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Learn the wildlife of Brisbane Water National Park

Australia

1,170 species have research-grade observations inside Brisbane Water 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 novaehollandiae35
  2. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis35
  3. Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami33
  4. Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera32
  5. New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae31
  6. Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris29
  7. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea29
  8. Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops26
  9. White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis26
  10. White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger22

Plants

  1. Pink Spider Flower Grevillea sericea210
  2. Fuchsia Heath Epacris longiflora182
  3. Red Spider Flower Grevillea speciosa174
  4. Sydney Boronia Boronia ledifolia169
  5. Grey Spider Flower Grevillea buxifolia158
  6. Rosy Sundew Drosera spatulata133
  7. Waratah Telopea speciosissima119
  8. Spike Wattle Acacia oxycedrus118
  9. Mountain Devil Lambertia formosa117
  10. Clustered darwinia Darwinia fascicularis103

Mammals

  1. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus21
  2. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor7
  3. European Fallow Deer Dama dama4
  4. Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus4

Insects

  1. Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona34
  2. Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas19
  3. Australian Red Bull Ant Myrmecia simillima19
  4. Black Squeaker Atrapsalta encaustica18
  5. Alarm Clock Squawker Pauropsalta mneme17
  6. Botany Bay Cockroach Polyzosteria limbata17
  7. Botany Bay Diamond Weevil Chrysolopus spectabilis15
  8. Yellowbelly Psaltoda harrisii15
  9. Red Ringer Yoyetta regalis14
  10. Brown Ringlet Hypocysta metirius13

Spiders and kin

  1. Tiger Spider Trichonephila plumipes52
  2. Winged Arkys Arkys alatus15
  3. Golden-tailed Jumping Spider Astia maculata11
  4. Eastern Bush Orbweaver Plebs eburnus7
  5. Bird-dropping Arkys Arkys curtulus6
  6. Fork-tailed Arkys Arkys furcatus6
  7. Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope keyserlingi4
  8. Whip Spider Ariamnes colubrinus4
  9. Sombrero Spider Stiphidion facetum4
  10. Speechley's Arkys Arkys speechleyi4

Reptiles

  1. Eastern Water Skink Eulamprus quoyii60
  2. Lace Monitor Varanus varius57
  3. Australian Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii55
  4. Copper-tailed Ctenotus Ctenotus taeniolatus26
  5. Cunningham's Skink Egernia cunninghami18
  6. Mountain Dragon Rankinia diemensis10
  7. Common Scaly-foot Pygopus lepidopodus9
  8. Carpet Python Morelia spilota9
  9. Southern Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus5
  10. Burton's Legless Lizard Lialis burtonis5

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.