4. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata21

Reptiles

  1. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus86
  2. Rainbow Skink Trachylepis margaritifer86
  3. Southern Tree Agama Acanthocercus atricollis82
  4. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis80
  5. Lebombo Flat Lizard Platysaurus lebomboensis72
  6. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata60
  7. Common Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus capensis55
  8. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia52
  9. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus38
  10. Variable Skink Trachylepis varia37

Amphibians

  1. Painted Reed Frog Hyperolius marmoratus108
  2. African Red Toad Schismaderma carens62
  3. Grey Foam-nest Tree Frog Chiromantis xerampelina51
  4. Guttural Toad Sclerophrys gutturalis40
  5. Common River Frog Amietia delalandii23

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.