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Learn the wildlife of Aspromonte National Park

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930 species have research-grade observations inside Aspromonte 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. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo11
  2. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs10
  3. Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea8
  4. Tawny Owl Strix aluco7
  5. European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus6
  6. Common Raven Corvus corax6
  7. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius5
  8. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea4
  9. Coal Tit Periparus ater4
  10. Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus3

Plants

  1. Bird's-nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis46
  2. Elder-flowered Orchid Dactylorhiza sambucina31
  3. Three-toothed orchid Neotinea tridentata30
  4. Ivy-leaved cyclamen Cyclamen hederifolium28
  5. European beech Fagus sylvatica20
  6. Limodorum trabutianum20
  7. Gopher plant Euphorbia rigida16
  8. Silver fir Abies alba15
  9. Pencilled Crane's-bill Geranium versicolor12
  10. Italian Crocus Crocus longiflorus12

Mammals

  1. Calabrian Black Squirrel Sciurus meridionalis18
  2. Wild Boar Sus scrofa7
  3. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes4
  4. Apennine Hare Lepus corsicanus4
  5. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus3
  6. Gray Wolf Canis lupus2
  7. Roman Mole Talpa romana2
  8. European Fat Dormouse Glis glis2
  9. Domestic Cat Felis catus2
  10. Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum1

Insects

  1. Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth Hyles euphorbiae20
  2. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria17
  3. Wall Brown Lasiommata megera17
  4. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui16
  5. Spotted Fritillary Melitaea didyma16
  6. Morimus asper16
  7. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas14
  8. Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia14
  9. Apollo Parnassius apollo14
  10. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia14

Spiders and kin

  1. Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops8
  2. Radiated Wolf Spider Hogna radiata6
  3. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus5
  4. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi4
  5. Lobed Argiope Argiope lobata3
  6. European Harvestman Phalangium opilio3
  7. Napoleon Spider Synema globosum3

Reptiles

  1. Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis13
  2. Barred Grass Snake Natrix helvetica11
  3. Western Green Lizard Lacerta bilineata9
  4. Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus9
  5. Asp Vipera aspis3
  6. Italian Slowworm Anguis veronensis3
  7. Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca2
  8. Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica2
  9. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta2
  10. Mediterranean House Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus1

Amphibians

  1. Fire Salamander Salamandra salamandra74
  2. Italian Stream Frog Rana italica47
  3. European Toad Bufo bufo21
  4. Agile Frog Rana dalmatina5
  5. Italian newt Lissotriton italicus2
  6. Yellow-bellied Toad Bombina variegata2

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.