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Learn the wildlife of Cat Tien National Park

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1,465 species have research-grade observations inside Cat Tien 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. White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus249
  2. Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos219
  3. Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi201
  4. Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni176
  5. Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus153
  6. Gray-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus150
  7. Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus144
  8. Bar-bellied Pitta Hydrornis elliotii123
  9. Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus111
  10. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus108

Plants

  1. Shidam tree Tetrameles nudiflora79
  2. Common water hyacinth Pontederia crassipes58
  3. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica28
  4. Lagerstroemia calyculata27
  5. Pagoda Flower Clerodendrum paniculatum21
  6. Asian watermoss Salvinia cucullata20
  7. Cyclacanthus coccineus17
  8. Giant Sensitive Plant Mimosa pigra14
  9. Indian Heliotrope Heliotropium indicum14
  10. Pussyfoot Praxelis clematidea14

Mammals

  1. Pallas' Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus138
  2. Black-shanked Douc Langur Pygathrix nigripes125
  3. Cambodian Striped Squirrel Tamiops rodolphii71
  4. Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew Dendrogale murina61
  5. Northern Treeshrew Tupaia belangeri54
  6. Southern Palm Civet Paradoxurus musanga41
  7. Northern Red Muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis38
  8. Lesser Oriental Chevrotain Tragulus kanchil37
  9. Indochinese Ground Squirrel Menetes berdmorei32
  10. Common Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista philippensis29

Insects

  1. Russet Percher Neurothemis fulvia84
  2. Green Dragontail Butterfly Lamproptera meges61
  3. Yellow Orange Tip Ixias pyrene59
  4. Pyrops coelestinus54
  5. Plain flashwing Vestalis gracilis53
  6. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta52
  7. Redtail Marquis Euthalia recta48
  8. Clipper Parthenos sylvia47
  9. Chain Swordtail Graphium aristeus44
  10. Common Wanderer Pareronia anais41

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes88
  2. Heterometrus silenus82
  3. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria42
  4. Chinese Swimming Scorpion Lychas mucronatus37
  5. Asian Hermit Spider Nephilengys malabarensis27
  6. Asian Smokey Earth-tiger Tarantula Chilobrachys dyscolus17
  7. Orange-and-black Pear Spider Leucauge fastigata17
  8. Hasselt's Spiny Spider Macracantha hasselti13
  9. Abandoned-web Orb-weaver Parawixia dehaani8
  10. Long-horned Orbweaver Macracantha arcuata7

Reptiles

  1. Siamese Crocodile Crocodylus siamensis264
  2. Vietnamese Blue Crested Lizard Calotes bachae212
  3. Tokay Gecko Gekko gecko181
  4. Spotted Forest Skink Sphenomorphus maculatus162
  5. Clouded Monitor Varanus nebulosus148
  6. Flat-tailed House Gecko Hemidactylus platyurus147
  7. Cattien Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus cattienensis135
  8. Crowned Pricklenape Acanthosaura coronata113
  9. Common Sun Skink Eutropis multifasciata85
  10. Common Mock Viper Psammodynastes pulverulentus64

Amphibians

  1. Spot-legged Tree Frog Polypedates megacephalus194
  2. Asian Common Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus119
  3. Round-tongued Floating Frog Occidozyga martensii78
  4. Asian Painted Frog Kaloula pulchra72
  5. Mada Paddy Frog Micryletta erythropoda65
  6. Striped Sticky Frog Kalophrynus interlineatus64
  7. Mukhlesur's Narrow-mouthed Frog Microhyla mukhlesuri62
  8. Paddy Field Frog Fejervarya limnocharis56
  9. Vietnamese Bug-eyed Frog Theloderma vietnamense41
  10. Burmese Squat Frog Glyphoglossus guttulatus29

Fish

  1. Red-tailed Snakehead Channa limbata9
  2. Striped Snakehead Channa striata8
  3. Three Spot Gourami Trichopodus trichopterus5

Mollusks

  1. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica48
  2. Bertia cambojiensis14
  3. Amphidromus baolocensis10
  4. Sarika resplendens8
  5. Opalescent Pendant-snail Leptopoma perlucidum5

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.