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Learn the wildlife of Monfragüe National Park

Spain

746 species have research-grade observations inside Monfragüe 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. Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus1,301
  2. Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius250
  3. Black Kite Milvus migrans160
  4. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea131
  5. Rock Bunting Emberiza cia125
  6. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs113
  7. Eurasian Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris102
  8. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros88
  9. Western House Martin Delichon urbicum78
  10. Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo73

Plants

  1. Gum Rock-rose Cistus ladanifer145
  2. Spanish Peaks Foxglove Digitalis thapsi75
  3. Spanish lavender Lavandula pedunculata72
  4. Pincushion gorse Genista hirsuta66
  5. Cork oak Quercus suber58
  6. Iberian Milkvetch Erophaca baetica53
  7. Sweet acorn oak Quercus rotundifolia51
  8. Angel's-tears Narcissus triandrus51
  9. Spotted Rock-rose Tuberaria guttata47
  10. Olive Olea europaea45

Mammals

  1. Red Deer Cervus elaphus467
  2. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes31
  3. Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra26
  4. Wild Boar Sus scrofa20
  5. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2
  6. Granada Hare Lepus granatensis2
  7. European Free-tailed Bat Tadarida teniotis1
  8. Stone Marten Martes foina1
  9. Common Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus1

Insects

  1. Scarabaeus laticollis58
  2. Two-tailed Pasha Charaxes jasius40
  3. Spanish Festoon Zerynthia rumina39
  4. European Beak Libythea celtis39
  5. Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus38
  6. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria33
  7. Heliotaurus ruficollis27
  8. Wall Brown Lasiommata megera25
  9. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera23
  10. Blood-spotted Sugar Ant Camponotus cruentatus23

Spiders and kin

  1. Buthus halius15
  2. Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus semilimbatus12
  3. Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops10
  4. Eusparassus dufouri9
  5. Napoleon Spider Synema globosum7
  6. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus6
  7. Cricket-bat Orbweaver Mangora acalypha5
  8. Aelurillus luctuosus4
  9. Gorse Orbweaver Agalenatea redii3
  10. Green Huntsman Spider Micrommata ligurina3

Reptiles

  1. Large Psammodromus Psammodromus algirus98
  2. Viperine Snake Natrix maura26
  3. Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica18
  4. Ocellated Lizard Timon lepidus18
  5. Green Iberian Wall Lizard Podarcis virescens13
  6. Horseshoe Whip Snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis9
  7. Western Montpellier Snake Malpolon monspessulanus4
  8. Ladder Snake Zamenis scalaris4
  9. Iberian Grass Snake Natrix astreptophora4
  10. Central Iberian Worm Lizard Blanus oxyurus4

Amphibians

  1. Iberian Green Frog Pelophylax perezi94
  2. Bosca's newt Lissotriton boscai74
  3. Mediterranean Tree Frog Hyla meridionalis55
  4. Spiny Toad Bufo spinosus54
  5. Fire Salamander Salamandra salamandra38
  6. Natterjack Toad Epidalea calamita21
  7. Iberian Painted Frog Discoglossus galganoi12
  8. Iberian Spadefoot Pelobates cultripes7
  9. Iberian Midwife Toad Alytes cisternasii4

Mollusks

  1. Drusia valenciennii22
  2. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum9
  3. Decollate Snail Rumina decollata3
  4. Acute Bladder Snail Physella acuta2
  5. Ferussacia folliculum2

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.