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Learn the wildlife of the Falkland Islands

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521 species have research-grade observations in the Falkland 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. Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus532
  2. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris512
  3. Western Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome478
  4. Upland Goose Chloephaga picta467
  5. Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua421
  6. Striated Caracara Daptrius australis366
  7. Falkland Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachypterus361
  8. King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus334
  9. Kelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida309
  10. Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps287

Plants

  1. Diddle-dee Empetrum rubrum295
  2. Angel Wings Senecio candidans271
  3. Gorse Ulex europaeus157
  4. Scurvygrass woodsorrel Oxalis enneaphylla151
  5. Pigvine Gunnera magellanica139
  6. Balsam-bog Bolax gummifera139
  7. Tall Fern Lomariocycas magellanica138
  8. Tussac-grass Poa flabellata135
  9. Shore Hebe Veronica elliptica119
  10. Sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella105

Mammals

  1. South American Sea Lion Otaria flavescens208
  2. Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina133
  3. Commerson's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii121
  4. Peale's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus australis85
  5. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus27
  6. Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis26
  7. South American Fur Seal Arctocephalus australis24
  8. Orca Orcinus orca10
  9. Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis8
  10. Domestic Sheep Ovis aries7

Insects

  1. Eleven-spotted Ladybird Beetle Coccinella undecimpunctata25
  2. Cytheris Fritillary Yramea cytheris18
  3. Fernandocrambus falklandicellus11
  4. Eristalis croceimaculata10
  5. Falkland Camel Cricket Parudenus falklandicus9
  6. Syrphus octomaculatus6
  7. Lancetes falklandicus5
  8. Blue Blowfly Calliphora vicina4
  9. Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris3
  10. Malvinius compressiventris3

Spiders and kin

  1. Magellanic green spider Molinaranea magellanica23
  2. Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver Tetragnatha laboriosa5
  3. Alopecosa nigricans5
  4. Haversia defensa3
  5. Emmenomma oculatum2

Fish

  1. Black Southern Cod Patagonotothen tessellata4
  2. Nototenia Patagonotothen cornucola2
  3. Patagonian Blenny Eleginops maclovinus2
  4. Brown Trout Salmo trutta1
  5. Common Galaxias Galaxias maculatus1
  6. Orange-throat Notothen Paranotothenia magellanica1
  7. Crested spiny plunderfish Harpagifer palliolatus1
  8. Kelp Notothen Patagonotothen squamiceps1
  9. Wilton's Patagonian Rockcod Patagonotothen wiltoni1
  10. Austrolycus depressiceps1

Mollusks

  1. Purple Mussel Perumytilus purpuratus13
  2. Cholga mussel Aulacomya atra12
  3. Gaimardia trapesina9
  4. Orange Tonicia Tonicia lebruni7
  5. Camouflaged Spiny Sea Cradle Plaxiphora aurata6
  6. Pareuthria fuscata6
  7. Nacella mytilina6
  8. Magellanic Copper Limpet Nacella magellanica5
  9. Gevers's Trophon Trophon geversianus4
  10. Magellanic Unicorn Acanthina monodon4

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.