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Learn the wildlife of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

MA

109 species have research-grade observations in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, from fish and seabirds to the life along the shore.

A rich underwater plateau at the mouth of Massachusetts Bay, between Cape Ann and Cape Cod, famous for feeding humpbacks.

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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. Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis220
  2. Northern Gannet Morus bassanus90
  3. Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus78
  4. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus58
  5. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea51
  6. Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla38
  7. Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis37
  8. Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus27
  9. American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus24
  10. Common Loon Gavia immer11

Mammals

  1. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae1,087
  2. Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Leucopleurus acutus92
  3. Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus34
  4. Common Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata26
  5. Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis24
  6. Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus17
  7. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus9
  8. Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina7
  9. Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena4
  10. Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis4

Fish

  1. Common Mola Mola mola54
  2. Red Hake Urophycis chuss9
  3. Longhorn Sculpin Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus7
  4. Cusk Brosme brosme7
  5. Pollock Pollachius virens6
  6. Atlantic Mackerel Scomber scombrus5
  7. Atlantic Wolffish Anarhichas lupus4
  8. Sea Raven Hemitripterus americanus3
  9. Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus3
  10. Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua3

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.