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Learn the wildlife of Taroko National Park

Taiwan

4,339 species have research-grade observations inside Taroko 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. White-whiskered Laughingthrush Trochalopteron morrisonianum734
  2. Taiwan Rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus486
  3. Collared Bush-Robin Tarsiger johnstoniae198
  4. White Wagtail Motacilla alba116
  5. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos107
  6. Taiwan Bullfinch Pyrrhula owstoni104
  7. Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus80
  8. Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus66
  9. Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps61
  10. Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus54

Plants

  1. Mount Yushan Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis morrisonicola1,019
  2. Alishan gentian Gentiana arisanensis981
  3. Japanese knotweed Reynoutria japonica817
  4. Gentiana scabrida779
  5. Creeping Taiwan bramble Rubus rolfei723
  6. False-gold-flower rhododendron Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum668
  7. Glandular Rose Rosa transmorrisonensis625
  8. Veronica morrisonicola624
  9. Gaultheria borneensis541
  10. Geranium hayatanum512

Mammals

  1. Formosan Rock Macaque Macaca cyclopis288
  2. Taiwan Serow Capricornis swinhoei32
  3. Great Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros armiger31

Insects

  1. Sympiezomias cribricollis598
  2. Cocoa Tussock Moth Orgyia postica336
  3. Short-winged Rice Grasshopper Pseudoxya diminuta249
  4. Taiwan Bumble Bee Bombus formosellus216
  5. Camponotus habereri204
  6. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys203
  7. Taiwan yellow tussock moth Euproctis taiwana190
  8. Macrobrochis gigas185
  9. Chrysaeglia magnifica174
  10. Yellow Emperor Chitoria chrysolora170

Spiders and kin

  1. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes372
  2. Ptocasius strupifer125
  3. Leucauge tessellata120
  4. Gasteracantha sauteri117
  5. Black-and-white Spiny Spider Gasteracantha kuhli68
  6. Epeus glorius56
  7. Asian Spinybacked Orbweaver Thelacantha brevispina49
  8. Leucauge blanda40
  9. Carrhotus xanthogramma35
  10. Diaea subdola31

Reptiles

  1. Taiwan Japalure Diploderma swinhonis135
  2. Hsuehshan Grass Lizard Takydromus hsuehshanensis102
  3. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus102
  4. Hokou Gecko Gekko hokouensis38
  5. Chinese Green Tree Viper Trimeresurus stejnegeri35

Amphibians

  1. Ota's stream tree frog Buergeria otai100
  2. Taiwan Common Toad Bufo bankorensis91
  3. Swinhoe's frog Odorrana swinhoana66
  4. Moltrecht's Green Tree Frog Zhangixalus moltrechti59

Mollusks

  1. Leptopoma taivanum248
  2. Asian Tramp Snail Bradybaena similaris47
  3. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica47
  4. Yellow-shelled semi-slug Parmarion martensi36

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.