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Learn the wildlife of Great Basin National Park

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862 species have research-grade observations inside Great Basin 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. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo172
  2. Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana72
  3. Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli60
  4. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica53
  5. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis52
  6. American Robin Turdus migratorius47
  7. Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus45
  8. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina38
  9. Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi37
  10. Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii37

Plants

  1. Great Basin bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva564
  2. Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides260
  3. Plains Pricklypear Opuntia polyacantha185
  4. Sky pilot Polemonium viscosum171
  5. Creeping mahonia Berberis repens162
  6. Singleleaf pinyon Pinus monophylla149
  7. White fir Abies concolor140
  8. Parry's primrose Primula parryi131
  9. Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius127
  10. Western columbine Aquilegia formosa120

Mammals

  1. Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus231
  2. Uinta Chipmunk Neotamias umbrinus123
  3. Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Callospermophilus lateralis45
  4. Rock Squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus41
  5. Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus27
  6. Yellow-bellied Marmot Marmota flaviventris26
  7. Wapiti Cervus canadensis17
  8. Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus10
  9. Mountain Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii6
  10. Cliff Chipmunk Neotamias dorsalis5

Insects

  1. Weidemeyer's Admiral Limenitis weidemeyerii48
  2. Hoary Comma Polygonia gracilis45
  3. Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus42
  4. Field Crescent Phyciodes pulchella38
  5. Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa37
  6. Milbert's Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti36
  7. Police Car Moth Gnophaela vermiculata33
  8. Boisduval's Blue Icaricia icarioides29
  9. White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata25
  10. Great Basin Wood-Nymph Cercyonis sthenele24

Spiders and kin

  1. Northern Scorpion Paruroctonus boreus20
  2. Great Basin Cave Pseudoscorpion Microcreagris grandis12
  3. Eastern Swollenstinger Scorpion Anuroctonus phaiodactylus9
  4. Tyrell's Tufted Jumping Spider Phidippus tyrrelli7
  5. Koch's Wolf Spider Alopecosa kochi6
  6. Poplar Budgall Mite Aceria parapopuli5
  7. Pelegrina aeneola4
  8. Six-spotted Orbweaver Araniella displicata3
  9. Habronattus kubai3
  10. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia2

Reptiles

  1. Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis135
  2. Common Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus128
  3. Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer74
  4. Western Terrestrial Garter Snake Thamnophis elegans54
  5. Western Rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus24
  6. Striped Whipsnake Masticophis taeniatus19
  7. Western Skink Plestiodon skiltonianus11
  8. Common Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana2

Fish

  1. Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus virginalis6
  2. Brown Trout Salmo trutta5
  3. Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis4
  4. Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss2

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.