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Learn the wildlife of Banff National Park

Canada

1,818 species have research-grade observations inside Banff 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. Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana1,294
  2. Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia1,220
  3. Common Raven Corvus corax852
  4. Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis695
  5. Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis409
  6. Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri408
  7. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis301
  8. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata284
  9. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys280
  10. American Robin Turdus migratorius271

Plants

  1. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium1,054
  2. Canadian bunchberry Cornus canadensis803
  3. Shrubby cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa713
  4. Canadian buffalo-berry Shepherdia canadensis713
  5. White pasqueflower Pulsatilla occidentalis630
  6. Virginia strawberry Fragaria virginiana580
  7. Common juniper Juniperus communis565
  8. Yellow columbine Aquilegia flavescens516
  9. Fairy-slipper Calypso bulbosa485
  10. Twinflower Linnaea borealis483

Mammals

  1. Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Callospermophilus lateralis1,864
  2. Columbian Ground Squirrel Urocitellus columbianus1,553
  3. Wapiti Cervus canadensis1,344
  4. Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis1,310
  5. Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus828
  6. American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus797
  7. American Black Bear Ursus americanus697
  8. American Pika Ochotona princeps446
  9. Hoary Marmot Marmota caligata446
  10. Brown Bear Ursus arctos273

Insects

  1. Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax393
  2. White-spotted Sawyer Monochamus scutellatus185
  3. Alfalfa Looper Autographa californica144
  4. Field Crescent Phyciodes pulchella131
  5. Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa105
  6. Milbert's Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti98
  7. Police Car Moth Gnophaela vermiculata90
  8. White-bowed Smoothwing Scaeva affinis90
  9. Northern Blue Plebejus idas87
  10. Arctic Fritillary Boloria chariclea83

Amphibians

  1. Western Toad Anaxyrus boreas201
  2. Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus42
  3. Long-toed Salamander Ambystoma macrodactylum28

Fish

  1. Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis99
  2. Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis94
  3. Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna80
  4. Westslope Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus lewisi48

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.