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Learn the wildlife of Riding Mountain National Park

Manitoba · Canada

1,208 species have research-grade observations inside Riding Mountain 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. Common Loon Gavia immer273
  2. Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena146
  3. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis123
  4. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula111
  5. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos88
  6. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica85
  7. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata82
  8. Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator81
  9. Canada Goose Branta canadensis79
  10. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla72

Plants

  1. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium140
  2. Anise hyssop Agastache foeniculum116
  3. Red baneberry Actaea rubra114
  4. Yellow lady's slipper Cypripedium parviflorum98
  5. Hoary puccoon Lithospermum canescens96
  6. Giant red paintbrush Castilleja miniata92
  7. Canada anemone Anemonastrum canadense85
  8. Canadian bunchberry Cornus canadensis81
  9. Tall Bluebell Mertensia paniculata80
  10. Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus78

Mammals

  1. American Black Bear Ursus americanus382
  2. Moose Alces alces114
  3. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus99
  4. American Bison Bos bison91
  5. American Beaver Castor canadensis66
  6. American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus53
  7. Franklin's Ground Squirrel Poliocitellus franklinii37
  8. Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus34
  9. Coyote Canis latrans29
  10. Groundhog Marmota monax29

Insects

  1. Monarch Danaus plexippus113
  2. Tricolored Bumble Bee Bombus ternarius90
  3. Red-spotted Admiral Limenitis arthemis78
  4. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata70
  5. Perplexing Bumble Bee Bombus perplexus65
  6. Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Papilio canadensis62
  7. Milbert's Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti53
  8. Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa50
  9. Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata43
  10. American Emerald Cordulia shurtleffii41

Spiders and kin

  1. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia24
  2. American Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis18
  3. Bronze Jumping Spider Eris militaris16
  4. Six-spotted Fishing Spider Dolomedes triton11

Reptiles

  1. Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis22
  2. Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis radix22
  3. Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta7

Amphibians

  1. Western Tiger Salamander Ambystoma mavortium185
  2. Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus106
  3. Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens75
  4. Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata29
  5. Gray Treefrog Dryophytes versicolor5

Fish

  1. Northern Pike Esox lucius52
  2. White Sucker Catostomus commersonii18
  3. Yellow Perch Perca flavescens7
  4. Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas7
  5. Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu6

Mollusks

  1. Giant Floater Pyganodon grandis551
  2. Fatmucket Lampsilis siliquoidea37
  3. Lymnaea jugularis16

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.