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Learn the wildlife of Maiella National Park

Italy

1,657 species have research-grade observations inside Maiella 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. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe28
  2. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo26
  3. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros23
  4. Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax22
  5. Red Kite Milvus milvus19
  6. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus16
  7. Common Raven Corvus corax13
  8. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio11
  9. White Wagtail Motacilla alba7
  10. Western House Martin Delichon urbicum7

Plants

  1. Italian Eryngo Eryngium amethystinum59
  2. Italian Bellflower Campanula fragilis59
  3. Fringed Pink Dianthus hyssopifolius49
  4. Mountain pine Pinus mugo35
  5. Green-winged orchid Anacamptis morio31
  6. Hart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium30
  7. Red Valerian Centranthus ruber28
  8. Lady Orchid Orchis purpurea27
  9. Ivy-leaved cyclamen Cyclamen hederifolium27
  10. Italian Toadflax Cymbalaria pallida26

Mammals

  1. Pyrenean Chamois Rupicapra pyrenaica46
  2. Red Deer Cervus elaphus15
  3. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes14
  4. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus13
  5. Gray Wolf Canis lupus6
  6. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris5
  7. Crested Porcupine Hystrix cristata4
  8. Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros3
  9. Stone Marten Martes foina3
  10. Wild Boar Sus scrofa3

Insects

  1. Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon65
  2. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia49
  3. Marbled White Melanargia galathea38
  4. Scarce Copper Lycaena virgaureae36
  5. European Mantis Mantis religiosa34
  6. Common Brassy Ringlet Erebia cassioides29
  7. Great Banded Grayling Brintesia circe25
  8. Transalpine burnet moth Zygaena transalpina25
  9. Spotted Fritillary Melitaea didyma21
  10. European Striped Shield Bug Graphosoma italicum20

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus12
  2. Oak Spider Aculepeira ceropegia12
  3. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia11
  4. Radiated Wolf Spider Hogna radiata11
  5. Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops10
  6. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus8
  7. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi7
  8. Napoleon Spider Synema globosum6
  9. Aculepeira armida5
  10. Metaphalangium cirtanum4

Reptiles

  1. Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus32
  2. Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis21
  3. Barred Grass Snake Natrix helvetica14
  4. Four-lined Snake Elaphe quatuorlineata10
  5. Asp Vipera aspis9
  6. Green Whip Snake Hierophis viridiflavus8
  7. Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica7
  8. Western Green Lizard Lacerta bilineata7
  9. Italian Slowworm Anguis veronensis7
  10. Tessellated Water Snake Natrix tessellata5

Amphibians

  1. Italian Stream Frog Rana italica48
  2. Fire Salamander Salamandra salamandra34
  3. Yellow-bellied Toad Bombina variegata27
  4. Italian Tree Frog Hyla intermedia11
  5. Italian Crested Newt Triturus carnifex7
  6. Agile Frog Rana dalmatina3

Mollusks

  1. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum7
  2. Helix straminea6
  3. Campylaea planospira6
  4. Leucostigma candidescens4

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.