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Learn the wildlife of La Mauricie National Park

Québec · Canada

900 species have research-grade observations inside La Mauricie 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 Loon Gavia immer61
  2. Common Merganser Mergus merganser49
  3. American Black Duck Anas rubripes26
  4. Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus22
  5. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata15
  6. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias14
  7. Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus14
  8. American Robin Turdus migratorius12
  9. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus11
  10. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula10

Plants

  1. Bluebead lily Clintonia borealis75
  2. Purple pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea68
  3. Canadian bunchberry Cornus canadensis60
  4. Pink lady's slipper Cypripedium acaule54
  5. Painted trillium Trillium undulatum51
  6. Sheep laurel Kalmia angustifolia48
  7. Ghost Pipe Monotropa uniflora43
  8. Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata39
  9. Balsam fir Abies balsamea37
  10. Hobblebush Viburnum lantanoides37

Mammals

  1. American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus52
  2. American Beaver Castor canadensis33
  3. Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus26
  4. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes16
  5. Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus15
  6. American Black Bear Ursus americanus14
  7. North American River Otter Lontra canadensis9
  8. Groundhog Marmota monax8
  9. Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicauda5
  10. Moose Alces alces5

Insects

  1. Chalk-fronted Corporal Ladona julia67
  2. Red-spotted Admiral Limenitis arthemis49
  3. Lake Darner Aeshna eremita44
  4. Variable Dancer Argia fumipennis42
  5. Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa38
  6. Lancet Clubtail Phanogomphus exilis29
  7. Variable Darner Aeshna interrupta28
  8. American Emerald Cordulia shurtleffii24
  9. Crimson-ringed Whiteface Leucorrhinia glacialis24
  10. Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata20

Spiders and kin

  1. Dark Fishing Spider Dolomedes tenebrosus17
  2. Striped Fishing Spider Dolomedes scriptus9
  3. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia5
  4. Banded Harvestman Leiobunum vittatum5
  5. Six-spotted Orbweaver Araniella displicata2
  6. Aculus minutissimus2

Reptiles

  1. Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis58
  2. Red-bellied Snake Storeria occipitomaculata5
  3. Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus3

Amphibians

  1. American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus76
  2. American Toad Anaxyrus americanus75
  3. North American Green Frog Lithobates clamitans51
  4. Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens24
  5. Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer12
  6. Mink Frog Lithobates septentrionalis11
  7. Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens8
  8. Eastern Red-backed Salamander Plethodon cinereus7
  9. Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus4

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.