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Learn the wildlife of French Polynesia

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2,671 species have research-grade observations in French Polynesia 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. Zebra Dove Geopelia striata495
  2. Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii467
  3. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer457
  4. Brown Noddy Anous stolidus441
  5. Chestnut-breasted Munia Lonchura castaneothorax395
  6. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis389
  7. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus279
  8. Blue-billed White-Tern Gygis candida267
  9. Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra258
  10. Red-footed Booby Sula sula216

Plants

  1. Sea hibiscus Hibiscus tiliaceus323
  2. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera283
  3. Noni Morinda citrifolia240
  4. Velvet tree Miconia calvescens217
  5. African tulip tree Spathodea campanulata181
  6. Fish Poison Tree Barringtonia asiatica164
  7. King fern Angiopteris evecta158
  8. Philippine Ground Orchid Spathoglottis plicata148
  9. Beach naupaka Scaevola taccada139
  10. Thatch screwpine Pandanus tectorius136

Mammals

  1. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae154
  2. Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris86
  3. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus61
  4. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris28
  5. Domestic Cat Felis catus28

Insects

  1. Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina199
  2. Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp Polistes olivaceus129
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera107
  4. Black Stink Bug Coptosoma xanthogramma71
  5. Tropidomantis kawaharai53
  6. Valley Carpenter Bee Xylocopa sonorina52
  7. Northern Plushback Palpada vinetorum51
  8. American Cockroach Periplaneta americana51
  9. Yellow Crazy Ant Anoplolepis gracilipes46
  10. Mango Flower Beetle Protaetia fusca45

Spiders and kin

  1. Asian Spinybacked Orbweaver Thelacantha brevispina91
  2. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria89
  3. Sword-Bearing Thorelliola Thorelliola ensifera42
  4. Lami Beach Northern Jumping Spider Cosmophasis lami40
  5. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus39
  6. Pholcus ancoralis28
  7. Northern Silver Orbweaver Leucauge granulata27
  8. Multi-Coloured Phintella Phintelloides versicolor22

Reptiles

  1. Pacific Dtella Gehyra oceanica213
  2. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas204
  3. Azure-tailed Skink Emoia impar176
  4. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris166
  5. Gold Dust Day Gecko Phelsuma laticauda160
  6. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata117
  7. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus113
  8. Moth Skink Ornithuroscincus noctua57
  9. Copper-tailed Skink Emoia cyanura55
  10. Mottled Snake-eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus48

Fish

  1. Sixbar Wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke617
  2. Convict Surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus578
  3. Lagoon Triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus520
  4. Redfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunulatus442
  5. Orangestripe Triggerfish Balistapus undulatus432
  6. Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus406
  7. Pacific Double-saddle Butterflyfish Chaetodon ulietensis397
  8. Polynesian Humbug Dascyllus Dascyllus emamo387
  9. Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish Chlorurus spilurus379
  10. Lemonpeel Angelfish Centropyge flavissima372

Mollusks

  1. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima834
  2. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica142
  3. Pleated Nerite Nerita plicata116
  4. Walled cowrie Monetaria obvelata100
  5. Day Octopus Octopus cyanea97
  6. Money Cowry Monetaria moneta92
  7. Commercial Top Shell Rochia nilotica86
  8. Giant Spider Conch Lambis truncata85
  9. Flea-bitten Cone Conus pulicarius66
  10. Tiger Cowrie Cypraea tigris45

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.