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Learn the wildlife of Isle Royale National Park

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1,453 species have research-grade observations inside Isle Royale 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. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata269
  2. Common Loon Gavia immer215
  3. Common Merganser Mergus merganser212
  4. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator155
  5. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula115
  6. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus111
  7. Canada Goose Branta canadensis103
  8. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina85
  9. American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus75
  10. Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis65

Plants

  1. Canadian bunchberry Cornus canadensis228
  2. Bluebead lily Clintonia borealis183
  3. Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus164
  4. Eastern Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus128
  5. Red baneberry Actaea rubra119
  6. Fringed polygala Polygaloides paucifolia116
  7. Rock harlequin Capnoides sempervirens113
  8. Wood Lily Lilium philadelphicum111
  9. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium110
  10. Wild sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulis103

Mammals

  1. Moose Alces alces386
  2. American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus142
  3. Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus113
  4. Gray Wolf Canis lupus98
  5. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes87
  6. American Beaver Castor canadensis71
  7. North American River Otter Lontra canadensis33
  8. Eastern Deermouse Peromyscus maniculatus12
  9. Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus4

Insects

  1. Red-spotted Admiral Limenitis arthemis74
  2. Northern Azure Celastrina lucia58
  3. White Satin Moth Leucoma salicis49
  4. Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Papilio canadensis46
  5. North American Luna Moth Actias luna40
  6. Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil Polydrusus formosus36
  7. Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa34
  8. Chalk-fronted Corporal Ladona julia33
  9. Monarch Danaus plexippus32
  10. Narrow-headed Marsh Fly Helophilus fasciatus32

Spiders and kin

  1. Dark Fishing Spider Dolomedes tenebrosus40
  2. Marbled Purple Jumping Spider Phidippus purpuratus12
  3. Bronze Jumping Spider Eris militaris7
  4. Nordmann's Orbweaver Spider Araneus nordmanni7
  5. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia6
  6. Grey Cross Spider Larinioides sclopetarius6
  7. European Harvestman Phalangium opilio5

Reptiles

  1. Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis122
  2. Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta38
  3. Red-bellied Snake Storeria occipitomaculata27

Amphibians

  1. American Toad Anaxyrus americanus134
  2. Green Frog Lithobates clamitans55
  3. Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer20
  4. Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens12
  5. Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus11
  6. Blue-spotted Salamander Ambystoma laterale7

Fish

  1. Northern Pike Esox lucius7
  2. Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis6
  3. Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus5
  4. Cisco Coregonus artedi5
  5. Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush5

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.