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913 species have research-grade observations in Qatar 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 senegalensis754
  2. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos432
  3. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis388
  4. White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis306
  5. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto300
  6. Rock Pigeon Columba livia273
  7. House Sparrow Passer domesticus229
  8. Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica112
  9. Greylag Goose Anser anser110
  10. White Wagtail Motacilla alba103

Plants

  1. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera166
  2. Trigonella glabra93
  3. Durban Crowfoot Dactyloctenium aegyptium61
  4. Grey Mangrove Avicennia marina45
  5. Desert hyacinth Cistanche tubulosa41
  6. Zygophyllum qatarense36
  7. Sacred fig Ficus religiosa35
  8. Puncture vine Tribulus terrestris32
  9. Field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis23
  10. Common reed Phragmites australis21

Mammals

  1. Domestic Cat Felis catus126
  2. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes24
  3. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris23
  4. Arabian Oryx Oryx leucoryx6
  5. Dromedary Camel Camelus dromedarius6
  6. Desert Hedgehog Paraechinus aethiopicus5
  7. Five-striped Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii4
  8. Cape Hare Lepus capensis3
  9. Sand Gazelle Gazella marica3
  10. Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2

Insects

  1. Red Dwarf Honey Bee Apis florea168
  2. Bathroom Moth Fly Clogmia albipunctata112
  3. Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth Spoladea recurvalis95
  4. Blue Pansy Junonia orithya50
  5. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus47
  6. Pitted Beetle Adesmia cancellata46
  7. Pentodon algerinus42
  8. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera37
  9. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui33
  10. Lime Swallowtail Papilio demoleus28

Spiders and kin

  1. Imperial Jumping Spider Thyene imperialis12
  2. Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata11
  3. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli8
  4. Radiated Wolf Spider Hogna radiata8
  5. Common Web-spider Neoscona theisi5
  6. Argiope sector4
  7. Stegodyphus lineatus4
  8. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus3
  9. Black-tailed Alligatorback Scorpion Hottentotta jayakari3
  10. Plexippoides flavescens3

Reptiles

  1. Northern House Gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis49
  2. Keeled Rock Gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum37
  3. Arabian Sand Boa Eryx jayakari19
  4. Egyptian Spiny–tailed Lizard Uromastyx aegyptia17
  5. Golden grass mabuya Heremites septemtaeniatus13
  6. Blanford's Short-nosed Desert Lizard Mesalina brevirostris12
  7. Arabian Horned Viper Cerastes gasperettii10
  8. Yellow-spotted Agama Trapelus flavimaculatus8
  9. Desert Monitor Varanus griseus7
  10. Glossy-bellied Racer Platyceps ventromaculatus6

Fish

  1. Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus30
  2. Doublebar Bream Acanthopagrus bifasciatus25
  3. Aphaniops stoliczkanus12
  4. Halfmoon Angelfish Pomacanthus maculosus11
  5. Mangrove Red Snapper Lutjanus argentimaculatus11
  6. Silver moony Monodactylus argenteus7
  7. Blackspot Snapper Lutjanus fulviflamma7
  8. Goldspotted Rockcod Epinephelus coioides6
  9. Whitespotted Rabbitfish Siganus sutor6
  10. Milkfish Chanos chanos5

Mollusks

  1. Tropical Leatherleaf Slug Laevicaulis alte8
  2. Southern Flatcoil Polygyra cereolus8
  3. Pharaoh Cuttlefish Acanthosepion pharaonis6
  4. Pacific Asaphis Asaphis violascens5
  5. Goniobranchus obsoletus4
  6. Crowned Turban Shell Lunella coronata3

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.