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2,570 species have research-grade observations in Saudi Arabia 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 senegalensis298
  2. Rock Pigeon Columba livia247
  3. House Sparrow Passer domesticus228
  4. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis186
  5. Common Hoopoe Upupa epops149
  6. White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos145
  7. White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis143
  8. Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys141
  9. Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula129
  10. Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis122

Plants

  1. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera169
  2. Colocynth Citrullus colocynthis80
  3. Desert hyacinth Cistanche tubulosa69
  4. Desert Harmal Rhazya stricta59
  5. Bladder-dock Rumex vesicarius53
  6. Desert Nettle Forsskaolea tenacissima51
  7. Umbrella thorn Vachellia tortilis50
  8. Taily Weed Ochradenus baccatus47
  9. Arabian boxthorn Lycium shawii46
  10. Simple-leaved bean caper Tetraena simplex45

Mammals

  1. Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryas150
  2. Domestic Cat Felis catus135
  3. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes99
  4. Dromedary Camel Camelus dromedarius96
  5. Desert Hedgehog Paraechinus aethiopicus74
  6. Arabian Oryx Oryx leucoryx48
  7. Sand Gazelle Gazella marica46
  8. Arabian Gazelle Gazella arabica44
  9. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris32
  10. Nubian Ibex Capra nubiana18

Insects

  1. Pitted Beetle Adesmia cancellata119
  2. Anthia duodecimguttata105
  3. Red Dwarf Honey Bee Apis florea94
  4. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus87
  5. Red-veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa77
  6. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui71
  7. Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata68
  8. Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria54
  9. Striped Hawkmoth Hyles livornica52
  10. Crimson-speckled Flunkey Utetheisa pulchella48

Spiders and kin

  1. Leiurus haenggii66
  2. Eusparassus arabicus24
  3. Apistobuthus pterygocercus18

Reptiles

  1. Southern Tuberculated Gecko Bunopus tuberculatus459
  2. Middle Eastern Short-fingered Gecko Stenodactylus doriae419
  3. Egyptian Spiny–tailed Lizard Uromastyx aegyptia394
  4. Yellow Fan-fingered Gecko Ptyodactylus hasselquistii250
  5. Schmidt's Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus schmidti136
  6. Blanford's Short-nosed Desert Lizard Mesalina brevirostris132
  7. Slevin's Short-fingered Gecko Stenodactylus slevini117
  8. Bosc’s Fringe-toed lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus83
  9. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata74
  10. Arabian Short-fingered Gecko Trigonodactylus arabicus72

Amphibians

  1. Arabian Toad Sclerophrys arabica48
  2. Arabian Skittering Frog Euphlyctis ehrenbergii26
  3. Arabian Tree Frog Hyla felixarabica18
  4. Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus17
  5. Dhofar Toad Firouzophrynus dhufarensis17

Fish

  1. Halfmoon Angelfish Pomacanthus maculosus114
  2. Indian Bullethead Parrotfish Chlorurus sordidus101
  3. Red Sea Anemonefish Amphiprion bicinctus98
  4. Red Sea Bannerfish Heniochus intermedius86
  5. Rusty Parrotfish Scarus ferrugineus86
  6. Giant Moray Gymnothorax javanicus85
  7. Lyretail Anthias Pseudanthias squamipinnis83
  8. White-spotted Puffer Arothron hispidus78
  9. Sohal Surgeonfish Acanthurus sohal76
  10. Indian Lionfish Pterois miles75

Mollusks

  1. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima93
  2. Pyjama Slug Chromodoris quadricolor41
  3. Day Octopus Octopus cyanea23
  4. Lined conch Conomurex fasciatus21
  5. Forsskål's murex Murex forskoehlii21
  6. Sand-dusted Cone Conus arenatus18
  7. Southern Flatcoil Polygyra cereolus17
  8. Panther Cowrie Cypraea pantherina17
  9. Spanish Dancer Hexabranchus sanguineus15
  10. Blue Dragon Pteraeolidia semperi12

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.