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Learn the wildlife of Egmont National Park

Taranaki · New Zealand

1,206 species have research-grade observations inside Egmont 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. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala91
  2. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae39
  3. Tūī Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae25
  4. Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos23
  5. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa20
  6. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris19
  7. Grey Gerygone Gerygone igata18
  8. North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx mantelli18
  9. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis18
  10. New Zealand Fernbird Poodytes punctatus14

Plants

  1. Mountain foxglove Ourisia macrophylla352
  2. Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia276
  3. Mountain Cabbage Tree Cordyline indivisa166
  4. Kāmahi Pterophylla racemosa165
  5. Dracophyllum filifolium163
  6. Anaphalioides alpina157
  7. Koromiko Veronica stricta142
  8. Bog Mountain Daisy Celmisia glandulosa141
  9. Mountain Horopito Pseudowintera colorata139
  10. Common tree daisy Olearia arborescens139

Mammals

  1. Black Rat Rattus rattus33
  2. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula28
  3. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus12
  4. Eurasian Stoat Mustela erminea9

Insects

  1. Astelia zig-zag moth Charixena iridoxa34
  2. Hemiandrus pallitarsis27
  3. New Zealand Striped Longhorn Navomorpha lineata22
  4. Miotopus richardsae22
  5. Talitropsis sedilloti18
  6. Forest Semilooper Declana floccosa17
  7. Large Striped Carpet Asaphodes clarata16
  8. Chalastra pellurgata14
  9. Anderus brucei14
  10. Catoptes binodis13

Spiders and kin

  1. Shelob inconstans23
  2. Green Orbweb Spider Colaranea viriditas22
  3. Square-ended Crab Spider Sidymella angularis18
  4. Puwere pureora18
  5. Ischalea spinipes17
  6. Tawhai arborea17
  7. Colaranea brunnea12
  8. Algidia chiltoni7
  9. Pantopsalis cheliferoides7
  10. Colaranea verutum6

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.