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Learn the wildlife of Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park

Australia

1,108 species have research-grade observations inside Chiltern-Mt Pilot 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. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops140
  2. Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca83
  3. Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus70
  4. Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella52
  5. Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus45
  6. White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos43
  7. Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus43
  8. Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus42
  9. White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus41
  10. White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata41

Plants

  1. Waxlip Orchid Glossodia major117
  2. Mountain Grevillea Grevillea alpina113
  3. Sticky everlasting Xerochrysum viscosum104
  4. Pink Lady Fingers Caladenia carnea103
  5. Leopard Orchid Diuris pardina92
  6. Dusky Fingers Caladenia fuscata79
  7. Common Wedge-pea Gompholobium huegelii77
  8. Nodding blue lily Stypandra glauca72
  9. Chocolate lily Arthropodium strictum66
  10. Early Nancy Wurmbea dioica62

Mammals

  1. Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes64
  2. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor52
  3. Koala Phascolarctos cinereus43
  4. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus35
  5. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus21
  6. Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis11
  7. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula5
  8. Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa4
  9. Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus4
  10. Eastern Ring-tailed Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus4

Insects

  1. Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caledonicum85
  2. Common Brown Heteronympha merope75
  3. Stout Vicetail Hemigomphus heteroclytus66
  4. Yellow-striped Hunter Austrogomphus guerini60
  5. Wandering Ringtail Austrolestes leda53
  6. Wandering Percher Diplacodes bipunctata51
  7. Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes50
  8. Botany Bay Diamond Weevil Chrysolopus spectabilis42
  9. Southern Meat Ant Iridomyrmex purpureus37
  10. Unicorn Hunter Austrogomphus cornutus31

Spiders and kin

  1. Christmas Jewel Spider Austracantha minax77
  2. Australian Golden Orbweaver Trichonephila edulis57
  3. Eastern Bush Orbweaver Plebs eburnus14
  4. Fickert's Tamopsis Tamopsis fickerti13
  5. Opisthoncus abnormis10
  6. Beautiful Badge Huntsman Neosparassus calligaster9
  7. Murray Banded Huntsman Spider Holconia murrayensis9
  8. Red-headed Mouse Spider Missulena occatoria8
  9. Australian Dewdrop Spider Argyrodes antipodianus6
  10. Six-humped Shell-back Spider Phoroncidia sextuberculata6

Reptiles

  1. Yellow-bellied Water Skink Eulamprus heatwolei70
  2. Jacky Dragon Amphibolurus muricatus24
  3. Cunningham's Skink Egernia cunninghami24
  4. Lace Monitor Varanus varius18
  5. Copper-tailed Ctenotus Ctenotus taeniolatus17
  6. Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus15
  7. Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis guichenoti10
  8. Eastern Stone Gecko Diplodactylus vittatus6
  9. Eastern Three-toed Earless Skink Hemiergis talbingoensis6
  10. Eastern Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis6

Amphibians

  1. Peron's Tree Frog Pengilleyia peronii9
  2. Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera6
  3. Spotted Marsh Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis5
  4. Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii4

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.