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Learn the wildlife of Hoang Lien National Park

Vietnam

306 species have research-grade observations inside Hoang Lien 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. Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus12
  2. Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine9
  3. White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus6
  4. Manipur Fulvetta Fulvetta manipurensis3
  5. Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus superciliaris3
  6. Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor3
  7. Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis2
  8. Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae2
  9. Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus2
  10. White Wagtail Motacilla alba2

Plants

  1. Pink knotweed Persicaria capitata6
  2. Persian violet melastome Sarcopyramis napalensis5
  3. Gentiana lowryi5
  4. Luculia gratissima4
  5. Carex baccans4
  6. Himalayan Redberry Creeper Hemiphragma heterophyllum4
  7. Primula cardioeides4
  8. Tropical soda-apple Solanum viarum3
  9. Mock strawberry Potentilla indica3
  10. Osbeckia stellata3

Mammals

  1. Shrew Gymnure Neotetracus sinensis3
  2. Indomalayan Bamboo Rat Rhizomys sumatrensis1
  3. Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel Tamiops swinhoei1
  4. Maritime Striped Squirrel Tamiops maritimus1
  5. Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel Belomys pearsonii1
  6. Red-throated Squirrel Dremomys gularis1
  7. Domestic Water Buffalo Bubalus bubalis1
  8. Domestic Cat Felis catus1
  9. Domestic Goat Capra hircus1
  10. Indochinese Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista marica1

Insects

  1. Green Commodore Sumalia daraxa7
  2. Sympetrum hypomelas5
  3. Tropical Swallowtail Moth Lyssa zampa4
  4. Yam Hawkmoth Theretra nessus3
  5. Ocellated shield bug Cantao ocellatus3
  6. Asian Honey Bee Apis cerana3
  7. Stately Nawab Polyura dolon3
  8. Festive Bumble Bee Bombus festivus3
  9. Anotogaster chaoi2
  10. Tabby Pseudergolis wedah2

Reptiles

  1. Jerdon's Pitviper Protobothrops jerdonii6
  2. Gumprecht's Green Pitviper Trimeresurus gumprechti5
  3. Big-eyed Bamboo Snake Pseudoxenodon macrops3
  4. Tonkin Pit Viper Ovophis tonkinensis2
  5. Guanyinshan Mountain Pitviper Ovophis zhaoermii2
  6. Chapa Mountain Keelback Opisthotropis jacobi1
  7. King Ratsnake Elaphe carinata1
  8. Red Mountain Ratsnake Oreocryptophis porphyraceus1
  9. Chinese water skink Tropidophorus sinicus1
  10. Assam Mountain Snake Plagiopholis nuchalis1

Amphibians

  1. Dubois' Whipping Frog Zhangixalus duboisi3
  2. Jerdon's Tree Frog Hyla annectans2
  3. Bourret's Litter Toad Leptobrachella bourreti2
  4. Paddy Field Frog Fejervarya limnocharis1
  5. Chapa bubble-nest frog Gracixalus gracilipes1
  6. Amolops daorum1
  7. Gracixalus sapaensis1
  8. Chapa Frog Nidirana chapaensis1
  9. Narrow-mouthed Horned Toad Ophryophryne microstoma1
  10. Jingdong Horned Toad Boulenophrys jingdongensis1

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.