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Learn the wildlife of Gesäuse National Park

Austria

1,676 species have research-grade observations inside Gesäuse 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. White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus14
  2. Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita12
  3. Coal Tit Periparus ater11
  4. Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes10
  5. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos9
  6. Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus9
  7. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs9
  8. Common Raven Corvus corax8
  9. European Robin Erithacus rubecula8
  10. White Wagtail Motacilla alba8

Plants

  1. Christmas-rose Helleborus niger80
  2. Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii74
  3. Clusiana Primrose Primula clusiana68
  4. Mezereon Daphne mezereum57
  5. Liverleaf Hepatica nobilis57
  6. Eight-petal Mountain-Avens Dryas octopetala55
  7. Alpine Toadflax Linaria alpina54
  8. Oxlip Primula elatior52
  9. Spring Heath Erica carnea51
  10. Bear's Ear Primula auricula51

Mammals

  1. Northern Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra67
  2. Alpine Marmot Marmota marmota17
  3. Eurasian Beaver Castor fiber10
  4. Red Deer Cervus elaphus5
  5. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes4

Insects

  1. Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula58
  2. Green Mountain Grasshopper Miramella alpina43
  3. Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria33
  4. Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera31
  5. Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops30
  6. Alpine Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera aptera29
  7. Cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae28
  8. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia27
  9. Red Pine Longhorn Beetle Stictoleptura rubra25
  10. Speckled Yellow Pseudopanthera macularia25

Spiders and kin

  1. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia20
  2. Saddleback Harvestman Mitopus morio19
  3. Amilenus aurantiacus15
  4. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis13
  5. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus12
  6. Green Huntsman Spider Micrommata virescens11
  7. European Harvestman Phalangium opilio9
  8. Pardosa wagleri8
  9. Oak Spider Aculepeira ceropegia7
  10. Lacinius ephippiatus7

Reptiles

  1. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis17
  2. Adder Vipera berus15
  3. Grass snake Natrix natrix13
  4. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara11
  5. Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis9
  6. Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca4

Amphibians

  1. Alpine Salamander Salamandra atra79
  2. European Common Frog Rana temporaria46
  3. European Toad Bufo bufo38
  4. Alpine Newt Mesotriton alpestris29
  5. Yellow-bellied Toad Bombina variegata11
  6. Fire Salamander Salamandra salamandra4

Mollusks

  1. Roman Snail Helix pomatia121
  2. Copse Snail Arianta arbustorum40
  3. Large Glass Snail Aegopis verticillus19
  4. Ash-black Slug Limax cinereoniger13
  5. White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis6
  6. Mountain Bulin Ena montana6

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.