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3,963 species have research-grade observations in Mongolia 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. Black Kite Milvus migrans445
  2. Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus425
  3. Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo304
  4. Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius289
  5. Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea279
  6. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus275
  7. Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis230
  8. Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax204
  9. Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus200
  10. Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina199

Plants

  1. Siberian larch Larix sibirica923
  2. Shrubby cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa655
  3. Fringed sagebrush Artemisia frigida648
  4. Chinese-pink Dianthus chinensis625
  5. Fork-leaved Cinquefoil Sibbaldianthe bifurca559
  6. Great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis544
  7. Laxmann's Milkvetch Astragalus laxmannii531
  8. Spiny pennywort Orostachys spinosa505
  9. Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pratense501
  10. Tuberous Jerusalem sage Phlomoides tuberosa499

Mammals

  1. Wild Horse Equus ferus244
  2. Tarbagan Marmot Marmota sibirica212
  3. Pallas's Pika Ochotona pallasii189
  4. Siberian Ibex Capra sibirica171
  5. Long-tailed Ground Squirrel Urocitellus undulatus154
  6. Domestic Bactrian Camel Camelus bactrianus149
  7. Wapiti Cervus canadensis146
  8. Mongolian Gazelle Procapra gutturosa124
  9. Argali Ovis ammon120
  10. Goitered Gazelle Gazella subgutturosa116

Insects

  1. Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae219
  2. Banded Darter Sympetrum pedemontanum85
  3. Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon83
  4. Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum75
  5. Black Meadowhawk Sympetrum danae73
  6. Black-veined White Aporia crataegi72
  7. Coenonympha amaryllis70
  8. Protaetia ungarica69
  9. Deracantha onos62
  10. Transverse Lady Beetle Coccinella transversoguttata61

Reptiles

  1. Tuvan Toad-headed Agama Phrynocephalus versicolor549
  2. Halys Pit Viper Gloydius halys104
  3. Mongolia Racerunner Eremias argus66
  4. Gobi Racerunner Eremias przewalskii62

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.