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Learn the wildlife of Croajingolong National Park

Australia

1,700 species have research-grade observations inside Croajingolong 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 Fairywren Malurus cyaneus25
  2. Southern Emuwren Stipiturus malachurus23
  3. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis22
  4. Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus22
  5. Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae15
  6. Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus14
  7. Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca12
  8. Pied Currawong Strepera graculina12
  9. Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis12
  10. Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris11

Plants

  1. Common Heath Epacris impressa162
  2. Old man banksia Banksia serrata118
  3. Hairy Fan-flower Scaevola ramosissima117
  4. Blue Dampiera Dampiera stricta109
  5. Pink Matchheads Comesperma ericinum101
  6. Common Correa Correa reflexa99
  7. Sunshine Wattle Acacia terminalis76
  8. Blueberry ash Elaeocarpus reticulatus72
  9. Woolly Xanthosia Xanthosia pilosa71
  10. Sweet Wattle Acacia suaveolens67

Mammals

  1. Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta14
  2. Koala Phascolarctos cinereus12
  3. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula9
  4. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor8
  5. Sambar Rusa unicolor7
  6. Bare-nosed Wombat Vombatus ursinus5
  7. Australian Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes5
  8. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris5

Insects

  1. Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona46
  2. Brown Ringlet Hypocysta metirius33
  3. Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas33
  4. Jade Hunter Austrogomphus ochraceus32
  5. Common Brown Heteronympha merope25
  6. Australian Emerald Dragonfly Hemicordulia australiae24
  7. Dotted Paropsine Leaf Beetle Paropsis atomaria20
  8. Australian Jumper Ant Myrmecia tarsata20
  9. Whitewater Rockmaster Diphlebia lestoides19
  10. Bronze Needle Synlestes weyersii19

Spiders and kin

  1. Megadolomedes johndouglasi14
  2. Leaf-curling Spider Phonognatha graeffei13
  3. Christmas Jewel Spider Austracantha minax9
  4. Enamelled Spider Plebs bradleyi7
  5. Mountain Huntsman Isopeda montana7

Reptiles

  1. Yellow-bellied Water Skink Eulamprus heatwolei156
  2. Black Rock Skink Egernia saxatilis95
  3. Australian Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii94
  4. Lace Monitor Varanus varius92
  5. Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus57
  6. Jacky Dragon Amphibolurus muricatus39
  7. Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis guichenoti22
  8. Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus18
  9. White's Skink Liopholis whitii9
  10. Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis8

Amphibians

  1. Lesueur's Stony-creek Frog Rhyaconastes lesueuri41
  2. Narrow-fringed Frog Dryopsophus nudidigitus34
  3. Blue Mountains Tree Frog Dryopsophus citropa18
  4. Peron's Tree Frog Pengilleyia peronii18
  5. Green-and-Golden Bell Frog Ranoidea aurea14
  6. Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera11
  7. Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii10

Fish

  1. Common Galaxias Galaxias maculatus19
  2. Striped gudgeon Gobiomorphus australis7
  3. Climbing Galaxias Galaxias brevipinnis7
  4. Australian Long-finned Eel Anguilla reinhardtii5

Mollusks

  1. Spengler's Trumpet Snail Cabestana spengleri7
  2. Variegated limpet Cellana tramoserica6
  3. Greater Argonaut Argonauta argo5
  4. Helicarion cuvieri5

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.