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Learn the wildlife of Kenting National Park

Taiwan

3,103 species have research-grade observations inside Kenting 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. Gray-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus181
  2. Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus95
  3. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus90
  4. Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius72
  5. Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus69
  6. Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis62
  7. Gray Treepie Dendrocitta formosae61
  8. Eastern Cattle-Egret Ardea coromanda61
  9. Osprey Pandion haliaetus56
  10. Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra51

Plants

  1. Screw-pine Pandanus odorifer377
  2. Bantigue Pemphis acidula320
  3. Dye foldwing Dicliptera tinctoria282
  4. Tropical speedwell Evolvulus alsinoides272
  5. Aglaia formosana227
  6. Dye fig Ficus tinctoria197
  7. Manila Champereia Champereia manillana196
  8. Malbau Premna serratifolia193
  9. Gymnosporia diversifolia184
  10. Spiny Date Palm Phoenix loureiroi178

Mammals

  1. Formosan Rock Macaque Macaca cyclopis189
  2. Sika Deer Cervus nippon87
  3. Pallas' Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus28
  4. Domestic Cat Felis catus25
  5. Great Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros armiger16
  6. Wild Boar Sus scrofa16

Insects

  1. Rice Paper Butterfly Idea leuconoe352
  2. Purple Crow Butterfly Euploea tulliolus227
  3. Common Mormon Swallowtail Papilio polytes133
  4. Lemon Pansy Junonia lemonias99
  5. Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger Ideopsis similis88
  6. Rustic Cupha erymanthis82
  7. Large Green Grasshopper Chondracris rosea77
  8. Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina75
  9. Chocolate Albatross Appias lyncida73
  10. Neurothemis taiwanensis49

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes52
  2. Taiwan whipscorpion Typopeltis crucifer52
  3. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria18

Reptiles

  1. Taiwan Japalure Diploderma swinhonis294
  2. Chinese Green Tree Viper Trimeresurus stejnegeri90
  3. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus59
  4. Brown Forest Skink Sphenomorphus incognitus54
  5. Chinese Green Snake Ptyas major48
  6. Brown spotted pitviper Protobothrops mucrosquamatus46
  7. Hokou Gecko Gekko hokouensis42
  8. Many-banded Krait Bungarus multicinctus40
  9. Longtail Mabuya Eutropis longicaudata39
  10. Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle Mauremys sinensis35

Amphibians

  1. Asian Common Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus73
  2. East Asian Ornate Chorus Frog Microhyla fissipes63
  3. LaTouche's Frog Hylarana latouchii53
  4. Paddy Field Frog Fejervarya limnocharis46
  5. Ota's stream tree frog Buergeria otai46

Fish

  1. Tomato Clownfish Amphiprion frenatus40
  2. Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus40
  3. Common Lionfish Pterois volitans30
  4. Checkerboard Wrasse Halichoeres hortulanus30
  5. Semicircle Angelfish Pomacanthus semicirculatus30
  6. Snowflake Moray Echidna nebulosa28
  7. Convict Surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus27
  8. Clark's Anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii26
  9. Vagabond Butterflyfish Chaetodon vagabundus23
  10. Sixbar Wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke23

Mollusks

  1. Satsuma batanica372
  2. Leptopoma taivanum79
  3. Acusta toyenmongaiensis55
  4. Acanthopleura spinosa35
  5. Black-and-white Cone Snail Conus ebraeus34
  6. Pleated Nerite Nerita plicata30
  7. White-speckled Seahare Aplysia argus30
  8. Blue Dragon Pteraeolidia semperi25
  9. Noah's Giant Clam Tridacna noae25
  10. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica23

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.