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2,809 species have research-grade observations in Timor-Leste 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. Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata253
  2. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos198
  3. Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster191
  4. Streak-breasted Honeyeater Meliphaga reticulata185
  5. Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus165
  6. Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis163
  7. Barred Dove Geopelia maugeus147
  8. Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris147
  9. Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus132
  10. Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata127

Plants

  1. Timor white gum Eucalyptus urophylla94
  2. White Gum Eucalyptus alba91
  3. Oriental Blechnum Blechnum orientale30
  4. Common lantana Lantana camara21
  5. Crown flower Calotropis gigantea21
  6. Bellyache Bush Jatropha gossypiifolia19
  7. Beach Morning Glory Ipomoea pes-caprae18
  8. Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus18
  9. Siam weed Chromolaena odorata17
  10. Elkhorn fern Platycerium bifurcatum16

Mammals

  1. Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis49
  2. Dugong Dugong dugon21
  3. Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus18
  4. Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris17
  5. Short-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus13
  6. Domestic Water Buffalo Bubalus bubalis11
  7. Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata9

Insects

  1. Chalky Percher Diplacodes trivialis243
  2. Slender Skimmer Orthetrum sabina134
  3. Scarlet Skimmer Crocothemis servilia130
  4. Common Bluetail Ischnura senegalensis123
  5. Rhinocypha pagenstecheri117
  6. Orange Skimmer Orthetrum testaceum96
  7. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus88
  8. Red Percher Neurothemis ramburii87
  9. Common Sailer Neptis hylas84
  10. Pseudagrion deflexum84

Reptiles

  1. Saltwater Crocodile Crocodylus porosus85
  2. Tokay Gecko Gekko gecko52
  3. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus28
  4. White-lipped Island Pitviper Trimeresurus insularis23
  5. Spotted Tree Monitor Varanus timorensis22
  6. Timor Flying Dragon Draco timoriensis22
  7. Emerald Tree Skink Lamprolepis smaragdina19
  8. Macklot's Python Liasis mackloti18
  9. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas12
  10. Reticulated Python Malayopython reticulatus12

Amphibians

  1. Asian Common Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus72
  2. Common Southeast Asian Tree Frog Polypedates leucomystax14
  3. Hylarana elberti10

Fish

  1. Clark's Anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii66
  2. Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus39
  3. Bicolor Angelfish Centropyge bicolor39
  4. Three-spot Dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus37
  5. Blackspotted Puffer Arothron nigropunctatus37
  6. Squarespot Anthias Pseudanthias pleurotaenia35
  7. Blackback Anemonefish Amphiprion melanopus33
  8. Ocellaris Anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris32
  9. Common Lionfish Pterois volitans31
  10. Freckled Hawkfish Paracirrhites forsteri31

Mollusks

  1. Orange-edged Sapsucking Slug Thuridilla lineolata30
  2. Fluted Giant Clam Tridacna squamosa29
  3. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica25
  4. Tiger Cowrie Cypraea tigris21
  5. Elegant Phyllidia Phyllidia elegans21
  6. Varicose Wart Slug Phyllidia varicosa20
  7. Lined Nembrotha Nembrotha lineolata17
  8. Zephyr Hypselodoris Hypselodoris zephyra17
  9. Blue Dragon Pteraeolidia semperi17
  10. Broadclub Cuttlefish Ascarosepion latimanus16

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.