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Learn the wildlife of Sjeverni Velebit National Park

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637 species have research-grade observations inside Sjeverni Velebit 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. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio5
  2. Common Raven Corvus corax4
  3. Great Tit Parus major4
  4. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe3
  5. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros3
  6. Coal Tit Periparus ater3
  7. Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus2
  8. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2
  9. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica2
  10. Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2

Plants

  1. Waldstein Bellflower Campanula waldsteiniana37
  2. Early Purple Orchid Orchis mascula32
  3. Silvery Yarrow Achillea clavennae31
  4. Alpine Clematis Clematis alpina25
  5. Common juniper Juniperus communis22
  6. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium22
  7. Spring gentian Gentiana verna21
  8. Woolly Thistle Lophiolepis eriophora21
  9. Northern holly fern Polystichum lonchitis20
  10. European beech Fagus sylvatica18

Mammals

  1. Northern Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra5
  2. Brown Bear Ursus arctos2
  3. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2
  4. European Fat Dormouse Glis glis2
  5. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes1

Insects

  1. European Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata27
  2. Wing-buzzing Toothed Grasshopper Stenobothrus rubicundulus26
  3. European Mantis Mantis religiosa22
  4. Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon14
  5. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata13
  6. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui11
  7. Ladder Grasshopper Stauroderus scalaris11
  8. Eastern large Heath Coenonympha rhodopensis10
  9. Violet Carpenter Bee Xylocopa violacea10
  10. Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae9

Spiders and kin

  1. Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops6
  2. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus3
  3. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia2
  4. Balkan Scorpion Euscorpius tergestinus1
  5. Oak Spider Aculepeira ceropegia1

Reptiles

  1. Horvath's Rock Lizard Iberolacerta horvathi29
  2. Long-nosed Viper Vipera ammodytes8
  3. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis3
  4. Dalmatian Wall Lizard Podarcis melisellensis2
  5. Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis2

Mollusks

  1. Round-mouthed Snail Pomatias elegans2
  2. Dinarica stenomphala2
  3. Roman Snail Helix pomatia1
  4. Ash-black Slug Limax cinereoniger1

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.