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Learn the wildlife of Bryce Canyon National Park

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560 species have research-grade observations inside Bryce Canyon 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. Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri626
  2. Common Raven Corvus corax475
  3. Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana206
  4. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis166
  5. Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli154
  6. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis139
  7. Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana115
  8. Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea115
  9. Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi93
  10. Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides54

Plants

  1. Great Basin bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva600
  2. Greenleaf manzanita Arctostaphylos patula579
  3. Creeping mahonia Berberis repens401
  4. Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii305
  5. Limber pine Pinus flexilis239
  6. Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius226
  7. Common juniper Juniperus communis221
  8. White fir Abies concolor192
  9. Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides173
  10. Gambel Oak Quercus gambelii152

Mammals

  1. Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Callospermophilus lateralis750
  2. Uinta Chipmunk Neotamias umbrinus458
  3. Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus307
  4. Pronghorn Antilocapra americana110
  5. Least Chipmunk Neotamias minimus42
  6. Wapiti Cervus canadensis15
  7. Rock Squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus14
  8. Fremont's Squirrel Tamiasciurus fremonti4
  9. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes3
  10. White-tailed Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus leucurus3

Insects

  1. Hunt's Bumble Bee Bombus huntii33
  2. Pine White Neophasia menapia20
  3. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui19
  4. Hedgerow Hairstreak Satyrium saepium17
  5. Crackling Forest Grasshopper Trimerotropis verruculata15
  6. Behr's Hairstreak Satyrium behrii15
  7. Xanthoteras eburneum15
  8. White-spotted Sawyer Monochamus scutellatus12
  9. Spotted Pine Sawyer Monochamus clamator11
  10. Western Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma californica11

Spiders and kin

  1. Tyrell's Tufted Jumping Spider Phidippus tyrrelli1
  2. Oregon Paradise Spider Habronattus oregonensis1
  3. Northern Scorpion Paruroctonus boreus1

Reptiles

  1. Common Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus181
  2. Greater Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma hernandesi125
  3. Western Rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus41
  4. Plateau Fence Lizard Sceloporus tristichus21
  5. Western Terrestrial Garter Snake Thamnophis elegans19
  6. Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer14
  7. Striped Whipsnake Masticophis taeniatus7
  8. Plateau Striped Whiptail Aspidoscelis velox3
  9. Ornate Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus1
  10. Western Skink Plestiodon skiltonianus1

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. KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.