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Learn the wildlife of Haleakalā National Park

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607 species have research-grade observations inside Haleakalā 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. Chukar Alectoris chukar690
  2. Hawaiian Goose Branta sandvicensis313
  3. ʻIʻiwi Drepanis coccinea231
  4. ʻApapane Himatione sanguinea148
  5. Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata43
  6. Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus43
  7. House Sparrow Passer domesticus41
  8. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus37
  9. Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus25
  10. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis21

Plants

  1. Kūpaoa Dubautia menziesii807
  2. Pūkiawe Leptecophylla tameiameiae634
  3. Fragrant evening-primrose Oenothera stricta461
  4. Māmane Sophora chrysophylla449
  5. 'ohelo 'ai Vaccinium reticulatum431
  6. Pilo Coprosma montana241
  7. Common bracken Pteridium aquilinum188
  8. 'Aiakanene Coprosma ernodeoides154
  9. Thatch screwpine Pandanus tectorius153
  10. Ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata141

Mammals

  1. Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata25
  2. Wild Boar Sus scrofa5
  3. Domestic Goat Capra hircus5
  4. House Mouse Mus musculus4
  5. Domestic Cattle Bos taurus2
  6. Domestic Cat Felis catus2
  7. Black Rat Rattus rattus1

Insects

  1. Large Spotted Ladybird Harmonia conformis38
  2. Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens36
  3. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata34
  4. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera24
  5. Phimenes curvatus19
  6. Pea Blue Lampides boeticus17
  7. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae14
  8. Hawaiian Blue Udara blackburni14
  9. Yellow Crazy Ant Anoplolepis gracilipes13
  10. Ashy Gray Lady Beetle Olla v-nigrum13

Spiders and kin

  1. Hawaiian Garden Spider Argiope appensa61
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis20
  3. Hogna hawaiiensis18
  4. Asian Spinybacked Orbweaver Thelacantha brevispina16
  5. Hawaiian Happy Face Spider Theridion grallator5
  6. Mecaphesa kanakana5
  7. Black Cobweb Spider Steatoda capensis4
  8. Common Web-spider Neoscona theisi4
  9. Ascyltus pterygodes3
  10. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria2

Reptiles

  1. Green Anole Anolis carolinensis12
  2. Gold Dust Day Gecko Phelsuma laticauda11
  3. Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis delicata6
  4. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris5
  5. Common Four-clawed Gecko Gehyra mutilata2
  6. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus2
  7. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei2
  8. Indo-Pacific House Gecko Hemidactylus garnotii1

Amphibians

  1. Cane Toad Rhinella marina3
  2. Greenhouse Frog Eleutherodactylus planirostris2
  3. Wrinkled Frog Glandirana rugosa1

Mollusks

  1. Garlic Snail Oxychilus alliarius9
  2. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica9
  3. Rosy Wolfsnail Euglandina rosea6
  4. Cuban Leaf Slug Veronicella cubensis6
  5. Leopard Slug Limax maximus3
  6. Tropical Leatherleaf Slug Laevicaulis alte3
  7. Jumping Snail Ovachlamys fulgens2
  8. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum2
  9. Dotted Periwinkle Littoraria pintado1

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. KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.