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1,705 species have research-grade observations in Liberia 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. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus27
  2. Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis19
  3. Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis18
  4. White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis17
  5. Pied Crow Corvus albus17
  6. Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis16
  7. African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus16
  8. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis15
  9. Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus14
  10. Black Kite Milvus migrans13

Plants

  1. Heisteria parvifolia19
  2. African corkwood tree Musanga cecropioides15
  3. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica10
  4. Triangle staghorn fern Platycerium stemaria10
  5. Pentadesma butyracea9
  6. Begonia quadrialata9
  7. Graphorkis lurida9
  8. Stinking Passionflower Passiflora foetida8
  9. Bloodlily Scadoxus multiflorus8
  10. African oil palm Elaeis guineensis8

Mammals

  1. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum9
  2. Green Monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus9
  3. White-bellied Pangolin Phataginus tricuspis9
  4. Campbell's Monkey Cercopithecus campbelli9
  5. African Civet Civettictis civetta6
  6. Bay Duiker Cephalophus dorsalis5
  7. Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes5
  8. African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus5
  9. Maxwell's Duiker Philantomba maxwellii5
  10. Hammer-headed Fruit Bat Hypsignathus monstrosus4

Insects

  1. Lucia Widow Palpopleura lucia52
  2. Portia Widow Palpopleura portia43
  3. Light Bush Brown Bicyclus dorothea40
  4. African Weaver Ant Oecophylla longinoda29
  5. Common False Head Oxylides faunus26
  6. Orange-streak Acraea Telchinia bonasia25
  7. Soldier Commodore Junonia terea23
  8. Centaurus Beetle Augosoma centaurus22
  9. Red Rockdweller Bradinopyga strachani20
  10. Little Pansy Junonia sophia20

Spiders and kin

  1. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria11
  2. Common Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator10
  3. Gasteracantha curvispina10
  4. Argiope flavipalpis5
  5. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata5
  6. Nephila constricta4

Reptiles

  1. Senegal Mabuya Trachylepis affinis38
  2. Rainbow Agama Agama agama28
  3. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda16
  4. Mimic Earless Skink Cophoscincopus simulans15
  5. West African Rainbow Lizard Agama africana15
  6. Trachylepis paucisquamis14
  7. Green Bush Viper Atheris chlorechis12
  8. Dwarf Crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis11
  9. African Brown Water Snake Afronatrix anoscopus10
  10. Black Forest Cobra Naja guineensis10

Amphibians

  1. Hallowell's Toad Sclerophrys maculata56
  2. Lesser White-Lipped Frog Hylarana parva43
  3. Lime Reed Frog Hyperolius fusciventris36
  4. Western Night Frog Astylosternus occidentalis33
  5. Saber-toothed frog Odontobatrachus natator24
  6. Variable Reed Frog Hyperolius concolor23
  7. Mottled Squeaker Arthroleptis poecilonotus23
  8. Snouted Grassland Frog Ptychadena longirostris23
  9. Sierra Leone Reed Frog Hyperolius chlorosteus22
  10. Dotted Reed Frog Hyperolius guttulatus22

Fish

  1. Atlantic Mudskipper Periophthalmus barbarus5
  2. Jewel Cichlid Rubricatochromis bimaculatus5
  3. Banded Jewelfish Hemichromis fasciatus4
  4. Long-fin Tetra Bryconalestes longipinnis4
  5. True big-scale tetra Brycinus macrolepidotus3
  6. Epiplatys olbrechtsi3
  7. Buettikofer's Cichlid Pelmatochromis buettikoferi3
  8. Scriptaphyosemion schmitti3

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.