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Learn the wildlife of Khao Sok National Park

Thailand

1,278 species have research-grade observations inside Khao Sok 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. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma48
  2. Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni40
  3. Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris31
  4. Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella22
  5. White-bellied Sea-Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster22
  6. Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos22
  7. Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus21
  8. Ornate Sunbird Cinnyris ornatus19
  9. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea17
  10. Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis17

Plants

  1. Rafflesia kerrii45
  2. Willdenow's spikemoss Selaginella willdenowii35
  3. Hanging Lobster Claw Heliconia Heliconia rostrata17
  4. Crêpe ginger Hellenia speciosa13
  5. Torch ginger Etlingera elatior12
  6. Jackfruit Artocarpus heterophyllus11
  7. African Coromandel Asystasia intrusa11
  8. Toothbrush orchid Dendrobium secundum11
  9. Spiny Lasia Lasia spinosa11
  10. Common Swamp Pitcher-Plant Nepenthes mirabilis10

Mammals

  1. Himalayan Striped Squirrel Tamiops mcclellandii13
  2. Northern Gray-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus caniceps11
  3. Diadem Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros diadema9
  4. Southern Palm Civet Paradoxurus musanga8
  5. Great Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros armiger5
  6. Small-toothed Palm Civet Arctogalidia trivirgata5
  7. Banded Linsang Prionodon linsang5
  8. Wild Boar Sus scrofa4
  9. Indochinese Ground Squirrel Menetes berdmorei4
  10. Lesser sheath-tailed bat Emballonura monticola3

Insects

  1. Common Blue Jewel Heliocypha perforata65
  2. Euphaea masoni61
  3. Red-nosed Lanternfly Pyrops karenius58
  4. Common Parasol Neurothemis fluctuans49
  5. Coeliccia didyma38
  6. Rhinagrion viridatum38
  7. Heliocypha biforata37
  8. Blue Midget Mortonagrion aborense36
  9. Green Metalwing Neurobasis chinensis36
  10. Euphaea ochracea35

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes155
  2. Heteropoda boiei51
  3. Lychas scutilus47
  4. Electric Blue Tarantula Chilobrachys natanicharum47
  5. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria41
  6. David Bowie Spider Heteropoda davidbowie29
  7. Heterometrus laevigatus22
  8. Thai Golden Fringe Tarantula Ornithoctonus aureotibialis19
  9. Long-horned Orbweaver Macracantha arcuata15
  10. Asian Hermit Spider Nephilengys malabarensis14

Reptiles

  1. Forest Garden Lizard Calotes emma334
  2. Phuket Pricklenape Acanthosaura phuketensis197
  3. Spotted Forest Skink Sphenomorphus maculatus181
  4. Common Water Monitor Varanus salvator84
  5. Western Mangrove Cat Snake Boiga melanota68
  6. Common Sun Skink Eutropis multifasciata51
  7. Thai Garden Lizard Calotes thailandensis48
  8. Flat-tailed House Gecko Hemidactylus platyurus42
  9. Banded Keelback Rhabdophis nigrocinctus40
  10. Tokay Gecko Gekko gecko40

Amphibians

  1. Tenasserim White-lipped Frog Hylarana eschatia103
  2. Common Southeast Asian Tree Frog Polypedates leucomystax79
  3. Malayan Stream Frog Hylarana malayana65
  4. Penelope's Hill Frog Clinotarsus penelope56
  5. Tenasserim Cascade Frog Amolops panhai47
  6. River Toad Phrynoidis asper46
  7. Green Paddy Frog Hylarana erythraea31
  8. Poisonous Rock Frog Odorrana hosii30
  9. Paddy Field Frog Fejervarya limnocharis28
  10. Asian Painted Frog Kaloula pulchra27

Fish

  1. Tinfoil Barb Barbonymus schwanefeldii38
  2. Spanner Barb Striuntius lateristriga36
  3. Giant Gourami Osphronemus goramy11
  4. Hampala Barb Hampala macrolepidota9
  5. Sidestripe Rasbora Rasbora paviana5
  6. Marbled Goby Oxyeleotris marmorata4
  7. Greater Scissortail Rasbora caudimaculata4
  8. Indochinese Needlefish Xenentodon canciloides4
  9. Red-finned cigar shark Leptobarbus rubripinna3
  10. Rhombic Barb Barbodes rhombeus3

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.