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Learn the wildlife of Pukaskwa National Park

Canada

1,234 species have research-grade observations inside Pukaskwa 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. Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis73
  2. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata44
  3. Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus41
  4. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla38
  5. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis33
  6. Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens31
  7. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus28
  8. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis24
  9. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum22
  10. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos22

Plants

  1. Livelong Saxifrage Saxifraga paniculata236
  2. Canadian bunchberry Cornus canadensis126
  3. Shrubby cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa118
  4. Bog Labrador Tea Rhododendron groenlandicum111
  5. Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi109
  6. Lowbush blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium105
  7. Bluebead lily Clintonia borealis93
  8. Three-toothed cinquefoil Sibbaldiopsis tridentata83
  9. Pink lady's slipper Cypripedium acaule80
  10. Ghost Pipe Monotropa uniflora80

Mammals

  1. Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus76
  2. American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus38
  3. Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus30
  4. Least Chipmunk Neotamias minimus28
  5. Moose Alces alces20
  6. American Black Bear Ursus americanus13
  7. American Beaver Castor canadensis12
  8. Gray Wolf Canis lupus6
  9. Canada Lynx Lynx canadensis5
  10. North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum4

Insects

  1. Welsh Wave Moth Venusia cambrica77
  2. St. Lawrence Tiger Moth Arctia parthenos66
  3. Large-spotted Dart Aplectoides condita52
  4. Dappled Dart Anaplectoides pressus51
  5. Bicolored Moth Setema bicolor47
  6. Olive Angle Shades Phlogophora iris45
  7. Pale Beauty Campaea perlata41
  8. Unmarked Dagger Acronicta innotata41
  9. Little Shaded Lichen Moth Clemensia umbrata39
  10. White-dotted Prominent Nadata gibbosa37

Reptiles

  1. Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis23
  2. Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus4
  3. Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta4

Amphibians

  1. American Toad Anaxyrus americanus72
  2. Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus16
  3. Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer10
  4. North American Green Frog Lithobates clamitans9
  5. Mink Frog Lithobates septentrionalis5
  6. Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata4

Mollusks

  1. Fatmucket Lampsilis siliquoidea22
  2. Lymnaea jugularis6
  3. Plain Pocketbook Lampsilis cardium4

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.