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Learn the wildlife of Kootenay National Park

British Columbia · Canada

760 species have research-grade observations inside Kootenay 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. Common Raven Corvus corax52
  2. Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis45
  3. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis30
  4. American Robin Turdus migratorius22
  5. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata18
  6. American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus16
  7. Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis16
  8. Pine Siskin Spinus pinus16
  9. White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura14
  10. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus10

Plants

  1. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium176
  2. Canadian buffalo-berry Shepherdia canadensis144
  3. Twinberry honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata122
  4. Canadian bunchberry Cornus canadensis110
  5. Shrubby cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa107
  6. Lodgepole pine Pinus contorta91
  7. Squashberry Viburnum edule85
  8. Bog Labrador Tea Rhododendron groenlandicum81
  9. Common juniper Juniperus communis79
  10. Fringed Grass of Parnassus Parnassia fimbriata75

Mammals

  1. Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis201
  2. Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Callospermophilus lateralis137
  3. American Black Bear Ursus americanus76
  4. Mountain Goat Oreamnos americanus68
  5. Brown Bear Ursus arctos54
  6. Columbian Ground Squirrel Urocitellus columbianus38
  7. American Pika Ochotona princeps32
  8. American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus30
  9. Gray Wolf Canis lupus29
  10. Hoary Marmot Marmota caligata26

Insects

  1. Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax33
  2. Field Crescent Phyciodes pulchella31
  3. Lorquin's Admiral Limenitis lorquini28
  4. White-spotted Sawyer Monochamus scutellatus26
  5. Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa24
  6. Northern Crescent Phyciodes cocyta24
  7. Mariposa Copper Tharsalea mariposa20
  8. Green Comma Polygonia faunus17
  9. Northern Blue Plebejus idas15
  10. Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus14

Spiders and kin

  1. Melocosa fumosa6
  2. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia3
  3. Shamrock Orbweaver Araneus trifolium3
  4. Nordmann's Orbweaver Spider Araneus nordmanni3
  5. Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite Aceria calaceris3
  6. Conical Trashline Orbweaver Cyclosa conica2
  7. Rocky Mountain Wood Tick Dermacentor andersoni2

Amphibians

  1. Western Toad Anaxyrus boreas28
  2. Columbia Spotted Frog Rana luteiventris13
  3. Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus7

Fish

  1. Westslope Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus lewisi32
  2. Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus14
  3. Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis11
  4. Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka7
  5. Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni3

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.