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Learn the wildlife of Tam Dao National Park

Vietnam

424 species have research-grade observations inside Tam Dao 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. David's Fulvetta Alcippe davidi8
  2. Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea7
  3. Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus7
  4. White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca7
  5. Red-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha6
  6. Short-tailed Parrotbill Suthora davidiana5
  7. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus4
  8. Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris4
  9. White-browed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius aeralatus4
  10. Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae3

Plants

  1. Tropical soda-apple Solanum viarum10
  2. Rhaphidophora decursiva8
  3. Chinese Sweetgum Liquidambar formosana3
  4. Roxburgh fig Ficus auriculata3
  5. Chinaberry Melia azedarach2
  6. Sweet potato Ipomoea batatas2
  7. Mile-a-minute vine Ipomoea cairica2
  8. Palmgrass Setaria palmifolia2
  9. Cockroach Berry Solanum capsicoides2
  10. Giant fishtail palm Caryota obtusa2

Mammals

  1. Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus luctus1
  2. Masked Palm Civet Paguma larvata1
  3. East Asian Porcupine Hystrix brachyura1
  4. Maritime Striped Squirrel Tamiops maritimus1
  5. Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel Dremomys rufigenis1
  6. Domestic Goat Capra hircus1
  7. Exotic Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros gentilis1

Insects

  1. Slender Skimmer Orthetrum sabina11
  2. Indocnemis orang8
  3. Penthema michallati8
  4. Indian Cabbage White Pieris canidia7
  5. Punchinello Zemeros flegyas7
  6. Red Lacewing Butterfly Cethosia biblis7
  7. Common Mapwing Cyrestis thyodamas6
  8. Leopard Lacewing Butterfly Cethosia cyane6
  9. White Dragontail Butterfly Lamproptera curius5
  10. Paris Peacock Swallowtail Papilio paris5

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes5
  2. Hyllus qishuoi4
  3. Dolomedes mizhoanus2
  4. Cyclocosmia latusicosta2
  5. Hieroglyph Fairy Lynx Spider Hamadruas hieroglyphica1
  6. Heteropoda amphora1
  7. Hasselt's Spiny Spider Macracantha hasselti1
  8. Chinese Giant Gold Tarantula Melopoeus schmidti1

Reptiles

  1. Scale-bellied Tree Lizard Acanthosaura lepidogaster7
  2. Palm Gecko Gekko palmatus7
  3. Big-eyed Bamboo Snake Pseudoxenodon macrops5
  4. Red Mountain Ratsnake Oreocryptophis porphyraceus5
  5. South China Green Snake Ptyas multicincta5
  6. Tai-yong Keelback Hebius boulengeri4
  7. Blue-eyed Bush Rat Snake Gonyosoma coeruleum4
  8. Black Cross-barred Kukri Snake Oligodon cinereus3
  9. Chinese Green Tree Viper Trimeresurus stejnegeri3
  10. Common Sun Skink Eutropis multifasciata3

Amphibians

  1. Tam Dao Warty Newt Paramesotriton deloustali14
  2. Fea's short-legged toad Brachytarsophrys feae7
  3. Spot-legged Tree Frog Polypedates megacephalus6
  4. Asian Common Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus5
  5. Beautiful Pygmy Frog Microhyla pulchra4
  6. Koh Tao Caecilian Ichthyophis kohtaoensis4
  7. Mao-Son Frog Hylarana maosonensis4
  8. Dark-sided Chorus Frog Microhyla heymonsi3
  9. Chinese Flying Frog Zhangixalus dennysi3
  10. Narrow-mouthed Horned Toad Ophryophryne microstoma3

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.