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Learn the wildlife of Bruce Peninsula National Park

Ontario · Canada

1,634 species have research-grade observations inside Bruce Peninsula 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. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis125
  2. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla62
  3. Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis43
  4. Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens35
  5. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus27
  6. Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus26
  7. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis24
  8. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias23
  9. Common Merganser Mergus merganser22
  10. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata21

Plants

  1. Purple pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea369
  2. Yellow lady's slipper Cypripedium parviflorum270
  3. Western Rattlesnake Plantain Goodyera oblongifolia266
  4. Painted-cup paintbrush Castilleja coccinea210
  5. Star-flowered lily-of-the-valley Maianthemum stellatum172
  6. Fringed polygala Polygaloides paucifolia159
  7. Maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes155
  8. Shrubby cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa154
  9. Northern whitecedar Thuja occidentalis151
  10. Fen grass of Parnassus Parnassia glauca139

Mammals

  1. American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus60
  2. American Black Bear Ursus americanus47
  3. Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus31
  4. Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus23
  5. American Beaver Castor canadensis20
  6. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes19
  7. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus17
  8. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor15

Insects

  1. Monarch Danaus plexippus79
  2. Red-spotted Admiral Limenitis arthemis74
  3. Chalk-fronted Corporal Ladona julia51
  4. Dorcas Copper Tharsalea dorcas48
  5. Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata47
  6. Bronzed Tiger Beetle Cicindela repanda46
  7. Canada Darner Aeshna canadensis43
  8. Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa38
  9. Atlantis Fritillary Argynnis atlantis34
  10. Milkweed Tussock Moth Euchaetes egle31

Spiders and kin

  1. Dark Fishing Spider Dolomedes tenebrosus16
  2. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia12
  3. Zebra Jumping Spider Salticus scenicus7
  4. Bronze Jumping Spider Eris militaris6

Reptiles

  1. Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis297
  2. Common Watersnake Nerodia sipedon182
  3. Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina90
  4. Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta83
  5. DeKay's Brownsnake Storeria dekayi56
  6. Common Ribbon Snake Thamnophis saurita53
  7. Eastern Milksnake Lampropeltis triangulum38
  8. Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus36
  9. Red-bellied Snake Storeria occipitomaculata32
  10. Smooth Greensnake Opheodrys vernalis32

Amphibians

  1. North American Green Frog Lithobates clamitans244
  2. Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens230
  3. Eastern Red-backed Salamander Plethodon cinereus95
  4. American Toad Anaxyrus americanus76
  5. Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer26
  6. American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus20
  7. Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus12
  8. Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens10
  9. Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum8

Fish

  1. Iowa Darter Etheostoma exile18
  2. Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus14
  3. Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu12
  4. Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos12
  5. Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus11
  6. Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus10
  7. Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus10
  8. Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus10
  9. Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans8
  10. Finescale Dace Chrosomus neogaeus8

Mollusks

  1. Leopard Slug Limax maximus69
  2. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis10
  3. Liver Elimia Elimia livescens9
  4. Giant Floater Pyganodon grandis8
  5. Toga Mantleslug Philomycus togatus7
  6. Fatmucket Lampsilis siliquoidea6

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.