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Learn the wildlife of Paklenica National Park

Croatia

1,085 species have research-grade observations inside Paklenica 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. Rock Pigeon Columba livia14
  2. Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer6
  3. Great Tit Parus major6
  4. Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus5
  5. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs5
  6. Eurasian Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris5
  7. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo5
  8. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio4
  9. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros4
  10. Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea4

Plants

  1. Chimney Bellflower Campanula pyramidalis75
  2. Spring Sowbread Cyclamen repandum64
  3. Campanula fenestrellata62
  4. Snow Samphire Pentanema verbascifolium61
  5. Mediterranean spurge Euphorbia characias56
  6. Rustyback Asplenium ceterach51
  7. Three-toothed orchid Neotinea tridentata48
  8. Italian maple Acer opalus47
  9. Garden sage Salvia officinalis41
  10. European Hop-hornbeam Ostrya carpinifolia39

Mammals

  1. Northern Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra27
  2. European Fat Dormouse Glis glis6
  3. Brown Bear Ursus arctos5
  4. Domestic Goat Capra hircus5
  5. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris4
  6. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2
  7. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2

Insects

  1. Southern White Admiral Limenitis reducta53
  2. Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius31
  3. Ash Cicada Cicada orni30
  4. Giant Peacock Moth Saturnia pyri26
  5. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria24
  6. Grayling Hipparchia semele21
  7. Egyptian Bird Grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium21
  8. European Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata19
  9. Wall Brown Lasiommata megera19
  10. Large Wall Brown Lasiommata maera17

Spiders and kin

  1. Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops7
  2. Radiated Wolf Spider Hogna radiata5
  3. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus3
  4. Italian scorpion Euscorpius italicus3

Reptiles

  1. Blue-throated Keeled Lizard Algyroides nigropunctatus73
  2. Dalmatian Wall Lizard Podarcis melisellensis52
  3. Green Lizard Lacerta viridis40
  4. Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis39
  5. Grass snake Natrix natrix23
  6. European Glass Lizard Pseudopus apodus22
  7. Balkan Green Lizard Lacerta trilineata22
  8. Long-nosed Viper Vipera ammodytes22
  9. Balkan Whip Snake Hierophis gemonensis17
  10. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis17

Amphibians

  1. Fire Salamander Salamandra salamandra64
  2. European Toad Bufo bufo21
  3. Green Toad Bufotes viridis3

Mollusks

  1. Helix secernenda15
  2. Liburnica setosa8
  3. Round-mouthed Snail Pomatias elegans6
  4. Aegopis compressus3
  5. Plaited Door-snail Cochlodina laminata2

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.