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7,760 species have research-grade observations in Kazakhstan 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. Eurasian Magpie Pica pica1,050
  2. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos992
  3. Rock Pigeon Columba livia972
  4. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis951
  5. White Wagtail Motacilla alba787
  6. Great Tit Parus major770
  7. Rook Corvus frugilegus732
  8. Black Kite Milvus migrans682
  9. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus647
  10. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus635

Plants

  1. Box elder Acer negundo1,678
  2. Tuberous Jerusalem sage Phlomoides tuberosa857
  3. Brown Monkwort Nonea pulla849
  4. Field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis820
  5. Scots pine Pinus sylvestris794
  6. Siberian elm Ulmus pumila778
  7. Common reed Phragmites australis769
  8. Iberian Spirea Spiraea hypericifolia723
  9. Schrenk's spruce Picea schrenkiana699
  10. Black henbane Hyoscyamus niger690

Mammals

  1. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris531
  2. Great Gerbil Rhombomys opimus243
  3. Long-eared Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus197
  4. Grey Marmot Marmota baibacina196
  5. Saiga Saiga tatarica188
  6. Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus181
  7. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes169
  8. Goitered Gazelle Gazella subgutturosa155
  9. Tolai Hare Lepus tolai138
  10. Bobak Marmot Marmota bobak128

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera552
  2. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata542
  3. European Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus337
  4. Variegated Lady Beetle Hippodamia variegata297
  5. Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax293
  6. Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis291
  7. Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae291
  8. European Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata227
  9. European Peacock Butterfly Aglais io226
  10. Four-spotted Blisterbeetle Mylabris quadripunctata225

Spiders and kin

  1. Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops342
  2. Lobed Argiope Argiope lobata245
  3. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus196
  4. Yllenus uiguricus185
  5. Aelurillus dubatolovi127
  6. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis125
  7. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus118

Reptiles

  1. Afghan Tortoise Testudo horsfieldii730
  2. Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis507
  3. Steppe Agama Trapelus sanguinolentus481
  4. Rapid Racerunner Eremias velox417
  5. Sunwatcher Phrynocephalus helioscopus241
  6. Tessellated Water Snake Natrix tessellata204
  7. Steppe Ratsnake Elaphe dione152
  8. Transcaspian Bent-toed Gecko Mediodactylus russowii146
  9. Steppe Runner Eremias arguta137
  10. Common Wonder Gecko Teratoscincus scincus126

Amphibians

  1. Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus507
  2. Green Toad Bufotes viridis187
  3. Moor Frog Rana arvalis149
  4. Xinjiang toad Bufotes pewzowi110

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.