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Learn the wildlife of Kouchibouguac National Park

Canada

1,611 species have research-grade observations inside Kouchibouguac 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 Tern Sterna hirundo136
  2. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias122
  3. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus72
  4. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator51
  5. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum49
  6. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis46
  7. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca37
  8. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus34
  9. Canada Goose Branta canadensis32
  10. American Robin Turdus migratorius32

Plants

  1. Purple pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea296
  2. Sheep laurel Kalmia angustifolia141
  3. Hoary Mugwort Artemisia stelleriana130
  4. Northern wild raisin Viburnum cassinoides129
  5. Round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia126
  6. Canadian bunchberry Cornus canadensis117
  7. Eastern white pine Pinus strobus99
  8. Bog Labrador Tea Rhododendron groenlandicum95
  9. Red maple Acer rubrum92
  10. Rhodora Rhododendron canadense92

Mammals

  1. Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus62
  2. American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus56
  3. Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus46
  4. American Black Bear Ursus americanus43
  5. North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum30
  6. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus20
  7. Groundhog Marmota monax17
  8. Moose Alces alces17
  9. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor8
  10. American Beaver Castor canadensis8

Insects

  1. Tricolored Bumble Bee Bombus ternarius41
  2. Fall Webworm Moth Hyphantria cunea36
  3. White-spotted Sawyer Monochamus scutellatus30
  4. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata28
  5. North American Luna Moth Actias luna22
  6. Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis22
  7. Banded Tussock Moth Halysidota tessellaris22
  8. Red-spotted Admiral Limenitis arthemis19
  9. Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil Polydrusus formosus19
  10. Salt Marsh Moth Estigmene acrea18

Spiders and kin

  1. Dark Fishing Spider Dolomedes tenebrosus13
  2. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia10
  3. Shoreline Wolf Spider Arctosa littoralis6
  4. Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata5

Reptiles

  1. Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis47
  2. Smooth Greensnake Opheodrys vernalis6
  3. Red-bellied Snake Storeria occipitomaculata4

Amphibians

  1. North American Green Frog Lithobates clamitans28
  2. Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens18
  3. Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus15
  4. Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer13
  5. Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum11
  6. Eastern Red-backed Salamander Plethodon cinereus11
  7. Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens11

Fish

  1. Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus16
  2. Fourspine Stickleback Apeltes quadracus6
  3. American Eel Anguilla rostrata6
  4. Northern Pipefish Syngnathus fuscus6
  5. Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus5
  6. Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia5
  7. Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus4

Mollusks

  1. Northern Moonsnail Euspira heros78
  2. West Atlantic Surfclam Spisula solidissima68
  3. Soft-shelled Clam Mya arenaria31
  4. Atlantic Jackknife Ensis leei30
  5. Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica26
  6. Common Atlantic Slippersnail Crepidula fornicata18
  7. Common Periwinkle Littorina littorea16
  8. False Angelwing Petricolaria pholadiformis14
  9. Atlantic Ribbed Mussel Geukensia demissa9
  10. Eastern Mudsnail Ilyanassa obsoleta8

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.