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Learn the wildlife of Yoshino kumano National Park

Japan

647 species have research-grade observations inside Yoshino kumano 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. Black Kite Milvus migrans98
  2. Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius22
  3. Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis14
  4. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica13
  5. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea10
  6. Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis8
  7. Varied Tit Sittiparus varius8
  8. Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone8
  9. Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis7
  10. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus6

Plants

  1. Sugi Cryptomeria japonica16
  2. Tapevine Stephania japonica16
  3. Urajiro Diplopterygium glaucum16
  4. False staghorn fern Dicranopteris linearis14
  5. Pink knotweed Persicaria capitata9
  6. Japanese Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum ailanthoides9
  7. Glabrous Sarcandra Herb Sarcandra glabra9
  8. Japanese cheesewood Pittosporum tobira8
  9. Japanese fig Ficus erecta8
  10. Sea Bindweed Calystegia soldanella7

Mammals

  1. Sika Deer Cervus nippon13
  2. Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata12
  3. Japanese Badger Meles anakuma5
  4. Japanese Raccoon Dog Nyctereutes viverrinus3
  5. Japanese Serow Capricornis crispus2
  6. Japanese Weasel Mustela itatsi2
  7. Asian Black Bear Ursus thibetanus1
  8. Small Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus argenteus1
  9. Domestic Cat Felis catus1

Insects

  1. Japanese Earth-boring Dung Beetle Phelotrupes auratus15
  2. Red Helen Swallowtail Papilio helenus10
  3. Amphibious Litter Cockroach Opisthoplatia orientalis8
  4. Greater Blue Skimmer Orthetrum melania7
  5. Common Bluebottle Graphium sarpedon6
  6. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata5
  7. Cottony cushion scale Icerya purchasi5
  8. Jumbo Dragonfly Anotogaster sieboldii5
  9. Plesiophthalmus nigrocyaneus5
  10. Appendiculate Carpenter Bee Xylocopa appendiculata5

Spiders and kin

  1. Joro Spider Trichonephila clavata8
  2. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi6
  3. Kogane Spider Argiope amoena3
  4. Black-striped Orchard Spider Leucauge celebesiana2
  5. Plexippus setipes2
  6. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli1
  7. Dolomedes raptor1
  8. Araneus ogatai1
  9. Pardosa yaginumai1
  10. Diaea subdola1

Reptiles

  1. Japanese Grass Lizard Takydromus tachydromoides20
  2. Japanese five-lined skink Plestiodon finitimus14
  3. Tiger Keelback Rhabdophis tigrinus11
  4. Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake Elaphe quadrivirgata10
  5. Short-tailed Mamushi Gloydius blomhoffii9
  6. Japanese Forest Ratsnake Euprepiophis conspicillatus3
  7. Peters' Odd-scaled Snake Achalinus spinalis2
  8. Japanese Keelback Hebius vibakari2
  9. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta1
  10. Japanese Ratsnake Elaphe climacophora1

Amphibians

  1. Rice field frog Fejervarya kawamurai8
  2. Japanese Tree Frog Dryophytes japonicus5
  3. Tago's Brown Frog Rana tagoi3
  4. Japanese Fire-bellied Newt Cynops pyrrhogaster3
  5. Schlegel's Green Tree Frog Zhangixalus schlegelii3
  6. Western Japanese Common Toad Bufo praetextatus3
  7. Wrinkled Frog Glandirana rugosa1

Fish

  1. Grey-spotted Puffer Takifugu alboplumbeus4
  2. Shade Goby Tridentiger obscurus4
  3. Crescent Grunter Terapon jarbua3
  4. Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major Abudefduf vaigiensis2
  5. Spotfin Burrfish Chilomycterus reticulatus2
  6. Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga2
  7. Dusky Frillgoby Bathygobius fuscus2
  8. Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus2
  9. Abe's mangrove goby Mugilogobius abei2
  10. Sweetfish Plecoglossus altivelis2

Mollusks

  1. Gold Ring Cowrie Monetaria annulus4
  2. Euhadra amaliae3
  3. Erroneous Cowrie Erronea errones3
  4. Japanese Grata Limpet Cellana grata2
  5. Black-and-white Cone Snail Conus ebraeus1
  6. Calf Cowry Lyncina vitellus1
  7. Grey Bonnet Snail Phalium glaucum1
  8. Humpback Cowrie Mauritia mauritiana1
  9. Pacific Sugar Limpet Patelloida saccharina1
  10. Sirius False Limpet Siphonaria sirius1

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.