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Learn the wildlife of Wallis & Futuna

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465 species have research-grade observations in Wallis & Futuna 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. Red-footed Booby Sula sula6
  2. Blue-billed White-Tern Gygis candida5
  3. Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis4
  4. Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra4
  5. Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculatus4
  6. Brown Noddy Anous stolidus3
  7. Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica3
  8. Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica2
  9. Brown Booby Sula leucogaster2
  10. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres2

Plants

  1. Thatch screwpine Pandanus tectorius8
  2. Tahitian Gardenia Gardenia taitensis6
  3. Sea hibiscus Hibiscus tiliaceus5
  4. Philippine Ground Orchid Spathoglottis plicata5
  5. Ylang Ylang Cananga odorata5
  6. Hammerleaf Frangipani Plumeria pudica5
  7. Beach naupaka Scaevola taccada5
  8. Cynorkis fastigiata5
  9. Yellow alder Turnera ulmifolia4
  10. Fish Poison Tree Barringtonia asiatica4

Mammals

  1. Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris2
  2. Pacific Flying-fox Pteropus tonganus1
  3. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae1
  4. Black Rat Rattus rattus1

Insects

  1. Euploea lewinii5
  2. Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp Polistes olivaceus5
  3. Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Oryctes rhinoceros2
  4. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera1
  5. Green Skimmer Orthetrum serapia1
  6. Convolvulus Hawkmoth Agrius convolvuli1
  7. Spur-throated Locust Austracris guttulosa1
  8. Keyhole Wasp Pachodynerus nasidens1
  9. Sceliphron laetum1
  10. Pacific Crow Butterfly Euploea boisduvalii1

Spiders and kin

  1. Nephila tetragnathoides6
  2. Dome Web Spider Cyrtophora moluccensis3
  3. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria2
  4. Heteropoda nobilis2
  5. Ninja-star Ceiling Spider Zosis geniculata1
  6. Dwarf Wood Scorpion Liocheles australasiae1
  7. Lami Beach Northern Jumping Spider Cosmophasis lami1

Reptiles

  1. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata11
  2. Black Emo Skink Emoia nigra8
  3. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas7
  4. Yellow-lipped Sea Krait Laticauda colubrina7
  5. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus2
  6. Pacific Dtella Gehyra oceanica2
  7. Samoa Skink Emoia samoensis1
  8. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris1

Fish

  1. Orangefin Anemonefish Amphiprion chrysopterus32
  2. Spotfin Lionfish Pteropterus antennatus19
  3. Common Lionfish Pterois volitans18
  4. Lei Triggerfish Sufflamen bursa12
  5. Three-spot Dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus11
  6. Flagtail Grouper Cephalopholis urodeta11
  7. South Seas Demoiselle Chrysiptera taupou10
  8. Lemonpeel Angelfish Centropyge flavissima9
  9. Reticulate Butterflyfish Chaetodon reticulatus9
  10. Regal Angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus9

Mollusks

  1. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima37
  2. Tiger Cowrie Cypraea tigris16
  3. Phyllidiella hageni16
  4. Noah's Giant Clam Tridacna noae10
  5. Varicose Wart Slug Phyllidia varicosa8
  6. Sky Blue Phyllidia Phyllidia coelestis8
  7. Phyllidia carlsonhoffi7
  8. Money Cowry Monetaria moneta6
  9. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica6
  10. Futuna Tree Snail Partula obesa6

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.