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Learn the wildlife of Moldova

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2,947 species have research-grade observations in Moldova 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. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos155
  2. Great Tit Parus major129
  3. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix111
  4. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major107
  5. Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus101
  6. Rook Corvus frugilegus98
  7. Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus98
  8. White Wagtail Motacilla alba94
  9. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica82
  10. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris81

Plants

  1. Russian olive Elaeagnus angustifolia74
  2. Annual fleabane Erigeron annuus71
  3. Purple Wood Sage Salvia nemorosa70
  4. Curlycup Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa67
  5. Red deadnettle Lamium purpureum66
  6. Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare64
  7. Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus altissima64
  8. Chicory Cichorium intybus62
  9. Common ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia60
  10. Greater celandine Chelidonium majus58

Mammals

  1. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris103
  2. Northern White-breasted Hedgehog Erinaceus roumanicus69
  3. Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus36
  4. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes20
  5. Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus18
  6. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus15

Insects

  1. Transcaucasian Giant Mantis Hierodula transcaucasica138
  2. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata112
  3. Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis89
  4. European Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus78
  5. European Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus74
  6. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys71
  7. European Mantis Mantis religiosa70
  8. Dorcadion tauricum63
  9. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera60
  10. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta60

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus45
  2. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi24
  3. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia21
  4. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus14
  5. Radiated Wolf Spider Hogna radiata14
  6. Lycosa singoriensis14
  7. Geolycosa vultuosa14
  8. Triangulate Combfoot Steatoda triangulosa12

Reptiles

  1. Green Lizard Lacerta viridis168
  2. European Pond Turtle Emys orbicularis68
  3. Grass snake Natrix natrix64
  4. Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis38
  5. Tessellated Water Snake Natrix tessellata33
  6. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta22

Amphibians

  1. Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus166
  2. Green Toad Bufotes viridis66
  3. Eastern Tree Frog Hyla orientalis13
  4. European Fire-Bellied Toad Bombina bombina12

Fish

  1. Prussian Carp Carassius gibelio60
  2. European Perch Perca fluviatilis30
  3. Topmouth Gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva23
  4. Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix19
  5. Common Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus18
  6. European Carp Cyprinus carpio17
  7. Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus16

Mollusks

  1. Roman Snail Helix pomatia80
  2. Vineyard Snail Caucasotachea vindobonensis79
  3. Eastern Heath Snail Xerolenta obvia16
  4. Xeropicta derbentina16
  5. Zebra Mussel Dreissena polymorpha15

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.