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Learn the wildlife of Abisko National Park

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535 species have research-grade observations inside Abisko 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. Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus56
  2. Bluethroat Luscinia svecica35
  3. Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus26
  4. Brambling Fringilla montifringilla19
  5. Redpoll Acanthis flammea18
  6. Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta17
  7. Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus16
  8. Willow Tit Poecile montanus16
  9. European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria14
  10. Redwing Turdus iliacus13

Plants

  1. Eight-petal Mountain-Avens Dryas octopetala174
  2. Lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea164
  3. Common bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus160
  4. European goldenrod Solidago virgaurea151
  5. Wood crane's-bill Geranium sylvaticum147
  6. Bog bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum135
  7. Alpine Milkvetch Astragalus alpinus132
  8. Woolly Willow Salix lanata131
  9. Yellow Saxifrage Saxifraga aizoides127
  10. Velvetbells Bartsia alpina125

Mammals

  1. Moose Alces alces30
  2. Mountain Hare Lepus timidus21
  3. Caribou Rangifer tarandus12
  4. Norway Brown Lemming Lemmus lemmus3
  5. Field Vole Microtus agrestis1
  6. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris1
  7. Eurasian Water Shrew Neomys fodiens1

Insects

  1. Common Carder Bumble Bee Bombus pascuorum52
  2. Early Bumble Bee Bombus pratorum26
  3. Green-veined White Pieris napi22
  4. Lapland Bumble Bee Bombus lapponicus22
  5. Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble bee Bombus flavidus19
  6. Mountain Bumble Bee Bombus monticola16
  7. Dewy Ringlet Erebia pandrose16
  8. Northern Blue Plebejus idas15
  9. Bombus balteatus13
  10. Freija Fritillary Boloria freija13

Spiders and kin

  1. Alopecosa pinetorum6
  2. Woodland Jumping Spider Evarcha falcata1
  3. Four-spot Orbweaver Araneus quadratus1
  4. Thanatus arcticus1
  5. Saddleback Harvestman Mitopus morio1

Mollusks

  1. Copse Snail Arianta arbustorum1
  2. Pellucid Glass-snail Vitrina pellucida1
  3. Northern Dusky Slug Arion fuscus1
  4. Discus ruderatus1

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.