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Week of 1 Nov 2026

Net changes from 25 Oct 2026 → 1 Nov 2026, with observations uploaded 25 Oct 2026 – 31 Oct 2026 first seen at Research Grade.

Published capture (inat-20261101)

Previous· 25 Oct

All weeks

Observations added

+2,855

First seen at Research Grade

Net change

+3,403

Total: 668,213

Species net change

+49

Total: 15,144

Growth since baseline

+16,174

Baseline: 30 Sept 2026

National catalogue distribution (9)

9 of 9 countries gained observations this week

Country	Added	Net change	Photo observations	Species
KEKenya	+1,583	+1,788	272,679	7,768+18
TZTanzania	+634	+729	222,357	7,942+14
UGUganda	+375	+412	89,590	4,108+14
RWRwanda	+104	+130	21,341	2,093+11
ETEthiopia	+96	+216	41,042	2,845+28
CDDemocratic Republic of the Congo	+40	+51	16,417	3,746+6
SSSouth Sudan	+13	+62	1,797	598+9
BIBurundi	+6	+7	1,594	576+2
SOSomalia	+4	+8	1,401	595+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
afonso-pinto108 species	KE	+228
Ewout Knoester23 species	KE	+157
Shirley Laurent107 species	KE	+131
Jarosław Krogulec78 species	KE	+107
Marc Thibault80 species	UG	+93

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
Cercopithecus mitisBlue Monkey · KE	56	10
Equus quaggaPlains Zebra · ET KE TZ UG	44	25
Loxodonta africanaAfrican Savanna Elephant · KE RW TZ UG	43	25
Genetta fieldianaRusty-spotted Genet · CD KE	35	3
Giraffa tippelskirchiMaasai Giraffe · KE TZ	34	22

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-20261101
Captured: 1 Nov 2026
Uploads covered: 25 Oct 2026 – 31 Oct 2026
Compared with: 25 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.