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2,249 species have research-grade observations in Jordan 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 senegalensis262
  2. House Sparrow Passer domesticus247
  3. White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos247
  4. Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea185
  5. Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii180
  6. Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti140
  7. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus133
  8. Rock Pigeon Columba livia130
  9. Crested Lark Galerida cristata129
  10. Sinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus128

Plants

  1. Sea Squill Drimia aphylla186
  2. Oleander Nerium oleander130
  3. Umbrella thorn Vachellia tortilis96
  4. Yellow Henbane Hyoscyamus aureus90
  5. White weeping broom Retama raetam71
  6. Barbary-nut Moraea sisyrinchium70
  7. Poppy anemone Anemone coronaria62
  8. Common fig Ficus carica59
  9. Gomphocarpus sinaicus53
  10. Colocynth Citrullus colocynthis51

Mammals

  1. Domestic Cat Felis catus193
  2. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris73
  3. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes51
  4. Domestic Goat Capra hircus24
  5. Desert Hedgehog Paraechinus aethiopicus18
  6. Golden Jackal Canis aureus18
  7. Arabian Oryx Oryx leucoryx12
  8. Southern White-breasted Hedgehog Erinaceus concolor9
  9. Indian Humpback Dolphin Sousa plumbea9
  10. Onager Equus hemionus8

Insects

  1. Pitted Beetle Adesmia cancellata114
  2. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui64
  3. Indian Milkweed Bug Spilostethus pandurus58
  4. Poekilocerus bufonius52
  5. Red-veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa45
  6. Oriental Hornet Vespa orientalis30
  7. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera29
  8. Pioneer White Belenois aurota27
  9. Large Salmon Arab Tip Colotis fausta21
  10. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus20

Spiders and kin

  1. Hebrew Deathstalker Leiurus hebraeus35
  2. Jericho Scorpion Nebo hierichonticus17
  3. Mediterranean false black widow Steatoda paykulliana13
  4. Scorpio jordanensis13
  5. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli12
  6. Hottentotta judaicus9
  7. Walckenaer's Huntsman Spider Eusparassus walckenaeri9
  8. Buthacus yotvatensis7
  9. Leiurus aylaensis7

Reptiles

  1. Egyptian Rock Agama Laudakia vulgaris407
  2. Bosc’s Fringe-toed lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus98
  3. Sinai Agama Pseudotrapelus sinaitus89
  4. Levant Fan-fingered Gecko Ptyodactylus puiseuxi57
  5. Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko Ptyodactylus guttatus57
  6. Greek Tortoise Testudo graeca55
  7. Common Chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon53
  8. Mount Sinai Lizard Mesalina bahaeldini42
  9. Snake-eyed Lizard Ophisops elegans33
  10. Guweira Semaphore Gecko Pristurus guweirensis32

Fish

  1. Red Sea Anemonefish Amphiprion bicinctus85
  2. Indian Lionfish Pterois miles60
  3. Klunzinger's Wrasse Thalassoma rueppellii50
  4. White-spotted Puffer Arothron hispidus43
  5. Sulfur Damsel Pomacentrus sulfureus37
  6. Indian Ocean Humbug Dascyllus abudafur37
  7. Geometric Moray Gymnothorax griseus35
  8. Lined Bristletooth Ctenochaetus striatus32
  9. Lyretail Anthias Pseudanthias squamipinnis30
  10. Yellow Boxfish Ostracion cubicum28

Mollusks

  1. Pyjama Slug Chromodoris quadricolor33
  2. Chocolate-band Snail Eobania vermiculata20
  3. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima17
  4. Levantina spiriplana13
  5. Day Octopus Octopus cyanea11
  6. Painted Hypselodoris Hypselodoris infucata9
  7. Nerita sanguinolenta7

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.