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7,091 species have research-grade observations in Norway 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. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix3,524
  2. European Herring Gull Larus argentatus2,853
  3. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2,789
  4. Common Gull Larus canus2,755
  5. Eurasian Magpie Pica pica2,596
  6. White Wagtail Motacilla alba2,590
  7. Common Eider Somateria mollissima2,385
  8. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2,330
  9. Great Tit Parus major1,913
  10. House Sparrow Passer domesticus1,751

Plants

  1. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium3,372
  2. Common heather Calluna vulgaris2,760
  3. Swedish Cornel Cornus suecica2,631
  4. Common bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus2,383
  5. European mountain ash Sorbus aucuparia2,269
  6. Lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea2,126
  7. Wood crane's-bill Geranium sylvaticum2,126
  8. Black crowberry Empetrum nigrum1,940
  9. Red campion Silene dioica1,886
  10. Wood anemone Anemonoides nemorosa1,780

Mammals

  1. Moose Alces alces1,668
  2. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus1,103
  3. Caribou Rangifer tarandus914
  4. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris870
  5. Mountain Hare Lepus timidus412
  6. Muskox Ovibos moschatus386
  7. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes341
  8. Orca Orcinus orca230
  9. Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra207
  10. Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina186

Insects

  1. Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae946
  2. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta721
  3. Arran Brown Erebia ligea699
  4. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera630
  5. Common Carder Bumble Bee Bombus pascuorum579
  6. Green-veined White Pieris napi494
  7. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus482
  8. Eurasian Bee Beetle Trichius fasciatus480
  9. Tree Bumble Bee Bombus hypnorum445
  10. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata413

Reptiles

  1. Adder Vipera berus485
  2. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis344
  3. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara169

Fish

  1. Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua356
  2. Pollock Pollachius virens310
  3. Brown Trout Salmo trutta244
  4. Atlantic Pollock Pollachius pollachius227
  5. Ballan Wrasse Labrus bergylta165

Mollusks

  1. Red-fingered Coryphella Coryphella verrucosa911
  2. Four-lined Polycera Polycera quadrilineata577
  3. Orange-clubbed Sea Slug Limacia clavigera522
  4. Velvet Dorid Jorunna tomentosa497
  5. Common Periwinkle Littorina littorea448
  6. Striped Fjordia Coryphella lineata428
  7. White Atlantic Cadlina Cadlina laevis390
  8. Angular Seaslug Okenia nodosa388
  9. Sea Lemon Archidoris pseudoargus375
  10. White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis367

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.