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Learn the wildlife of Taï National Park

Côte d’Ivoire

439 species have research-grade observations inside Taï 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. Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata11
  2. Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata9
  3. Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus8
  4. White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster7
  5. White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides6
  6. Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata6
  7. Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus6
  8. West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus6
  9. Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis5
  10. Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Platysteira concreta5

Plants

  1. Eulophia gracilis4
  2. Bloodlily Scadoxus multiflorus3
  3. Heisteria parvifolia3
  4. Polystachya microbambusa3
  5. Common bamboo Bambusa vulgaris2
  6. Brillantaisia lamium2
  7. Manila Leea Leea guineensis2
  8. Strophanthus hispidus2
  9. Aerangis biloba2
  10. Palisota hirsuta2

Mammals

  1. Smoky Mangabey Cercocebus atys33
  2. Western Red Colobus Piliocolobus badius30
  3. Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes26
  4. Diana Monkey Cercopithecus diana25
  5. King Colobus Colobus polykomos18
  6. Maxwell's Duiker Philantomba maxwellii16
  7. Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus petaurista15
  8. Campbell's Monkey Cercopithecus campbelli14
  9. Johnston's Genet Genetta johnstoni13
  10. Olive Colobus Procolobus verus12

Insects

  1. African Giant Skipper Coeliades iphis6
  2. Red-veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa4
  3. Variegated grasshopper Zonocerus variegatus4
  4. Small Striped Swordtail Graphium policenes4
  5. Western Blotched Leopard Lachnoptera anticlia4
  6. Bottletail Olpogastra lugubris3
  7. Western Bluewing Sapho ciliata3
  8. Blood-red Glider Cymothoe sangaris3
  9. African Weaver Ant Oecophylla longinoda3
  10. Common Palm Forester Bebearia cocalia3

Spiders and kin

  1. Common Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator13
  2. Featherleg Baboon Spider Stromatopelma calceatum5
  3. Piloctenus haematostoma3
  4. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata3
  5. Nephila constricta2
  6. Western Whipspider Damon medius2
  7. Argiope flavipalpis1
  8. African Hermit Spider Nephilingis cruentata1
  9. Gasteracantha curvispina1
  10. Amicactenus mysticus1

Reptiles

  1. Green Bush Viper Atheris chlorechis24
  2. West African slender-snouted crocodile Mecistops cataphractus12
  3. Banded Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus fasciatus11
  4. Dwarf Crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis8
  5. Uganda House Snake Hormonotus modestus7
  6. Senegal Mabuya Trachylepis affinis6
  7. Home's Hingeback Tortoise Kinixys homeana6
  8. African Brown Water Snake Afronatrix anoscopus5
  9. Smith's African Water Snake Grayia smithii5
  10. Slender Forest Gecko Hemidactylus ansorgii5

Amphibians

  1. Lesser White-Lipped Frog Hylarana parva14
  2. Togo Toad Sclerophrys togoensis12
  3. Ghostly Tree Frog Leptopelis spiritusnoctis8
  4. Tai Forest Tree Frog Leptopelis occidentalis6
  5. Nigeria Banana Frog Afrixalus nigeriensis5
  6. Western Night Frog Astylosternus occidentalis4
  7. Coast River Frog Phrynobatrachus plicatus4
  8. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis4
  9. Snouted Grassland Frog Ptychadena longirostris3
  10. Western Long-fingered Frog Cardioglossa occidentalis3

Fish

  1. Shortfin Bichir Polypterus palmas4
  2. Epiplatys olbrechtsi3
  3. Banded Jewelfish Hemichromis fasciatus2
  4. Threespot Barb Enteromius trispilos2
  5. Jewel Cichlid Rubricatochromis bimaculatus2
  6. Amphilius atesuensis1
  7. Clarias salae1
  8. Electric Catfish Malapterurus electricus1
  9. Petrocephalus pellegrini1
  10. Enteromius guildi1

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.