Maiyo Research Institute · Biodiversity Intelligence

Compare national portfolios and monitor newly detected country-species records across East Africa, with direct links to the source platform when you want to explore more.

Maiyo Research Institute · Biodiversity intelligence

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Compare national portfolios and monitor newly detected country-species records across East Africa, with direct links to the source platform when you want to explore more.

Current to 20 Sept 20269 countries · 29,800 records

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East Africa Country Firsts

571 records · 11 weekly passes

Review the weekly archive of newly detected, Research Grade, photo-backed country species records, with global-first evidence shown separately.

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Documented species

29,800

Across 9 monitored nations

Verified country firsts

571

65 added this week

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29,800 documented species records across 9 monitored East African nations, sorted by documented species (high to low).

Country portals (9)

29,800 documented species records across 9 monitored nations

#				Top taxonomic group		Country firsts
01	🇹🇿TanzaniaTZ	26.4%	7,882	Insects 2,332	+119	Firsts
02	🇰🇪KenyaKE	25.8%	7,687	Plants 2,246	+194	Firsts
03	🇺🇬UgandaUG	13.6%	4,058	Insects 1,673	+77	Firsts
04	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the CongoCD	12.3%	3,664	Insects 1,308	+59	Firsts
05	🌍EthiopiaET	9.2%	2,735	Plants 1,100	—	Firsts
06	🇷🇼RwandaRW	6.9%	2,052	Plants 858	+46	Firsts
07	🇸🇸South SudanSS	1.9%	581	Birds 170	+37	Firsts
08	🇸🇴SomaliaSO	1.9%	575	Birds 223	+30	Firsts
09	🇧🇮BurundiBI	1.9%	566	Birds 198	+9	Firsts

Taxonomic distribution

Documented species per iconic class, largest first

Top 10 classes

29,800 documented species records across 14 iconic classes · 10 shown · Plants and Insects together account for 59.1% of them

Leading naturalists

The 10 observers with the most country-first detections on file.

#	Naturalist	Firsts	Species	Countries
01	MWmwachala	17	17	KE
02	ELelsabussiere	14	14	SS
03	GWgwili	12	12	CD
04	NGngumbauveronicah	10	10	KE
05	DOdonchelu	8	8	TZ
06	DAdalempijevic1	8	8	CD
07	T0t0nb0	7	7	KE, UG
08	JOjonathantz	7	7	TZ
09	MAmalombeitambo	7	7	KE
10	CIcirolana	7	7	KE

Together they are credited with 97 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.

Discovery trajectory

Cumulative documented species records (2010–2026)

Current archive: 29,800 species documented across East Africa · Research Grade observations

Weekly watch scans

The most recent of 11 automated country scans, and what each one found.

Scan date	New discoveries	Rechecked	Status
20 Sept 2026Latest	+65	473	complete
13 Sept 2026	+34	399	complete

Latest regional review completed 20 Sept 2026

Data courtesy of iNaturalist.org