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Learn the wildlife of Tajikistan

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1,398 species have research-grade observations in Tajikistan 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 Myna Acridotheres tristis70
  2. White Wagtail Motacilla alba49
  3. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis48
  4. Eurasian Magpie Pica pica47
  5. Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax40
  6. Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis37
  7. Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii34
  8. Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus33
  9. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros32
  10. Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola32

Plants

  1. Sea-buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides31
  2. Tulipa praestans29
  3. Small balsam Impatiens parviflora24
  4. Harmel Peganum harmala24
  5. Red Clover Trifolium pratense21
  6. Clary Salvia sclarea21
  7. Anemone bucharica21
  8. Field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis20
  9. White clover Trifolium repens20
  10. Caper Bush Capparis spinosa20

Mammals

  1. Long-tailed Marmot Marmota caudata85
  2. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes41
  3. Siberian Ibex Capra sibirica30
  4. Brown Bear Ursus arctos29
  5. Markhor Capra falconeri20
  6. Argali Ovis ammon16
  7. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris16
  8. Eurasian Stoat Mustela erminea12
  9. Stone Marten Martes foina10
  10. Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica10

Insects

  1. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata39
  2. European Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus32
  3. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui31
  4. Oriental Hornet Vespa orientalis18
  5. Middle Eastern Flower Scarab Oxythyrea cinctella17
  6. Black-veined White Aporia crataegi14
  7. Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon13
  8. Himalayan Blackvein Aporia leucodice13
  9. Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow Colias erate13
  10. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera11

Spiders and kin

  1. Mediterranean false black widow Steatoda paykulliana11
  2. Olios sericeus8
  3. Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops7
  4. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus4
  5. Galeodes turkestanus4
  6. Lobed Argiope Argiope lobata3
  7. Araneus tartaricus3

Reptiles

  1. Afghan Tortoise Testudo horsfieldii36
  2. Steppe Agama Trapelus sanguinolentus21
  3. Turkestan Rock Agama Paralaudakia lehmanni20
  4. Himalayan Agama Paralaudakia himalayana18
  5. European Glass Lizard Pseudopus apodus15
  6. Turkestan thin-toed gecko Tenuidactylus fedtschenkoi14
  7. Transcaspian Bent-toed Gecko Mediodactylus russowii11
  8. Eremias nigrocellata10
  9. Caspian Monitor Varanus caspius10
  10. Tessellated Water Snake Natrix tessellata9

Amphibians

  1. Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus20
  2. Turan Toad Bufotes turanensis14
  3. Xinjiang toad Bufotes pewzowi7
  4. Batura Glacier Toad Bufotes baturae5

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.