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Learn the wildlife of Bukhansan National Park

South Korea

776 species have research-grade observations inside Bukhansan 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. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos29
  2. White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos14
  3. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki13
  4. Oriental Magpie Pica serica13
  5. Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis12
  6. Asian Tit Parus cinereus12
  7. Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis10
  8. Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus10
  9. Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea9
  10. Varied Tit Sittiparus varius9

Plants

  1. Harlequin glorybower Clerodendrum trichotomum21
  2. Asian celandine Chelidonium asiaticum14
  3. Korean maple Acer pseudosieboldianum11
  4. Korean lespedeza Lespedeza maximowiczii11
  5. Blunt-lobe spicebush Lindera obtusiloba10
  6. Japanese maple Acer palmatum9
  7. Asiatic dayflower Commelina communis8
  8. Temple juniper Juniperus rigida8
  9. Asian walking fern Asplenium ruprechtii8
  10. Laceshrub Neillia incisa8

Mammals

  1. Domestic Cat Felis catus19
  2. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris12
  3. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris10
  4. Siberian Chipmunk Eutamias sibiricus9
  5. Wild Boar Sus scrofa7
  6. Large Mole Mogera robusta2
  7. Water Deer Hydropotes inermis1
  8. Striped Field Mouse Apodemus agrarius1

Insects

  1. Paratlanticus ussuriensis27
  2. Spongy Moth Lymantria dispar17
  3. Oak Longicorn Beetle Moechotypa diphysis17
  4. Riptortus pedestris16
  5. Timomenus komarowi16
  6. Narrow-winged Mantis Tenodera angustipennis15
  7. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys14
  8. Banded Darter Sympetrum pedemontanum11
  9. Spotted Lanternfly Lycorma delicatula11
  10. Mountainous Duskywing Erynnis montanus11

Spiders and kin

  1. Joro Spider Trichonephila clavata24
  2. Telamonia vlijmi8
  3. Plexippoides regius5
  4. Cyclosa octotuberculata3
  5. Asianellus festivus3
  6. Carrhotus xanthogramma2
  7. Small Cross Spider Argiope minuta2
  8. Dolomedes raptor2
  9. Pseudeuophrys iwatensis2
  10. Bird-dropping Spider Cyrtarachne inaequalis2

Reptiles

  1. Amur Grass Lizard Takydromus amurensis9
  2. Ussuri Mamushi Gloydius ussuriensis2
  3. Chinese Tiger Keelback Rhabdophis lateralis2
  4. Steppe Ratsnake Elaphe dione1

Amphibians

  1. Oriental Fire-bellied Toad Bombina orientalis14
  2. Gensan Salamander Hynobius leechii13
  3. Japanese Tree Frog Dryophytes japonicus7
  4. Imienpo Station frog Glandirana emeljanovi4
  5. Huanren Frog Rana huanrensis4
  6. Korean Brown Frog Rana coreana2
  7. Ueno's Brown Frog Rana uenoi2
  8. Sakhalin Toad Bufo sachalinensis2

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.