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2,551 species have research-grade observations in Gabon 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. Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis162
  2. Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus130
  3. Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis125
  4. Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus122
  5. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus121
  6. Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata94
  7. Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima83
  8. Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata82
  9. Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus81
  10. African Thrush Turdus pelios78

Plants

  1. Bolo bolo Clappertonia ficifolia31
  2. African Spiral Flag Costus lucanusianus27
  3. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica25
  4. Ground Pineapple Thonningia sanguinea24
  5. African corkwood tree Musanga cecropioides23
  6. Hooded Harlequin Eulophia cucullata22
  7. Caesar weed Urena lobata21
  8. Candelabra Bush Senna alata20
  9. Siam weed Chromolaena odorata19
  10. False staghorn fern Dicranopteris linearis18

Mammals

  1. Forest Elephant Loxodonta cyclotis392
  2. African Buffalo Syncerus caffer251
  3. Western Gorilla Gorilla gorilla160
  4. Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekii143
  5. Mandrill Mandrillus sphinx135
  6. Moustached Monkey Cercopithecus cephus133
  7. Putty-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus nictitans96
  8. Red-capped Mangabey Cercocebus torquatus76
  9. Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes75
  10. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius72

Insects

  1. Little Pansy Junonia sophia45
  2. Lucia Widow Palpopleura lucia43
  3. Variegated grasshopper Zonocerus variegatus41
  4. African Giant Skipper Coeliades iphis33
  5. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera30
  6. Centaurus Beetle Augosoma centaurus26
  7. Small Striped Swordtail Graphium policenes25
  8. Pale Babul Blue Azanus mirza25
  9. Hemitriecphora haglundi23
  10. Pied-spot Hemistigma albipunctum22

Spiders and kin

  1. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata42
  2. Gasteracantha curvispina39
  3. Argiope flavipalpis22
  4. Nephila constricta18
  5. Trichonephila turneri15
  6. Dictator Scorpion Pandinopsis dictator11
  7. African Hermit Spider Nephilingis cruentata10
  8. Isoxya kochi10
  9. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria9
  10. Opisthacanthus africanus9

Reptiles

  1. Central African slender-snouted crocodile Mecistops leptorhynchus125
  2. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus87
  3. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda80
  4. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia54
  5. Eroded Hingeback Tortoise Kinixys erosa50
  6. African Rock Python Python sebae40
  7. Dwarf Crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis33
  8. Senegal Mabuya Trachylepis affinis30
  9. Guinea Mabuya Trachylepis albilabris30
  10. Speckle-lipped Mabuya Trachylepis maculilabris28

Amphibians

  1. Golden Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus auritus32
  2. Scotobleps gabonicus25
  3. African foam-nest tree frog Chiromantis rufescens24
  4. Olive Reed Frog Hyperolius olivaceus19
  5. Hylarana lepus18
  6. Olive Striped Frog Hylambates leonardi18
  7. Golden-eyed Reed Frog Hyperolius ocellatus15
  8. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis14
  9. Forest White-lipped Frog Hylarana albolabris13
  10. Silver Long-Fingered Frog Cardioglossa leucomystax11

Fish

  1. Coptodon tholloni60
  2. Atlantic Mudskipper Periophthalmus barbarus46
  3. Banded Jewel Cichlid Hemichromis elongatus40
  4. Long-fin Tetra Bryconalestes longipinnis23
  5. Flametail Featherfin Tetra Bryconaethiops macrops15
  6. West African Freshwater Goby Awaous lateristriga15
  7. Banded Lampeye Aplocheilichthys spilauchen14
  8. Guinea Snapper Lutjanus endecacanthus13
  9. Torpedo Robber Alestes macrophthalmus12
  10. Bream Bulldog Marcusenius moorii12

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.