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Learn the wildlife of Table Mountain National Park

Western Cape · South Africa

4,454 species have research-grade observations inside Table Mountain 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. Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus1,710
  2. Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer1,647
  3. Orange-breasted Sunbird Anthobaphes violacea1,640
  4. Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio1,387
  5. Cape Spurfowl Pternistis capensis1,053
  6. Common Ostrich Struthio camelus901
  7. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca807
  8. Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer807
  9. Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis777
  10. African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta763

Plants

  1. Wild mallow Pelargonium cucullatum3,534
  2. Tree pincushion Leucospermum conocarpodendron3,375
  3. Peninsula Heath complex Erica abietina3,318
  4. King Protea Protea cynaroides3,034
  5. Sickleleaf Conebush Leucadendron xanthoconus2,982
  6. Golden Conebush Leucadendron laureolum2,689
  7. Common Sugarbush Protea repens2,509
  8. Hangertjies Erica plukenetii2,484
  9. Bietou Osteospermum moniliferum2,316
  10. Blackbeard Sugarbush Protea lepidocarpodendron2,280

Mammals

  1. Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus1,105
  2. Bontebok/Blesbok Damaliscus pygargus869
  3. Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis728
  4. Common Eland Tragelaphus oryx574
  5. Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis422
  6. Cape Four-striped Grass Mouse Rhabdomys pumilio307
  7. Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus275
  8. Caracal Caracal caracal217
  9. Mountain Zebra Equus zebra200

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera684
  2. Cape Mountain Cockroach Aptera fusca534
  3. Garden Acraea Acraea horta508
  4. Julia Skimmer Orthetrum julia408
  5. Koppie Foam Grasshopper Dictyophorus spumans338
  6. Cape Lappet Eutricha capensis338
  7. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui337
  8. Black Cocktail Ant Crematogaster peringueyi299
  9. Cape Autumn Widow Dira clytus272
  10. Eastern Dotted Border Mylothris agathina267

Spiders and kin

  1. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata449
  2. Common Garden Orbweb Spider Argiope australis319
  3. Striped Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion Uroplectes lineatus196
  4. Cape Burrowing Scorpion Opistophthalmus capensis179

Reptiles

  1. Black Girdled Lizard Cordylus niger2,585
  2. Southern Rock Agama Agama atra2,068
  3. Angulate Tortoise Chersina angulata952
  4. Cape Crag Lizard Pseudocordylus microlepidotus381
  5. Puff Adder Bitis arietans296
  6. Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko Afrogecko porphyreus279
  7. Cape Skink Trachylepis capensis270
  8. Common Slug-eater Duberria lutrix201
  9. Cape Dwarf Chameleon Bradypodion pumilum196
  10. Red-sided Skink Trachylepis homalocephala172

Amphibians

  1. Cape River Frog Amietia fuscigula1,219
  2. Clicking Stream Frog Strongylopus grayii334
  3. Western Leopard Toad Sclerophrys pantherina310
  4. Peninsula Moss Frog Arthroleptella lightfooti283

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.