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645 species have research-grade observations in Libya 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. Great Gray Shrike Lanius excubitor6
  2. Little Owl Athene noctua4
  3. White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga3
  4. Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis3
  5. Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti2
  6. Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis2
  7. Common Ostrich Struthio camelus2
  8. House Bunting Emberiza sahari2
  9. European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur1
  10. Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis1

Plants

  1. Libyan Sowbread Cyclamen rohlfsianum25
  2. Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera15
  3. Romulea apollinis15
  4. Friar's-cowl Arisarum vulgare10
  5. Persian Buttercup Ranunculus asiaticus10
  6. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera8
  7. African Barbbell Trichodesma africanum7
  8. Colocynth Citrullus colocynthis6
  9. Narrow-leaved Viper's-bugloss Echium angustifolium6
  10. White Artichoke Cynara cornigera6

Mammals

  1. Mzab Gundi Massoutiera mzabi3
  2. African Wolf Canis lupaster3
  3. Greater Egyptian Gerbil Gerbillus pyramidum2
  4. Domestic Cat Felis catus2
  5. North African Hedgehog Atelerix algirus1
  6. House Mouse Mus musculus1
  7. Domestic Horse Equus caballus1
  8. Gaisler's long-eared bat Plecotus gaisleri1

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera6
  2. Clouded Yellow Colias crocea5
  3. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus4
  4. Thistle Mantis Blepharopsis mendica4
  5. Regiscolia bidens4
  6. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui3
  7. 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata3
  8. Mediterranean red bug Scantius aegyptius3
  9. Barbary Spurge Hawk-moth Hyles tithymali3
  10. Hairy Rose Beetle Tropinota squalida2

Spiders and kin

  1. Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata4
  2. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli2
  3. European Black Widow Latrodectus tredecimguttatus2
  4. Buthacus arenicola2
  5. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus1
  6. Lobed Argiope Argiope lobata1
  7. Triangulate Combfoot Steatoda triangulosa1
  8. Argiope sector1
  9. Loureedia annulipes1
  10. Black fat-tailed scorpion Androctonus bicolor1

Reptiles

  1. Moorish Gecko Tarentola fascicularis5
  2. Greek Tortoise Testudo graeca5
  3. Ocellated Bronze Skink Chalcides ocellatus5
  4. Nidua Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus scutellatus4
  5. Egyptian Tortoise Testudo kleinmanni4
  6. Tassilian Agama Agama tassiliensis3
  7. Desert Horned Viper Cerastes cerastes2
  8. Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper Echis pyramidum2
  9. Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta2
  10. Desert Agama Trapelus mutabilis2

Fish

  1. White Sea Bream Diplodus sargus2
  2. Ornate Wrasse Thalassoma pavo1
  3. Greater Amberjack Seriola dumerili1
  4. Flying Gurnard Dactylopterus volitans1
  5. Mediterranean Moray Muraena helena1
  6. Striped Red Mullet Mullus surmuletus1
  7. Sohal Surgeonfish Acanthurus sohal1

Mollusks

  1. Common Octopus Octopus vulgaris2
  2. White Italian Snail Theba pisana1
  3. Chocolate-band Snail Eobania vermiculata1
  4. Small Pointed Snail Cochlicella barbara1
  5. Trochoidea pyramidata1

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.