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Learn the wildlife of Ghana

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2,938 species have research-grade observations in Ghana 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. West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus203
  2. Pied Crow Corvus albus191
  3. Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator182
  4. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis179
  5. Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis171
  6. White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis155
  7. Black Kite Milvus migrans147
  8. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus137
  9. Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus136
  10. Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis133

Plants

  1. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica63
  2. African baobab Adansonia digitata51
  3. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens49
  4. Turkey Berry Solanum torvum47
  5. Cacao tree Theobroma cacao47
  6. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera46
  7. Neem Azadirachta indica46
  8. Ground Pineapple Thonningia sanguinea44
  9. Common lantana Lantana camara41
  10. African corkwood tree Musanga cecropioides41

Mammals

  1. Olive Baboon Papio anubis211
  2. Kob Kobus kob209
  3. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum161
  4. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus143
  5. Lowe's Monkey Cercopithecus lowei107
  6. Northern Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus104
  7. Patas Monkey Erythrocebus patas78
  8. African Savanna Elephant Loxodonta africana72
  9. Forest Elephant Loxodonta cyclotis72
  10. Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus petaurista71

Insects

  1. Lucia Widow Palpopleura lucia230
  2. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone228
  3. Soldier Commodore Junonia terea221
  4. Blue Diadem Butterfly Hypolimnas salmacis196
  5. Forest Glade Nymph Aterica galene166
  6. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus159
  7. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus155
  8. Variable Diadem Hypolimnas anthedon142
  9. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus139
  10. Variegated grasshopper Zonocerus variegatus116

Spiders and kin

  1. Common Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator69
  2. Gasteracantha curvispina56
  3. Argiope flavipalpis44
  4. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata42
  5. Nephila constricta17

Reptiles

  1. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda151
  2. African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata128
  3. West African Crocodile Crocodylus suchus113
  4. Dwarf Crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis77
  5. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus77
  6. Senegal Mabuya Trachylepis affinis68
  7. Banded Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus fasciatus34
  8. Green Bush Viper Atheris chlorechis29
  9. Rainbow Agama Agama agama27
  10. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia24

Amphibians

  1. Mottled Squeaker Arthroleptis poecilonotus50
  2. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis50
  3. Coast River Frog Phrynobatrachus plicatus27
  4. Snouted Grassland Frog Ptychadena longirostris27
  5. Lesser White-Lipped Frog Hylarana parva22

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.