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8,922 species have research-grade observations in Israel 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 Crow Corvus cornix1,846
  2. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis1,815
  3. Rock Pigeon Columba livia1,596
  4. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis1,491
  5. White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos1,372
  6. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus1,232
  7. House Sparrow Passer domesticus1,189
  8. Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus1,161
  9. Common Hoopoe Upupa epops1,156
  10. Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea1,118

Plants

  1. Persian Cyclamen Cyclamen persicum2,283
  2. Poppy anemone Anemone coronaria2,156
  3. Egyptian Caper Capparis zoharyi1,383
  4. Sea Squill Drimia aphylla1,154
  5. Milk thistle Silybum marianum1,035
  6. Branched Asphodel Asphodelus ramosus1,016
  7. Steven's Meadow Saffron Colchicum stevenii921
  8. Pink-butterfly Orchid Anacamptis papilionacea878
  9. Barbary-nut Moraea sisyrinchium861
  10. Carmel bee-orchid Ophrys umbilicata841

Mammals

  1. Golden Jackal Canis aureus1,450
  2. Mountain Gazelle Gazella gazella1,039
  3. Nubian Ibex Capra nubiana1,036
  4. Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica988
  5. Wild Boar Sus scrofa900
  6. Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis817
  7. Southern White-breasted Hedgehog Erinaceus concolor812
  8. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes735
  9. Dorcas Gazelle Gazella dorcas514
  10. Domestic Cat Felis catus414

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera1,667
  2. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata1,091
  3. Small White Pieris rapae1,059
  4. Oxythyrea noemi1,046
  5. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui929
  6. European Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus875
  7. Ocnogyna loewii857
  8. Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon761
  9. Giant African Mantis Sphodromantis viridis738
  10. Nomad Sympetrum fonscolombii713

Spiders and kin

  1. Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata658
  2. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli598
  3. Scorpio fuscus509
  4. Hottentotta judaicus406
  5. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus287
  6. Hersilia caudata266
  7. Middle East Black Tarantula Chaetopelma olivaceum264
  8. Mediterranean false black widow Steatoda paykulliana258
  9. Thomisus citrinellus222
  10. Jericho Scorpion Nebo hierichonticus216

Reptiles

  1. Egyptian Rock Agama Laudakia vulgaris1,819
  2. Greek Tortoise Testudo graeca1,261
  3. Common Chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon1,090
  4. Western Caspian Turtle Mauremys rivulata692
  5. Mediterranean House Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus642
  6. Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko Ptyodactylus guttatus565
  7. Lebanon Lizard Phoenicolacerta laevis528
  8. Syrian Blind Snake Xerotyphlops syriacus389
  9. Bosc’s Fringe-toed lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus382
  10. Roth's Dwarf Snake Eirenis rothii305

Amphibians

  1. Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus679
  2. Green Toad Bufotes viridis464
  3. Lemon-yellow Tree Frog Hyla savignyi266

Mollusks

  1. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum1,106
  2. Syrian Nun Snail Monacha syriaca607
  3. White Italian Snail Theba pisana327
  4. Yellow Cellar Slug Limacus flavus308
  5. Levantina spiriplana249
  6. Xeropicta krynickii242
  7. Levantine Field Snail Helix engaddensis232

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.