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Learn the wildlife of Golden Gate Highlands National Park

Free State · South Africa

938 species have research-grade observations inside Golden Gate Highlands 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. Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio46
  2. African Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor40
  3. Cape Griffon Gyps coprotheres35
  4. African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus33
  5. Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens29
  6. Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus29
  7. Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus28
  8. Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus28
  9. Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne28
  10. Cape Rock-Thrush Monticola rupestris26

Plants

  1. Ouhout Leucosidea sericea161
  2. Blue Squill Merwilla plumbea80
  3. Firesticks Diospyros austro-africana61
  4. Grassveld Currantrhus Searsia discolor60
  5. Lion Spoor Euphorbia clavarioides59
  6. Sagewood Buddleja salviifolia45
  7. Foxtail Heath Erica alopecurus45
  8. Large Mountain Ink Flower Cycnium racemosum43
  9. African wormwood Artemisia afra40
  10. Thick-leaved gladiolus Gladiolus crassifolius40

Mammals

  1. Black Wildebeest Connochaetes gnou114
  2. Plains Zebra Equus quagga60
  3. Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus53
  4. Bontebok/Blesbok Damaliscus pygargus52
  5. Black-backed Jackal Lupulella mesomelas49
  6. Grey Rhebok Pelea capreolus29
  7. Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus27
  8. Common Eland Tragelaphus oryx27
  9. Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis15
  10. Mountain Reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula5

Insects

  1. Garden Acraea Acraea horta39
  2. Mountain Malachite Chlorolestes fasciatus17
  3. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta14
  4. Pirate Catacroptera cloanthe13
  5. Tiger Fruit Chafer Atrichelaphinis tigrina12
  6. African Meadow White Pontia helice10
  7. Gastrida abdominalis10
  8. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus9
  9. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui8
  10. Spotted Maize Beetle Astylus atromaculatus8

Reptiles

  1. Speckled Rock Skink Trachylepis punctatissima35
  2. Southern Rock Agama Agama atra30
  3. Burchell's Sand Lizard Pedioplanis burchelli19
  4. Rhombic Skaapsteker Psammophylax rhombeatus6
  5. Transvaal Snake Lizard Chamaesaura aenea6
  6. Olive House Snake Elaiophis inornatus4
  7. Common Crag Lizard Pseudocordylus melanotus4
  8. Common rinkhals Hemachatus haemachatus3
  9. Berg Adder Bitis atropos3
  10. Mole Snake Pseudaspis cana2

Amphibians

  1. Cloud Toad Vandijkophrynus nubicola13
  2. Raucous Toad Sclerophrys capensis11
  3. Common River Frog Amietia delalandii9
  4. Weale's Running Frog Semnodactylus wealii3
  5. Clicking Stream Frog Strongylopus grayii3
  6. Guttural Toad Sclerophrys gutturalis3

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.