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Learn the wildlife of Ba Vi National Park

Vietnam

342 species have research-grade observations inside Ba Vi National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you know what you're looking at before you go.

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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. Red-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha8
  2. Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii7
  3. Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris6
  4. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis5
  5. Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster4
  6. White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca4
  7. Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja4
  8. Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis3
  9. Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus3
  10. Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus3

Plants

  1. Zebra plant Tradescantia zebrina6
  2. Largeflower pink-sorrel Oxalis debilis4
  3. Mexican sunflower Tithonia diversifolia3
  4. Job's Tears Coix lacryma-jobi3
  5. Roxburgh fig Ficus auriculata3
  6. Rhaphidophora decursiva3
  7. Musa haekkinenii3
  8. Ladder brake Pteris vittata2
  9. Paper mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera2
  10. Climbing fig Ficus pumila2

Mammals

  1. Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta2
  2. Maritime Striped Squirrel Tamiops maritimus1
  3. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris1

Insects

  1. Stichophthalma suffusa18
  2. Chinese Yellowface Agriomorpha fusca13
  3. Coeliccia scutellum9
  4. Banded Treebrown Lethe confusa9
  5. Calicnemia miles8
  6. Indocnemis orang8
  7. Cryptophaea vietnamensis7
  8. Large Faun Faunis eumeus6
  9. Coeliccia pyriformis6
  10. Common Mapwing Cyrestis thyodamas5

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes12
  2. Black Golden Orbweaver Nephila kuhli5
  3. Hasselt's Spiny Spider Macracantha hasselti3
  4. Dome Web Spider Cyrtophora moluccensis1
  5. Ptocasius strupifer1
  6. Leucauge tessellata1

Reptiles

  1. Bavay's Keeled Skink Tropidophorus baviensis24
  2. Vietnamese Bronzeback Dendrelaphis ngansonensis22
  3. Scale-bellied Tree Lizard Acanthosaura lepidogaster12
  4. Indian Forest Skink Sphenomorphus indicus11
  5. Beauty Ratsnake Elaphe taeniura11
  6. Forest Garden Lizard Calotes emma8
  7. South China Green Snake Ptyas multicincta6
  8. Heller's Red-necked Keelback Rhabdophis helleri6
  9. Bamboo Snake Pseudoxenodon bambusicola5
  10. Tai-yong Keelback Hebius boulengeri5

Amphibians

  1. Mao-Son Frog Hylarana maosonensis5
  2. Spot-legged Tree Frog Polypedates megacephalus4
  3. Asian Common Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus4
  4. East Asian Ornate Chorus Frog Microhyla fissipes2
  5. Cuong's Dwarf Frog Vietnamophryne cuongi2
  6. Beautiful Pygmy Frog Microhyla pulchra1
  7. Asian Painted Frog Kaloula pulchra1

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. Parks outside the U.S. are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet). KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service or any park's managers. Free, with no ads, no account, and no purchases.