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Learn the wildlife of Sudan

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887 species have research-grade observations in 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. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus26
  2. Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus23
  3. Black Kite Milvus migrans23
  4. House Sparrow Passer domesticus23
  5. Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis22
  6. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis22
  7. Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus18
  8. Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius18
  9. African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus18
  10. Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala17

Plants

  1. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera16
  2. Medemia argun6
  3. Colocynth Citrullus colocynthis4
  4. Kapok bush Aerva javanica4
  5. Alexandrian Senna Senna alexandrina3
  6. Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus3
  7. Puncture vine Tribulus terrestris3
  8. Grey Mangrove Avicennia marina3
  9. Neem Azadirachta indica3
  10. Castor bean Ricinus communis2

Mammals

  1. Grivet Monkey Chlorocebus aethiops17
  2. Bohor Reedbuck Redunca redunca8
  3. African Buffalo Syncerus caffer8
  4. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus7
  5. Olive Baboon Papio anubis6
  6. Blue Nile Patas Monkey Erythrocebus poliophaeus6
  7. White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda5
  8. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus5
  9. Lion Panthera leo4
  10. Nile Grass Rat Arvicanthis niloticus4

Insects

  1. Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata38
  2. Broad Scarlet Crocothemis erythraea32
  3. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus30
  4. Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria23
  5. Slender Skimmer Orthetrum sabina22
  6. Northern Banded Groundling Brachythemis impartita21
  7. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus20
  8. Pioneer White Belenois aurota16
  9. African Migrant Catopsilia florella16
  10. Tigertail Ictinogomphus ferox15

Spiders and kin

  1. Deathstalker Leiurus quinquestriatus22
  2. Hottentotta niloticus9
  3. Compsobuthus werneri5
  4. African fattail scorpion Androctonus amoreuxi2
  5. Ethiopian Thicktail Scorpion Parabuthus abyssinicus2
  6. Scorpio sudanensis2

Reptiles

  1. African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata21
  2. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus15
  3. Ringed Wall Gecko Tarentola annularis12
  4. Yellow Fan-fingered Gecko Ptyodactylus hasselquistii12
  5. Blue Nile Cat Snake Telescopus gezirae8
  6. Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper Echis pyramidum8
  7. Desert Horned Viper Cerastes cerastes5
  8. African Chameleon Chamaeleo africanus4
  9. Saharan Ocellated Skink Chalcides humilis4
  10. Flowered Whip Snake Platyceps florulentus3

Fish

  1. Red Sea Goatfish Parupeneus forsskali15
  2. Checkerboard Wrasse Halichoeres hortulanus11
  3. Blue-green Chromis Chromis viridis9
  4. Yellowstripe Goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus8
  5. Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga7
  6. Redmouth Grouper Aethaloperca rogaa6
  7. Exquisite Butterflyfish Chaetodon austriacus6
  8. Indian Sailfin Tang Zebrasoma desjardinii6
  9. Sohal Surgeonfish Acanthurus sohal6
  10. Blackspotted Rubberlip Plectorhinchus gaterinus6

Mollusks

  1. Toothed Top Shell Tectus dentatus5
  2. Three-horned conch Tricornis tricornis5
  3. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima3
  4. Giant Spider Conch Lambis truncata3
  5. Day Octopus Octopus cyanea2
  6. Virgin Murex Chicoreus virgineus2
  7. Halgerda paulayi2

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.