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Learn the wildlife of Main Range National Park

Australia

1,270 species have research-grade observations inside Main Range 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. Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus127
  2. Albert's Lyrebird Menura alberti81
  3. Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii52
  4. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis51
  5. Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys50
  6. Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans38
  7. Yellow-throated Scrubwren Neosericornis citreogularis38
  8. White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis33
  9. Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla32
  10. Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki31

Plants

  1. Giant Stinging Tree Dendrocnide excelsa108
  2. Giant spear lily Doryanthes palmeri78
  3. Roseleaf bramble Rubus rosifolius72
  4. Orange thorn Pittosporum multiflorum70
  5. Kangaroo Vine Apocissus antarctica68
  6. Brush Pepperbush Tasmannia insipida66
  7. Molucca Bramble Rubus moluccanus63
  8. Large pennywort Hydrocotyle pedicellosa61
  9. False Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea59
  10. Scrub turpentine Rhodamnia rubescens58

Mammals

  1. Short-eared Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus caninus63
  2. Red-necked Pademelon Thylogale thetis43
  3. Red-legged Pademelon Thylogale stigmatica33
  4. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula22
  5. Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus19
  6. Eastern Ring-tailed Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus15
  7. Koala Phascolarctos cinereus15
  8. Australian Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes15
  9. Long-nosed Potoroo Potorous tridactylus14
  10. Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus9

Insects

  1. Brown Ringlet Hypocysta metirius60
  2. Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas47
  3. Yellow Admiral Vanessa itea43
  4. Speckled Line-Blue Catopyrops florinda34
  5. Southern Whitetip Episynlestes albicaudus33
  6. Monarch Danaus plexippus29
  7. Splendid Ochre Trapezites symmomus26
  8. Wonder Brown Heteronympha mirifica24
  9. Lesser Grass Blue Zizina otis23
  10. Yellow-spotted Blue Candalides xanthospilos22

Spiders and kin

  1. Grey Huntsman Spider Holconia immanis9
  2. Australian Paralysis Tick Ixodes holocyclus9
  3. Speechley's Arkys Arkys speechleyi7
  4. Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope keyserlingi4

Reptiles

  1. Carpet Python Morelia spilota66
  2. Southern Angle-Headed Dragon Lophosaurus spinipes65
  3. Australian Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii55
  4. Lace Monitor Varanus varius43
  5. Marsh Snake Hemiaspis signata25
  6. Rough-scaled Snake Tropidechis carinatus22
  7. Eastern Crevice Skink Egernia mcpheei22
  8. Major Skink Bellatorias frerei18
  9. Yellow-faced Whipsnake Demansia psammophis13
  10. Cunningham's Skink Egernia cunninghami11

Amphibians

  1. Great Barred Frog Mixophyes fasciolatus39
  2. Eastern Stony-creek Frog Rhyaconastes wilcoxii23
  3. Fletcher's Frog Platyplectrum fletcheri16
  4. Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii14
  5. Red-eyed Tree Frog Chlorohyla chloris14
  6. Cascade Tree Frog Dryopsophus pearsonianus14
  7. Cane Toad Rhinella marina5

Mollusks

  1. Hyaline Semi-slug Mysticarion hyalinus39
  2. Red Triangle Slug Triboniophorus graeffei34
  3. Southern flat-coiled snail Pedinogyra rotabilis6

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.