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Week of 25 Oct 2026

Net changes from 18 Oct 2026 → 25 Oct 2026, with observations uploaded 18 Oct 2026 – 24 Oct 2026 first seen at Research Grade.

Published capture (inat-20261025)

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Observations added

+3,153

First seen at Research Grade

Net change

+3,586

Total: 664,810

Species net change

+28

Total: 15,095

Growth since baseline

+12,771

Baseline: 30 Sept 2026

National catalogue distribution (9)

8 of 9 countries gained observations this week

Country	Added	Net change	Photo observations	Species
KEKenya	+1,386	+1,523	270,891	7,750+8
TZTanzania	+754	+869	221,628	7,928+5
UGUganda	+398	+443	89,178	4,094+14
ETEthiopia	+342	+467	40,826	2,817+27
RWRwanda	+182	+186	21,211	2,082+9
CDDemocratic Republic of the Congo	+59	+71	16,366	3,740+10
SSSouth Sudan	+30	+37	1,735	589+4
SOSomalia	+2	+2	1,393	594+1
BIBurundi	—	-2	1,587	574-1

Added counts observations first seen at Research Grade this week. Net change compares Sunday totals and can be negative. A dash means there was nothing to compare with.

Weekly contributors (20)

Observers behind this week's additions

Contributor	Countries	Observations added
Jarosław Krogulec92 species	KE	+141
Frederic Griesbaum107 species	ET	+138
Bart Wursten93 species	RW	+138
Jorge Juan Rueda74 species	KE	+111
Elena Stefanova81 species	KE	+105

The observers with the most additions this week. Additions are a subset of the week's net change, which also counts older uploads identified since.

1–5 of 20 observers

Species added this week (20)

Taxa among observations first seen at Research Grade

Species	Added	Observers
Loxodonta africanaAfrican Savanna Elephant · KE TZ UG	43	29
Syncerus cafferAfrican Buffalo · ET KE SS TZ UG	39	28
Panthera leoLion · KE SS TZ UG	39	25
Equus quaggaPlains Zebra · KE TZ UG	37	17
Kobus ellipsiprymnusWaterbuck · KE TZ UG	34	19

The most-added species this week. A country first is marked where the species was also verified as new to that country this week.

1–5 of 20 species

Capture provenance

Publication dates and scope

Capture: inat-20261025
Captured: 25 Oct 2026
Uploads covered: 18 Oct 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Compared with: 18 Oct 2026

Research Grade observations with photos, from iNaturalist.org. Counts describe documentation, not wildlife abundance, and an iNaturalist taxon rename never adds an observation twice. Captures are immutable, so a figure can always be traced back to its week.