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Learn the wildlife of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Australia

541 species have research-grade observations inside Uluru-Kata Tjuta 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. Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata182
  2. White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata117
  3. Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes108
  4. Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens82
  5. Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys79
  6. Little Woodswallow Artamus minor64
  7. Grey-headed Honeyeater Ptilotula keartlandi64
  8. Gray Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica59
  9. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis55
  10. Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis49

Plants

  1. Pink Mulla Mulla Ptilotus exaltatus142
  2. Yellow flame grevillea Grevillea eriostachya118
  3. Desert heath myrtle Aluta maisonneuvei110
  4. Blue Bush Santalum lanceolatum108
  5. Hairy mulla mulla Ptilotus helipteroides97
  6. Desert sheoak Allocasuarina decaisneana89
  7. Crimson turkey bush Eremophila latrobei86
  8. Desert Bloodwood Corymbia opaca79
  9. Cotton bush Ptilotus obovatus74
  10. Spearbush Pandorea doratoxylon74

Mammals

  1. Dromedary Camel Camelus dromedarius32
  2. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris17
  3. Common Wallaroo Osphranter robustus7
  4. Domestic Cat Felis catus5
  5. House Mouse Mus musculus3
  6. Fat-tailed Pseudantechinus Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis2
  7. Black-flanked Rock Wallaby Petrogale lateralis2
  8. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2
  9. Spinifex Hopping Mouse Notomys alexis2
  10. Desert Mouse Pseudomys desertor2

Insects

  1. Lime Swallowtail Papilio demoleus43
  2. Common Toadhopper Buforania crassa41
  3. Lesser Wanderer Danaus petilia36
  4. Myrmecia desertorum32
  5. Blistered Pyrgomorph Monistria pustulifera27
  6. Red Jewel Bug Choerocoris paganus24
  7. Centralian Meat Ant Iridomyrmex viridiaeneus23
  8. Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes17
  9. Poecilometis nigriventris17
  10. Double-spotted Line Blue Nacaduba biocellata16

Spiders and kin

  1. Australian Golden Orbweaver Trichonephila edulis20
  2. Redback Spider Latrodectus hasselti6
  3. Tailed Forest Spider Argiope protensa5
  4. Urodacus centralis2
  5. Tailed Cellar Spider Crossopriza lyoni1
  6. Two-toned wolf spider Hoggicosa bicolor1
  7. Alopecosa leonhardii1
  8. Rose-gold wolf spider Hoggicosa alfi1
  9. Silver-spotted Huntsman Isopedella inola1

Reptiles

  1. Central Netted Dragon Ctenophorus nuchalis92
  2. Centralian Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis centralis80
  3. Thorny Devil Moloch horridus48
  4. Sand Monitor Varanus gouldii46
  5. Black-tailed Monitor Varanus tristis33
  6. Perentie Varanus giganteus32
  7. Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko Strophurus ciliaris20
  8. Common Desert Ctenotus Ctenotus leonhardii18
  9. Long-nosed Dragon Gowidon longirostris18
  10. Military Dragon Ctenophorus isolepis16

Amphibians

  1. Main's Frog Cyclorana maini17
  2. Desert Spadefoot Frog Notaden nichollsi4
  3. Shoemaker Frog Neobatrachus sutor1
  4. Desert Trilling Frog Neobatrachus sudelli1

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.