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Learn the wildlife of Paluma Range National Park

Australia

1,043 species have research-grade observations inside Paluma 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. Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami53
  2. White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa32
  3. Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha26
  4. Chowchilla Orthonyx spaldingii25
  5. Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor25
  6. Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris23
  7. Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana22
  8. Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons21
  9. Victoria's Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae15
  10. Tooth-billed Bowerbird Scenopoeetes dentirostris15

Plants

  1. Creeping Brittle Orchid Bulbophyllum evasum18
  2. Brown Gardenia Atractocarpus fitzalanii14
  3. Cocky Apple Planchonia careya13
  4. Red Wattle Acacia flavescens13
  5. Broad-leaved Poplar Gum Eucalyptus platyphylla13
  6. Cook's screw pine Pandanus cookii13
  7. Northern Banksia Banksia aquilonia13
  8. Forest Grasstree Xanthorrhoea johnsonii12
  9. Rosy Sundew Drosera spatulata11
  10. Clarkson's bloodwood Corymbia clarksoniana11

Mammals

  1. White-tailed Giant Rat Uromys caudimaculatus16
  2. Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis12
  3. Fawn-footed Melomys Melomys cervinipes6
  4. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus4
  5. Krefft's Glider Petaurus notatus4
  6. Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat Nyctimene robinsoni3
  7. Mahogany Glider Petaurus gracilis3
  8. Striped Possum Dactylopsila trivirgata3
  9. Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus3
  10. Queensland Barred Bandicoot Perameles pallescens3

Insects

  1. Tropical Rockmaster Diphlebia euphoeoides49
  2. Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes47
  3. Painted Grasshawk Neurothemis stigmatizans28
  4. Asian Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina24
  5. Fiery Skimmer Orthetrum villosovittatum24
  6. Fivespot Threadtail Nososticta solitaria21
  7. Orange Bushbrown Mycalesis terminus11
  8. Wallacea Bluebottle Graphium anthedon11
  9. Four o'clock moth Dysphania numana8
  10. Bracca rotundata8

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes28
  2. Painted Cross Spider Argiope picta12
  3. Ant-eater Jumping Spider Zenodorus orbiculatus10
  4. Decorative Vleispider Leucauge decorata6
  5. Jungle Huntsman Spider Heteropoda jugulans6
  6. Giant water spider Megadolomedes trux4
  7. Northern Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope aetherea3
  8. Australian Lichen Spider Pandercetes gracilis3
  9. Northern Jewelled Spider Gasteracantha fornicata2
  10. Green Tree Ant-mimic Spider Amyciaea albomaculata2

Reptiles

  1. Black-throated Rainbow Skink Carlia rostralis75
  2. Eastern Saw-shelled Turtle Myuchelys latisternum34
  3. Eastern Water Skink Eulamprus quoyii29
  4. Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus25
  5. Southern Red-throated Rainbow Skink Carlia rubrigularis25
  6. Lace Monitor Varanus varius25
  7. Australian Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii18
  8. Lined Rainbow Skink Carlia jarnoldae17
  9. Carpet Python Morelia spilota17
  10. Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko Saltuarius cornutus13

Amphibians

  1. Green-eyed Tree Frog Spicicalyx serrata39
  2. Cane Toad Rhinella marina33
  3. Waterfall Frog Mosleyia nannotis18
  4. Mottled Barred Frog Mixophyes coggeri14
  5. Striped Rocket Frog Litoria nasuta13
  6. Australian wood frog Hylarana daemeli12
  7. Eastern Stony-creek Frog Rhyaconastes wilcoxii12
  8. Southern Ornate Nursery Frog Cophixalus australis8
  9. Green Tree Frog Pelodryas caerulea8
  10. White-lipped Tree Frog Sandyrana infrafrenata8

Fish

  1. Jungle Perch Kuhlia rupestris24
  2. Australian Long-finned Eel Anguilla reinhardtii12
  3. Eastern Rainbowfish Melanotaenia splendida9
  4. Marbled Eel Anguilla marmorata4
  5. Spangled Perch Leiopotherapon unicolor4
  6. Mangrove Red Snapper Lutjanus argentimaculatus3
  7. Flyspecked Hardyhead Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum3
  8. Empire Gudgeon Hypseleotris compressa3
  9. Roman-nose Goby Awaous acritosus2
  10. Silver Grunter Mesopristes argenteus2

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.