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795 species have research-grade observations in Kuwait 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 senegalensis152
  2. White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis120
  3. House Sparrow Passer domesticus108
  4. Rock Pigeon Columba livia93
  5. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis92
  6. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea78
  7. Black Kite Milvus migrans77
  8. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus77
  9. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto69
  10. Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina60

Plants

  1. False Hawkbit Urospermum picroides526
  2. Cheeseweed mallow Malva parviflora409
  3. Arfaj Rhanterium epapposum246
  4. Cornulaca aucheri229
  5. Picris babylonica221
  6. London rocket Sisymbrium irio216
  7. Common Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus169
  8. Bladder-dock Rumex vesicarius169
  9. Launaea mucronata154
  10. Puncture vine Tribulus terrestris146

Mammals

  1. Domestic Cat Felis catus959
  2. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris303
  3. Dromedary Camel Camelus dromedarius50
  4. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes33
  5. Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus12
  6. Long-eared Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus10
  7. Sand Cat Felis margarita3
  8. Desert Hedgehog Paraechinus aethiopicus2
  9. Libyan Jird Meriones libycus2

Insects

  1. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui812
  2. Bathroom Moth Fly Clogmia albipunctata400
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera290
  4. Camponotus xerxes219
  5. Red Dwarf Honey Bee Apis florea187
  6. Blue-Spotted Arab Colotis phisadia181
  7. Pitted Beetle Adesmia cancellata112
  8. Crimson-speckled Flunkey Utetheisa pulchella86
  9. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus76
  10. American Cockroach Periplaneta americana74

Spiders and kin

  1. Androctonus sumericus22
  2. Plexippoides flavescens7
  3. Brown Dog Tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus5
  4. Imperial Jumping Spider Thyene imperialis5

Reptiles

  1. Northern House Gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis82
  2. Egyptian Spiny–tailed Lizard Uromastyx aegyptia52
  3. Keeled Rock Gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum32
  4. Desert Monitor Varanus griseus16
  5. Southern Tuberculated Gecko Bunopus tuberculatus12
  6. Zarudny's Worm Lizard Diplometopon zarudnyi8
  7. Diadem Snake Spalerosophis diadema6
  8. Arabian Sand Boa Eryx jayakari5
  9. Moila Snake Malpolon moilensis5
  10. Arabian Horned Viper Cerastes gasperettii4

Fish

  1. Dussumier's Mudskipper Boleophthalmus dussumieri6
  2. Halfmoon Angelfish Pomacanthus maculosus3
  3. One Spot Seabream Diplodus kotschyi3
  4. Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major Abudefduf vaigiensis2
  5. Common Seahorse Hippocampus kuda2
  6. Spotted Scat Scatophagus argus2

Mollusks

  1. Decollate Snail Rumina decollata11
  2. Persian Conch Conomurex persicus9
  3. Southern Flatcoil Polygyra cereolus7
  4. Pupoides coenopictus7
  5. Hexaplex kuesterianus4
  6. Thrush cowrie Naria turdus4
  7. Crowned Turban Shell Lunella coronata3
  8. Two-toned Cardita Cardites bicolor2

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.