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Learn the wildlife of Kakum National Park

Ghana

519 species have research-grade observations inside Kakum 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. West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus44
  2. Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris27
  3. Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus26
  4. Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri25
  5. Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis21
  6. African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus20
  7. Pied Crow Corvus albus20
  8. Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis19
  9. African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus17
  10. Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis17

Plants

  1. African corkwood tree Musanga cecropioides19
  2. Ground Pineapple Thonningia sanguinea14
  3. Mistletoe Cactus Rhipsalis baccifera9
  4. Cacao tree Theobroma cacao6
  5. Triangle staghorn fern Platycerium stemaria6
  6. Spanish Shawl Heterotis rotundifolia6
  7. Cola chlamydantha5
  8. Heisteria parvifolia5
  9. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica4
  10. Bloodlily Scadoxus multiflorus4

Mammals

  1. Lowe's Monkey Cercopithecus lowei32
  2. Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus petaurista26
  3. Small Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus punctatus15
  4. Pel's Anomalure Anomalurus pelii13
  5. Forest Giant Squirrel Protoxerus stangeri13
  6. West African Potto Perodicticus potto10
  7. Red-legged Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus rufobrachium6
  8. Forest Giant Pouched Rat Cricetomys emini4
  9. Cyclops roundleaf bat Doryrhina cyclops4
  10. Hammer-headed Fruit Bat Hypsignathus monstrosus1

Insects

  1. Common Yellow Glider Cymothoe egesta37
  2. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone17
  3. Soldier Commodore Junonia terea13
  4. Incipient False Acraea Pseudacraea warburgi12
  5. Forest Glade Nymph Aterica galene11
  6. Grey Smoky Blue Euchrysops malathana11
  7. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus9
  8. Blue Diadem Butterfly Hypolimnas salmacis9
  9. Lucia Widow Palpopleura lucia8
  10. Little Pansy Junonia sophia8

Spiders and kin

  1. African Hermit Spider Nephilingis cruentata5
  2. Common Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator4
  3. Argiope flavipalpis4
  4. Gasteracantha curvispina3
  5. Trichonephila turneri2
  6. Nephila constricta1
  7. Featherleg Baboon Spider Stromatopelma calceatum1
  8. Acrosomoides linnaei1
  9. Greenbanded Vlei Spider Leucauge auronotum1
  10. Platythomisus insignis1

Reptiles

  1. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda26
  2. Banded Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus fasciatus20
  3. Senegal Mabuya Trachylepis affinis10
  4. Green Bush Viper Atheris chlorechis6
  5. Western Green Mamba Dendroaspis viridis4
  6. Rainbow Agama Agama agama4
  7. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia4
  8. Speckle-lipped Mabuya Trachylepis maculilabris3
  9. Cameroon Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus conraui2
  10. Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia2

Amphibians

  1. Togo Toad Sclerophrys togoensis5
  2. Bobiri Reed Frog Hyperolius sylvaticus3
  3. Lime Reed Frog Hyperolius fusciventris3
  4. Coast River Frog Phrynobatrachus plicatus3
  5. Mottled Squeaker Arthroleptis poecilonotus2
  6. Boutry River Frog Phrynobatrachus calcaratus1
  7. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis1
  8. African foam-nest tree frog Chiromantis rufescens1
  9. Hallowell's Toad Sclerophrys maculata1

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.