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Learn the wildlife of Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve

British Columbia · Canada

675 species have research-grade observations inside Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve 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. Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani38
  2. Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata36
  3. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus36
  4. Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba32
  5. Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata26
  6. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus24
  7. Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus20
  8. Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus16
  9. Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens13
  10. Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata13

Plants

  1. Western redcedar Thuja plicata116
  2. One-flowered Wintergreen Moneses uniflora33
  3. Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis31
  4. Western skunk cabbage Lysichiton americanus22
  5. Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla18
  6. Round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia16
  7. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea16
  8. Candy Flower Claytonia sibirica16
  9. Common Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris14
  10. Takakia lepidozioides14

Mammals

  1. Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus76
  2. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae64
  3. Steller Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus41
  4. American Black Bear Ursus americanus31
  5. Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina22
  6. Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus19
  7. Pacific Marten Martes caurina18
  8. Black Rat Rattus rattus17
  9. Orca Orcinus orca15
  10. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor13

Insects

  1. Spotted Tussock Moth Lophocampa maculata3
  2. Common Aerial Yellowjacket Dolichovespula arenaria3
  3. Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Bombus flavifrons3
  4. Sitka Bumble Bee Bombus sitkensis3
  5. Rusty Tussock Moth Orgyia antiqua2
  6. Boreal Burying Beetle Nicrophorus defodiens2
  7. Margined Snail-eating Beetle Scaphinotus marginatus2
  8. Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata1
  9. Red Net-winged Beetle Dictyoptera simplicipes1
  10. Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba1

Fish

  1. Pacific Herring Clupea pallasii16
  2. Pacific Sand Lance Ammodytes personatus12
  3. Tidepool Sculpin Oligocottus maculosus9
  4. Quillback Rockfish Sebastes maliger7
  5. Northern Clingfish Gobiesox maeandricus7
  6. Black Rockfish Sebastes melanops6
  7. Lingcod Ophiodon elongatus5
  8. Great Sculpin Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus3
  9. Painted Greenling Oxylebius pictus3
  10. Common Mola Mola mola3

Mollusks

  1. Pinto Abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana42
  2. Pacific Banana Slug Ariolimax columbianus37
  3. Red Turban Snail Pomaulax gibberosus23
  4. California Mussel Mytilus californianus16
  5. Lewis's Moon Snail Neverita lewisii16
  6. Giant Rock Scallop Crassadoma gigantea14
  7. Black Leather Chiton Katharina tunicata8
  8. Mossy Chiton Mopalia muscosa8
  9. California Sunset Clam Gari californica8
  10. Leafy Hornmouth Ceratostoma foliatum7

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.