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Learn the wildlife of Khao Yai National Park

Thailand

2,633 species have research-grade observations inside Khao Yai 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 albirostris349
  2. Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris246
  3. Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus146
  4. Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae144
  5. Moustached Barbet Psilopogon incognitus143
  6. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus140
  7. Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus133
  8. Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus130
  9. Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella124
  10. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti123

Plants

  1. Tropical milkweed Asclepias curassavica99
  2. Malabar Melastome Melastoma malabathricum46
  3. Thismia mirabilis37
  4. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica36
  5. Siam weed Chromolaena odorata36
  6. Red-Lipped Habenaria Habenaria rhodocheila26
  7. Platycerium holttumii24
  8. Bolbitis heteroclita21
  9. Caesar weed Urena lobata20
  10. Turkey Berry Solanum torvum18

Mammals

  1. Northern Red Muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis477
  2. Northern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca leonina196
  3. Variable Squirrel Callosciurus finlaysonii136
  4. Asian Elephant Elephas maximus120
  5. Sambar Rusa unicolor95
  6. Lar Gibbon Hylobates lar94
  7. Northern Gray-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus caniceps86
  8. Black Giant Squirrel Ratufa bicolor46
  9. Southern Palm Civet Paradoxurus musanga45
  10. Mainland Serow Capricornis sumatraensis39

Insects

  1. Paris Peacock Swallowtail Papilio paris166
  2. Plain flashwing Vestalis gracilis155
  3. Magpie Crow Butterfly Euploea radamanthus132
  4. Russet Percher Neurothemis fulvia128
  5. Crimson Marsh Glider Trithemis aurora104
  6. Common Bluebottle Graphium sarpedon95
  7. White Dragontail Butterfly Lamproptera curius73
  8. Commander Moduza procris65
  9. Euphaea masoni63
  10. Paddyfield Parasol Neurothemis intermedia63

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes217
  2. Long-horned Orbweaver Macracantha arcuata83
  3. Laotian Giant Scorpion Heterometrus laoticus75
  4. Leucauge tessellata60
  5. Asian Hermit Spider Nephilengys malabarensis58
  6. Ornamental Tree Trunk Spider Herennia multipuncta27
  7. Parallel-spined Spiny Orbweaver Gasteracantha diardi21
  8. Hyllus keratodes13
  9. Heavy Jumper Hyllus diardi12
  10. Black-and-white Spiny Spider Gasteracantha kuhli12

Reptiles

  1. Vogel’s Pit Viper Trimeresurus vogeli318
  2. Common Water Monitor Varanus salvator268
  3. Forest Garden Lizard Calotes emma175
  4. Spotted Forest Skink Sphenomorphus maculatus146
  5. Orange-winged Flying Lizard Draco maculatus107
  6. Flat-tailed House Gecko Hemidactylus platyurus97
  7. Common Sun Skink Eutropis multifasciata85
  8. Oriental Whipsnake Ahaetulla prasina73
  9. Cardamom Mountains Pricklenape Acanthosaura cardamomensis55
  10. Lipinia microcerca55

Amphibians

  1. Khorat big-mouthed frog Limnonectes megastomias40
  2. Spot-legged Tree Frog Polypedates megacephalus29
  3. Dark-sided Chorus Frog Microhyla heymonsi25
  4. Mortensen's Frog Hylarana mortenseni25
  5. Asian Common Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus22
  6. Capped Frog Limnonectes gyldenstolpei20
  7. Mukhlesur's Narrow-mouthed Frog Microhyla mukhlesuri20
  8. Tonkin Bug-eyed Frog Theloderma stellatum18
  9. Malcolm's Narrow-mouthed Frog Microhyla malcolmi15
  10. Berdmore's Narrow-mouthed Frog Microhyla berdmorei14

Fish

  1. Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus43
  2. Striped Snakehead Channa striata20
  3. Sidestripe Rasbora Rasbora paviana15
  4. Nichol's Brook Loach Schistura nicholsi11
  5. Guppy Poecilia reticulata10
  6. Three Spot Gourami Trichopodus trichopterus10

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.