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2,403 species have research-grade observations in Tunisia 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. Great Gray Shrike Lanius excubitor152
  2. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis135
  3. Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis132
  4. Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor129
  5. White Stork Ciconia ciconia100
  6. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus99
  7. Rock Pigeon Columba livia94
  8. House Bunting Emberiza sahari91
  9. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula85
  10. Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis74

Plants

  1. Bermuda buttercup Oxalis pes-caprae81
  2. Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera80
  3. Neptune Grass Posidonia oceanica60
  4. Shell mound pricklypear Opuntia stricta56
  5. Indian fig opuntia Opuntia ficus-indica56
  6. Oleander Nerium oleander53
  7. Sea Daffodil Pancratium maritimum45
  8. Sand viper's bugloss Echium sabulicola43
  9. Montpellier Cistus Cistus monspeliensis42
  10. Common Mallow Malva sylvestris40

Mammals

  1. Domestic Cat Felis catus74
  2. Dromedary Camel Camelus dromedarius45
  3. Wild Boar Sus scrofa39
  4. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris22
  5. Scimitar-horned Oryx Oryx dammah20
  6. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes19
  7. North African Hedgehog Atelerix algirus15
  8. African Wolf Canis lupaster15
  9. Atlas Gundi Ctenodactylus gundi14
  10. Dorcas Gazelle Gazella dorcas13

Insects

  1. Pubescent Carpenter Bee Xylocopa pubescens61
  2. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera60
  3. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui54
  4. Giant African Mantis Sphodromantis viridis52
  5. Orange-winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi47
  6. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata46
  7. Nomad Sympetrum fonscolombii46
  8. Small White Pieris rapae42
  9. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta40
  10. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus38

Spiders and kin

  1. Androctonus australis62
  2. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli55
  3. Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata33
  4. Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus semilimbatus21
  5. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus17
  6. Triangulate Combfoot Steatoda triangulosa16
  7. Buthus paris15
  8. Mediterranean recluse Loxosceles rufescens14
  9. Lobed Argiope Argiope lobata11
  10. Scorpio maurus10

Reptiles

  1. Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica151
  2. Greek Tortoise Testudo graeca126
  3. Ocellated Bronze Skink Chalcides ocellatus104
  4. Mediterranean House Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus62
  5. Large Psammodromus Psammodromus algirus56
  6. Bosc’s Fringe-toed lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus41
  7. Viperine Snake Natrix maura39
  8. Common Chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon39
  9. Western Snake-eyed Lizard Ophisops occidentalis36
  10. Desert Horned Viper Cerastes cerastes35

Amphibians

  1. Sahara Frog Pelophylax saharicus142
  2. Mauritanian Toad Sclerophrys mauritanica76
  3. Mediterranean Painted Frog Discoglossus pictus69
  4. African Green Toad Bufotes boulengeri62
  5. Algerian Ribbed Newt Pleurodeles nebulosus11
  6. Carthaginian Tree Frog Hyla carthaginiensis11

Fish

  1. Annular Seabream Diplodus annularis30
  2. Gilthead Seabream Sparus aurata17
  3. Salema Porgy Sarpa salpa15
  4. Common Two-banded Seabream Diplodus vulgaris13
  5. Painted Comber Serranus scriba10
  6. Rusty Blenny Parablennius sanguinolentus10
  7. Ornate Wrasse Thalassoma pavo8

Mollusks

  1. Chocolate-band Snail Eobania vermiculata45
  2. White Italian Snail Theba pisana41
  3. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum29
  4. Banded Dye-murex Hexaplex trunculus28
  5. Decollate Snail Rumina decollata26
  6. European Common Cuttlefish Sepia officinalis21
  7. Mediterranean Cone Snail Conus ventricosus15
  8. Rough Cockle Acanthocardia tuberculata12
  9. Horn Shell Thericium vulgatum12
  10. Rayed Pearl Oyster Pinctada radiata11

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.