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Learn the wildlife of the National Park of American Samoa

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258 species have research-grade observations inside National Park of American Samoa 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. Brown Noddy Anous stolidus8
  2. Samoan Starling Aplonis atrifusca6
  3. Pacific Kingfisher Todiramphus sacer6
  4. Red-footed Booby Sula sula5
  5. Black Noddy Anous minutus5
  6. Brown Booby Sula leucogaster4
  7. Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel4
  8. Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculatus4
  9. Polynesian Starling Aplonis tabuensis4
  10. Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus4

Plants

  1. Fish Poison Tree Barringtonia asiatica13
  2. Crêpe ginger Hellenia speciosa8
  3. Sea hibiscus Hibiscus tiliaceus7
  4. Red Ginger Alpinia purpurata7
  5. Spanish Shawl Heterotis rotundifolia6
  6. Noni Morinda citrifolia5
  7. Yellow ginger Hedychium flavescens4
  8. King fern Angiopteris evecta4
  9. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica3
  10. Pua Kenikeni Fagraea berteroana3

Insects

  1. Yellow Crazy Ant Anoplolepis gracilipes2
  2. Euploea lewinii2
  3. Telostylinus lineolatus2
  4. Common Evening Brown Melanitis leda1
  5. Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp Polistes olivaceus1
  6. Mango Flower Webworm Dudua aprobola1
  7. Lithurgus scabrosus1
  8. Aegus tutuilensis1
  9. Glaucocharis dialitha1
  10. Baeturia maddisoni1

Reptiles

  1. Black Emo Skink Emoia nigra8
  2. Azure-tailed Skink Emoia impar1
  3. Copper-tailed Skink Emoia cyanura1

Fish

  1. Guineafowl Puffer Arothron meleagris6
  2. Bird Wrasse Gomphosus varius5
  3. Convict Surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus5
  4. Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga4
  5. Sixbar Wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke4
  6. Reefcrest Parrotfish Chlorurus frontalis4
  7. Clown Coris Coris aygula4
  8. Whitespotted Surgeonfish Acanthurus guttatus4
  9. Striped Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus4
  10. Banded Sergeant Abudefduf septemfasciatus4

Mollusks

  1. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima6
  2. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica5
  3. Rosy Wolfsnail Euglandina rosea2
  4. Arabian Cowrie Mauritia arabica2
  5. Pustulose Wart Slug Phyllidiella pustulosa1
  6. Gold Ring Cowrie Monetaria annulus1
  7. Humpback Cowrie Mauritia mauritiana1
  8. Rat Cone Conus rattus1
  9. Semperula wallacei1
  10. Gold-mouth turban Turbo chrysostomus1

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 National Park Service. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.