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Learn the wildlife of Pollino National Park

Italy

1,386 species have research-grade observations inside Pollino 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. Red Kite Milvus milvus14
  2. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo12
  3. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe10
  4. European Robin Erithacus rubecula10
  5. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio7
  6. Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus6
  7. Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla6
  8. Common Raven Corvus corax6
  9. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus6
  10. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius5

Plants

  1. Bosnian pine Pinus heldreichii58
  2. European beech Fagus sylvatica41
  3. Elder-flowered Orchid Dactylorhiza sambucina37
  4. Houseleek Sempervivum tectorum36
  5. Ivy-leaved cyclamen Cyclamen hederifolium32
  6. Four-spotted orchis Orchis quadripunctata32
  7. Great Yellow Gentian Gentiana lutea30
  8. Stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus28
  9. Donkey Tail Euphorbia myrsinites28
  10. Bird's-nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis26

Mammals

  1. Calabrian Black Squirrel Sciurus meridionalis21
  2. Crested Porcupine Hystrix cristata9
  3. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus7
  4. Domestic Horse Equus caballus7
  5. Gray Wolf Canis lupus5
  6. European Fat Dormouse Glis glis5
  7. Stone Marten Martes foina4
  8. Red Deer Cervus elaphus4
  9. European Badger Meles meles4
  10. Wild Boar Sus scrofa3

Insects

  1. Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia30
  2. Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon26
  3. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui24
  4. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia22
  5. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria20
  6. Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina20
  7. Morimus asper20
  8. Green-veined White Pieris napi19
  9. Marbled White Melanargia galathea19
  10. Clouded Yellow Colias crocea18

Spiders and kin

  1. Radiated Wolf Spider Hogna radiata21
  2. Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops8
  3. Tarantula wolf spider Lycosa tarantula8
  4. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus5
  5. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi4
  6. Walnut Orbweaver Nuctenea umbratica3
  7. Labyrinth spider Agelena labyrinthica3
  8. Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus semilimbatus3
  9. Aculepeira armida3

Reptiles

  1. Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus36
  2. Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis20
  3. Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca11
  4. Asp Vipera aspis10
  5. Western Green Lizard Lacerta bilineata10
  6. Four-lined Snake Elaphe quatuorlineata9
  7. Barred Grass Snake Natrix helvetica9
  8. Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica8
  9. Italian Slowworm Anguis veronensis6
  10. Italian Aesculapian Snake Zamenis lineatus5

Amphibians

  1. Italian Stream Frog Rana italica51
  2. European Toad Bufo bufo13
  3. Italian newt Lissotriton italicus10
  4. Southern Spectacled Salamander Salamandrina terdigitata9
  5. Fire Salamander Salamandra salamandra8
  6. Agile Frog Rana dalmatina4
  7. Italian Crested Newt Triturus carnifex3

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.