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Learn the wildlife of the Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands Marine Waters

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1,126 species have research-grade observations in the Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands Marine Waters on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, from fish and seabirds to the life along the shore.

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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. Masked Booby Sula dactylatra159
  2. Blue-billed White-Tern Gygis candida124
  3. Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda107
  4. Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus95
  5. Black Noddy Anous minutus51
  6. Grey Noddy Anous albivitta48
  7. Lord Howe Rail Gallirallus sylvestris46
  8. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus40
  9. Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri35
  10. Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis33

Plants

  1. Norfolk Island Pine Araucaria heterophylla23
  2. Devil's Horsewhip Achyranthes aspera17
  3. Sea Spurge Euphorbia paralias16
  4. Sweet alyssum Lobularia maritima15
  5. Kentia palm Howea forsteriana14
  6. Bully bush Cassinia tenuifolia13
  7. Lord Howe Island Tea Tree Melaleuca howeana12
  8. Beach Bean Canavalia rosea11
  9. Alyxia gynopogon11
  10. Common water hyacinth Pontederia crassipes11

Insects

  1. Caper White Belenois java34
  2. Lesser Grass Blue Zizina otis12
  3. Lord Howe Case Moth Metura falcata12
  4. Meadow Argus Junonia villida8
  5. Agriocnemis exsudans8
  6. Caper Gull Cepora perimale7
  7. Norfolk Island Beierdid Beiericolya tardipes7
  8. Norfolk Swallowtail Papilio amynthor6
  9. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera5
  10. Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina5

Spiders and kin

  1. Tiger Spider Trichonephila plumipes20
  2. Gasteracantha westringi5
  3. White Banded House Jumper Maratus griseus4
  4. Argiope caledonia3

Reptiles

  1. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas33
  2. Lord Howe Marbled Gecko Christinus guentheri10
  3. Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands Skink Oligosoma lichenigerum4
  4. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata2

Fish

  1. Doubleheader Coris bulbifrons82
  2. Threeband Butterflyfish Chaetodon tricinctus76
  3. Norfolk Cardinalfish Ostorhinchus norfolcensis68
  4. Banded Scalyfin Parma polylepis67
  5. Sunset Wrasse Thalassoma lutescens66
  6. McCulloch's Anemonefish Amphiprion mccullochi63
  7. Luculent Wrasse Pseudolabrus luculentus56
  8. Lord Howe Moray Gymnothorax annasona50
  9. Pacific Rockcod Trachypoma macracanthus45
  10. Painted Morwong Morwong ephippium44

Mollusks

  1. White-speckled Seahare Aplysia argus80
  2. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima33
  3. Lined Seahare Stylocheilus striatus31
  4. Forsskål's Pleurobranch Pleurobranchus forskalii28
  5. Velutin Snail Coriocella nigra24
  6. Sagaminopteron psychedelicum19
  7. Decumbent Spanish Dancer Hexabranchus lacer18
  8. Blunt-end Seahare Dolabella auricularia17
  9. Brown-lined Paperbubble Hydatina physis17
  10. Onion Turban Shell Turbo cepoides17

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 NOAA or any area's managers. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.