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Learn the wildlife of Royal National Park

New South Wales · Australia

2,390 species have research-grade observations inside Royal 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. New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae400
  2. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae216
  3. Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata208
  4. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis201
  5. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita198
  6. Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera180
  7. Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae168
  8. Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus118
  9. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus115
  10. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea112

Plants

  1. Fuchsia Heath Epacris longiflora441
  2. Clustered darwinia Darwinia fascicularis375
  3. Broad-leaved Drumsticks Isopogon anemonifolius335
  4. Rosy Sundew Drosera spatulata333
  5. Mountain Devil Lambertia formosa306
  6. Gymea Lily Doryanthes excelsa294
  7. Heath-leaved banksia Banksia ericifolia286
  8. Sydney Boronia Boronia ledifolia284
  9. Grevillea oleoides249
  10. Flannel Flower Actinotus helianthi242

Mammals

  1. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus155
  2. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor61
  3. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae49
  4. Javan Rusa Rusa timorensis35
  5. Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii29

Insects

  1. Brown Ringlet Hypocysta metirius123
  2. Red Bull Ant Myrmecia gulosa122
  3. Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona85
  4. Botany Bay Cockroach Polyzosteria limbata72
  5. Botany Bay Diamond Weevil Chrysolopus spectabilis55
  6. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera52
  7. Common Brown Heteronympha merope47
  8. Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas46
  9. Razor Grinder Henicopsaltria eydouxii45
  10. Fiery Skimmer Orthetrum villosovittatum39

Reptiles

  1. Australian Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii400
  2. Jacky Dragon Amphibolurus muricatus355
  3. Lace Monitor Varanus varius193
  4. Eastern Water Skink Eulamprus quoyii184
  5. Copper-tailed Ctenotus Ctenotus taeniolatus95
  6. Northern White’s Skink Liopholis compressicauda87
  7. Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus56
  8. Carpet Python Morelia spilota56
  9. Eastern Short-necked Turtle Emydura macquarii54
  10. Common Scaly-foot Pygopus lepidopodus36

Amphibians

  1. Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera110
  2. Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Drymomantis fallax40
  3. Leaf Green Tree Frog Dryopsophus phyllochrous38
  4. Giant Burrowing Frog Heleioporus australiacus17
  5. Red-crowned Toadlet Pseudophryne australis17

Mollusks

  1. Variegated limpet Cellana tramoserica30
  2. Little Blue Periwinkle Austrolittorina unifasciata29
  3. Hacking River Forest Snail Sauroconcha marshalli21
  4. Black nerite Nerita melanotragus19
  5. Spengler's Trumpet Snail Cabestana spengleri17

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.