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Learn the wildlife of the French Southern Territories

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380 species have research-grade observations in the French Southern Territories 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. King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus292
  2. Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps273
  3. Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans186
  4. Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua148
  5. Eaton's Pintail Anas eatoni144
  6. Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli138
  7. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus130
  8. Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus124
  9. Masked Booby Sula dactylatra102
  10. Red-footed Booby Sula sula100

Plants

  1. Kerguelen Cabbage Pringlea antiscorbutica32
  2. Cushion azorella Azorella selago18
  3. Leptinella plumosa16
  4. Greater Burnet Acaena magellanica15
  5. Lyallia Cushion Lyallia kerguelensis11
  6. Shore Stonecrop Crassula moschata10
  7. Little hard fern Blechnum penna-marina9
  8. Tree heliotrope Heliotropium arboreum9
  9. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera7
  10. Beach naupaka Scaevola taccada7

Mammals

  1. Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina224
  2. Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella129
  3. Subantarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus tropicalis49
  4. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus31
  5. Caribou Rangifer tarandus27
  6. Commerson's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii16
  7. Domestic Cat Felis catus16
  8. Orca Orcinus orca12
  9. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae5
  10. Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx5

Insects

  1. Pringleophaga kerguelensis10
  2. Blue Blowfly Calliphora vicina5
  3. Striped Hawkmoth Hyles livornica3
  4. Anatalanta aptera3
  5. Calycopteryx moseleyi3
  6. Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens2
  7. Brown‐spotted Locust Cyrtacanthacris tatarica2
  8. Sphex torridus2
  9. Amalopteryx maritima2
  10. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui1

Spiders and kin

  1. Redleg Orbweaver Trichonephila inaurata4
  2. Myro kerguelenensis3
  3. Argiope coquereli2
  4. Tropical Tent-web Spider Cyrtophora citricola1
  5. Common Ground-Weaver Tenuiphantes tenuis1
  6. Shorthorn Kitespider Gasteracantha sanguinolenta1

Reptiles

  1. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas42
  2. Madagascar Girdled Lizard Zonosaurus madagascariensis5
  3. Glorioso Snake-eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus gloriosus2
  4. Two-striped Snake-eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus bitaeniatus2
  5. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata1
  6. Europa Island Skink Trachylepis infralineata1

Fish

  1. Brown Trout Salmo trutta8
  2. Peppered Moray Gymnothorax pictus8
  3. Fivefingers Nemadactylus monodactylus4
  4. Striped Trumpeter Latris lineata4
  5. Snoek Thyrsites atun3
  6. Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis3
  7. Rosefish Helicolenus mouchezi3
  8. Yellowback Fusilier Caesio xanthonota2
  9. Blue-eye Trevalla Hyperoglyphe antarctica2
  10. Cosmopolitan Rubyfish Plagiogeneion rubiginosum2

Mollusks

  1. Nacella kerguelenensis5
  2. Jewelled Chiton Acanthopleura gemmata3
  3. Notodiscus hookeri2
  4. Common Octopus Octopus vulgaris1
  5. Varicose Wart Slug Phyllidia varicosa1
  6. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima1
  7. Emperor Nautilus Nautilus pompilius1
  8. Pleated Nerite Nerita plicata1
  9. Cholga mussel Aulacomya atra1
  10. Textile Nerite Nerita textilis1

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.