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Learn the wildlife of Sable Island National Park Reserve

Canada

389 species have research-grade observations inside Sable Island National Park Reserve 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. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis30
  2. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus29
  3. Common Tern Sterna hirundo23
  4. American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus14
  5. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla11
  6. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator10
  7. Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii9
  8. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus9
  9. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum9
  10. Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum8

Plants

  1. Star-flowered lily-of-the-valley Maianthemum stellatum34
  2. Seaside pea Lathyrus japonicus27
  3. Tall meadow-rue Thalictrum pubescens26
  4. Common yarrow Achillea millefolium25
  5. American searocket Cakile edentula24
  6. Virginian Rose Rosa virginiana24
  7. Large cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon23
  8. Common centaury Centaurium erythraea20
  9. Virginia strawberry Fragaria virginiana20
  10. American marram grass Calamagrostis breviligulata20

Mammals

  1. Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus74
  2. Domestic Horse Equus caballus37
  3. Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina16
  4. Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas5
  5. Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans4
  6. Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus2
  7. Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis1
  8. Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena1
  9. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus1
  10. Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis1

Insects

  1. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata22
  2. Virginian Tiger Moth Spilosoma virginica20
  3. White-marked Tussock Moth Orgyia leucostigma16
  4. Fiery Hunter Calosoma calidum13
  5. Ephalus latimanus10
  6. Wharf Borer Nacerdes melanura10
  7. Hairy rove beetle Creophilus maxillosus9
  8. Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee Megachile melanophaea9
  9. Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle Cicindela tranquebarica8
  10. Mosaic Round Sand Beetle Omophron tessellatum8

Spiders and kin

  1. Shoreline Wolf Spider Arctosa littoralis15
  2. Triangulate Combfoot Steatoda triangulosa7
  3. Arabesque Orbweaver Neoscona arabesca1
  4. Barn Funnel Weaver Tegenaria domestica1
  5. Variegated Ground Spider Sergiolus capulatus1
  6. Dolomedes striatus1

Fish

  1. Atlantic Moonfish Selene setapinnis3
  2. Windowpane Flounder Scophthalmus aquosus2
  3. American Eel Anguilla rostrata1
  4. Longspined Porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus1
  5. Atlantic Saury Scomberesox saurus1
  6. Butterfish Peprilus triacanthus1

Mollusks

  1. Atlantic Bay Scallop Argopecten irradians19
  2. West Atlantic Surfclam Spisula solidissima16
  3. Northern Moonsnail Euspira heros14
  4. Atlantic Jackknife Ensis leei10
  5. White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis9
  6. Atlantic deep-sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus8
  7. Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica5
  8. Common Atlantic Slippersnail Crepidula fornicata5
  9. Chestnut Clam Isocrassina castanea5
  10. Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis4

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.