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Learn the wildlife of Sierra de San Pedro Mártir National Park

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575 species have research-grade observations inside Sierra de San Pedro Mártir 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. Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana163
  2. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis138
  3. Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus113
  4. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis70
  5. Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea70
  6. Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli58
  7. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis55
  8. California Condor Gymnogyps californianus49
  9. Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus38
  10. Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis35

Plants

  1. White fir Abies concolor241
  2. Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides210
  3. Few-Flower Liveforever Dudleya pauciflora185
  4. Leptosiphon melingii185
  5. Rose Sage Salvia pachyphylla183
  6. Jeffrey pine Pinus jeffreyi156
  7. Red Monardella Monardella macrantha134
  8. Lodgepole pine Pinus contorta125
  9. Greenleaf manzanita Arctostaphylos patula116
  10. Snowplant Sarcodes sanguinea112

Mammals

  1. Coyote Canis latrans140
  2. Douglas's Squirrel Tamiasciurus douglasii124
  3. California Chipmunk Neotamias obscurus80
  4. Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus56
  5. California Ground Squirrel Otospermophilus beecheyi51
  6. Bobcat Lynx rufus15
  7. Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus12
  8. Southern California Pocket Gopher Megascapheus nigricans10
  9. Long-eared Myotis Myotis evotis3
  10. Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis3

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera31
  2. Eleodes grandicollis23
  3. Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus17
  4. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui17
  5. Pale Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon13
  6. Marine Blue Leptotes marina13
  7. Western Carpenter Bee Xylocopa californica11
  8. Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus11
  9. Spotted Pine Sawyer Monochamus clamator10
  10. San Pedro Mártir Jerusalem Cricket Ammopelmatus sanpedromartir9

Spiders and kin

  1. California common scorpion Paruroctonus silvestrii14
  2. Koch's Wolf Spider Alopecosa kochi12
  3. Habronattus ustulatus2
  4. Johnson's Jumping Spider Phidippus johnsoni1
  5. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata1

Reptiles

  1. Southern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus vandenburgianus224
  2. Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis43
  3. Western Skink Plestiodon skiltonianus25
  4. Western Rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus20
  5. Two-striped Garter Snake Thamnophis hammondii12
  6. Western Terrestrial Garter Snake Thamnophis elegans10
  7. Common Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana4
  8. Granite Spiny Lizard Sceloporus orcutti3
  9. Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake Crotalus pyrrhus3
  10. Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer1

Amphibians

  1. Western Toad Anaxyrus boreas94
  2. Pacific chorus frog Pseudacris regilla61
  3. Arroyo Toad Anaxyrus californicus14
  4. California Tree Frog Pseudacris cadaverina7
  5. Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii1
  6. Southern California Slender Salamander Batrachoseps major1

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.