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6,303 species have research-grade observations in Myanmar (Burma) 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. House Crow Corvus splendens108
  2. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer93
  3. Ayeyarwady Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi86
  4. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis84
  5. Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis83
  6. White-throated Babbler Argya gularis82
  7. Eastern Cattle-Egret Ardea coromanda76
  8. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus72
  9. Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis71
  10. Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata70

Plants

  1. Asian Palmyra Palm Borassus flabellifer46
  2. Common water hyacinth Pontederia crassipes42
  3. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica38
  4. Sacred fig Ficus religiosa30
  5. Trailing Daisy Sphagneticola trilobata29
  6. Khasi pine Pinus kesiya27
  7. Little ironweed Cyanthillium cinereum26
  8. Flamboyant Delonix regia22
  9. Beach Morning Glory Ipomoea pes-caprae20
  10. Teak Tectona grandis19

Mammals

  1. Irrawaddy Squirrel Callosciurus pygerythrus87
  2. Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta82
  3. Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus63
  4. Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis34
  5. Northern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca leonina27
  6. Domestic Cat Felis catus26
  7. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris22
  8. Himalayan Striped Squirrel Tamiops mcclellandii21
  9. Popa langur Trachypithecus popa16

Insects

  1. Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina120
  2. Blue Tiger Tirumala limniace108
  3. Ditch Jewel Brachythemis contaminata104
  4. Lemon Pansy Junonia lemonias103
  5. Scarlet Skimmer Crocothemis servilia103
  6. Common Mormon Swallowtail Papilio polytes96
  7. Grey Pansy Junonia atlites96
  8. Common Sailer Neptis hylas94
  9. Lime Swallowtail Papilio demoleus91
  10. Peacock Pansy Junonia almana91

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes53
  2. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria50
  3. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli30
  4. Heterometrus thorellii27
  5. Metallic blue jumper Thiania bhamoensis15
  6. Common Housefly Catcher Plexippus petersi14

Reptiles

  1. Siamese Blue Crested Lizard Calotes goetzi84
  2. Myanmar Blue Crested Lizard Calotes mystaceus70
  3. Indian Garden Lizard Calotes versicolor68
  4. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus66
  5. Common Sun Skink Eutropis multifasciata61
  6. Buff Striped Keelback Amphiesma stolatum49
  7. Common Water Monitor Varanus salvator38
  8. Elongated Tortoise Indotestudo elongata37
  9. Golden Tree Snake Chrysopelea ornata34
  10. Spotted Forest Skink Sphenomorphus maculatus29

Amphibians

  1. Asian Common Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus82
  2. Spot-legged Tree Frog Polypedates megacephalus59
  3. Asian Painted Frog Kaloula pulchra48
  4. Paddy Field Frog Fejervarya limnocharis36
  5. Mukhlesur's Narrow-mouthed Frog Microhyla mukhlesuri16

Fish

  1. Ocellaris Anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris85
  2. Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus72
  3. Titan Triggerfish Balistoides viridescens65
  4. Red-tailed Butterflyfish Chaetodon collare61
  5. Indian Redfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon trifasciatus55
  6. Giant Moray Gymnothorax javanicus53
  7. Swarthy Parrotfish Scarus niger50
  8. Blackspotted Puffer Arothron nigropunctatus47
  9. Greenhead Parrotfish Chlorurus troschelii44
  10. Checkered Snapper Lutjanus decussatus44

Mollusks

  1. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica41
  2. Varicose Wart Slug Phyllidia varicosa23
  3. Blue Dragon Pteraeolidia semperi22
  4. Day Octopus Octopus cyanea15
  5. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima15
  6. Velvet Snail Coriocella hibyae15

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.