KnowKi

Learn the wildlife of any country

Learn the wildlife of the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

South America

209 species have research-grade observations in the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

Start this trip in KnowKi →
Āki the kiwi, KnowKi's guide

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. King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus902
  2. Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua273
  3. Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus269
  4. Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli241
  5. Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica236
  6. Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps180
  7. Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus165
  8. Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus153
  9. Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata147
  10. Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus130

Plants

  1. Greater Burnet Acaena magellanica294
  2. Tussac-grass Poa flabellata169
  3. Common dandelion Taraxacum officinale105
  4. Alpine Timothy Phleum alpinum69
  5. Land-tussac Festuca contracta69
  6. Antarctic Pearlwort Colobanthus quitensis64
  7. Common mouse-ear chickweed Cerastium fontanum60
  8. Falkland Shield Fern Polystichum mohrioides48
  9. Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua45
  10. Antarctic Hairgrass Deschampsia antarctica42

Mammals

  1. Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella920
  2. Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina695
  3. Caribou Rangifer tarandus49
  4. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae26
  5. Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx22
  6. Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii22
  7. Orca Orcinus orca12
  8. Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis11
  9. Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus4
  10. Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus2

Insects

  1. Antarctic Winged Midge Parochlus steinenii3
  2. Eleven-spotted Ladybird Beetle Coccinella undecimpunctata2
  3. Eristalis croceimaculata2
  4. Lancetes angusticollis2
  5. Perimylops antarcticus2
  6. Ischnura fluviatilis1
  7. Diamondback Moth Plutella xylostella1
  8. Black Kelp Fly Coelopa frigida1
  9. Trichocera regelationis1
  10. Nesiotinus demersus1

Fish

  1. Parachaenichthys charcoti2
  2. Nototenia Patagonotothen cornucola1
  3. Mackerel Icefish Champsocephalus gunnari1

Mollusks

  1. Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna28
  2. Coryphella falklandica13
  3. Gaimardia trapesina11
  4. Clione antarctica7
  5. Limacina rangii3
  6. Icoplax steinenii3
  7. Spongiobranchaea australis2
  8. Curnon granulosa2
  9. Pellilitorina pellita2
  10. Faded Tritonia Myrella challengeriana2

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.

Start this trip in KnowKi →

Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.