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10,717 species have research-grade observations in Hong Kong 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. Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis7,225
  2. Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus7,088
  3. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus6,844
  4. Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis6,180
  5. Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis6,140
  6. Little Egret Egretta garzetta4,585
  7. Rock Pigeon Columba livia4,335
  8. Black Kite Milvus migrans3,953
  9. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax3,775
  10. Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis3,546

Plants

  1. Trailing Daisy Sphagneticola trilobata5,069
  2. Largeflower pink-sorrel Oxalis debilis3,516
  3. Common lantana Lantana camara3,365
  4. Elephant's Ear Macaranga tanarius2,883
  5. White beggarticks Bidens alba2,323
  6. White leadtree Leucaena leucocephala1,971
  7. Little ironweed Cyanthillium cinereum1,760
  8. Lilac tasselflower Emilia sonchifolia1,611
  9. Lance-leaved Sterculia Sterculia lanceolata1,604
  10. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens1,582

Mammals

  1. Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta2,023
  2. Wild Boar Sus scrofa1,781
  3. Pallas' Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus1,540
  4. Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx778
  5. Domestic Cat Felis catus717
  6. Domestic Water Buffalo Bubalus bubalis592
  7. East Asian Porcupine Hystrix brachyura486

Insects

  1. Red-based Jezebel Delias pasithoe6,892
  2. Common Mormon Swallowtail Papilio polytes6,186
  3. Dark-branded Bushbrown Mycalesis mineus4,592
  4. Pale Grass Blue Pseudozizeeria maha4,534
  5. Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina4,530
  6. Blue-spotted Crow Butterfly Euploea midamus4,141
  7. Asian Honey Bee Apis cerana4,077
  8. Punchinello Zemeros flegyas3,806
  9. Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger Ideopsis similis3,660
  10. Asian Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina3,511

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes5,577
  2. Adanson's House Jumper Hasarius adansoni1,246
  3. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus1,226
  4. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria1,161
  5. Wasp-mimic Jumping Spider Rhene tamula1,129
  6. Ptocasius strupifer1,017
  7. Black-and-white Spiny Spider Gasteracantha kuhli927
  8. Siler collingwoodi921
  9. Kidney Garden Spider Bijoaraneus mitificus872
  10. Telamonia caprina831

Reptiles

  1. Wang’s Garden Lizard Calotes wangi4,920
  2. Chinese Narrow-disked Gecko Gekko chinensis2,400
  3. White-lipped Pit Viper Trimeresurus albolabris2,298
  4. Longtail Mabuya Eutropis longicaudata2,019
  5. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta1,633
  6. Oriental House Gecko Hemidactylus bowringii1,470
  7. Asian Water Dragon Physignathus cocincinus1,123
  8. Heller's Red-necked Keelback Rhabdophis helleri916
  9. Indo-Pacific House Gecko Hemidactylus garnotii893
  10. Common Four-clawed Gecko Gehyra mutilata817

Amphibians

  1. Asian Common Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus5,114
  2. Spot-legged Tree Frog Polypedates megacephalus2,645
  3. Hong Kong Warty Newt Paramesotriton hongkongensis2,030
  4. Guenther's Frog Hylarana guentheri1,931
  5. Asian Painted Frog Kaloula pulchra1,685
  6. Lesser Spiny Frog Quasipaa exilispinosa1,131
  7. Hong Kong Rice-paddy Frog Fejervarya multistriata1,125
  8. Greenhouse Frog Eleutherodactylus planirostris1,113
  9. Short-legged Horned Toad Boulenophrys brachykolos709
  10. Hong Kong Cascade Frog Amolops hongkongensis682

Fish

  1. Predaceous Chub Parazacco spilurus568
  2. Whitecheek Goby Rhinogobius duospilus503
  3. Shuttles Hoppfish Periophthalmus modestus463
  4. Clark's Anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii455

Mollusks

  1. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica2,401
  2. Arboreal Snail Megaustenia imperator1,560
  3. Asian Tramp Snail Bradybaena similaris1,019
  4. Giant Blonde Snail Lissachatina immaculata633
  5. Tropical Leatherleaf Slug Laevicaulis alte504

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.