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Learn the wildlife of Uganda

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4,094 species have research-grade observations in Uganda 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 Kingfisher Ceryle rudis828
  2. African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer709
  3. Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer659
  4. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus517
  5. Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash497
  6. Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus496
  7. Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus493
  8. Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera470
  9. Gray Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum454
  10. Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus453

Plants

  1. African Coromandel Asystasia intrusa179
  2. Papyrus sedge Cyperus papyrus170
  3. Common Tree Euphorbia Euphorbia ingens162
  4. Day Waterlily Nymphaea nouchali132
  5. Common water hyacinth Pontederia crassipes119
  6. Sausage tree Kigelia africana118
  7. African tulip tree Spathodea campanulata87
  8. Coffee Coffea arabica86
  9. Bloodlily Scadoxus multiflorus86
  10. Lion's ear Leonotis nepetifolia85

Mammals

  1. African Savanna Elephant Loxodonta africana979
  2. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius976
  3. Olive Baboon Papio anubis954
  4. Kob Kobus kob948
  5. African Buffalo Syncerus caffer938
  6. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus890
  7. Eastern Gorilla Gorilla beringei814
  8. Mantled Guereza Colobus guereza807
  9. Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes791
  10. Northern Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis725

Insects

  1. Little Pansy Junonia sophia311
  2. Apple-green Swallowtail Papilio phorcas222
  3. Gregori’s Brown Pansy Junonia gregorii222
  4. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone204
  5. Mocker Swallowtail Papilio dardanus184
  6. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus172
  7. Soldier Commodore Junonia terea151
  8. African Caper Belenois creona142
  9. Orange-streak Acraea Telchinia bonasia135
  10. Eastern Blue Mother-of-Pearl Junonia temora132

Reptiles

  1. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus577
  2. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus394
  3. Finch’s agama Agama finchi291
  4. Johnston's Chameleon Trioceros johnstoni289
  5. Uganda blue-headed tree agama Acanthocercus ugandaensis265
  6. Montane side-striped chameleon Trioceros ellioti172
  7. Speckle-lipped Mabuya Trachylepis maculilabris151
  8. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata86
  9. Helmeted Chameleon Trioceros hoehnelii69
  10. Jackson's Forest Lizard Adolfus jacksoni66

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.