Wildlife of Kakadu National Park
protected area (international designation) · Australia
Kakadu National Park is a protected area (international designation) in Australia covering about 19,098 km². Our database links 75 mammals and 291 birds species to it.
What wildlife can you see at Kakadu National Park?
At least 75 mammal and 291 bird species are recorded at Kakadu National Park (GBIF records and our guides; small mammals and bats are under-recorded). Species visitors look for include Black-necked Stork, Magpie Goose and Antilopine Wallaroo.
Species to look for
Mammals most often recorded
- Eurasian Wild Pig 5,668 rec.
- Agile Wallaby 5,317 rec.
- Northern Brown Bandicoot 2,678 rec.
- Gray Wolf 1,708 rec.
- Northern Quoll 1,397 rec.
- Black-footed Tree Rat 1,313 rec.
- Common Brush-tailed Possum 1,144 rec.
- Water Buffalo 1,135 rec.
- Roof Rat 905 rec.
- Domestic Cat 775 rec.
- Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat 761 rec.
- Domestic Horse 688 rec.
- Australian Pale Field Rat 650 rec.
- Common Australian Rock Rat 623 rec.
- Fawn Antechinus 492 rec.
- Arnhem Land Rock Rat 471 rec.
- Australian Dusky Rat 354 rec.
- Northern Delicate Mouse 341 rec.
- Antilopine Wallaroo 295 rec.
- Black Wallaroo 282 rec.
55 more mammals on the full list.
Birds most often recorded
- Magpie Goose 19,868 rec.
- Bar-shouldered Dove 7,933 rec.
- Torresian Crow 7,677 rec.
- Whistling Kite 7,567 rec.
- Peaceful Dove 7,171 rec.
- Rainbow Bee-eater 6,022 rec.
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 5,856 rec.
- Willie-wagtail 5,853 rec.
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike 5,491 rec.
- Blue-winged Kookaburra 5,149 rec.
- Little Corella 4,857 rec.
- White-throated Honeyeater 4,605 rec.
- Forest Kingfisher 4,324 rec.
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 4,158 rec.
- White-gaped Honeyeater 4,104 rec.
- Rufous Whistler 4,011 rec.
- Green Oriole 3,943 rec.
- Medium Egret 3,909 rec.
- Mistletoebird 3,849 rec.
- Great Egret 3,654 rec.
- Magpie-lark 3,649 rec.
- Red-collared Lorikeet 3,584 rec.
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin 3,572 rec.
- Radjah Shelduck 3,558 rec.
- Green Pygmy-Goose 3,477 rec.
- Paperbark Flycatcher 3,434 rec.
- Brown Honeyeater 3,423 rec.
- Straw-necked Ibis 3,388 rec.
- Black-necked Stork 3,369 rec.
- Comb-crested Jacana 3,369 rec.
261 more birds on the full list.
In our guides
Visiting tips, access and seasons: Kakadu National Park in our Australia guide.
GBIF download for Australia: doi:10.15468/dl.6qht72.
Data last updated 2026-11-05. Species–place links come from GBIF occurrence downloads (GBIF.org) matched to protected-area boundaries from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and other open boundary sources, plus places listed by our own guides. Record counts are what has been reported to GBIF, not population sizes. Reptiles and amphibians are never shown at park level. How this database works · Data sources and limits.