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Learn the wildlife of Alta Murgia National Park

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2,257 species have research-grade observations inside Alta Murgia 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. Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni47
  2. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo45
  3. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius33
  4. Red Kite Milvus milvus30
  5. Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus27
  6. Italian Sparrow Passer italiae26
  7. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs24
  8. Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus22
  9. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus22
  10. European Bee-eater Merops apiaster21

Plants

  1. Early Spider-orchid Ophrys sphegodes122
  2. Green-winged orchid Anacamptis morio85
  3. Pink-butterfly Orchid Anacamptis papilionacea76
  4. Bertoloni's Bee-orchid Ophrys bertolonii69
  5. Sawfly Orchid Ophrys tenthredinifera63
  6. Giant orchid Himantoglossum robertianum59
  7. Winter Daffodil Sternbergia lutea55
  8. King's-spear Asphodeline lutea49
  9. Late spider-orchid and allies Ophrys fuciflora48
  10. Broad-leaved anemone Anemone hortensis42

Insects

  1. Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon76
  2. Wall Brown Lasiommata megera58
  3. European Mantis Mantis religiosa51
  4. Andricus quercustozae49
  5. Common Blue Polyommatus icarus48
  6. Prionotropis appula45
  7. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas44
  8. Southern Gatekeeper Pyronia cecilia44
  9. Red Shield Bug Carpocoris mediterraneus44
  10. Esper's Marbled White Melanargia russiae43

Spiders and kin

  1. Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops45
  2. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus44
  3. Napoleon Spider Synema globosum31
  4. Lobed Argiope Argiope lobata27
  5. Bordered Orbweaver Neoscona adianta26
  6. Radiated Wolf Spider Hogna radiata20
  7. Metaphalangium cirtanum19
  8. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi17
  9. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus16
  10. Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus semilimbatus15

Reptiles

  1. Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus81
  2. Green Whip Snake Hierophis viridiflavus38
  3. Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica31
  4. Western Green Lizard Lacerta bilineata27
  5. Kotschy's Gecko Mediodactylus kotschyi17
  6. Four-lined Snake Elaphe quatuorlineata13
  7. Asp Vipera aspis10

Amphibians

  1. Green Toad Bufotes viridis20
  2. Italian newt Lissotriton italicus15
  3. European Toad Bufo bufo13

Mollusks

  1. Chocolate-band Snail Eobania vermiculata20
  2. Green Garden Snail Cantareus apertus12
  3. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum11
  4. Cliveden Snail Papillifera papillaris10

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.