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Learn the wildlife of Gorczański National Park

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370 species have research-grade observations inside Gorczański 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. Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra4
  2. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos3
  3. Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus3
  4. Coal Tit Periparus ater3
  5. White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus2
  6. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2
  7. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2
  8. Rock Pigeon Columba livia1
  9. White Stork Ciconia ciconia1
  10. Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus1

Plants

  1. Willow gentian Gentiana asclepiadea20
  2. White Butterbur Petasites albus18
  3. Crocus heuffelianus18
  4. Marsh marigold Caltha palustris16
  5. Water Avens Geum rivale15
  6. Cardamine glanduligera15
  7. Wood anemone Anemonoides nemorosa13
  8. Coralroot Cardamine bulbifera11
  9. Common bistort Bistorta officinalis11
  10. Deer fern Struthiopteris spicant11

Mammals

  1. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes1
  2. Wild Boar Sus scrofa1
  3. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus1
  4. Eurasian Beaver Castor fiber1
  5. Common Shrew Sorex araneus1
  6. European Fat Dormouse Glis glis1
  7. Red Deer Cervus elaphus1
  8. Bank Vole Clethrionomys glareolus1

Insects

  1. Butterbur Weevil Liparus glabrirostris18
  2. Purple Emperor Apatura iris6
  3. Marbled White Melanargia galathea5
  4. Scarce Copper Lycaena virgaureae5
  5. Carabus auronitens5
  6. Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea4
  7. Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus4
  8. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus4
  9. Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus4
  10. Wart-biter Decticus verrucivorus4

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus3
  2. Oak Spider Aculepeira ceropegia2
  3. Saddleback Harvestman Mitopus morio1
  4. Callobius claustrarius1
  5. Leiobunum gracile1

Reptiles

  1. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara7
  2. Adder Vipera berus2
  3. Grass snake Natrix natrix2
  4. Eastern Slowworm Anguis colchica1
  5. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis1

Amphibians

  1. Fire Salamander Salamandra salamandra23
  2. European Common Frog Rana temporaria7
  3. Carpathian Newt Lissotriton montandoni6
  4. Alpine Newt Mesotriton alpestris3
  5. European Toad Bufo bufo1

Mollusks

  1. Carpathian Blue Slug Bielzia coerulans5
  2. Roman Snail Helix pomatia2
  3. Copse Snail Arianta arbustorum1
  4. Faustina faustina1

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.