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Learn the wildlife of Namadgi National Park

Australian Capital Territory · Australia

1,318 species have research-grade observations inside Namadgi 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 phoenicea129
  2. Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang72
  3. Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca57
  4. Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus51
  5. Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax48
  6. Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa43
  7. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis42
  8. White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis39
  9. Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops38
  10. Gray Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica35

Plants

  1. Rough Coprosma Coprosma hirtella65
  2. Grey guinea flower Hibbertia obtusifolia57
  3. Silver wattle Acacia dealbata55
  4. Blunt-leaf bitter-pea Daviesia mimosoides55
  5. Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora52
  6. Mountain Violet Viola betonicifolia49
  7. Derwent speedwell Veronica derwentiana48
  8. Digger's Speedwell Veronica perfoliata46
  9. Woolly grevillea Grevillea lanigera44
  10. Golden shaggy-pea Oxylobium ellipticum43

Mammals

  1. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus170
  2. Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus123
  3. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris35
  4. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor20
  5. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus14
  6. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula10
  7. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes6
  8. Wild Boar Sus scrofa5
  9. Greater Glider Petauroides volans3
  10. Mountain Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus cunninghami3

Insects

  1. Violet Copper Paralucia crosbyi68
  2. Mountain Katydid Acripeza reticulata39
  3. Klug's Xenica Geitoneura klugii36
  4. Lesser Grass Blue Zizina otis32
  5. Shouldered Brown Heteronympha penelope32
  6. Yellow-striped Hunter Austrogomphus guerini30
  7. Bright Copper Paralucia aurifer27
  8. Correa Brown Oreixenica correae25
  9. Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi24
  10. Multi-spotted Darner Austroaeschna multipunctata19

Spiders and kin

  1. Enamelled Spider Plebs bradleyi13
  2. Tasmanian Football Spider Neosparassus patellatus5
  3. Forest Scorpion Cercophonius squama4
  4. Social Huntsman Spider Delena cancerides4
  5. Sooty Orbweaver Salsa fuliginata4

Reptiles

  1. Cunningham's Skink Egernia cunninghami74
  2. Black Rock Skink Egernia saxatilis47
  3. Mountain Dragon Rankinia diemensis34
  4. Trunk-climbing Skink Pseudemoia spenceri32
  5. Yellow-bellied Water Skink Eulamprus heatwolei32
  6. Southern Grass Skink Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii32
  7. Northern White’s Skink Liopholis compressicauda31
  8. Highlands Copperhead Austrelaps ramsayi28
  9. Blotched Bluetongue Tiliqua nigrolutea20
  10. Heath Monitor Varanus rosenbergi20

Amphibians

  1. Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii4
  2. Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera4
  3. Lesueur's Stony-creek Frog Rhyaconastes lesueuri4

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.