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1,420 species have research-grade observations in Gibraltar 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. Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis171
  2. Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara77
  3. House Sparrow Passer domesticus58
  4. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula55
  5. Rock Pigeon Columba livia52
  6. Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala40
  7. Black Kite Milvus migrans32
  8. Northern Gannet Morus bassanus26
  9. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto25
  10. European Shag Gulosus aristotelis25

Plants

  1. Gold coin Pallenis maritima310
  2. Bear's breeches Acanthus mollis286
  3. Mediterranean Phagnalon Phagnalon saxatile137
  4. Andalusian Pipevine Aristolochia baetica133
  5. African Sandalwood Osyris lanceolata126
  6. Asparagus albus122
  7. Cretan Viper's-bugloss Echium creticum114
  8. Mediterranean fan palm Chamaerops humilis109
  9. Bermuda buttercup Oxalis pes-caprae106
  10. Sweet alyssum Lobularia maritima104

Mammals

  1. Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus1,096
  2. Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis50
  3. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus7
  4. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus6
  5. Domestic Cat Felis catus6
  6. Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba5
  7. Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus5

Insects

  1. Two-tailed Pasha Charaxes jasius83
  2. Monarch Danaus plexippus80
  3. Spanish Festoon Zerynthia rumina73
  4. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria51
  5. Mediterranean Spotted Chafer Oxythyrea funesta44
  6. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui37
  7. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta35
  8. Large White Pieris brassicae35
  9. European Striped Shield Bug Graphosoma italicum30
  10. Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon29

Spiders and kin

  1. Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus semilimbatus16
  2. Olios argelasius11
  3. Adanson's House Jumper Hasarius adansoni11
  4. Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops10
  5. Gibraltar Funnel-web Spider Macrothele calpeiana8
  6. Napoleon Spider Synema globosum7
  7. Pale Cross Orbweaver Araneus pallidus6

Reptiles

  1. Andalusian wall lizard Podarcis vaucheri270
  2. Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica112
  3. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta28
  4. Large Psammodromus Psammodromus algirus16
  5. Horseshoe Whip Snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis13
  6. Mediterranean House Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus10
  7. Mediterranean Turtle Mauremys leprosa10

Mollusks

  1. Iberus marmoratus17
  2. Milk Snail Otala lactea17
  3. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum13
  4. Rough Cockle Acanthocardia tuberculata11
  5. Patella ferruginea11
  6. Decollate Snail Rumina decollata9
  7. Common Octopus Octopus vulgaris5

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.