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Learn the wildlife of Ras Mohammed National Park

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727 species have research-grade observations inside Ras Mohammed 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. Common Hoopoe Upupa epops110
  2. House Crow Corvus splendens55
  3. Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis47
  4. Osprey Pandion haliaetus40
  5. Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis35
  6. White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus34
  7. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis32
  8. White Stork Ciconia ciconia15
  9. Rock Pigeon Columba livia14
  10. White Wagtail Motacilla alba14

Plants

  1. Grey Mangrove Avicennia marina20
  2. Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera4
  3. Common Purslane Portulaca oleracea3
  4. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera3
  5. Taily Weed Ochradenus baccatus3
  6. Green Spongeball Chain Tydemania expeditionis3
  7. Oleander Nerium oleander2
  8. Common reed Phragmites australis2
  9. Mexican Fan Palm Washingtonia robusta2
  10. Mexican Ruellia Ruellia simplex2

Mammals

  1. Dromedary Camel Camelus dromedarius9
  2. Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus6
  3. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes5
  4. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus3
  5. Golden Jackal Canis aureus3
  6. Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus2
  7. Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris2
  8. Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata2

Insects

  1. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus6
  2. American Cockroach Periplaneta americana4
  3. Hunting Billbug Sphenophorus venatus4
  4. Pentodon algerinus4
  5. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera3
  6. Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth Spoladea recurvalis3
  7. Nomad Sympetrum fonscolombii3
  8. Egyptian Carpenter Ant Camponotus aegyptiacus3
  9. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2
  10. Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exilis2

Reptiles

  1. African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata43
  2. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata20
  3. Yellow Fan-fingered Gecko Ptyodactylus hasselquistii13
  4. Keeled Rock Gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum5
  5. Bosc’s Fringe-toed lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus4
  6. Desert Horned Viper Cerastes cerastes2
  7. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas2

Fish

  1. Sohal Surgeonfish Acanthurus sohal231
  2. Indian Bullethead Parrotfish Chlorurus sordidus223
  3. Klunzinger's Wrasse Thalassoma rueppellii221
  4. Lyretail Anthias Pseudanthias squamipinnis210
  5. Rusty Parrotfish Scarus ferrugineus206
  6. Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major Abudefduf vaigiensis201
  7. Red Sea Raccoon Butterflyfish Chaetodon fasciatus197
  8. Red Sea Bannerfish Heniochus intermedius195
  9. Masked Puffer Arothron diadematus189
  10. Freckled Hawkfish Paracirrhites forsteri183

Mollusks

  1. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima152
  2. Acanthopleura vaillantii46
  3. Pyjama Slug Chromodoris quadricolor45
  4. Spanish Dancer Hexabranchus sanguineus28
  5. Day Octopus Octopus cyanea20
  6. Toothed Top Shell Tectus dentatus16
  7. Fluted Giant Clam Tridacna squamosa9
  8. Beautiful Hypseldoris Hypselodoris pulchella9
  9. Varicose Wart Slug Phyllidia varicosa8
  10. Rayed Limpet Cellana rota8

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.