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Learn the wildlife of Kosciuszko National Park

New South Wales · Australia

1,772 species have research-grade observations inside Kosciuszko 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. Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea214
  2. Australian Pipit Anthus australis112
  3. Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans105
  4. Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum77
  5. Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata60
  6. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa53
  7. Pied Currawong Strepera graculina53
  8. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen51
  9. Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang37
  10. Australian Raven Corvus coronoides33

Plants

  1. Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora525
  2. Purple eyebright Euphrasia collina403
  3. Mountain celery Aciphylla glacialis308
  4. Candle heath Richea continentis264
  5. Alpine mint bush Prostanthera cuneata248
  6. Alpine sunray Leucochrysum alpinum222
  7. Golden shaggy-pea Oxylobium ellipticum218
  8. Alpine Hovea Hovea montana210
  9. Mueller’s Snow-gentian Gentianella muelleriana192
  10. Carpet heath Pentachondra pumila182

Mammals

  1. Domestic Horse Equus caballus254
  2. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus200
  3. Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus166
  4. European Fallow Deer Dama dama125
  5. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus44
  6. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor42
  7. Bare-nosed Wombat Vombatus ursinus42
  8. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula38
  9. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus30
  10. Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus29

Insects

  1. Spotted Mountain-grasshopper Monistria concinna292
  2. Mountain Katydid Acripeza reticulata173
  3. Paropsis augusta155
  4. Correa Brown Oreixenica correae93
  5. Chameleon Grasshopper Kosciuscola tristis88
  6. Plague Soldier Beetle Chauliognathus lugubris81
  7. Orichora Brown Oreixenica orichora55
  8. Lesser Grass Blue Zizina otis54
  9. Alpine Metallic Cockroach Polyzosteria viridissima49
  10. Southern Tigertail Eusynthemis guttata48

Spiders and kin

  1. Enamelled Spider Plebs bradleyi27
  2. Alpine Funnel-web Hadronyche alpina12
  3. Tasmanian Football Spider Neosparassus patellatus8

Reptiles

  1. Highlands Copperhead Austrelaps ramsayi145
  2. White-lipped Snake Drysdalia coronoides52
  3. Cunningham's Skink Egernia cunninghami51
  4. Blotched Bluetongue Tiliqua nigrolutea49
  5. Guthega Skink Liopholis guthega49
  6. Southern Water Skink Eulamprus tympanum44
  7. Southern Grass Skink Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii40
  8. Yellow-bellied Water Skink Eulamprus heatwolei37
  9. Australian Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii32
  10. Tussock Skink Pseudemoia pagenstecheri26

Amphibians

  1. Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera24
  2. Verreaux's Tree Frog Rawlinsonia verreauxii23
  3. Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii11

Fish

  1. Brown Trout Salmo trutta20
  2. Mountain Galaxias Galaxias olidus17
  3. Kosciuszko Galaxias Galaxias supremus9
  4. Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss8

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.