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Learn the wildlife of Great Otway National Park

Victoria · Australia

2,899 species have research-grade observations inside Great Otway 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 cyaneus264
  2. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis255
  3. Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans139
  4. White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis138
  5. Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla118
  6. Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata107
  7. Gray Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica96
  8. Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis95
  9. Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa90
  10. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae87

Plants

  1. Common Heath Epacris impressa414
  2. Waxlip Orchid Glossodia major326
  3. Man fern Dicksonia antarctica247
  4. Rosy Hyacinth Orchid Dipodium roseum246
  5. Wallflower orchid Diuris orientis235
  6. Thick-lipped spider-orchid Caladenia cardiochila215
  7. Prickly Currant-Bush Coprosma quadrifida212
  8. Prickly moses Acacia verticillata201
  9. Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis200
  10. Hop goodenia Goodenia ovata195

Mammals

  1. Koala Phascolarctos cinereus452
  2. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus143
  3. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor136
  4. Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus79
  5. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus70
  6. Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis44
  7. Eastern Ring-tailed Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus33
  8. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula25
  9. Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus25
  10. Australian Swamp Rat Rattus lutreolus23

Insects

  1. Common Brown Heteronympha merope93
  2. Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi71
  3. Jack Jumper Ant Myrmecia pilosula62
  4. Black-scaped Bull ant Myrmecia nigriscapa60
  5. Otway Glowworm Arachnocampa otwayensis59
  6. Imperial Jezebel Delias harpalyce57
  7. Yellow Admiral Vanessa itea55
  8. Inchman Ant Myrmecia forficata55
  9. Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona49
  10. Varied Dusky-blue Erina hyacinthina45

Spiders and kin

  1. Christmas Jewel Spider Austracantha minax41
  2. Forest Scorpion Cercophonius squama34
  3. Eastern Bush Orbweaver Plebs eburnus32
  4. Mountain Huntsman Isopeda montana29
  5. Novaranea courti23
  6. Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider Arkys walckenaeri22
  7. Slender Green Orbweaver Araneus talipedatus22
  8. Otway Cave Spider Progradungula otwayensis20
  9. Enamelled Spider Plebs bradleyi19

Reptiles

  1. Southern Water Skink Eulamprus tympanum131
  2. Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus106
  3. Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis guichenoti58
  4. Jacky Dragon Amphibolurus muricatus57
  5. Lowlands Copperhead Austrelaps superbus30
  6. Blotched Bluetongue Tiliqua nigrolutea28

Mollusks

  1. Otway Black Snail Victaphanta compacta344
  2. Cystopelta bassiana93
  3. Helicarion cuvieri74
  4. Chloritobadistes victoriae66
  5. Little Blue Periwinkle Austrolittorina unifasciata41
  6. Common Warrener Lunella undulata40
  7. Southern ribbed top snail Austrocochlea constricta38
  8. Variegated limpet Cellana tramoserica36
  9. Lineated cominella Cominella lineolata35
  10. Striped-mouth Conniwink Bembicium nanum34

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.