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Key Places for biodiversity

Learn the wildlife of the Scrublands of Southwestern Australia

Western Australia

She Scrublands of Southwestern Australia is one of E.O. Wilson's Key Places, irreplaceable for life on Earth. 12,813 species have research-grade observations there on iNaturalist, and KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos.

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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. Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius3,561
  2. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii3,478
  3. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen3,247
  4. Galah Eolophus roseicapilla3,179
  5. Splendid Fairywren Malurus splendens2,804
  6. New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae2,769
  7. Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata2,708
  8. Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys2,671
  9. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae2,394
  10. Carnaby's Black Cockatoo Zanda latirostris2,368

Plants

  1. Cowslip Orchid Caladenia flava5,982
  2. Purple enamel orchid Elythranthera brunonis2,571
  3. Parrot Bush Banksia sessilis2,350
  4. Pink Fairies Caladenia latifolia2,085
  5. Native wisteria Hardenbergia comptoniana1,904
  6. Pimpernel sundew Drosera glanduligera1,803
  7. Jug orchid Pterostylis recurva1,803
  8. Balga Xanthorrhoea preissii1,802
  9. Giant Banksia Banksia grandis1,751
  10. Yellow Buttercups Hibbertia hypericoides1,698

Mammals

  1. Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus3,741
  2. Quokka Setonix brachyurus2,120
  3. Quenda Isoodon fusciventer1,713
  4. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus1,099
  5. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula1,062
  6. Western Ring-tailed Possum Pseudocheirus occidentalis671
  7. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus434
  8. Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus405
  9. Australian Sea Lion Neophoca cinerea397
  10. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae355

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2,566
  2. Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi1,238
  3. Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caledonicum1,076
  4. Small Transverse Ladybird Beetle Coccinella transversalis971
  5. Wandering Percher Diplacodes bipunctata903
  6. Southern Moon Moth Dasypodia selenophora796
  7. Monarch Danaus plexippus652
  8. Green-head Ant Rhytidoponera metallica604
  9. Mallee Grass Mantis Archimantis sobrina601
  10. Black-and-white tiger moth Ardices glatignyi600

Spiders and kin

  1. Australian Golden Orbweaver Trichonephila edulis1,803
  2. Christmas Jewel Spider Austracantha minax1,377
  3. White Banded House Jumper Maratus griseus789
  4. Redback Spider Latrodectus hasselti765
  5. Common Peacock Spider Maratus pavonis506
  6. Leishmann's Huntsman Isopeda leishmanni420
  7. Western Variable Wolf Spider Venator immansuetus404
  8. Milky Flower Spider Zygometis xanthogaster351
  9. Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata331

Reptiles

  1. Shingleback Tiliqua rugosa3,900
  2. King's Skink Egernia kingii1,974
  3. Buchanan's Snake-eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus buchananii1,867
  4. Southern Marbled Gecko Christinus marmoratus1,407
  5. Dugite Pseudonaja affinis992
  6. Dwarf Bearded Dragon Pogona minor893
  7. Heath Monitor Varanus rosenbergi876
  8. Southwestern Crevice Skink Egernia napoleonis867
  9. Southwestern Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina oblonga837
  10. Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus787

Amphibians

  1. Motorbike Frog Ranoidea moorei2,649
  2. Slender Tree Frog Coggerdonia adelaidensis987
  3. Moaning Frog Heleioporus eyrei936
  4. Western Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dorsalis738
  5. Quacking Froglet Crinia georgiana453

Fish

  1. West Australian Seahorse Hippocampus subelongatus941
  2. Weeping Toadfish Torquigener pleurogramma860
  3. Brownspotted Wrasse Notolabrus parilus821
  4. Western King Wrasse Coris auricularis798
  5. Western Smooth Boxfish Anoplocapros amygdaloides753
  6. Redlip morwong Goniistius rubrolabiatus731
  7. Old Wife Enoplosus armatus702
  8. Western Talma Chelmonops curiosus677
  9. Western Crested Morwong Goniistius gibbosus600
  10. Banded Sweep Scorpis georgiana542

Mollusks

  1. White Italian Snail Theba pisana751
  2. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum693
  3. Star Octopus Octopus djinda545
  4. Western Chromodoris Chromodoris westraliensis502
  5. Australian Giant Cuttlefish Ascarosepion apama376
  6. Rough turban shell Lunella torquata322

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. KnowKi is not affiliated with the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.