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Learn the wildlife of Kinglake National Park

Victoria · Australia

1,050 species have research-grade observations inside Kinglake 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. Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae70
  2. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis34
  3. Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans29
  4. Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis26
  5. Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla19
  6. White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea17
  7. Powerful Owl Ninox strenua17
  8. Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus16
  9. White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis13
  10. Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis13

Plants

  1. Common Heath Epacris impressa185
  2. Rosy Heath-myrtle Euryomyrtus ramosissima116
  3. Australian dusty miller Spyridium parvifolium97
  4. Gorse bitter pea Daviesia ulicifolia85
  5. Common Correa Correa reflexa84
  6. Hop goodenia Goodenia ovata80
  7. Prickly moses Acacia verticillata75
  8. Mountain Grevillea Grevillea alpina75
  9. False Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea73
  10. Grevillea repens73

Mammals

  1. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus39
  2. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor18
  3. Bare-nosed Wombat Vombatus ursinus15
  4. Eastern Ring-tailed Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus7
  5. Greater Glider Petauroides volans7
  6. Narrow-toed Feather-tailed Glider Acrobates pygmaeus3
  7. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus3
  8. Sambar Rusa unicolor3

Insects

  1. Common Brown Heteronympha merope35
  2. Klug's Xenica Geitoneura klugii24
  3. Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi23
  4. Red-headed Spider Ant Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus20
  5. Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona18
  6. Banks' Brown Heteronympha banksii18
  7. Shouldered Brown Heteronympha penelope14
  8. Chondropyga gulosa12
  9. Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas11
  10. Inchman Ant Myrmecia forficata11

Spiders and kin

  1. Leaf-curling Spider Phonognatha graeffei9
  2. Enamelled Spider Plebs bradleyi8
  3. Flying Peacock Spider Maratus volans6
  4. Eastern Bush Orbweaver Plebs eburnus5
  5. Common Peacock Spider Maratus pavonis4
  6. Christmas Jewel Spider Austracantha minax4
  7. Forest Scorpion Cercophonius squama3

Reptiles

  1. Mountain Dragon Rankinia diemensis32
  2. Southern Water Skink Eulamprus tympanum17
  3. Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus15
  4. Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis guichenoti15
  5. Jacky Dragon Amphibolurus muricatus9
  6. Lace Monitor Varanus varius9
  7. Eastern Small-eyed Snake Cryptophis nigrescens5
  8. Trunk-climbing Skink Pseudemoia spenceri5
  9. White-lipped Snake Drysdalia coronoides5
  10. McCoy's Skink Anepischetosia maccoyi3

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.