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Learn the wildlife of the Solomon Islands

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2,279 species have research-grade observations in the Solomon Islands 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 leucophrys55
  2. Solomons Corella Cacatua ducorpsii52
  3. Sahul Sunbird Cinnyris frenatus49
  4. Cardinal Lory Chalcopsitta cardinalis47
  5. White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis38
  6. Island Imperial Pigeon Ducula pistrinaria36
  7. Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus35
  8. Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea33
  9. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus31
  10. Long-tailed Myna Mino kreffti31

Plants

  1. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera26
  2. Fish Poison Tree Barringtonia asiatica20
  3. Red Ginger Alpinia purpurata18
  4. Beach Morning Glory Ipomoea pes-caprae15
  5. Dendrobium gouldii14
  6. Beach naupaka Scaevola taccada13
  7. Sea hibiscus Hibiscus tiliaceus11
  8. Philippine Ground Orchid Spathoglottis plicata11

Insects

  1. Asian Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina23
  2. Meadow Argus Junonia villida21
  3. Painted Grasshawk Neurothemis stigmatizans19
  4. Parantica schenkii19
  5. Euchromia mathewi16
  6. Therates labiatus13
  7. Fiery Skimmer Orthetrum villosovittatum12
  8. Xylotrupes macleayi11
  9. Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina10
  10. Grey Glassy Tiger Ideopsis juventa10

Spiders and kin

  1. Gasteracantha signifera29
  2. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes15
  3. Leucauge grata13
  4. Northern Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope aetherea12
  5. Gasteracantha scintillans12
  6. Argiope bougainvilla11

Reptiles

  1. Solomon Island Ground boa Candoia paulsoni44
  2. Emerald Tree Skink Lamprolepis smaragdina31
  3. Pacific Dtella Gehyra oceanica31
  4. Black Emo Skink Emoia nigra29
  5. Schmidt's Emo Skink Emoia schmidti20
  6. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata20
  7. Solomons Coral Snake Salomonelaps par19
  8. Rennell Island Sea Krait Laticauda crockeri16
  9. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris16
  10. Brown Tree Snake Boiga irregularis14

Fish

  1. Percula Anemonefish Amphiprion percula86
  2. Clark's Anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii74
  3. Redfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunulatus72
  4. Spine-cheek Clownfish Amphiprion biaculeatus70
  5. Midnight Snapper Macolor macularis68
  6. Purple Queenfish Mirolabrichthys tuka63
  7. Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus62
  8. Striped Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus62
  9. Eastern Triangle Butterflyfish Chaetodon baronessa61
  10. Sixbar Wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke60

Mollusks

  1. Varicose Wart Slug Phyllidia varicosa59
  2. Loch's Chromodoris Chromodoris lochi49
  3. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica47
  4. Broadclub Cuttlefish Ascarosepion latimanus44
  5. Hypselodoris melanesica39
  6. Elegant Phyllidia Phyllidia elegans30
  7. Banana Nudibranch Notodoris minor28
  8. Tiger Cowrie Cypraea tigris25
  9. Chelidonura electra24
  10. Fluted Giant Clam Tridacna squamosa23

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.