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Learn the wildlife of Arcipelago di La Maddalena National Park

Italy

658 species have research-grade observations inside Arcipelago di La Maddalena 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. Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis25
  2. European Shag Gulosus aristotelis18
  3. Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata6
  4. Rock Pigeon Columba livia4
  5. Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius4
  6. Common Tern Sterna hirundo3
  7. Common Raven Corvus corax3
  8. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix3
  9. Little Egret Egretta garzetta2
  10. Pallid Swift Apus pallidus2

Plants

  1. Montpellier Cistus Cistus monspeliensis40
  2. Sea Daffodil Pancratium maritimum34
  3. Mastic Pistacia lentiscus26
  4. Rock samphire Crithmum maritimum26
  5. Myrtle Myrtus communis23
  6. Strawberry tree Arbutus unedo20
  7. Sky Stone-crop Sedum caeruleum20
  8. Topped lavender Lavandula stoechas18
  9. Narrow-leaved mock privet Phillyrea angustifolia16
  10. False yellowhead Dittrichia viscosa15

Mammals

  1. Domestic Goat Capra hircus32
  2. Wild Boar Sus scrofa17
  3. Domestic Cat Felis catus2

Insects

  1. Corsican Wall Brown Lasiommata paramegaera13
  2. European Striped Shield Bug Graphosoma italicum8
  3. Nomad Sympetrum fonscolombii8
  4. Clouded Yellow Colias crocea7
  5. Barbary Grasshopper Calliptamus barbarus7
  6. Cleopatra Butterfly Gonepteryx cleopatra6
  7. Lamenting Grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans6
  8. Corsican Sand Grasshopper Sphingonotus corsicus6
  9. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas5
  10. Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon5

Spiders and kin

  1. Lobed Argiope Argiope lobata10
  2. Napoleon Spider Synema globosum2
  3. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus1
  4. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus1

Reptiles

  1. Tyrrhenian Wall Lizard Podarcis tiliguerta65
  2. Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus18
  3. Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica14
  4. Green Whip Snake Hierophis viridiflavus10
  5. Mediterranean House Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus6
  6. Ocellated Bronze Skink Chalcides ocellatus6
  7. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta3
  8. Viperine Snake Natrix maura1

Fish

  1. Common Two-banded Seabream Diplodus vulgaris36
  2. Saddled Seabream Oblada melanurus35
  3. Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse Coris julis30
  4. Ornate Wrasse Thalassoma pavo25
  5. East Atlantic Peacock Wrasse Symphodus tinca25
  6. Painted Comber Serranus scriba25
  7. Roule's Goby Gobius roulei24
  8. Mediterranean Damselfish Chromis chromis23
  9. Salema Porgy Sarpa salpa22
  10. Four-spotted Goby Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus21

Mollusks

  1. Common Octopus Octopus vulgaris15
  2. Banded Dye-murex Hexaplex trunculus10
  3. Phorcus articulatus10
  4. European Common Cuttlefish Sepia officinalis9
  5. Rustic Dove-shell Columbella rustica8
  6. Cratena Slug Cratena peregrina7
  7. Green Ormer Haliotis tuberculata6
  8. Sooty Seahare Aplysia fasciata6
  9. Leopard Sea Slug Peltodoris atromaculata6
  10. Turbinate Monodont Phorcus turbinatus6

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.