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591 species have research-grade observations in Somalia 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. Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea32
  2. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus19
  3. Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus14
  4. White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster14
  5. African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus12
  6. White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli10
  7. Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula9
  8. Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus9
  9. Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus8
  10. Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens8

Plants

  1. Shell mound pricklypear Opuntia stricta10
  2. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera7
  3. Yellow trumpet flower Tecoma stans6
  4. Desert rose Adenium obesum6
  5. Aloe megalacantha5
  6. Mesquite Neltuma juliflora5
  7. White leadtree Leucaena leucocephala4
  8. Cowpen daisy Verbesina encelioides4
  9. Lanceleaf Buttonwood Conocarpus lancifolius4
  10. Umbrella thorn Vachellia tortilis4

Mammals

  1. Salt's Dik-dik Madoqua saltiana20
  2. Speke's Gazelle Gazella spekei16
  3. Gerenuk Litocranius walleri14
  4. Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryas14
  5. Desert Warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus11
  6. African Wolf Canis lupaster9
  7. Dorcas Gazelle Gazella dorcas8
  8. Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus6
  9. Speke's Gundi Pectinator spekei6
  10. White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda5

Insects

  1. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus5
  2. Dancing Amber Telchinia serena5
  3. Ceroplesis revoili4
  4. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera3
  5. American Cockroach Periplaneta americana3
  6. African Migrant Catopsilia florella3
  7. Large Pugnacious Ant Anoplolepis custodiens3
  8. Pachnoda massajae3
  9. Sepidium crassicaudatum3
  10. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus2

Spiders and kin

  1. Red-legged Golden Orb-web Spider Trichonephila sumptuosa5
  2. Robust Thicktail Scorpion Parabuthus robustus4
  3. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus2
  4. Argiope sector2
  5. Hottentotta somalicus2
  6. Common Housefly Catcher Plexippus petersi1
  7. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli1
  8. Adanson's House Jumper Hasarius adansoni1

Reptiles

  1. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis23
  2. Las Geel Agama Agama somalica8
  3. Heyden’s gecko Hemidactylus robustus7
  4. Speckled Sand Racer Psammophis punctulatus6
  5. Puff Adder Bitis arietans4
  6. Northern House Gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis4
  7. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata4
  8. Rock Monitor Varanus albigularis4
  9. Lanza's Spiny Agama Agama lanzai4
  10. Rüppell’s Agama Agama rueppelli3

Fish

  1. Spotted Porcupinefish Diodon hystrix1
  2. Houndfish Tylosurus crocodilus1
  3. Yellowfin Tuna Thunnus albacares1
  4. Honeycomb Rabbitfish Siganus stellatus1
  5. Smallspotted Dart Trachinotus baillonii1

Mollusks

  1. Sea Swallow Glaucus atlanticus1
  2. Giant Honeycomb Oyster Hyotissa hyotis1
  3. Sand-dusted Cone Conus arenatus1
  4. Mauritian Cone Conus balteatus1
  5. Crowned Turban Shell Lunella coronata1

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.