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Learn the wildlife of Amboseli National Park

Kenya

536 species have research-grade observations inside Amboseli National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you know what you're looking at before you go.

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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. Gray Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum295
  2. Common Ostrich Struthio camelus201
  3. African Jacana Actophilornis africanus193
  4. Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus185
  5. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca166
  6. African Spoonbill Platalea alba150
  7. African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer147
  8. Goliath Heron Ardea goliath142
  9. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus140
  10. Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus139

Plants

  1. Reclining Date Palm Phoenix reclinata7
  2. Water Lettuce Pistia stratiotes6
  3. Yellow Mouse Whiskers Cleome angustifolia4
  4. Spiny white barleria Barleria acanthoides4
  5. Chinaberry Melia azedarach3
  6. African tulip tree Spathodea campanulata3
  7. Lion's ear Leonotis nepetifolia3
  8. Ivy gourd Coccinia grandis3
  9. Kapok bush Aerva javanica3
  10. Umbrella thorn Vachellia tortilis3

Mammals

  1. Common Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus367
  2. Thomson's Gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii230
  3. Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta207
  4. Grant's Gazelle Nanger granti185
  5. Yellow Baboon Papio cynocephalus169
  6. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus158
  7. Bohor Reedbuck Redunca redunca137
  8. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus116
  9. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus79
  10. Impala Aepyceros melampus67

Insects

  1. African Caper Belenois creona12
  2. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus8
  3. African Veined White Pseudanaphaeis gidica6
  4. Spotted Brown Pansy Junonia natalica5
  5. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone5
  6. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera3
  7. Tiny Grass Blue Zizula hylax3
  8. African Grass Blue Zizeeria knysna3
  9. Brown‐spotted Locust Cyrtacanthacris tatarica3
  10. Common Bluetail Ischnura senegalensis2

Spiders and kin

  1. Black-Tipped Thicktail Scorpion Parabuthus maximus3
  2. Zebra Tick Rhipicephalus pulchellus2
  3. Adanson's House Jumper Hasarius adansoni1

Reptiles

  1. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata34
  2. Kenyan Rock Agama Agama lionotus32
  3. Southern African Python Python natalensis4
  4. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia3
  5. Tsavo dwarf gecko Lygodactylus tsavoensis3
  6. Graceful Chameleon Chamaeleo gracilis2
  7. Variable Skink Trachylepis varia2
  8. Sudan Mabuya Trachylepis brevicollis2
  9. Rock Monitor Varanus albigularis2
  10. Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis2

Amphibians

  1. Nile Ridged Frog Ptychadena nilotica5
  2. Peters' Reed Frog Hyperolius glandicolor2
  3. Subdesert Toad Sclerophrys xeros2
  4. Müller's Clawed Frog Xenopus muelleri1
  5. Common Reed Frog Hyperolius viridiflavus1
  6. Guttural Toad Sclerophrys gutturalis1

Fish

  1. Sharptooth Catfish Clarias gariepinus4
  2. Vundu Heterobranchus longifilis1
  3. Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus1
  4. Sabaki Tilapia Oreochromis spilurus1

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. Parks outside the U.S. are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet). KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service or any park's managers. Free, with no ads, no account, and no purchases.