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2,080 species have research-grade observations in Rwanda 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. Black Kite Milvus migrans227
  2. Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus204
  3. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus194
  4. Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus193
  5. African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer157
  6. White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini154
  7. Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus148
  8. Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides143
  9. Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus130
  10. Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash127

Plants

  1. Lobelia giberroa92
  2. African Coromandel Asystasia intrusa73
  3. Common lantana Lantana camara57
  4. Impatiens stuhlmannii54
  5. African Redwood Hagenia abyssinica53
  6. Bloodlily Scadoxus multiflorus50
  7. Impatiens burtonii50
  8. Black-eyed Susan vine Thunbergia alata48
  9. Avocado Persea americana47
  10. Papyrus sedge Cyperus papyrus44

Mammals

  1. Eastern Gorilla Gorilla beringei374
  2. Blue Monkey Cercopithecus mitis261
  3. Plains Zebra Equus quagga226
  4. Impala Aepyceros melampus215
  5. Olive Baboon Papio anubis204
  6. Maasai Giraffe Giraffa tippelskirchi167
  7. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum166
  8. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius165
  9. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus153
  10. L'Hoest's Monkey Allochrocebus lhoesti150

Insects

  1. Yellow-banded Pansy Junonia elgiva92
  2. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone69
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera62
  4. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus62
  5. African Grass Blue Zizeeria knysna47
  6. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus44
  7. Lucia Widow Palpopleura lucia39
  8. Brown Playboy Capys antalus33
  9. Garden Locust Acanthacris ruficornis30
  10. Common Bush Brown Bicyclus safitza24

Reptiles

  1. Coarse Chameleon Trioceros rudis106
  2. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus87
  3. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata73
  4. Montane side-striped chameleon Trioceros ellioti44
  5. Jackson's Forest Lizard Adolfus jacksoni34
  6. Speckle-lipped Mabuya Trachylepis maculilabris32
  7. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus28
  8. Great Lakes Bush Viper Atheris nitschei21
  9. Johnston's Chameleon Trioceros johnstoni17
  10. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia11

Amphibians

  1. Common Reed Frog Hyperolius viridiflavus56
  2. Nile Ridged Frog Ptychadena nilotica32
  3. Natal Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus natalensis30
  4. Kivu Reed Frog Hyperolius kivuensis30
  5. Guttural Toad Sclerophrys gutturalis27
  6. Nutt's River Frog Amietia nutti21
  7. Senegal Running Frog Kassina senegalensis16
  8. Peters' Reed Frog Hyperolius glandicolor14
  9. Brown Reed Frog Hyperolius castaneus13
  10. Four-lined Spiny Reed Frog Afrixalus quadrivittatus13

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.