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Learn the wildlife of Guinea

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1,808 species have research-grade observations in Guinea 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. Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus67
  2. West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus47
  3. Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus45
  4. Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala43
  5. White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis40
  6. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus40
  7. Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus35
  8. Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata35
  9. Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata34
  10. Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster33

Plants

  1. Amorphophallus aphyllus20
  2. African peach Nauclea latifolia20
  3. Shea Tree Vitellaria paradoxa16
  4. Dwarf red ironwood Lophira lanceolata15
  5. Indian mango Mangifera indica12
  6. Gbehutu Cochlospermum planchonii12
  7. Lepidagathis epacridea12
  8. African baobab Adansonia digitata10
  9. Camels-foot monkeybread Piliostigma thonningii10
  10. Englerina lecardii10

Mammals

  1. Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes28
  2. Green Monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus18
  3. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum14
  4. Patas Monkey Erythrocebus patas13
  5. Campbell's Monkey Cercopithecus campbelli12
  6. Guinea Baboon Papio papio10
  7. Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus8
  8. African Civet Civettictis civetta7
  9. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus7
  10. Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis5

Insects

  1. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus14
  2. Lucia Widow Palpopleura lucia14
  3. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus11
  4. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus10
  5. Variegated grasshopper Zonocerus variegatus10
  6. African Weaver Ant Oecophylla longinoda9
  7. Dancing Amber Telchinia serena9
  8. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus8
  9. Cabbage Tree Emperor Bunaea alcinoe8
  10. Soldier Commodore Junonia terea8

Spiders and kin

  1. Common Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator14
  2. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata9
  3. Gasteracantha curvispina8
  4. Nephila constricta5
  5. Alligatorback Scorpion Hottentotta hottentotta5
  6. Argiope flavipalpis4

Reptiles

  1. Graceful Chameleon Chamaeleo gracilis38
  2. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus17
  3. Western Green Mamba Dendroaspis viridis14
  4. Puff Adder Bitis arietans14
  5. Elegant Sand Racer Psammophis elegans11
  6. Ball Python Python regius11
  7. Spotted Night Adder Causus maculatus11
  8. West African Rainbow Lizard Agama africana10
  9. Common Bush Snake Philothamnus irregularis9
  10. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda8

Amphibians

  1. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis20
  2. Egyptian Toad Sclerophrys regularis11
  3. Rusty Forest Tree Frog Leptopelis viridis10
  4. Natal Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus natalensis7
  5. Ahl's River Frog Phrynobatrachus latifrons7
  6. Pyjama Spiny Reed Frog Afrixalus vittiger6
  7. Western Nimba Toad Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis6
  8. Saber-toothed frog Odontobatrachus natator5
  9. Savannah Forest Tree Frog Leptopelis bufonides4
  10. Western Night Frog Astylosternus occidentalis4

Fish

  1. Banded Jewelfish Hemichromis fasciatus18
  2. Blackstripe Barb Enteromius macrops11
  3. Jewel Cichlid Rubricatochromis guttatus10
  4. Tailspot Ctenopoma Ctenopoma kingsleyae9
  5. Epiplatys bifasciatus9
  6. Atlantic Mudskipper Periophthalmus barbarus8
  7. Redbelly Tilapia Coptodon zillii8
  8. Electric Catfish Malapterurus electricus7
  9. Enteromius pobeguini7
  10. Baby Whale Brienomyrus brachyistius6

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.