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Learn the wildlife of Yushan National Park

Taiwan

2,310 species have research-grade observations inside Yushan 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 morrisonianum438
  2. Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila250
  3. Collared Bush-Robin Tarsiger johnstoniae185
  4. Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps111
  5. Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus105
  6. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos85
  7. Taiwan Bush-Robin Tarsiger formosanus79
  8. Taiwan Rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus78
  9. Flamecrest Regulus goodfellowi77
  10. Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea74

Plants

  1. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea1,005
  2. Japanese andromeda Pieris japonica928
  3. Taiwan Stranvaesia Photinia niitakayamensis524
  4. Mount Yushan Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis morrisonicola520
  5. Japanese knotweed Reynoutria japonica427
  6. Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare424
  7. Alishan thistle Cirsium arisanense420
  8. Berberis kawakamii411
  9. Creeping Taiwan bramble Rubus rolfei406
  10. False-gold-flower rhododendron Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum399

Mammals

  1. Formosan Rock Macaque Macaca cyclopis389
  2. Reeves's Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi241
  3. Taiwan Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista lena39
  4. Maritime Striped Squirrel Tamiops maritimus31
  5. Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel Dremomys pernyi23
  6. Siberian Weasel Mustela sibirica19

Insects

  1. Sonan's Bumble Bee Bombus sonani33
  2. Sixteen-spotted Lady Beetle Harmonia sedecimnotata25
  3. Asian Honey Bee Apis cerana25
  4. Actias neidhoeferi25
  5. Tanaoctenia haliaria24
  6. Lagria oharai24
  7. Formosan Lilacfork Lethe niitakana24
  8. Indian Red Admiral Vanessa indica20
  9. Agetocera discedens20
  10. Yellow Coster Telchinia issoria18

Reptiles

  1. Kikuchi Habu Trimeresurus gracilis31
  2. Black Odd-scaled Snake Achalinus niger22
  3. Stejneger's Bamboo Snake Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri18
  4. Taiwan tiger keelback Rhabdophis formosanus18
  5. Taiwan Alpine Skink Sphenomorphus taiwanensis13

Amphibians

  1. Taiwan Common Toad Bufo bankorensis77
  2. Moltrecht's Green Tree Frog Zhangixalus moltrechti18
  3. Sauter's Brown Frog Rana sauteri17

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.