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Learn the wildlife of Ethiopia

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2,803 species have research-grade observations in Ethiopia 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. Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer352
  2. Black Kite Milvus migrans347
  3. Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea325
  4. Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus305
  5. Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht259
  6. Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus257
  7. Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus253
  8. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca253
  9. African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus252
  10. Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala251

Plants

  1. Giant lobelia Lobelia rhynchopetalum137
  2. Abyssinian banana Ensete ventricosum130
  3. African Redwood Hagenia abyssinica96
  4. Helichrysum citrispinum73
  5. Peanut-Butter Cassia Senna didymobotrya72
  6. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera72
  7. Lindenleaf Sage Salvia tiliifolia72
  8. White-margined nightshade Solanum marginatum70
  9. Ethiopian red hot poker Kniphofia foliosa70
  10. Mexican Poppy Argemone ochroleuca68

Mammals

  1. Grivet Monkey Chlorocebus aethiops324
  2. Gelada Theropithecus gelada303
  3. Mantled Guereza Colobus guereza282
  4. Olive Baboon Papio anubis237
  5. Mountain Nyala Tragelaphus buxtoni215
  6. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus197
  7. Ethiopian Wolf Canis simensis174
  8. East African Oryx Oryx beisa117
  9. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius115
  10. Sömmerring's Gazelle Nanger soemmerringii113

Insects

  1. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui57
  2. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta52
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera47
  4. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus45
  5. Soldier Commodore Junonia terea43
  6. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus41
  7. Pioneer White Belenois aurota40
  8. Blue Pansy Junonia orithya36
  9. Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata35
  10. Golden Pansy Junonia chorimene32

Reptiles

  1. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata109
  2. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus107
  3. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis104
  4. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus50
  5. African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata42
  6. Brenner’s Sand Racer Pseuderemias brenneri41
  7. West African Crocodile Crocodylus suchus32
  8. Rüppell's Desert Chameleon Trioceros affinis26
  9. Sinai Racerunner Pseuderemias mucronata25
  10. Kenya Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus keniensis24

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.