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Learn the wildlife of Wilsons Promontory National Park

Victoria · Australia

1,995 species have research-grade observations inside Wilsons Promontory 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. Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans442
  2. Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae372
  3. Pacific Gull Larus pacificus296
  4. Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus205
  5. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis145
  6. Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata135
  7. Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata131
  8. Galah Eolophus roseicapilla122
  9. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae116
  10. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea111

Plants

  1. Common Heath Epacris impressa518
  2. Common Correa Correa reflexa361
  3. Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus212
  4. Butterfly Bush Kunzea ambigua210
  5. Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis204
  6. Coast Swainson-pea Swainsona lessertiifolia195
  7. Wallflower orchid Diuris orientis190
  8. Silver Banksia Banksia marginata189
  9. Australian dusty miller Spyridium parvifolium184
  10. Coast Teatree Gaudium laevigatum170

Mammals

  1. Bare-nosed Wombat Vombatus ursinus731
  2. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor492
  3. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus282
  4. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula89
  5. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus67
  6. Koala Phascolarctos cinereus24
  7. Indochinese Hog Deer Axis porcinus19
  8. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus17
  9. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes16

Insects

  1. Black-scaped Bull ant Myrmecia nigriscapa166
  2. Common Brown Heteronympha merope82
  3. Yellow Admiral Vanessa itea62
  4. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera50
  5. Golden Stag Beetle Lamprima aurata46
  6. Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona46
  7. Jack Jumper Ant Myrmecia pilosula44
  8. Broad-back weevil Leptopius duponti43
  9. Giant Sugar Ant Camponotus intrepidus41
  10. Inchman Ant Myrmecia forficata37

Spiders and kin

  1. Forest Scorpion Cercophonius squama38
  2. Mountain Huntsman Isopeda montana22
  3. Christmas Jewel Spider Austracantha minax17
  4. Badge Huntsman Spider Neosparassus diana15
  5. Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope keyserlingi10

Reptiles

  1. Southern Water Skink Eulamprus tympanum234
  2. Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus148
  3. White's Skink Liopholis whitii117
  4. Blotched Bluetongue Tiliqua nigrolutea79
  5. Lowlands Copperhead Austrelaps superbus74
  6. Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis guichenoti62
  7. White-lipped Snake Drysdalia coronoides59
  8. Metallic Coolskink Carinascincus metallicus45
  9. Eastern Three-lined Skink Acritoscincus duperreyi12
  10. Trunk-climbing Skink Pseudemoia spenceri11

Amphibians

  1. Southern Bell Frog Ranoidea raniformis33
  2. Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera26
  3. Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii23
  4. Eastern Smooth Frog Geocrinia victoriana19
  5. Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii15
  6. Southern Brown Tree Frog Rawlinsonia ewingii15

Fish

  1. Common Galaxias Galaxias maculatus19
  2. Short-finned Eel Anguilla australis11
  3. Shaw's Cowfish Aracana aurita11
  4. Spotted Galaxias Galaxias truttaceus11
  5. Globefish Diodon nicthemerus10

Mollusks

  1. White Italian Snail Theba pisana45
  2. Helicarion cuvieri30
  3. Beaked Mussel Austromytilus rostratus20
  4. Cart-rut Shell Dicathais orbita16
  5. Wilsons Promontory Bristle Snail Austrochloritis beecheyi13
  6. Small Pointed Snail Cochlicella barbara11
  7. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum10
  8. Common Warrener Lunella undulata10
  9. Australian Giant Cuttlefish Ascarosepion apama10

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.