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Learn the wildlife of South Sudan

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589 species have research-grade observations in South Sudan 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. Black Kite Milvus migrans34
  2. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus32
  3. Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus24
  4. Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus20
  5. Pied Crow Corvus albus18
  6. Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer18
  7. Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis14
  8. Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera14
  9. Hamerkop Scopus umbretta12
  10. Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala12

Plants

  1. Sausage tree Kigelia africana7
  2. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera7
  3. Desert rose Adenium obesum7
  4. Shea Tree Vitellaria paradoxa7
  5. Aspilia kotschyi7
  6. African peach Nauclea latifolia7
  7. Aroma Dichrostachys cinerea6
  8. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens6
  9. Borassus palm Borassus aethiopum6
  10. Moss rose Portulaca grandiflora5

Mammals

  1. Kob Kobus kob21
  2. Bush Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia14
  3. Oribi Ourebia ourebi13
  4. Tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus12
  5. Northern Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis10
  6. Yellow-winged Bat Lavia frons9
  7. Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta9
  8. Patas Monkey Erythrocebus patas9
  9. Olive Baboon Papio anubis9
  10. African Civet Civettictis civetta8

Insects

  1. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus12
  2. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus11
  3. Stick Mantis Tenodera superstitiosa11
  4. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus9
  5. Matabele Ant Megaponera analis8
  6. Cabbage Tree Emperor Bunaea alcinoe7
  7. Diastocera trifasciata6
  8. Dancing Amber Telchinia serena6
  9. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera5
  10. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone5

Spiders and kin

  1. Hottentotta minax12
  2. Common Garden Orbweb Spider Argiope australis4
  3. Pandinurus exitialis3
  4. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli2
  5. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus1
  6. Hyllus africanus1

Reptiles

  1. African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata23
  2. Finch’s agama Agama finchi14
  3. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus12
  4. West African House Gecko Hemidactylus angulatus11
  5. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis10
  6. Bell’s Hingeback Tortoise Kinixys belliana6
  7. Egyptian Cobra Naja haje4
  8. Puff Adder Bitis arietans4
  9. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus4
  10. Speckle-lipped Mabuya Trachylepis maculilabris4

Amphibians

  1. Egyptian Toad Sclerophrys regularis6
  2. Four-lined Spiny Reed Frog Afrixalus quadrivittatus3
  3. West African Rubber Frog Phrynomantis microps2
  4. Rusty Forest Tree Frog Leptopelis viridis1
  5. Senegal Running Frog Kassina senegalensis1
  6. Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog Hemisus marmoratus1
  7. Mozambique ridged frog Ptychadena mossambica1
  8. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis1

Fish

  1. Sharptooth Catfish Clarias gariepinus2
  2. African Arowana Heterotis niloticus2
  3. Silversides Alestes baremoze1
  4. Giraffe Catfish Auchenoglanis occidentalis1
  5. Aba Gymnarchus niloticus1
  6. Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus1
  7. Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus1

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.