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Learn the wildlife of Vanuatu

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2,250 species have research-grade observations in Vanuatu 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. Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris68
  2. Pacific Kingfisher Todiramphus sacer60
  3. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis55
  4. Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis55
  5. Grey-eared Honeyeater Lichmera incana46
  6. Red-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus greyi46
  7. Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica44
  8. White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus35
  9. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis31
  10. Yellow-fronted White-eye Zosterops flavifrons29

Plants

  1. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera97
  2. Papaya Carica papaya72
  3. Fish Poison Tree Barringtonia asiatica63
  4. Cutnut Barringtonia edulis63
  5. Aibika Abelmoschus manihot45
  6. Beach Sheoak Casuarina equisetifolia42
  7. Sea hibiscus Hibiscus tiliaceus40
  8. Taro Colocasia esculenta39
  9. Cassava Manihot esculenta38
  10. Pigeonberry Rivina humilis36

Mammals

  1. Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris17
  2. Dugong Dugong dugon12
  3. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris11
  4. Wild Boar Sus scrofa10

Insects

  1. Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina128
  2. Elytrurus caudatus126
  3. Yellow Crazy Ant Anoplolepis gracilipes64
  4. Cardiodactylus novaeguineae57
  5. Parapiromis translucida53
  6. Caper White Belenois java51
  7. Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp Polistes olivaceus49
  8. Eight-Spot Butterfly Hypolimnas octocula49
  9. Calliphara praslinia47
  10. Asian Magpie Moth Nyctemera baulus42

Spiders and kin

  1. Tiger Spider Trichonephila plumipes143
  2. Northern Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope aetherea119
  3. Leucauge hebridisiana66
  4. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria57
  5. Northern Silver Orbweaver Leucauge granulata44
  6. Argiope caledonia29
  7. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes28
  8. Dwarf Wood Scorpion Liocheles australasiae19
  9. Hortophora capitalis19
  10. Common Web-spider Neoscona theisi15

Reptiles

  1. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris88
  2. Pacific Dtella Gehyra oceanica65
  3. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus52
  4. Sanford's Emo Skink Emoia sanfordi51
  5. Copper-tailed Skink Emoia cyanura47
  6. Pacific Bluetail Skink Emoia caeruleocauda40
  7. Azure-tailed Skink Emoia impar38
  8. Teal Emo Skink Emoia cyanogaster38
  9. Vanuatu snake-eyed skink Cryptoblepharus novohebridicus38
  10. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas34

Fish

  1. Blackback Anemonefish Amphiprion melanopus165
  2. Clark's Anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii103
  3. Sixbar Wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke95
  4. Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus87
  5. Striped Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus72
  6. Orangestripe Triggerfish Balistapus undulatus70
  7. Common Lionfish Pterois volitans68
  8. Redfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunulatus66
  9. Blackspotted Puffer Arothron nigropunctatus66
  10. Freckled Hawkfish Paracirrhites forsteri65

Mollusks

  1. Loch's Chromodoris Chromodoris lochi123
  2. Elegant Phyllidia Phyllidia elegans61
  3. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica60
  4. Elisabeth's Chromodoris Chromodoris elisabethina56
  5. Willan's Chromodoris Chromodoris willani45
  6. Painted Phyllidia Phyllidia picta34
  7. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima30
  8. Fluted Giant Clam Tridacna squamosa27
  9. Sky Blue Phyllidia Phyllidia coelestis26
  10. Banana Nudibranch Notodoris minor25

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.