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Verifauna · AI Species ID

The real world
becomes your Dex.

Spot an animal, snap a photo, AI identifies the species — and if it really happened live, on location, it moves into your personal Wildlife Dex. No gallery uploads, no faked catches: only real discoveries count.

Currently in private testing

iOS & Android · public release coming soon

#0142
Robin
Common
#0891
Kingfisher
Rare
#1207
Lynx
Legendary
How it works

From sighting to Dex entry

The whole process runs in the app, in seconds — live on location, not after the fact.

01

Spot an animal

On a walk, in your garden, in the woods — anywhere real wildlife lives.

02

Photograph it live

Straight through the in-app camera. No uploading old photos — that would undermine the whole point of collecting.

03

AI identifies the species

An AI recognizes the species from the photo and suggests matching candidates.

04

Dex, XP, rank

Found a new species? Straight into the Dex, with XP based on rarity and a spot on the leaderboard.

What's inside

More than a list — a real collecting game

Fair Play

Proof, not just a guess

Any app can name a species from a photo. Verifauna checks location, timestamp, and photo authenticity server-side to confirm you found it live, on location — right now.

Global

Every species counts

Built on the GBIF taxonomy — around 1.5 million animal species worldwide, not just a handpicked selection.

Rarity

Common to Legendary

Five rarity tiers derived from real global observation data — a sparrow counts differently than a lynx.

Community

Rankings, friends & chat

Five ranking modes, follow friends, comment and like catches, join private groups and chat — in groups or with the whole community.

Events

Weekly challenges

Time-limited events like Bird Week, Beetle Week or Amphibian Week reward focused observation of individual animal groups.

Conservation

Citizen science, opt-in

With consent, anonymized observations can feed into research & conservation — full control, changeable anytime.

Achievements

100+ achievements

From First Discoverer to Full Moon Catch: tiered achievements with progress bars for every animal group, streaks, travels and more.

Style

Avatar frames

Earn frames for your profile picture — Gold, Legendary, Fire and more, some of them animated — and show off what you have achieved.

Together

Identify together

Confirm or correct other people's catches. When enough members agree, a catch reaches Research Grade — a species ID you can trust.

Rarity system

Playful rarity,
not conservation status

An animal is rare because it's rarely sighted — not because it's endangered. That way there's no incentive to specifically hunt for threatened species. Deliberately kept separate from real conservation.

Common ≥ 100,000 sightings
Uncommon 10,000–99,999
Rare 1,000–9,999
Epic 100–999
Legendary < 100