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Learn the wildlife of Girraween National Park

Australia

1,180 species have research-grade observations inside Girraween 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. Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans121
  2. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops120
  3. Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus102
  4. Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata86
  5. Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus62
  6. White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis61
  7. Pied Currawong Strepera graculina56
  8. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis56
  9. Gray Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica51
  10. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae50

Plants

  1. Flannel Flower Actinotus helianthi150
  2. Leionema rotundifolium143
  3. Acrothamnus melaleucoides132
  4. Boronia amabilis118
  5. Conesticks Petrophile canescens108
  6. Grevillea viridiflava98
  7. Urn heath Melichrus urceolatus89
  8. White sour bush Choretrum candollei89
  9. Cotton Bush Spyridium scortechinii87
  10. Australian parsnip Trachymene incisa85

Mammals

  1. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus252
  2. Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus164
  3. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula53
  4. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor50
  5. Spotted-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus20
  6. Eastern Ring-tailed Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus12
  7. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris11
  8. Wild Boar Sus scrofa10
  9. Koala Phascolarctos cinereus8
  10. Bare-nosed Wombat Vombatus ursinus8

Insects

  1. Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas183
  2. Swamp Tigertail Synthemis eustalacta153
  3. Yellow-striped Hunter Austrogomphus guerini147
  4. Red Bull Ant Myrmecia gulosa135
  5. Common Brown Heteronympha merope129
  6. Wandering Ringtail Austrolestes leda120
  7. Jade Hunter Austrogomphus ochraceus104
  8. Ringed Xenica Geitoneura acantha98
  9. Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caledonicum85
  10. Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes82

Spiders and kin

  1. Black rock scorpion Urodacus manicatus20
  2. Grey Huntsman Spider Holconia immanis16
  3. Eastern Banded Huntsman Holconia insignis13
  4. Isopeda girraween8
  5. Social Huntsman Spider Delena cancerides7
  6. Plumed Peacock Spider Maratus plumosus6
  7. Redback Spider Latrodectus hasselti5
  8. Marbled Scorpion Lychas variatus5
  9. Australian Golden Orbweaver Trichonephila edulis5
  10. Christmas Jewel Spider Austracantha minax4

Reptiles

  1. Eastern Water Skink Eulamprus quoyii242
  2. Cunningham's Skink Egernia cunninghami167
  3. Jacky Dragon Amphibolurus muricatus116
  4. Australian Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii87
  5. Nobbi Dragon Diporiphora nobbi73
  6. Lesueur's Velvet Gecko Amalosia lesueurii67
  7. Wyberba Leaf-tailed Gecko Saltuarius wyberba56
  8. Copper-tailed Ctenotus Ctenotus taeniolatus42
  9. Southern Spotted Velvet Gecko Oedura tryoni41
  10. Dark Bar-sided Skink Concinnia martini37

Amphibians

  1. Eastern Stony-creek Frog Rhyaconastes wilcoxii150
  2. Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii54
  3. Broad-palmed Rocket Frog Litoria latopalmata53
  4. Peron's Tree Frog Pengilleyia peronii52
  5. Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Drymomantis fallax21
  6. Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera18
  7. Desert Trilling Frog Neobatrachus sudelli9
  8. Verreaux's Tree Frog Rawlinsonia verreauxii9
  9. Ornate Burrowing Frog Platyplectrum ornatum8
  10. Beeping Froglet Crinia parinsignifera7

Fish

  1. Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki15
  2. River Blackfish Gadopsis marmorata13
  3. Goldfish Carassius auratus6

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.