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Learn the wildlife of Blue Mountains National Park

New South Wales · Australia

2,525 species have research-grade observations inside Blue Mountains 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. Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae623
  2. Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans437
  3. White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis245
  4. Pied Currawong Strepera graculina235
  5. Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris213
  6. Gray Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica207
  7. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis181
  8. Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla168
  9. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita153
  10. Rockwarbler Origma solitaria135

Plants

  1. Mountain Devil Lambertia formosa979
  2. Waratah Telopea speciosissima672
  3. Broad-leaved Drumsticks Isopogon anemonifolius569
  4. Necklace heath Dracophyllum secundum517
  5. Flannel Flower Actinotus helianthi436
  6. Sunshine Wattle Acacia terminalis402
  7. Old man banksia Banksia serrata384
  8. Callicoma Callicoma serratifolia331
  9. Blue Dampiera Dampiera stricta301
  10. Fuchsia heath Epacris reclinata291

Mammals

  1. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus86
  2. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus50
  3. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor36
  4. Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus36
  5. Greater Glider Petauroides volans29
  6. Bare-nosed Wombat Vombatus ursinus29
  7. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula22
  8. Eastern Ring-tailed Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus17
  9. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris15

Insects

  1. Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona291
  2. Green Grocer Cyclochila australasiae176
  3. Botany Bay Cockroach Polyzosteria limbata136
  4. Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi112
  5. Common Brown Heteronympha merope102
  6. Leptomyrmex nigriventris102
  7. Plague Soldier Beetle Chauliognathus lugubris100
  8. Red-headed Spider Ant Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus81
  9. Sydney Mountain Darner Austroaeschna obscura69
  10. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera61

Spiders and kin

  1. Red-headed Mouse Spider Missulena occatoria33
  2. Enamelled Spider Plebs bradleyi20
  3. Social Huntsman Spider Delena cancerides15

Reptiles

  1. Mountain Dragon Rankinia diemensis408
  2. Australian Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii332
  3. Yellow-bellied Water Skink Eulamprus heatwolei178
  4. Cunningham's Skink Egernia cunninghami127
  5. Copper-tailed Ctenotus Ctenotus taeniolatus106
  6. Jacky Dragon Amphibolurus muricatus100
  7. Blotched Bluetongue Tiliqua nigrolutea76
  8. Lace Monitor Varanus varius74
  9. Eastern Water Skink Eulamprus quoyii72
  10. Northern White’s Skink Liopholis compressicauda67

Amphibians

  1. Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera63
  2. Leaf Green Tree Frog Dryopsophus phyllochrous47
  3. Blue Mountains Tree Frog Dryopsophus citropa37
  4. Peron's Tree Frog Pengilleyia peronii28

Mollusks

  1. Red Triangle Slug Triboniophorus graeffei163
  2. Blue Mountains Woodland Snail Pommerhelix monacha49
  3. Golden Semi-slug Mysticarion porrectus44
  4. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum16

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.