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Learn the wildlife of Port-Cros National Park

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697 species have research-grade observations in Port-Cros National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, from fish and seabirds to the life along the shore.

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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. Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis24
  2. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus7
  3. European Shag Gulosus aristotelis7
  4. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis3
  5. Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla3
  6. European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca3
  7. Common Quail Coturnix coturnix2
  8. Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan2
  9. Common Raven Corvus corax2
  10. Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2

Plants

  1. Neptune Grass Posidonia oceanica33
  2. Caulerpa cylindracea22
  3. Basque Beret Codium bursa15
  4. Dusty miller Jacobaea maritima15
  5. Mastic Pistacia lentiscus14
  6. Cat Thyme Teucrium marum14
  7. Tree spurge Euphorbia dendroides13
  8. Montpellier Cistus Cistus monspeliensis10
  9. Nettle-leaved Figwort Scrophularia peregrina10
  10. Rosemary Salvia rosmarinus9

Mammals

  1. Black Rat Rattus rattus4
  2. Wild Boar Sus scrofa1
  3. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris1

Insects

  1. Common Cicada Lyristes plebejus22
  2. Two-tailed Pasha Charaxes jasius21
  3. Nomad Sympetrum fonscolombii18
  4. Egyptian Bird Grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium18
  5. Iberian Saw Bush-cricket Barbitistes fischeri13
  6. Ash Cicada Cicada orni11
  7. Spongy Moth Lymantria dispar10
  8. Spotted Longhorn Beetle Rutpela maculata10
  9. Cleopatra Butterfly Gonepteryx cleopatra9
  10. European Mantis Mantis religiosa8

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus11
  2. Tropical Tent-web Spider Cyrtophora citricola7
  3. European Yellow-tailed Scorpion Tetratrichobothrius flavicaudis7
  4. Angular Orbweaver Spider Araneus angulatus3
  5. Olios argelasius2
  6. Long-bodied Cellar Spider Pholcus phalangioides1

Reptiles

  1. Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis101
  2. Mediterranean House Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus35
  3. Western Montpellier Snake Malpolon monspessulanus12
  4. Ladder Snake Zamenis scalaris7

Fish

  1. Yellowmouth Barracuda Sphyraena viridensis50
  2. Ornate Wrasse Thalassoma pavo50
  3. Common Two-banded Seabream Diplodus vulgaris48
  4. Salema Porgy Sarpa salpa47
  5. Painted Comber Serranus scriba46
  6. Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse Coris julis45
  7. Mediterranean Moray Muraena helena45
  8. White Sea Bream Diplodus sargus44
  9. Sharpsnout Seabream Diplodus puntazzo41
  10. East Atlantic Peacock Wrasse Symphodus tinca40

Mollusks

  1. Cratena Slug Cratena peregrina64
  2. Mediterranean Violet Aeolid Flabellina affinis59
  3. Leopard Sea Slug Peltodoris atromaculata28
  4. Regal Sea Goddess Felimare picta24
  5. Common Octopus Octopus vulgaris19
  6. Spiny Fan Mussel Pinna rudis18
  7. Tricolored Felimare Felimare tricolor17
  8. Thuridilla hopei16
  9. White Flabellina Luisella babai15
  10. Pink Coryphella Edmundsella pedata15

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. KnowKi is not affiliated with NOAA or any area's managers. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.