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Learn the wildlife of Zambia

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5,602 species have research-grade observations in Zambia 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. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus540
  2. White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides497
  3. African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer407
  4. Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus400
  5. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca372
  6. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis370
  7. African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus362
  8. Southern Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis351
  9. White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps349
  10. Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus339

Plants

  1. African baobab Adansonia digitata217
  2. Sausage tree Kigelia africana131
  3. Common lantana Lantana camara111
  4. Day Waterlily Nymphaea nouchali107
  5. Hooded Harlequin Eulophia cucullata102
  6. Camels-foot monkeybread Piliostigma thonningii102
  7. Makalani Palm Hyphaene petersiana97
  8. Mopane Colophospermum mopane90
  9. Kiaat Pterocarpus angolensis80
  10. African ansellia Ansellia africana79

Mammals

  1. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius710
  2. African Savanna Elephant Loxodonta africana677
  3. Puku Kobus vardonii522
  4. Impala Aepyceros melampus470
  5. Plains Zebra Equus quagga447
  6. Lion Panthera leo389
  7. Southern Bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus338
  8. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus319
  9. Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus305
  10. Leopard Panthera pardus291

Insects

  1. African Grass Blue Zizeeria knysna489
  2. African Caper Belenois creona287
  3. Spotted Brown Pansy Junonia natalica268
  4. Southern Banded Groundling Brachythemis leucosticta214
  5. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus205
  6. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta202
  7. Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha176
  8. African Migrant Catopsilia florella172
  9. Pioneer White Belenois aurota159
  10. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus154

Reptiles

  1. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus570
  2. Wahlberg’s Striped Skink Trachylepis wahlbergii465
  3. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus331
  4. Flap-necked Chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis301
  5. Chobe Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus chobiensis203
  6. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia171
  7. Rainbow Skink Trachylepis margaritifer116
  8. Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise Kinixys spekii81
  9. Common Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus capensis71
  10. Angulate dwarf gecko Lygodactylus angularis57

Amphibians

  1. Grey Foam-nest Tree Frog Chiromantis xerampelina241
  2. African Red Toad Schismaderma carens132
  3. Eastern Flat-backed Toad Sclerophrys pusilla110
  4. Common Squeaker Arthroleptis stenodactylus97
  5. Guttural Toad Sclerophrys gutturalis93
  6. Margined Reed Frog Hyperolius marginatus85
  7. Natal Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus natalensis70
  8. Kivu Reed Frog Hyperolius kivuensis62
  9. Power's Rain Frog Breviceps poweri50
  10. Pointed Long Reed Frog Hyperolius nasicus50

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.