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Learn the wildlife of Myall Lakes National Park

Australia

1,281 species have research-grade observations inside Myall Lakes 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. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis79
  2. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae54
  3. White-bellied Sea-Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster54
  4. Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii52
  5. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa41
  6. Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus40
  7. Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami34
  8. Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus33
  9. Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis31
  10. White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger29

Plants

  1. Australian Fan Palm Livistona australis84
  2. Flannel Flower Actinotus helianthi60
  3. Rough-fruited Pittosporum Pittosporum revolutum55
  4. Dune fan-flower Scaevola calendulacea43
  5. Wedding Bush Ricinocarpos pinifolius39
  6. Common Hop Bush Dodonaea triquetra34
  7. Dusky coral pea Kennedia rubicunda34
  8. Bleeding Heart Homalanthus populifolius31
  9. Juniper wattle Acacia ulicifolia30
  10. Cheese Tree Glochidion ferdinandi29

Mammals

  1. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris102
  2. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula39
  3. Spotted-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus20
  4. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus19
  5. Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii12
  6. Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta12
  7. Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus11
  8. Koala Phascolarctos cinereus10
  9. Australian Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes10
  10. Australian Swamp Rat Rattus lutreolus10

Insects

  1. Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona50
  2. Botany Bay Diamond Weevil Chrysolopus spectabilis31
  3. Red Bull Ant Myrmecia gulosa19
  4. Black Prince Psaltoda plaga15
  5. Brown Ringlet Hypocysta metirius15
  6. Australian Rhinoceros Beetle Xylotrupes australicus14
  7. Eastern Double Drummer Thopha saccata13
  8. Mountain Katydid Acripeza reticulata13
  9. Lychee Stink Bug Lyramorpha rosea12
  10. Jumping Jack Ant Myrmecia nigrocincta11

Spiders and kin

  1. Grey Huntsman Spider Holconia immanis15
  2. Common Triangular Spider Arkys lancearius11
  3. Grey Huntsman Isopeda villosa9
  4. Australian Paralysis Tick Ixodes holocyclus5
  5. Long-legged Huntsman Spider Heteropoda longipes4
  6. Tiger Spider Trichonephila plumipes4

Reptiles

  1. Lace Monitor Varanus varius194
  2. Carpet Python Morelia spilota58
  3. Southern Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus35
  4. Rough-scaled Snake Tropidechis carinatus35
  5. Land Mullet Bellatorias major20
  6. Eastern Small-eyed Snake Cryptophis nigrescens17
  7. Australian Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii16
  8. Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus15
  9. Stephens' Banded Snake Hoplocephalus stephensii15
  10. Golden-crowned Snake Cacophis squamulosus14

Amphibians

  1. Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii101
  2. Wallum Rocket Frog Litoria freycineti26
  3. Tyler's Laughing Tree Frog Pengilleyia tyleri26
  4. Red-backed Brood Frog Pseudophryne coriacea14
  5. Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Drymomantis fallax11
  6. Ornate Burrowing Frog Platyplectrum ornatum7
  7. Whirring Tree Frog Rawlinsonia revelata6
  8. Dainty Tree Frog Chlorohyla gracilenta5
  9. Wallum Froglet Crinia tinnula4
  10. Brown Brood Frog Pseudophryne bibronii4

Fish

  1. Pacific Blue Eye Pseudomugil signifer9
  2. Threebar Porcupinefish Dicotylichthys punctulatus6
  3. Comb Wrasse Coris picta4
  4. Girdled Scalyfin Parma unifasciata4
  5. Common Lionfish Pterois volitans3
  6. Eastern Smooth Boxfish Anoplocapros inermis3
  7. Striped gudgeon Gobiomorphus australis3

Mollusks

  1. Commercial Scallop Pecten fumatus31
  2. Shelf Limpet Sigapatella calyptraeformis20
  3. Shiny Dog Cockle Glycymeris grayana16
  4. Livid Fan Scallop Scaeochlamys livida12
  5. Magnificent Volute Cymbiola magnifica9
  6. Wavy Volute Amoria undulata8
  7. Seal Rocks Woodland Snail Pommerhelix carmelae8
  8. Sydney Cockle Anadara trapezia7
  9. Black nerite Nerita melanotragus7
  10. Little Blue Periwinkle Austrolittorina unifasciata7

How a trip works

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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.