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Learn the wildlife of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

Australia

1,852 species have research-grade observations inside Ku-ring-gai Chase 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. Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami242
  2. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae142
  3. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops131
  4. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles129
  5. Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera101
  6. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis99
  7. White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger98
  8. Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae97
  9. Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata95
  10. White-bellied Sea-Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster92

Plants

  1. Mountain Devil Lambertia formosa413
  2. Pink Spider Flower Grevillea sericea401
  3. Pink wax flower Eriostemon australasius390
  4. Sydney Boronia Boronia ledifolia375
  5. Waratah Telopea speciosissima363
  6. Grey Spider Flower Grevillea buxifolia351
  7. Narrow-leaf Drumsticks Isopogon anethifolius339
  8. Pine-leaf Geebung Persoonia pinifolia327
  9. Dwarf apple Angophora hispida325
  10. Red Spider Flower Grevillea speciosa304

Mammals

  1. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor291
  2. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus51
  3. Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta25
  4. Eastern Pygmy Possum Cercartetus nana20
  5. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula20
  6. Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps18
  7. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus14
  8. Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii10

Insects

  1. Common Brown Heteronympha merope106
  2. Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona105
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera96
  4. Jumping Jack Ant Myrmecia nigrocincta75
  5. Brown Ringlet Hypocysta metirius69
  6. Australian Jumper Ant Myrmecia tarsata68
  7. Double-headed Hawkmoth Coequosa triangularis64
  8. Australian Red Bull Ant Myrmecia simillima55
  9. Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas54
  10. Botany Bay Diamond Weevil Chrysolopus spectabilis53

Spiders and kin

  1. Tiger Spider Trichonephila plumipes138
  2. Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope keyserlingi55
  3. Silver Orb Spider Leucauge dromedaria21
  4. Eastern Bush Orbweaver Plebs eburnus15
  5. White-spotted Swift Spider Nyssus albopunctatus15
  6. Red-tipped Crab Spider Sidymella rubrosignata12
  7. Ant-eater Jumping Spider Zenodorus orbiculatus10

Reptiles

  1. Lace Monitor Varanus varius618
  2. Cunningham's Skink Egernia cunninghami155
  3. Eastern Water Skink Eulamprus quoyii124
  4. Australian Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii76
  5. Carpet Python Morelia spilota70
  6. Common Scaly-foot Pygopus lepidopodus35
  7. Southern Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus30
  8. Copper-tailed Ctenotus Ctenotus taeniolatus30
  9. Eastern Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata24
  10. Golden-crowned Snake Cacophis squamulosus22

Amphibians

  1. Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera116
  2. Giant Burrowing Frog Heleioporus australiacus51
  3. Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Drymomantis fallax37
  4. Red-crowned Toadlet Pseudophryne australis36
  5. Leaf Green Tree Frog Dryopsophus phyllochrous26
  6. Wallum Rocket Frog Litoria freycineti22

Fish

  1. Yellowfin Bream Acanthopagrus australis69
  2. Sand Whiting Sillago ciliata13
  3. Australasian Snapper Chrysophrys auratus13

Mollusks

  1. Gold-mouthed Conniwink Bembicium auratum26
  2. Red Triangle Slug Triboniophorus graeffei21
  3. Little Blue Periwinkle Austrolittorina unifasciata17
  4. Variegated limpet Cellana tramoserica16
  5. Sydney Rock Oyster Saccostrea glomerata11
  6. Striped-mouth Conniwink Bembicium nanum10

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.