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Learn the wildlife of Samoa

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925 species have research-grade observations in Samoa 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. Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis77
  2. Samoan Myzomela Myzomela nigriventris71
  3. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer65
  4. Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva53
  5. Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa53
  6. Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus47
  7. Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculatus42
  8. Samoan Starling Aplonis atrifusca39
  9. Flat-billed Kingfisher Todiramphus recurvirostris33
  10. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis26

Plants

  1. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera33
  2. Noni Morinda citrifolia32
  3. Sea hibiscus Hibiscus tiliaceus30
  4. Fish Poison Tree Barringtonia asiatica28
  5. Spanish Shawl Heterotis rotundifolia26
  6. Breadfruit Artocarpus altilis25
  7. Busy Lizzie Impatiens walleriana24
  8. Red Ginger Alpinia purpurata24
  9. Koster's curse Miconia crenata22
  10. Beach Morning Glory Ipomoea pes-caprae19

Mammals

  1. Wild Boar Sus scrofa9
  2. Samoa Flying-fox Pteropus samoensis3
  3. Pacific Flying-fox Pteropus tonganus3
  4. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris3
  5. Polynesian Rat Rattus exulans2

Insects

  1. Blue Wanderer Tirumala hamata21
  2. Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp Polistes olivaceus19
  3. Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Oryctes rhinoceros17
  4. Long-branded Blue Crow Butterfly Euploea algea16
  5. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera15
  6. Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina15
  7. Tooth-legged Small Carpenter Ceratina dentipes12
  8. Wandering Percher Diplacodes bipunctata8
  9. Common Oriental Trap-jaw Ant Odontomachus simillimus8
  10. Red Glider Tramea transmarina6

Reptiles

  1. Black Emo Skink Emoia nigra71
  2. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus33
  3. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata22
  4. Samoa Skink Emoia samoensis19
  5. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas19
  6. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris13
  7. Pacific Dtella Gehyra oceanica11
  8. Copper-tailed Skink Emoia cyanura9
  9. Bibron's Bevel-nosed Boa Candoia bibroni6
  10. Polynesian Slender Treeskink Emoia tongana5

Fish

  1. Lagoon Triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus38
  2. Vagabond Butterflyfish Chaetodon vagabundus30
  3. Redfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunulatus29
  4. Humbug Dascyllus Dascyllus aruanus26
  5. Threespot Wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus25
  6. Crescent Grunter Terapon jarbua24
  7. Convict Surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus23
  8. Orangestripe Triggerfish Balistapus undulatus21
  9. South Seas Demoiselle Chrysiptera taupou21
  10. Speckled Butterflyfish Chaetodon citrinellus20

Mollusks

  1. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica57
  2. Gigas Giant Clam Tridacna gigas10
  3. Pacific Asaphis Asaphis violascens7
  4. Smooth Giant Clam Tridacna derasa5
  5. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima4
  6. Gold Ring Cowrie Monetaria annulus4
  7. Tiger Cowrie Cypraea tigris3
  8. Black-and-white Cone Snail Conus ebraeus3
  9. Asian Tramp Snail Bradybaena similaris3
  10. Striated Cone Conus striatus3

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.