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Learn the wildlife of Khao Pu - Khao Ya National Park

Thailand

329 species have research-grade observations inside Khao Pu - Khao Ya 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. Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella4
  2. Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela3
  3. Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica3
  4. Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum3
  5. Streaked Wren-Babbler Gypsophila brevicaudata3
  6. Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris2
  7. Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius2
  8. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma2
  9. Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis2
  10. Ochraceous Bulbul Alophoixus ochraceus2

Plants

  1. Black bat flower Tacca chantrieri3
  2. Purple Cleome Cleome rutidosperma2
  3. Willdenow's spikemoss Selaginella willdenowii2
  4. Satin pothos Scindapsus pictus2
  5. Jewel orchid Ludisia discolor2
  6. Trailing Watermelon Begonia Procris repens2
  7. Asian Water Hyacinth Pontederia hastata2
  8. Snake pennywort Geophila herbacea2
  9. Torch ginger Etlingera elatior1
  10. Mexican sunflower Tithonia diversifolia1

Mammals

  1. Trefoil Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus trifoliatus3
  2. Himalayan Striped Squirrel Tamiops mcclellandii2
  3. Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus luctus1
  4. Bicolored roundleaf bat Hipposideros bicolor1
  5. Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis1
  6. Greater Long-tongued Fruit Bat Macroglossus sobrinus1
  7. Indomalayan Long-tailed Giant Rat Leopoldamys sabanus1

Insects

  1. Malayan Jungle Nymph Heteropteryx dilatata8
  2. Asian Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina3
  3. Treehugger Tyriobapta torrida3
  4. Orange Albatross Appias nero3
  5. Giant Honey Bee Apis dorsata3
  6. Giant Forest Ant Dinomyrmex gigas3
  7. Pyrops connectens3
  8. Camponotus festinus3
  9. Lemon Pansy Junonia lemonias2
  10. Yellow featherlegs Copera marginipes2

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes7
  2. David Bowie Spider Heteropoda davidbowie6
  3. Heteropoda boiei3
  4. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus2
  5. Dwarf Wood Scorpion Liocheles australasiae2
  6. Lychas scutilus2
  7. Common Housefly Catcher Plexippus petersi1
  8. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli1
  9. Abandoned-web Orb-weaver Parawixia dehaani1
  10. Long-horned Orbweaver Macracantha arcuata1

Reptiles

  1. Forest Garden Lizard Calotes emma21
  2. Thai Bow-fingered Gecko Cyrtodactylus zebraicus18
  3. Blanford's Flying Lizard Draco blanfordii14
  4. Khao Chong Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus lekaguli11
  5. Cambodian Flying Gecko Gekko tokehos10
  6. Green-headed Cat Snake Boiga bengkuluensis7
  7. Oriental Whipsnake Ahaetulla prasina6
  8. Thai Garden Lizard Calotes thailandensis6
  9. Red-tailed Green Ratsnake Gonyosoma oxycephalum5
  10. Southern Short-horned Pricklenape Acanthosaura meridiona5

Amphibians

  1. River Toad Phrynoidis asper14
  2. Paddy Field Frog Fejervarya limnocharis7
  3. Tenasserim White-lipped Frog Hylarana eschatia6
  4. Malayan Stream Frog Hylarana malayana5
  5. Common Southeast Asian Tree Frog Polypedates leucomystax4
  6. Rough-sided frog Hylarana glandulosa4
  7. Smith's Litter Frog Leptobrachium smithi2
  8. Berdmore's Narrow-mouthed Frog Microhyla berdmorei2
  9. Blyth's River Frog Limnonectes blythii2
  10. Perak Horned Frog Grillitschia aceras2

Fish

  1. Red-tailed Snakehead Channa limbata3
  2. Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei2
  3. Bornean Leaffish Nandus nebulosus2
  4. Spanner Barb Striuntius lateristriga2
  5. Spotted Barb Barbodes binotatus1

Mollusks

  1. Rhiostoma samuiense2
  2. Siamese Common Snail Sarika siamensis2
  3. Quilted Melania Tarebia granifera1
  4. Valiguna flava1
  5. Hemiplecta salangana1

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.