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Learn the wildlife of Kaengkrachan Forest Complex National Park

Thailand

2,423 species have research-grade observations inside Kaengkrachan Forest Complex 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. Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris290
  2. White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus229
  3. Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris227
  4. Orange-breasted Trogon Harpactes oreskios218
  5. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus217
  6. Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis208
  7. Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica198
  8. Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea187
  9. Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos162
  10. Common Flameback Dinopium javanense158

Plants

  1. Sapria ram107
  2. Hooded Orchid Dendrobium aphyllum20
  3. Platycerium holttumii20
  4. Pagoda Flower Clerodendrum paniculatum17
  5. Blue Trumpet Vine Thunbergia laurifolia16
  6. Hill glorybower Clerodendrum infortunatum14
  7. African Coromandel Asystasia intrusa14
  8. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica13
  9. Snake pennywort Geophila herbacea13
  10. Distimake vitifolius13

Mammals

  1. Dusky Leaf Monkey Trachypithecus obscurus671
  2. Lar Gibbon Hylobates lar372
  3. Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus274
  4. Lesser Oriental Chevrotain Tragulus kanchil228
  5. Stump-tailed Macaque Macaca arctoides221
  6. Black Giant Squirrel Ratufa bicolor220
  7. Northern Gray-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus caniceps215
  8. Himalayan Striped Squirrel Tamiops mcclellandii204
  9. Northern Treeshrew Tupaia belangeri158
  10. Robinson’s Banded Langur Presbytis robinsoni120

Insects

  1. Marbled Map Cyrestis cocles178
  2. Common Bluebottle Graphium sarpedon146
  3. Dark Blue Tiger Tirumala septentrionis140
  4. Yellow Orange Tip Ixias pyrene136
  5. Red-nosed Lanternfly Pyrops karenius113
  6. Tailed Jay Graphium agamemnon111
  7. Common Jay Graphium doson109
  8. Chain Swordtail Graphium aristeus108
  9. Great Mormon Papilio agenor103
  10. Orange Gull Cepora iudith102

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes187
  2. Long-horned Orbweaver Macracantha arcuata132
  3. Orange-and-black Pear Spider Leucauge fastigata49
  4. Hasselt's Spiny Spider Macracantha hasselti38
  5. Asian Hermit Spider Nephilengys malabarensis34
  6. Ornamental Tree Trunk Spider Herennia multipuncta23
  7. Heteropoda lunula19
  8. Laglaise's Garden Spider Eriovixia laglaizei18
  9. Heterometrus laevigatus15
  10. Leucauge tessellata14

Reptiles

  1. Forest Garden Lizard Calotes emma220
  2. Flat-tailed House Gecko Hemidactylus platyurus140
  3. Tokay Gecko Gekko gecko132
  4. Oriental Whipsnake Ahaetulla prasina129
  5. Clouded Monitor Varanus nebulosus109
  6. Spotted Forest Skink Sphenomorphus maculatus104
  7. Boulenger's Pricklenape Acanthosaura crucigera100
  8. Common Water Monitor Varanus salvator83
  9. Tenasserim Green Pitviper Trimeresurus tenasserimensis78
  10. Asian Forest Tortoise Manouria emys69

Amphibians

  1. Penelope's Hill Frog Clinotarsus penelope50
  2. Blyth's River Frog Limnonectes blythii32
  3. Spot-legged Tree Frog Polypedates megacephalus32
  4. Limnonectes jarujini31
  5. Black-striped Frog Hylarana nigrovittata30
  6. Paddy Field Frog Fejervarya limnocharis29
  7. Smith's Litter Frog Leptobrachium smithi28
  8. Red-webbed Treefrog Rhacophorus rhodopus17
  9. Protruded-vent Treefrog Zhangixalus pachyproctus14
  10. Beautiful Pygmy Frog Microhyla pulchra13

Fish

  1. Red-tailed Snakehead Channa limbata28
  2. Blue Mahseer Barb Neolissochilus stracheyi21
  3. Sidestripe Rasbora Rasbora paviana12
  4. Rhombic Barb Barbodes rhombeus12

Mollusks

  1. Amphidromus glaucolarynx29
  2. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica22
  3. Siamese Common Snail Sarika siamensis21

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.