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4,936 species have research-grade observations in Papua New Guinea 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. Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys179
  2. Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus133
  3. Papuan Eclectus Eclectus polychloros118
  4. Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus113
  5. Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa107
  6. Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea raggiana101
  7. Ribbon-tailed Astrapia Astrapia mayeri96
  8. Smoky Honeyeater Melipotes fumigatus92
  9. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus88
  10. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus85

Plants

  1. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera43
  2. Dendrobium cuthbertsonii33
  3. New Guinea Impatiens Impatiens hawkeri29
  4. Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus28
  5. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica24
  6. Dinner plate fig Ficus dammaropsis24
  7. Star of Bethlehem Hippobroma longiflora22
  8. Banana passionfruit Passiflora tarminiana21
  9. African tulip tree Spathodea campanulata21
  10. Marmalade-bush Streptosolen jamesonii20

Mammals

  1. Speckled Dasyure Neophascogale lorentzii45
  2. Spectacled Flying-fox Pteropus conspicillatus39
  3. Great Flying-fox Pteropus neohibernicus28
  4. Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris20
  5. Masked Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirulus larvatus16
  6. Gray Dorcopsis Dorcopsis luctuosa15
  7. Mountain Cuscus Phalanger carmelitae14
  8. Common Echymipera Echymipera kalubu14

Insects

  1. Common Green Birdwing Ornithoptera priamus169
  2. Imperial Fruit Sucking Moth Phyllodes imperialis124
  3. Asian Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina106
  4. Daphnis dohertyi91
  5. Yam Hawkmoth Theretra nessus85
  6. Lyssa macleayi85
  7. Ramadasa pratti77
  8. Eudocima aurantia74
  9. Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina72
  10. Ambrax Swallowtail Papilio ambrax65

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes115
  2. Christmas spider Gasteracantha taeniata47
  3. Northern Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope aetherea25
  4. Leucauge grata24
  5. Green Jumping Spider Mopsus mormon18
  6. Gasteracantha crucigera15

Reptiles

  1. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus84
  2. Emerald Tree Skink Lamprolepis smaragdina57
  3. Brown Tree Snake Boiga irregularis46
  4. Pacific Bluetail Skink Emoia caeruleocauda41
  5. New Guinea Death Adder Acanthophis laevis34
  6. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris29
  7. Amethyst Python Simalia amethistina26
  8. Lined Gecko Gekko vittatus24
  9. Pacific Boa Candoia carinata21
  10. New Guinea ground boa Candoia aspera21

Amphibians

  1. Cane Toad Rhinella marina169
  2. White-lipped Tree Frog Sandyrana infrafrenata62
  3. Papua Wrinkled Ground Frog Cornufer papuensis27
  4. Green Tree Frog Pelodryas caerulea20
  5. Yule Island Tree Frog Colleeneremia congenita15

Fish

  1. Spine-cheek Clownfish Amphiprion biaculeatus109
  2. Percula Anemonefish Amphiprion percula104
  3. Clark's Anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii104
  4. Pink Skunk Anemonefish Amphiprion perideraion65
  5. Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus61
  6. Blackspotted Puffer Arothron nigropunctatus60
  7. Spotfin Lionfish Pteropterus antennatus60
  8. Common Lionfish Pterois volitans58
  9. Purple Queenfish Mirolabrichthys tuka51
  10. Redfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunulatus49

Mollusks

  1. Varicose Wart Slug Phyllidia varicosa42
  2. Indian Caloria Caloria indica34
  3. Tryon's Hypselodoris Hypselodoris tryoni33
  4. Elegant Phyllidia Phyllidia elegans29
  5. Sky Blue Phyllidia Phyllidia coelestis29
  6. Blue Dragon Pteraeolidia semperi29
  7. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica28
  8. Plakobranchus papua28
  9. Loch's Chromodoris Chromodoris lochi26
  10. Tiger Cowrie Cypraea tigris25

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.