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Learn the wildlife of Kiribati

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631 species have research-grade observations in Kiribati 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. Red-footed Booby Sula sula19
  2. Blue-billed White-Tern Gygis candida12
  3. Great Frigatebird Fregata minor11
  4. Black Noddy Anous minutus9
  5. Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva9
  6. Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus9
  7. Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii9
  8. Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba8
  9. Masked Booby Sula dactylatra6
  10. Brown Noddy Anous stolidus6

Plants

  1. Beach naupaka Scaevola taccada14
  2. Tree heliotrope Heliotropium arboreum13
  3. Beach Gardenia Guettarda speciosa6
  4. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera5
  5. Kerosene Tree Cordia subcordata5
  6. Alexandrian Laurel Calophyllum inophyllum4
  7. Beach Sheoak Casuarina equisetifolia3
  8. Thatch screwpine Pandanus tectorius3
  9. Polynesian Heliotrope Heliotropium anomalum3
  10. Baycedar Suriana maritima3

Insects

  1. Tropical Fire Ant Solenopsis geminata2
  2. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera1
  3. Tetramorium pacificum1
  4. American Cockroach Periplaneta americana1
  5. Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens1
  6. Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp Sceliphron caementarium1
  7. Heliotrope Moth Utetheisa pulchelloides1
  8. Red-legged Ham Beetle Necrobia rufipes1

Reptiles

  1. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas6
  2. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris3
  3. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus2
  4. Pacific Dtella Gehyra oceanica1

Fish

  1. Peacock Grouper Cephalopholis argus19
  2. Meyer's Butterflyfish Chaetodon meyeri16
  3. Freckled Hawkfish Paracirrhites forsteri15
  4. Fivestripe Wrasse Thalassoma quinquevittatum14
  5. Guineafowl Puffer Arothron meleagris14
  6. Bluefin Trevally Caranx melampygus14
  7. Yellowmargin Triggerfish Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus14
  8. Two-spot Red Snapper Lutjanus bohar13
  9. Slingjaw Wrasse Epibulus insidiator13
  10. Princess Damsel Pomacentrus vaiuli13

Mollusks

  1. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima13
  2. Money Cowry Monetaria moneta6
  3. Strawberry Conch Conomurex luhuanus6
  4. Black-and-white Cone Snail Conus ebraeus5
  5. Giant Nodulose Creeper Cerithium nodulosum5
  6. Fluted Giant Clam Tridacna squamosa4
  7. Livid Cone Conus lividus4
  8. Common Pacific vase Vasum turbinellus4
  9. Ceramic vase Vasum ceramicum4
  10. Noah's Giant Clam Tridacna noae4

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.