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Learn the wildlife of Mount Buffalo National Park

Victoria · Australia

1,016 species have research-grade observations inside Mount Buffalo 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 phoenicea53
  2. Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans32
  3. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa31
  4. Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides25
  5. White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis21
  6. White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis21
  7. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae20
  8. Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata18
  9. Pied Currawong Strepera graculina16
  10. Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor14

Plants

  1. Alpine shaggy-pea Podolobium alpestre119
  2. Ivy Goodenia Goodenia hederacea104
  3. Shrubby Platysace Platysace lanceolata100
  4. Royal grevillea Grevillea victoriae95
  5. Mountain Hickory Wattle Acacia obliquinervia87
  6. Alpine Wattle Acacia alpina82
  7. Rough Coprosma Coprosma hirtella80
  8. Alpine Hovea Hovea montana78
  9. Derwent speedwell Veronica derwentiana76
  10. Hoary sunray Leucochrysum albicans75

Mammals

  1. Bare-nosed Wombat Vombatus ursinus13
  2. Greater Glider Petauroides volans7
  3. Rakali Hydromys chrysogaster6
  4. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes3
  5. Sambar Rusa unicolor2

Insects

  1. Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi67
  2. Dominula Skipper Atkinsia dominula66
  3. Swamp Tigertail Synthemis eustalacta64
  4. Lesser Grass Blue Zizina otis34
  5. Botany Bay Diamond Weevil Chrysolopus spectabilis34
  6. Correa Brown Oreixenica correae33
  7. Plague Soldier Beetle Chauliognathus lugubris31
  8. Solander's Brown Heteronympha solandri29
  9. Alpine Silver Xenica Oreixenica latialis29
  10. Silver Xenica Oreixenica lathoniella25

Spiders and kin

  1. Enamelled Spider Plebs bradleyi6
  2. Eastern Bush Orbweaver Plebs eburnus3
  3. Sooty Orbweaver Salsa fuliginata3

Reptiles

  1. Black Rock Skink Egernia saxatilis75
  2. Mountain Dragon Rankinia diemensis41
  3. Yellow-bellied Water Skink Eulamprus heatwolei34
  4. Southern Grass Skink Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii31
  5. Highlands Copperhead Austrelaps ramsayi26
  6. Southern Water Skink Eulamprus tympanum24
  7. Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis guichenoti10
  8. Blotched Bluetongue Tiliqua nigrolutea7
  9. Trunk-climbing Skink Pseudemoia spenceri5
  10. Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus4

Amphibians

  1. Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera6
  2. Lesueur's Stony-creek Frog Rhyaconastes lesueuri6
  3. Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii4
  4. Southern Brown Tree Frog Rawlinsonia ewingii3

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.