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2,951 species have research-grade observations in Pakistan 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. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis262
  2. Black Kite Milvus migrans244
  3. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer190
  4. House Sparrow Passer domesticus186
  5. House Crow Corvus splendens170
  6. Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus118
  7. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis117
  8. Rock Pigeon Columba livia113
  9. Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis111
  10. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis108

Plants

  1. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera80
  2. Oleander Nerium oleander61
  3. Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus61
  4. Surattense Nightshade Solanum virginianum48
  5. Field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis42
  6. Cannabis Cannabis sativa42
  7. Paper mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera41
  8. Santa Maria feverfew Parthenium hysterophorus39
  9. Punjab fig Ficus palmata38
  10. White clover Trifolium repens36

Mammals

  1. Five-striped Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii119
  2. Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta81
  3. Domestic Cat Felis catus80
  4. Golden Jackal Canis aureus42
  5. Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica38
  6. Indian Flying Fox Pteropus medius33
  7. Leopard Panthera pardus31
  8. Wild Boar Sus scrofa25
  9. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris24
  10. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes19

Insects

  1. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus432
  2. Lime Swallowtail Papilio demoleus427
  3. Blue Pansy Junonia orithya241
  4. Dark Grass Blue Zizeeria karsandra174
  5. Pioneer White Belenois aurota142
  6. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui140
  7. Pea Blue Lampides boeticus125
  8. Giant Honey Bee Apis dorsata125
  9. Peacock Pansy Junonia almana117
  10. Pale Grass Blue Pseudozizeeria maha116

Spiders and kin

  1. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli40
  2. Imperial Jumping Spider Thyene imperialis27
  3. Adanson's House Jumper Hasarius adansoni24
  4. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes19
  5. Thomisus unidentatus15
  6. Common Web-spider Neoscona theisi12
  7. Rudakius ludhianaensis11

Reptiles

  1. Northern House Gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis77
  2. Indian Garden Lizard Calotes versicolor72
  3. Bengal Monitor Varanus bengalensis40
  4. Indian Flapshell Turtle Lissemys punctata33
  5. Oriental Rat Snake Ptyas mucosa28
  6. Common Krait Bungarus caeruleus23
  7. Brahminy Blindsnake Indotyphlops braminus21
  8. Saw-scaled Viper Echis carinatus20
  9. Kashmir Rock Agama Laudakia tuberculata19
  10. Diadem Snake Spalerosophis diadema17

Amphibians

  1. Indus Valley Toad Firouzophrynus stomaticus104
  2. Bangladesh Skittering Frog Euphlyctis adolfi54
  3. Indus Valley Bullfrog Hoplobatrachus tigerinus48
  4. Pierre's Wart Frog Minervarya pierrei25
  5. Batura Glacier Toad Bufotes baturae19
  6. Asian Common Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus18
  7. Ladakh Toad Bufotes latastii13
  8. Nilphamarai Narrow-mouthed Frog Microhyla nilphamariensis11

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.