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Learn the wildlife of Bako National Park

Sarawak · Malaysia

820 species have research-grade observations inside Bako 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. Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus60
  2. Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis55
  3. Common Iora Aegithina tiphia53
  4. Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra50
  5. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos40
  6. Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis29
  7. White-bellied Sea-Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster27
  8. Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus26
  9. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus26
  10. Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis23

Plants

  1. Raffles' pitcher-plant Nepenthes rafflesiana349
  2. Slender Pitcher-Plant Nepenthes gracilis252
  3. Flask-shaped pitcher plant Nepenthes ampullaria118
  4. Burmannia disticha59
  5. Cicada Tree Ploiarium elegans50
  6. Rosy Sundew Drosera spatulata49
  7. Lecanopteris sinuosa44
  8. Beach Morning Glory Ipomoea pes-caprae42
  9. String of Nickels Dischidia nummularia37
  10. Nibong Palm Oncosperma tigillarium36

Mammals

  1. Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus232
  2. Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus70
  3. Diadem Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros diadema3
  4. Bare-rumped Sheath-tailed Bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus2
  5. Lesser Oriental Chevrotain Tragulus kanchil2
  6. Intermediate roundleaf bat Hipposideros larvatus1
  7. Lesser false vampire bat Megaderma spasma1
  8. Three-striped Ground Squirrel Lariscus insignis1

Insects

  1. Brown Pansy Junonia hedonia56
  2. Treehugger Tyriobapta torrida54
  3. Asian Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina51
  4. Straight-edge Red Parasol Neurothemis terminata50
  5. Penthicodes farinosus46
  6. Grenadier Agrionoptera insignis44
  7. Common Parasol Neurothemis fluctuans43
  8. Haaniella saussurei43
  9. Giant Forest Ant Dinomyrmex gigas41
  10. Orange Skimmer Orthetrum testaceum37

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes32
  2. Asian Forest Scorpion Heterometrus longimanus25
  3. Asian Hermit Spider Nephilengys malabarensis14
  4. Heteropoda borneensis12
  5. Red-and-blue Opadometa Leucauge sarawakensis12
  6. Long-horned Orbweaver Macracantha arcuata10
  7. Common White-flanked Water Spider Nilus albocinctus10
  8. Heteropoda boiei9
  9. David Bowie Spider Heteropoda davidbowie9
  10. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria8

Reptiles

  1. Bornean Keeled Pit Viper Tropidolaemus subannulatus406
  2. Common Water Monitor Varanus salvator104
  3. Bornean Round-eyed Gecko Cnemaspis kendallii98
  4. Baumann’s Crested Lizard Bronchocela octospinosa68
  5. Littoral Whiptail-skink Emoia atrocostata67
  6. Sarawak Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus pubisulcus43
  7. Common Sun Skink Eutropis multifasciata36
  8. Striped Bronzeback Dendrelaphis caudolineatus25
  9. Oriental Whipsnake Ahaetulla prasina25
  10. Painted Bronzeback Dendrelaphis pictus24

Amphibians

  1. Brown Marsh Frog Hylarana baramica58
  2. Bornean Copper-cheeked Frog Hylarana raniceps46
  3. Lowland Dwarf Toad Pelophryne signata39
  4. Common Southeast Asian Tree Frog Polypedates leucomystax31
  5. Collett's Tree Frog Polypedates colletti26
  6. Four-ridged toad Ingerophrynus quadriporcatus14
  7. Crab-eating Frog Fejervarya cancrivora13
  8. Bornean Sticky Frog Kalophrynus meizon13
  9. Dark-eared Tree Frog Polypedates macrotis11
  10. Green Paddy Frog Hylarana erythraea7

Fish

  1. Gold-spotted Mudskipper Periophthalmus chrysospilos41
  2. Giant Mudskipper Periophthalmodon schlosseri29
  3. Slender Walking Catfish Clarias nieuhofii20
  4. Northern River Garfish Zenarchopterus buffonis9
  5. Boddart's Blue-spotted Mudskipper Boleophthalmus boddarti7
  6. Brilliant Rasbora Rasbora einthovenii7
  7. Banded Archerfish Toxotes jaculatrix6
  8. Spottail Needlefish Strongylura strongylura3
  9. Barred Mudskipper Periophthalmus argentilineatus2
  10. Spotted Archerfish Toxotes chatareus2

Mollusks

  1. Lined Nerite Nerita balteata17
  2. Leptopoma undatum6
  3. Vitrinula thisbe4
  4. Chamaeleon Nerite Nerita chamaeleon3
  5. Malacca echinolittorina Echinolittorina malaccana3
  6. Spiral Melongena Volegalea cochlidium3
  7. Babylonia borneensis3
  8. Tiger Moon Snail Paratectonatica tigrina3
  9. Bladder Moon Snail Neverita didyma2
  10. Midas's Ear Snail Ellobium aurismidae2

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.