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Learn the wildlife of Peneda-Geres National Park

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1,964 species have research-grade observations inside Peneda-Geres 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. European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola72
  2. European Robin Erithacus rubecula55
  3. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo55
  4. Rock Bunting Emberiza cia54
  5. White Wagtail Motacilla alba51
  6. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs46
  7. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius41
  8. Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus39
  9. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros34
  10. Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla32

Plants

  1. Creeping gromwell Glandora prostrata258
  2. Genista tridentata180
  3. Bell Heather Erica cinerea172
  4. European holly Ilex aquifolium157
  5. Erica umbellata144
  6. Mountain Sandwort Arenaria montana131
  7. Sedum hirsutum122
  8. Woolly Rock Rose Cistus lasianthus121
  9. Common bracken Pteridium aquilinum114
  10. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea113

Mammals

  1. Domestic Horse Equus caballus117
  2. Iberian Ibex Capra pyrenaica27
  3. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes13
  4. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus13
  5. Iberian mole Talpa occidentalis13
  6. Common Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus9
  7. Red Deer Cervus elaphus9
  8. European Garden Dormouse Eliomys quercinus8
  9. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris8
  10. Domestic Goat Capra hircus8

Insects

  1. Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo211
  2. Heath Dumble Dor Trypocopris pyrenaeus121
  3. Rock Grayling Hipparchia alcyone87
  4. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria83
  5. Iberian marbled white Melanargia lachesis80
  6. Small Grey Eudonia mercurella73
  7. Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria63
  8. Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia60
  9. Andricus quercustozae60
  10. European Mantis Mantis religiosa59

Spiders and kin

  1. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi25
  2. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis20
  3. Gyas titanus16
  4. Gorse Orbweaver Agalenatea redii13
  5. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus12
  6. Napoleon Spider Synema globosum11
  7. Radiated Wolf Spider Hogna radiata11
  8. European Harvestman Phalangium opilio7
  9. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia6
  10. Angular Orbweaver Spider Araneus angulatus6

Reptiles

  1. Podarcis lusitanicus343
  2. Ocellated Lizard Timon lepidus241
  3. Bocage's Wall Lizard Podarcis bocagei185
  4. Iberian Emerald Lizard Lacerta schreiberi173
  5. Large Psammodromus Psammodromus algirus133
  6. Viperine Snake Natrix maura79
  7. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis44
  8. Iberian Grass Snake Natrix astreptophora34
  9. Western Montpellier Snake Malpolon monspessulanus31
  10. Southern Smooth Snake Coronella girondica26

Amphibians

  1. Iberian Frog Rana iberica291
  2. Iberian Green Frog Pelophylax perezi164
  3. Spiny Toad Bufo spinosus136
  4. Marbled Newt Triturus marmoratus57
  5. Bosca's newt Lissotriton boscai53
  6. Fire Salamander Salamandra salamandra44
  7. Common Midwife Toad Alytes obstetricans23
  8. Natterjack Toad Epidalea calamita17

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.