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Learn the wildlife of Cévennes National Park

France

5,378 species have research-grade observations inside Cévennes 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. Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus831
  2. Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus285
  3. Short-toed Snake-Eagle Circaetus gallicus205
  4. Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus172
  5. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs160
  6. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe126
  7. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros121
  8. European Robin Erithacus rubecula114
  9. Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax111
  10. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo111

Plants

  1. Fly Orchid Ophrys insectifera380
  2. Elder-flowered Orchid Dactylorhiza sambucina351
  3. Early Purple Orchid Orchis mascula337
  4. Pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis333
  5. Maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes285
  6. Burnt-tip Orchid Neotinea ustulata274
  7. Military Orchid Orchis militaris249
  8. Stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus232
  9. Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa225
  10. Early Spider-orchid Ophrys sphegodes221

Mammals

  1. Wild Boar Sus scrofa153
  2. Wild Horse Equus ferus126
  3. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes116
  4. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus97
  5. Eurasian Beaver Castor fiber86
  6. Northern Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta65
  7. European Badger Meles meles61
  8. Red Deer Cervus elaphus57
  9. Stone Marten Martes foina46
  10. Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros43

Insects

  1. Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius376
  2. Western Saddle Bush-cricket Ephippiger diurnus375
  3. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia324
  4. European Mantis Mantis religiosa295
  5. Grayling Hipparchia semele291
  6. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria264
  7. Marbled White Melanargia galathea264
  8. European Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus252
  9. Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis249
  10. Common Blue Polyommatus icarus238

Spiders and kin

  1. Napoleon Spider Synema globosum171
  2. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi159
  3. European Harvestman Phalangium opilio135
  4. Radiated Wolf Spider Hogna radiata122
  5. European Yellow-tailed Scorpion Tetratrichobothrius flavicaudis115
  6. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus92
  7. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus92
  8. Olios argelasius92
  9. Cricket-bat Orbweaver Mangora acalypha78
  10. Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops77

Reptiles

  1. Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis529
  2. Western Green Lizard Lacerta bilineata420
  3. Viperine Snake Natrix maura193
  4. Catalonian Wall Lizard Podarcis liolepis192
  5. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis111
  6. Aesculapian Snake Zamenis longissimus99
  7. Western Montpellier Snake Malpolon monspessulanus78
  8. Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica75
  9. Barred Grass Snake Natrix helvetica61
  10. Green Whip Snake Hierophis viridiflavus49

Amphibians

  1. Spiny Toad Bufo spinosus312
  2. Fire Salamander Salamandra salamandra234
  3. European Common Frog Rana temporaria169
  4. Common Midwife Toad Alytes obstetricans79

Mollusks

  1. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum158
  2. Round-mouthed Snail Pomatias elegans71
  3. Leopard Slug Limax maximus66
  4. Lapidary Snail Helicigona lapicida50
  5. Zebra Snail Zebrina detrita44

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.