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Learn the wildlife of Jirisan National Park

South Korea

658 species have research-grade observations inside Jirisan 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. Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris58
  2. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos22
  3. Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus21
  4. Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus16
  5. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea13
  6. Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus12
  7. Marsh Tit Poecile palustris12
  8. Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis11
  9. Varied Tit Sittiparus varius8
  10. Oriental Magpie Pica serica8

Plants

  1. Korean maple Acer pseudosieboldianum22
  2. Blunt-lobe spicebush Lindera obtusiloba10
  3. Textor’s touch-me-not Impatiens textorii8
  4. Beaded wood fern Dryopteris bissetiana8
  5. Japanese maple Acer palmatum7
  6. Thick-stemmed woodfern Dryopteris crassirhizoma7
  7. Korean rhododendron Rhododendron mucronulatum7
  8. Dennstaedtia hirsuta6
  9. Warty-barked Spindle Euonymus verrucosus5
  10. Korean fir Abies koreana5

Mammals

  1. Siberian Chipmunk Eutamias sibiricus13
  2. Wild Boar Sus scrofa3
  3. Asian Badger Meles leucurus2
  4. Domestic Cat Felis catus2
  5. Least Weasel Mustela nivalis2
  6. Water Deer Hydropotes inermis1

Insects

  1. Mongolotettix japonicus20
  2. Megaulacobothrus aethalinus18
  3. Maritime Grasshopper Chorthippus maritimus12
  4. Tropical Fritillary Argynnis hyperbius11
  5. Oedaleus infernalis10
  6. Japanese Silk Moth Antheraea yamamai10
  7. Anoplophilus koreanus10
  8. Alpine Black Swallowtail Papilio maackii9
  9. Clown Stink Bug Poecilocoris lewisi9
  10. Elimaea fallax9

Spiders and kin

  1. Dolomedes raptor3
  2. White-eyebrowed Jumping Spider Evarcha albaria2
  3. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi1
  4. Small Cross Spider Argiope minuta1
  5. Phrynarachne katoi1
  6. Telamonia vlijmi1

Reptiles

  1. Ussuri Mamushi Gloydius ussuriensis5
  2. Amur Grass Lizard Takydromus amurensis4
  3. Steppe Ratsnake Elaphe dione1

Amphibians

  1. Oriental Fire-bellied Toad Bombina orientalis9
  2. Imienpo Station frog Glandirana emeljanovi7
  3. Huanren Frog Rana huanrensis7
  4. Water Toad Bufo stejnegeri6
  5. Japanese Tree Frog Dryophytes japonicus6
  6. Black-spotted Frog Pelophylax nigromaculatus4
  7. Korean Clawed Salamander Onychodactylus koreanus4
  8. Ueno's Brown Frog Rana uenoi4
  9. Southern Korean Salamander Hynobius notialis3
  10. Sakhalin Toad Bufo sachalinensis2

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.