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Learn the wildlife of Norfolk Island

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1,272 species have research-grade observations in Norfolk Island on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Blue-billed White-Tern Gygis candida161
  2. Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda132
  3. Masked Booby Sula dactylatra117
  4. Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa103
  5. Norfolk Robin Petroica multicolor97
  6. Norfolk Parakeet Cyanoramphus cookii91
  7. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus82
  8. Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis76
  9. Black Noddy Anous minutus75
  10. California Quail Callipepla californica58

Plants

  1. Norfolk Island Pine Araucaria heterophylla108
  2. Alyxia gynopogon42
  3. Mile-a-minute vine Ipomoea cairica37
  4. Norfolk tree fern Sphaeropteris excelsa30
  5. Strawberry-guava Psidium cattleyanum29
  6. Horseshoe Felt Fern Pyrrosia confluens29
  7. Common water hyacinth Pontederia crassipes29
  8. Three Kings Cabbage Tree Cordyline obtecta27
  9. Meryta latifolia27
  10. New Zealand flax Phormium tenax26

Insects

  1. Caper White Belenois java65
  2. Lawn Armyworm Moth Spodoptera mauritia35
  3. Austrosalomona personafrons34
  4. Meadow Argus Junonia villida33
  5. Norfolk Swallowtail Papilio amynthor32
  6. Palpita rotundalis28
  7. Lesser Grass Blue Zizina otis26
  8. South African Mantis Miomantis caffra24
  9. Grass Webworm Moth Herpetogramma licarsisalis22
  10. Norfolk Island Beierdid Beiericolya tardipes21

Spiders and kin

  1. Tiger Spider Trichonephila plumipes74
  2. Argiope caledonia27
  3. Dome Web Spider Cyrtophora moluccensis21
  4. Gasteracantha westringi12
  5. Bronze Huntsman Isopedella flavida8
  6. White Banded House Jumper Maratus griseus8

Reptiles

  1. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas351
  2. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata18
  3. Lord Howe Marbled Gecko Christinus guentheri10
  4. Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands Skink Oligosoma lichenigerum6

Fish

  1. Surge Wrasse Thalassoma purpureum304
  2. Sunset Wrasse Thalassoma lutescens265
  3. Banded Scalyfin Parma polylepis223
  4. Doubleheader Coris bulbifrons204
  5. Blue Drummer Girella cyanea151
  6. Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga145
  7. Bluespine Unicornfish Naso unicornis133
  8. Multispine Damsel Neoglyphidodon polyacanthus126
  9. Scissortail Sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus124
  10. Green Wrasse Notolabrus inscriptus120

Mollusks

  1. White-speckled Seahare Aplysia argus133
  2. Common Sydney Octopus Octopus tetricus50
  3. Forsskål's Pleurobranch Pleurobranchus forskalii35
  4. Dendrolamellaria mathewsi24
  5. Black nerite Nerita melanotragus23
  6. Aplysia concava22
  7. Lined Seahare Stylocheilus striatus19
  8. Ram's Horn Squid Spirula spirula18
  9. Platydoris cinereobranchiata18
  10. Peron's Pleurobranch Pleurobranchus peronii17

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.