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Learn the wildlife of Oxley Wild Rivers National Park

Australia

1,133 species have research-grade observations inside Oxley Wild Rivers 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. Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans40
  2. White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea31
  3. Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae31
  4. Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang31
  5. Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla22
  6. Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus17
  7. Pied Currawong Strepera graculina16
  8. Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata14
  9. Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris13
  10. Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus12

Plants

  1. Poison Pimelea Pimelea neoanglica65
  2. Blotched Hyacinth-Orchid Dipodium punctatum51
  3. Australian Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa41
  4. Common Correa Correa reflexa41
  5. Winged broom-pea Jacksonia scoparia40
  6. Tiger Orchid Diuris sulphurea38
  7. Australian Indigo Indigofera australis34
  8. False Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea26
  9. Hop bitter-pea Daviesia latifolia24
  10. Cucumber orchid Dendrobium cucumerinum24

Mammals

  1. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor71
  2. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus57
  3. Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby Petrogale penicillata49
  4. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula41
  5. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus33
  6. Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus28
  7. Spotted-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus10
  8. Common Wallaroo Osphranter robustus4
  9. Bare-nosed Wombat Vombatus ursinus3
  10. Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta3

Insects

  1. Common Brown Heteronympha merope55
  2. Metallic Shield Bug Scutiphora pedicellata33
  3. Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes25
  4. Bright Copper Paralucia aurifer23
  5. Ringed Xenica Geitoneura acantha22
  6. Australian Jumper Ant Myrmecia tarsata18
  7. Monarch Danaus plexippus16
  8. Common Imperial Blue Jalmenus evagoras16
  9. Red Bull Ant Myrmecia gulosa13
  10. Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas13

Spiders and kin

  1. Superb Jumping Spider Sandalodes superbus5
  2. Black rock scorpion Urodacus manicatus4
  3. Eastern Bush Orbweaver Plebs eburnus4
  4. Australian Golden Orbweaver Trichonephila edulis4
  5. Christmas Jewel Spider Austracantha minax3
  6. Social Huntsman Spider Delena cancerides3
  7. Variable Wolf Spider Venator spenceri3
  8. Grey Huntsman Spider Holconia immanis2
  9. Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope keyserlingi2
  10. Queen of the Huntsmen Pediana regina2

Reptiles

  1. Jacky Dragon Amphibolurus muricatus43
  2. Eastern Water Skink Eulamprus quoyii24
  3. Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus16
  4. Eastern Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata10
  5. Nobbi Dragon Diporiphora nobbi10
  6. Australian Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii7
  7. Lace Monitor Varanus varius6
  8. Carpet Python Morelia spilota5
  9. Sand Monitor Varanus gouldii4
  10. Common Tree Snake Dendrelaphis punctulatus2

Amphibians

  1. Eastern Stony-creek Frog Rhyaconastes wilcoxii34
  2. Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera7
  3. Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii6
  4. Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Drymomantis fallax5
  5. Peron's Tree Frog Pengilleyia peronii5
  6. Smooth Toadlet Uperoleia laevigata4

Fish

  1. Australian Bass Percalates novemaculeatus4
  2. Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki3
  3. Goldfish Carassius auratus2

Mollusks

  1. Australian Corbicula Corbicula australis6
  2. Red Triangle Slug Triboniophorus graeffei6
  3. Milky Slug Deroceras reticulatum2

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.