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Compare each country's Research Grade photo catalogue week by week, and monitor newly detected country-species records across East Africa.
Compare country catalogues
Research Grade photo observations and species represented. Open a country to explore its weekly catalogue.
Country coverage across East Africa. Sorted by photo observations (high to low).
Kenya
#1 · 40.8% regional share
- Observations
- 272,679
- Species
- 7,768
- Firsts
- 293
Tanzania
#2 · 33.3% regional share
- Observations
- 222,357
- Species
- 7,942
- Firsts
- 193
Uganda
#3 · 13.4% regional share
- Observations
- 89,590
- Species
- 4,108
- Firsts
- 136
Ethiopia
#4 · 6.1% regional share
- Observations
- 41,042
- Species
- 2,845
- Firsts
- 121
Rwanda
#5 · 3.2% regional share
- Observations
- 21,341
- Species
- 2,093
- Firsts
- 89
DR Congo
#6 · 2.5% regional share
- Observations
- 16,417
- Species
- 3,746
- Firsts
- 148
South Sudan
#7 · 0.3% regional share
- Observations
- 1,797
- Species
- 598
- Firsts
- 55
Burundi
#8 · 0.2% regional share
- Observations
- 1,594
- Species
- 576
- Firsts
- 20
Somalia
#9 · 0.2% regional share
- Observations
- 1,401
- Species
- 595
- Firsts
- 50
Research Grade observations with photos. Countries share species, so the regional species total counts each one once rather than adding these lists.
Latest weekly changes
- Observations added
- +2,855
- Species among additions
- 911
- Observers among additions
- 290
- Net change
- +3,403
Additions by country
Country breakdown
- KEKenya+1,583 observations+1,788 net
- TZTanzania+634 observations+729 net
- UGUganda+375 observations+412 net
- RWRwanda+104 observations+130 net
- ETEthiopia+96 observations+216 net
Added observations were first seen at Research Grade this week, among uploads from the last 28 days. Net change compares Sunday totals, so it also counts older uploads identified since, and removals.
East Africa Firsts
1,105 records · 17 weekly passes
Review the weekly archive of newly detected, Research Grade, photo-backed country species records, with global-first evidence shown separately.
Open the archiveTaxonomic distribution
- Plants9,04729.9%
- Insects8,92129.5%
- Birds5,12016.9%
- Fishes1,7765.9%
- Mammals1,0763.6%
- Other Animals1,0423.4%
- Reptiles1,0323.4%
- Mollusks9963.3%
- Other (6)1,2614.2%
Leading naturalists
| Naturalist | Firsts | Profile |
|---|---|---|
MMmmaunenda | 39 | |
MWmwachala | 20 | |
GIginawalsh | 20 | |
ASashley-j-schmitz | 18 | |
DAdalempijevic1 | 16 | |
TAtarie | 16 | |
BAbartwursten | 15 | |
ELelsabussiere | 14 | |
MAmaarten40 | 13 | |
FAfaisaljama | 13 |
Together they are credited with 184 of the country-first records on file. A country-first record is attributed to the observer who submitted the observation.
When were these species cataloged?
Historical trajectory of Research Grade country-species records across East Africa, beside the weekly scans that keep them current.
Weekly watch scans (5)
| Scan date | New | Rechecked |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 2026Latest | +114 | 820 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | +90 | 840 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | +92 | 653 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | +113 | 642 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | +74 | 586 |
The five most recent runs. Every completed run re-reads every monitored country; a run with no additions is still a completed pass.
Latest regional review completed 1 Nov 2026 · photo catalogue captured 1 Nov 2026
Data courtesy of iNaturalist.org