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Learn the wildlife of Nigeria

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3,103 species have research-grade observations in Nigeria 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. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis270
  2. Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis216
  3. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus150
  4. Black Kite Milvus migrans147
  5. Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator147
  6. Pied Crow Corvus albus131
  7. Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea129
  8. Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus119
  9. Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus111
  10. Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus103

Plants

  1. Neem Azadirachta indica205
  2. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera147
  3. Papaya Carica papaya106
  4. African baobab Adansonia digitata91
  5. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens88
  6. Indian mango Mangifera indica84
  7. Coffee Senna Senna occidentalis84
  8. Kashmir tree Gmelina arborea75
  9. African mahogany Khaya senegalensis71
  10. Ginger-leaf Morning-glory Ipomoea asarifolia68

Mammals

  1. Mona Monkey Cercopithecus mona142
  2. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum137
  3. Olive Baboon Papio anubis42
  4. Striped Ground Squirrel Euxerus erythropus42
  5. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus41
  6. Northern Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus39
  7. Tantalus Monkey Chlorocebus tantalus37
  8. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus25
  9. White-bellied Pangolin Phataginus tricuspis24
  10. Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus23

Insects

  1. Dancing Amber Telchinia serena178
  2. African Migrant Catopsilia florella134
  3. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus131
  4. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus124
  5. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus114
  6. Golden Pansy Junonia chorimene100
  7. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone95
  8. Variegated grasshopper Zonocerus variegatus86
  9. Broad Scarlet Crocothemis erythraea82
  10. Little Pansy Junonia sophia81

Spiders and kin

  1. Alligatorback Scorpion Hottentotta hottentotta44
  2. Banded-legged golden orb-web spider Trichonephila senegalensis32
  3. Common Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator26
  4. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata20
  5. Argiope flavipalpis15

Reptiles

  1. Dwarf Crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis128
  2. Rainbow Agama Agama agama125
  3. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus101
  4. African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata73
  5. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda61
  6. Fire-sided Skink Trachylepis perrotetii51
  7. African Rock Python Python sebae49
  8. Senegal Mabuya Trachylepis affinis39
  9. Forest Cobra Naja melanoleuca37
  10. Spotted Night Adder Causus maculatus31

Amphibians

  1. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis55
  2. Egyptian Toad Sclerophrys regularis44
  3. Natal Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus natalensis23
  4. Rusty Forest Tree Frog Leptopelis viridis16
  5. Galam white-lipped frog Hylarana galamensis16
  6. Mottled Squeaker Arthroleptis poecilonotus13

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.