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2,375 species have research-grade observations in Iraq 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. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis71
  2. House Sparrow Passer domesticus65
  3. White Wagtail Motacilla alba53
  4. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto51
  5. Rock Pigeon Columba livia51
  6. Crested Lark Galerida cristata50
  7. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus48
  8. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix43
  9. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis38
  10. Little Egret Egretta garzetta37

Plants

  1. Persian oak Quercus brantii78
  2. Common reed Phragmites australis58
  3. Common fig Ficus carica53
  4. Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera41
  5. Montpellier Maple Acer monspessulanum37
  6. Azarole Crataegus azarolus35
  7. Poppy anemone Anemone coronaria35
  8. Milk thistle Silybum marianum33
  9. Aleppo Oak Quercus infectoria33
  10. Small melilot Melilotus indicus30

Mammals

  1. Domestic Cat Felis catus59
  2. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris40
  3. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes21
  4. Long-eared Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus20
  5. Golden Jackal Canis aureus15
  6. Striped Hyaena Hyaena hyaena12
  7. Wild Boar Sus scrofa11
  8. Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus11
  9. Caucasian Squirrel Sciurus anomalus10
  10. House Mouse Mus musculus7

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera66
  2. Crimson-speckled Flunkey Utetheisa pulchella54
  3. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui46
  4. Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata42
  5. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata39
  6. Egyptian Bird Grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium38
  7. Lime Swallowtail Papilio demoleus36
  8. Oriental Hornet Vespa orientalis36
  9. Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella30
  10. Common Lagoon Fly Eristalinus aeneus29

Spiders and kin

  1. Plexippoides flavescens32
  2. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli18
  3. Imperial Jumping Spider Thyene imperialis17
  4. Hottentotta saulcyi13
  5. Oxyopes globifer11
  6. Uroctea limbata11
  7. Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops8
  8. Androctonus sumericus8
  9. Thomisus citrinellus6

Reptiles

  1. Keeled Rock Gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum55
  2. Caspian Turtle Mauremys caspica36
  3. Northern House Gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis28
  4. Snake-eyed Lizard Ophisops elegans25
  5. Golden grass mabuya Heremites septemtaeniatus22
  6. Large-scaled Rock Agama Laudakia nupta21
  7. Greek Tortoise Testudo graeca21
  8. Anatolian Lizard Apathya cappadocica17
  9. Levantine Viper Macrovipera lebetinus12
  10. Egyptian Spiny–tailed Lizard Uromastyx aegyptia9

Amphibians

  1. Green Toad Bufotes viridis59
  2. Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus38
  3. Lemon-yellow Tree Frog Hyla savignyi17
  4. Kurdistan Spotted Newt Neurergus derjugini8

Fish

  1. Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki9
  2. Goldfish Carassius auratus7
  3. Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna7
  4. Aphaniops stoliczkanus7
  5. Mesopotamian Catfish Silurus triostegus6

Mollusks

  1. Corbicula fluminalis14
  2. Levantina mahanica13
  3. Southern Flatcoil Polygyra cereolus11
  4. Chocolate-band Snail Eobania vermiculata9

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.