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Learn the wildlife of Yarra Ranges National Park

Victoria · Australia

2,047 species have research-grade observations inside Yarra Ranges 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. Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea161
  2. Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae157
  3. Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans124
  4. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis95
  5. Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor75
  6. Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata58
  7. Pied Currawong Strepera graculina57
  8. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen51
  9. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae46
  10. White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis42

Plants

  1. Myrtle Beech Nothofagus cunninghamii220
  2. Mother shield-fern Polystichum proliferum163
  3. Man fern Dicksonia antarctica160
  4. Hard Water-fern Blechnum wattsii155
  5. Rough tree-fern Cyathea australis152
  6. Prickly Currant-Bush Coprosma quadrifida140
  7. Water Fern Histiopteris incisa132
  8. Musk daisy-bush Olearia argophylla128
  9. Giant moss Dawsonia superba127
  10. Australian Mountain Ash Eucalyptus regnans124

Mammals

  1. Greater Glider Petauroides volans83
  2. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor29
  3. Sambar Rusa unicolor21
  4. Bare-nosed Wombat Vombatus ursinus17
  5. Mountain Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus cunninghami16
  6. Mainland Dusky Antechinus Antechinus mimetes14
  7. Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus10
  8. Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus10

Insects

  1. Powdered Flatwing Austroargiolestes calcaris76
  2. Lesser Grass Blue Zizina otis76
  3. Small White Pieris rapae75
  4. Ringed Xenica Geitoneura acantha75
  5. Macleay's Swallowtail Graphium macleayanus73
  6. Striped Xenica Oreixenica kershawi72
  7. Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona65
  8. Southern Tigertail Eusynthemis guttata62
  9. Imperial Jezebel Delias harpalyce59
  10. Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas52

Spiders and kin

  1. Enamelled Spider Plebs bradleyi80
  2. Eastern Bush Orbweaver Plebs eburnus27
  3. High-headed Arkys Arkys alticephala15
  4. Mountain Huntsman Isopeda montana13
  5. Large Prostheclina Prostheclina amplior10
  6. Leaf-curling Spider Phonognatha graeffei9
  7. Sooty Orbweaver Salsa fuliginata9

Reptiles

  1. Southern Water Skink Eulamprus tympanum131
  2. Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus63
  3. Highlands Copperhead Austrelaps ramsayi44
  4. Lowlands Copperhead Austrelaps superbus21
  5. McCoy's Skink Anepischetosia maccoyi11
  6. Lace Monitor Varanus varius10
  7. Southern Grass Skink Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii10

Mollusks

  1. Cystopelta purpurea45
  2. Helicarion cuvieri32
  3. Gippsland Black Snail Victaphanta atramentaria22
  4. Dandenong Ranges Pinwheel Snail Meredithena dandenongensis12
  5. Pillomena meraca11

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.