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902 species have research-grade observations in Mali 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-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala35
  2. Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus30
  3. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis27
  4. Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus25
  5. Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus24
  6. Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator20
  7. Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus20
  8. Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina19
  9. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus19
  10. Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis17

Plants

  1. African baobab Adansonia digitata27
  2. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera10
  3. Stinking Passionflower Passiflora foetida9
  4. Shea Tree Vitellaria paradoxa9
  5. African locust bean Parkia biglobosa8
  6. Erythrina senegalensis8
  7. Amorphophallus aphyllus8
  8. Gbehutu Cochlospermum planchonii8
  9. Cochlospermum tinctorium8
  10. Kapok Tree Ceiba pentandra7

Mammals

  1. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum12
  2. Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus9
  3. Gambian Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus8
  4. Striped Ground Squirrel Euxerus erythropus7
  5. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius4
  6. Four-toed Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris4
  7. Patas Monkey Erythrocebus patas3
  8. Common Slender Mongoose Herpestes sanguineus3
  9. Guinea Baboon Papio papio3
  10. Striped leaf-nosed bat Macronycteris vittata3

Insects

  1. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus11
  2. African Grass Blue Zizeeria knysna11
  3. African Migrant Catopsilia florella10
  4. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus9
  5. Broad Scarlet Crocothemis erythraea9
  6. African Caper Belenois creona9
  7. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera8
  8. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta8
  9. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus7
  10. Red Tip Colotis antevippe6

Reptiles

  1. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda17
  2. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus8
  3. Fire-sided Skink Trachylepis perrotetii8
  4. African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata7
  5. West African Crocodile Crocodylus suchus6
  6. Puff Adder Bitis arietans4
  7. Sierra Leone Wall Gecko Tarentola parvicarinata4
  8. African Spurred Tortoise Centrochelys sulcata3
  9. Rainbow Agama Agama agama3
  10. Dorr's Racer Bamanophis dorri2

Amphibians

  1. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis12
  2. Egyptian Toad Sclerophrys regularis7
  3. Ahl's River Frog Phrynobatrachus latifrons3
  4. Brown Running Frog Kassina fusca2
  5. Central Grassland Frog Ptychadena tellinii2
  6. Galam white-lipped frog Hylarana galamensis2
  7. Chalky Reed Frog Hyperolius nitidulus1
  8. Rusty Forest Tree Frog Leptopelis viridis1
  9. Double-banded Running Frog Kassina cassinoides1
  10. Senegal Running Frog Kassina senegalensis1

Fish

  1. Mango Tilapia Sarotherodon galilaeus3
  2. Redbelly Tilapia Coptodon zillii3
  3. Enteromius pobeguini3
  4. Silversides Alestes baremoze2
  5. Sharptooth Catfish Clarias gariepinus2
  6. True big-scale tetra Brycinus macrolepidotus2
  7. Silver Butter Catfish Schilbe intermedius2
  8. Jewel Cichlid Rubricatochromis guttatus2

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.