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Learn the wildlife of Mercantour National Park

France

1,875 species have research-grade observations inside Mercantour 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 oenanthe117
  2. Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus99
  3. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros61
  4. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos48
  5. Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus44
  6. Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta36
  7. Whinchat Saxicola rubetra29
  8. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus24
  9. Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris22
  10. Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus21

Plants

  1. Cobweb Houseleek Sempervivum arachnoideum170
  2. Peacock-eye Pink Dianthus pavonius127
  3. Silver-edged primrose Primula marginata119
  4. Berardia lanuginosa116
  5. Rusty-leaved Alpenrose Rhododendron ferrugineum96
  6. Elder-flowered Orchid Dactylorhiza sambucina91
  7. European larch Larix decidua86
  8. Moss Campion Silene acaulis86
  9. Alpine Toadflax Linaria alpina82
  10. Large-flowered Bellflower Campanula alpestris77

Mammals

  1. Northern Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra547
  2. Alpine Marmot Marmota marmota391
  3. Alpine Ibex Capra ibex377
  4. Red Deer Cervus elaphus46
  5. Domestic Sheep Ovis aries28
  6. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus15
  7. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes10
  8. Eurasian Stoat Mustela erminea8

Insects

  1. Alpes-Maritime Mountain Grasshopper Podisma dechambrei217
  2. Club-legged Grasshopper Gomphocerus sibiricus121
  3. Wart-biter Decticus verrucivorus115
  4. Large Banded Grasshopper Arcyptera fusca112
  5. Large Ringlet Erebia euryale109
  6. Apollo Parnassius apollo103
  7. Purple-edged Copper Lycaena hippothoe102
  8. Common Brassy Ringlet Erebia cassioides97
  9. Alpine Saddle-backed Bush-cricket Ephippiger terrestris85
  10. Niobe fritillary Argynnis niobe83

Spiders and kin

  1. Oak Spider Aculepeira ceropegia38
  2. Saddleback Harvestman Mitopus morio38
  3. Mitopus glacialis36
  4. European cave spider Meta menardi26
  5. Leiobunum religiosum16
  6. Aculepeira carbonaria14
  7. Leiobunum apenninicum14
  8. Ladybird Spider Eresus kollari10
  9. Zebra Jumping Spider Salticus scenicus8
  10. European Harvestman Phalangium opilio8

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.