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Key Places for biodiversity

Learn the wildlife of Gorongosa National Park

Mozambique

Gorongosa National Park is one of E.O. Wilson's Key Places, irreplaceable for life on Earth. 2,217 species have research-grade observations there on iNaturalist, and KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos.

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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. African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer63
  2. Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer61
  3. Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis50
  4. White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus49
  5. White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis46
  6. Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis40
  7. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus36
  8. Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris35
  9. Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis35
  10. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea35

Plants

  1. African baobab Adansonia digitata47
  2. Fever tree Vachellia xanthophloea42
  3. Bitter-apple Solanum campylacanthum37
  4. Buffalo-thorn Ziziphus mucronata30
  5. Indrajao Holarrhena pubescens23
  6. Butterberry Hoslundia opposita19
  7. Ilala palm Hyphaene coriacea18
  8. Borassus palm Borassus aethiopum18
  9. Santa Maria feverfew Parthenium hysterophorus17
  10. Asthma Plant Euphorbia hirta17

Mammals

  1. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus140
  2. Impala Aepyceros melampus96
  3. Lion Panthera leo93
  4. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus79
  5. Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros77
  6. Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus71
  7. African Savanna Elephant Loxodonta africana70
  8. Nyala Tragelaphus angasii67
  9. Oribi Ourebia ourebi62
  10. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus58

Insects

  1. Variegated Pearl Synclera traducalis32
  2. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera28
  3. Mung Bean Moth Maruca vitrata28
  4. Common Bush Brown Bicyclus safitza27
  5. Sundowner moth Sphingomorpha chlorea25
  6. Dancing Amber Telchinia serena23
  7. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus22
  8. Crimson-speckled Flunkey Utetheisa pulchella21
  9. Gold-banded Forester Euphaedra neophron21
  10. Matabele Ant Megaponera analis20

Spiders and kin

  1. Usambara Baboon Tarantula Pterinochilus murinus22
  2. Scimitar-horn Kitespider Gasteracantha falcicornis19
  3. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata15
  4. Tree Docile Scorpion Opisthacanthus asper12
  5. Hyllus treleaveni11
  6. African Hermit Spider Nephilingis cruentata11
  7. Banded-legged golden orb-web spider Trichonephila senegalensis9
  8. Tropical Tent-web Spider Cyrtophora citricola8
  9. Biscuit Boxkite Isoxya tabulata6
  10. Blackspot Vlei Spider Leucauge medjensis6

Reptiles

  1. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus69
  2. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus29
  3. Common Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus capensis26
  4. Flathead Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus platycephalus23
  5. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata23
  6. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia20
  7. Snouted Night Adder Causus defilippii19
  8. Eastern Twig Snake Thelotornis mossambicanus17
  9. Flap-necked Chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis17
  10. Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia15

Amphibians

  1. Grey Foam-nest Tree Frog Chiromantis xerampelina73
  2. African Red Toad Schismaderma carens38
  3. Painted Reed Frog Hyperolius marmoratus21
  4. Common Squeaker Arthroleptis stenodactylus19
  5. Water Lily Reed Frog Hyperolius pusillus14
  6. Red-Banded Rubber Frog Phrynomantis bifasciatus14
  7. Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog Hemisus marmoratus10
  8. Argus reed frog Hyperolius argus9
  9. Anchieta's Ridged Frog Ptychadena anchietae7
  10. Edible bullfrog Pyxicephalus edulis6

Mollusks

  1. Giant Blonde Snail Lissachatina immaculata12
  2. Kirk's Tailed Slug Urocyclus kirkii8
  3. African Banana Slug Elisolimax flavescens5

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. KnowKi is not affiliated with the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.