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Learn the wildlife of Mljet National Park

Croatia

613 species have research-grade observations inside Mljet 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. Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis11
  2. White Wagtail Motacilla alba5
  3. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix4
  4. European Shag Gulosus aristotelis3
  5. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2
  6. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica2
  7. Tawny Owl Strix aluco2
  8. Great Tit Parus major2
  9. Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala2
  10. Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus1

Plants

  1. Green Olive Tree Phillyrea latifolia32
  2. Ivy-leaved cyclamen Cyclamen hederifolium29
  3. Mastic Pistacia lentiscus28
  4. Aleppo pine Pinus halepensis27
  5. Strawberry tree Arbutus unedo26
  6. Holm oak Quercus ilex22
  7. Pale Stonecrop Petrosedum sediforme19
  8. Mediterranean juniper Juniperus turbinata16
  9. Carob tree Ceratonia siliqua15
  10. Butcher's-broom Ruscus aculeatus15

Mammals

  1. Domestic Goat Capra hircus5
  2. Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata2
  3. Wild Boar Sus scrofa1
  4. European Fat Dormouse Glis glis1
  5. Domestic Sheep Ovis aries1
  6. Kolombatovic's long-eared bat Plecotus kolombatovici1

Insects

  1. Southern White Admiral Limenitis reducta32
  2. Cleopatra Butterfly Gonepteryx cleopatra27
  3. European Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata25
  4. Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius20
  5. Ash Cicada Cicada orni19
  6. Italian locust Calliptamus italicus17
  7. Large Wall Brown Lasiommata maera16
  8. Black Pine Sawyer Beetle Monochamus galloprovincialis14
  9. Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp Sceliphron caementarium13
  10. Common Cicada Lyristes plebejus11

Spiders and kin

  1. Tropical Tent-web Spider Cyrtophora citricola10
  2. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus3
  3. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus1
  4. Mediterranean white-banded spider Evarcha jucunda1
  5. Runcinia grammica1

Reptiles

  1. Sharp-snouted Rock Lizard Dalmatolacerta oxycephala107
  2. Dalmatian Wall Lizard Podarcis melisellensis43
  3. Mediterranean House Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus13
  4. Eastern Montpellier Snake Malpolon insignitus5
  5. Aesculapian Snake Zamenis longissimus2
  6. European Glass Lizard Pseudopus apodus1

Fish

  1. Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse Coris julis17
  2. Painted Comber Serranus scriba15
  3. Ornate Wrasse Thalassoma pavo14
  4. Mediterranean Damselfish Chromis chromis13
  5. Common Two-banded Seabream Diplodus vulgaris12
  6. Sharpsnout Seabream Diplodus puntazzo9
  7. Mediterranean Cardinalfish Apogon imberbis9
  8. Red-black Triplefin Tripterygion tripteronotum9
  9. Rusty Blenny Parablennius sanguinolentus8
  10. Gilthead Seabream Sparus aurata8

Mollusks

  1. Cratena Slug Cratena peregrina6
  2. Dinarica pouzolzii6
  3. Horn Shell Thericium vulgatum4
  4. Mediterranean Cone Snail Conus ventricosus3
  5. Chocolate-band Snail Eobania vermiculata3
  6. Sooty Seahare Aplysia fasciata3
  7. Banded Dye-murex Hexaplex trunculus3
  8. Phorcus articulatus3
  9. Giant Tun Snail Tonna galea2
  10. Warty Venus Clam Venus verrucosa2

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.