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Learn the wildlife of Sierra Nevada National Park

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3,309 species have research-grade observations inside Sierra Nevada 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. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe172
  2. Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris103
  3. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros80
  4. Rock Bunting Emberiza cia74
  5. Coal Tit Periparus ater47
  6. European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola38
  7. Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus36
  8. Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina34
  9. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs31
  10. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius26

Plants

  1. Sempervivum minutum137
  2. Plantago nivalis115
  3. Hormathophylla spinosa113
  4. Adenocarpus decorticans104
  5. Roadside Toadflax Linaria aeruginea95
  6. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea94
  7. Gentiana sierrae90
  8. Stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus83
  9. Erodium cheilanthifolium81
  10. Maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes78

Mammals

  1. Iberian Ibex Capra pyrenaica338
  2. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes42
  3. Wild Boar Sus scrofa12
  4. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris11
  5. Domestic Cattle Bos taurus11

Insects

  1. Iberian marbled white Melanargia lachesis140
  2. Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae132
  3. Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia109
  4. Black Satyr Satyrus actaea92
  5. Wall Brown Lasiommata megera85
  6. Clouded Yellow Colias crocea84
  7. Cardinal Butterfly Argynnis pandora78
  8. Baetica ustulata77
  9. Rock Grayling Hipparchia alcyone75
  10. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas71

Spiders and kin

  1. Aceria populi31
  2. Buthus montanus30
  3. Oak Spider Aculepeira ceropegia26
  4. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus23
  5. Common Palp-footed Spider Palpimanus gibbulus21
  6. Skeletonweed gall mite Aceria chondrillae20
  7. Shaded Orbweaver Metellina merianae20
  8. Cosmobunus granarius20
  9. Walnut leaf gall mite Aceria tristriata20
  10. Leiobunum blackwalli15

Reptiles

  1. Large Psammodromus Psammodromus algirus110
  2. Andalusian wall lizard Podarcis vaucheri49
  3. Sierra Nevada Ocellated Lizard Timon nevadensis32
  4. Catalonian Wall Lizard Podarcis liolepis30
  5. Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica19
  6. Southern Smooth Snake Coronella girondica12

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.