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Learn the wildlife of Dadohaehaesang National Park

South Korea

895 species have research-grade observations inside Dadohaehaesang 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. Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris22
  2. Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus20
  3. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea19
  4. Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus18
  5. Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius18
  6. Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana18
  7. Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus18
  8. Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni18
  9. Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala17
  10. White Wagtail Motacilla alba16

Plants

  1. Japanese cheesewood Pittosporum tobira45
  2. Green penny fern Lemmaphyllum microphyllum40
  3. Japanese holly-fern Cyrtomium falcatum34
  4. Japanese fig Ficus erecta33
  5. Mallotus Mallotus japonicus30
  6. Wax-leaf ligustrum Ligustrum japonicum23
  7. Harlequin glorybower Clerodendrum trichotomum21
  8. Beaded wood fern Dryopteris bissetiana21
  9. Coastal hog fennel Peucedanum japonicum20
  10. Japanese climbing fern Lygodium japonicum19

Mammals

  1. Domestic Cat Felis catus7
  2. Siberian Weasel Mustela sibirica3
  3. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2
  4. Black-winged Myotis Myotis rufoniger2

Insects

  1. Chinese Mantis Tenodera sinensis12
  2. Common Bluebottle Graphium sarpedon7
  3. Oides decempunctata7
  4. Common Straight Swift Parnara guttata7
  5. Sipalinus gigas7
  6. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata6
  7. Physopelta parviceps6
  8. Patanga japonica5
  9. Blue Flower Chafer Gametis jucunda5
  10. Japanese Boxer Mantis Acromantis japonica5

Reptiles

  1. Tsushima Ground Skink Scincella vandenburghi7
  2. Manchurian Black Ratsnake Elaphe schrenckii4
  3. Steppe Ratsnake Elaphe dione3
  4. Ussuri Mamushi Gloydius ussuriensis2
  5. Amur Grass Lizard Takydromus amurensis2
  6. Central Asian Pitviper Gloydius intermedius2
  7. Red-banded Snake Lycodon rufozonatus2
  8. Slender Racer Orientocoluber spinalis2

Amphibians

  1. Japanese Tree Frog Dryophytes japonicus27
  2. Korean Small Salamander Hynobius unisacculus19
  3. Black-spotted Frog Pelophylax nigromaculatus4

Fish

  1. Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus6
  2. Chinese Minnow Rhynchocypris oxycephala3
  3. Grey-spotted Puffer Takifugu alboplumbeus2
  4. Korean dwarf loach Cobitis brevifasciata2

Mollusks

  1. Nesiohelix samarangae12
  2. Liolophura japonica9
  3. Meghimatium hongdoensis9
  4. Aplysia kurodai6
  5. Chosenelix problematica6
  6. Satsuma myomphala3
  7. Acila vigilia3
  8. Nassarius castus3
  9. Pacific Sugar Limpet Patelloida saccharina2
  10. Japanese Grata Limpet Cellana grata2

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.