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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

Species

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Learn what each species is like, find out where it lives in the wild, and plan your next sighting — all in one place.

2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

Parks connected

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Apex predators187speciesGiants of nature57speciesThreatened species515speciesNight life768speciesBig cats39speciesPolar wildlife74speciesEndemic species6speciesThe Big Five6species

Conservation

Showing 17 species · Kokoda Track

Showing 17 species · Kokoda Track

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Least Concern

Common Spotted Cuscus

Spilocuscus maculatus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Common Phalanger

Phalanger orientalis

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Endangered

Spectacled Flying Fox

Pteropus conspicillatus

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Western Superb Bird-of-Paradise

Lophorina superba

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Near Threatened

Dwarf Cassowary

Casuarius bennetti

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
Vulnerable

Eastern Long-beaked Echidna

Zaglossus bartoni

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Endangered

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing

Ornithoptera alexandrae

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
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Southern CassowaryEndangered

Southern Cassowary

Casuarius casuarius

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
3 countries7 parks
Willie WagtailLeast Concern

Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

InsectivoreVariable activityIn pairs
5 countries56 parks
Least Concern

Brown Tree Snake

Boiga irregularis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
9 countries13 parks
Near Threatened

Palm Cockatoo

Probosciger aterrimus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs
3 countries6 parks
Least Concern

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial
6 countries48 parks
Not Evaluated

Blue Emperor

Papilio ulysses

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
4 countries12 parks
Least Concern

Green Tree Python

Morelia viridis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
3 countries7 parks
Least Concern

Moluccan Eclectus

Eclectus roratus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs
5 countries7 parks
Least Concern

Black-Faced Cuckooshrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs
5 countries56 parks
Least Concern

New Guinea Crocodile

Crocodylus novaeguineae

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
2 countries4 parks
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
5 countries5 parks
4 countries6 parks
3 countries9 parks
2 countries3 parks
2 countries3 parks
2 countries3 parks
2 countries1 park