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19,588 species have research-grade observations in Taiwan 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. Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus16,556
  2. Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis11,132
  3. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax10,091
  4. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus9,537
  5. Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus9,058
  6. Eastern Cattle-Egret Ardea coromanda8,801
  7. Little Egret Egretta garzetta8,799
  8. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus7,443
  9. Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus7,362
  10. Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis6,546

Plants

  1. White beggarticks Bidens alba28,020
  2. Paper mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera18,039
  3. Asian Taro Alocasia odora14,512
  4. Elephant's Ear Macaranga tanarius12,861
  5. Korean mulberry Morus indica12,563
  6. Largeflower pink-sorrel Oxalis debilis9,895
  7. Mile-a-minute vine Ipomoea cairica9,637
  8. Creeping Woodsorrel Oxalis corniculata9,573
  9. Twoleaf nightshade Solanum diphyllum8,994
  10. China knotweed Persicaria chinensis8,993

Mammals

  1. Formosan Rock Macaque Macaca cyclopis6,448
  2. Pallas' Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus6,247
  3. Reeves's Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi3,460
  4. Domestic Cat Felis catus3,017

Insects

  1. Neurothemis taiwanensis5,986
  2. Formosan Damselfly Euphaea formosa5,817
  3. Titan Stag Beetle Serrognathus titanus5,509
  4. Common Red Skimmer Orthetrum neglectum4,742
  5. Yellow-spotted Stink Bug Erthesina fullo4,572
  6. Chalky Percher Diplacodes trivialis4,537
  7. Slender Skimmer Orthetrum sabina4,514
  8. Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus4,509
  9. Lychee Stink Bug Tessaratoma papillosa4,489
  10. Short-winged Rice Grasshopper Pseudoxya diminuta4,361

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes9,080
  2. Taiwan whipscorpion Typopeltis crucifer2,131
  3. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria1,784

Reptiles

  1. Taiwan Japalure Diploderma swinhonis12,378
  2. Chinese Green Tree Viper Trimeresurus stejnegeri5,373
  3. Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle Mauremys sinensis5,240
  4. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus3,167
  5. Indian Forest Skink Sphenomorphus indicus3,101
  6. Brown spotted pitviper Protobothrops mucrosquamatus3,069
  7. Red-banded Snake Lycodon rufozonatus2,259
  8. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta2,145
  9. Many-banded Krait Bungarus multicinctus2,048
  10. Shanghai Elegant Skink Plestiodon elegans1,941

Amphibians

  1. Asian Common Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus8,066
  2. Paddy Field Frog Fejervarya limnocharis7,535
  3. LaTouche's Frog Hylarana latouchii7,303
  4. Taiwan Common Toad Bufo bankorensis7,147
  5. Swinhoe's frog Odorrana swinhoana5,229
  6. Temple Tree Frog Kurixalus idiootocus4,408
  7. Spot-legged Tree Frog Polypedates megacephalus3,711
  8. East Asian Ornate Chorus Frog Microhyla fissipes3,516
  9. Moltrecht's Green Tree Frog Zhangixalus moltrechti3,424
  10. Robust Kajika Frog Buergeria robusta3,412

Mollusks

  1. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica6,511
  2. Nesiohelix swinhoei2,569
  3. Leptopoma taivanum2,223
  4. Aegista mackensii1,837

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.