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Learn the wildlife of Val Grande National Park

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579 species have research-grade observations inside Val Grande 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. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos8
  2. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros7
  3. Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta7
  4. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs4
  5. Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis4
  6. Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes4
  7. Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus3
  8. Common Raven Corvus corax3
  9. Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis3
  10. Tawny Owl Strix aluco3

Plants

  1. Rusty-leaved Alpenrose Rhododendron ferrugineum15
  2. Common heather Calluna vulgaris10
  3. Willow gentian Gentiana asclepiadea9
  4. Common bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus7
  5. Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium6
  6. Hairy Primrose Primula hirsuta6
  7. Rock Campion Atocion rupestre6
  8. Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparius5
  9. European beech Fagus sylvatica5
  10. Betony-leaved Rampion Phyteuma betonicifolium5

Mammals

  1. Northern Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra18
  2. Red Deer Cervus elaphus6
  3. Wild Boar Sus scrofa5
  4. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes3
  5. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2
  6. European Fat Dormouse Glis glis2
  7. European Free-tailed Bat Tadarida teniotis1
  8. Stone Marten Martes foina1
  9. Yellow-necked Field Mouse Apodemus flavicollis1
  10. European Garden Dormouse Eliomys quercinus1

Insects

  1. Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops15
  2. Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi12
  3. Sombre Goldenring Thecagaster bidentata12
  4. Spongy Moth Lymantria dispar10
  5. Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus10
  6. Nine-spotted Moth Amata phegea10
  7. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia10
  8. Large Wall Brown Lasiommata maera10
  9. Spotted Longhorn Beetle Rutpela maculata8
  10. Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria8

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus8
  2. Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops6
  3. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi5
  4. Leiobunum limbatum5
  5. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus3
  6. Four-spot Orbweaver Araneus quadratus3
  7. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis2
  8. Green Huntsman Spider Micrommata virescens2
  9. Angular Orbweaver Spider Araneus angulatus2
  10. Castor Bean Tick Ixodes ricinus1

Reptiles

  1. Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis35
  2. Western Green Lizard Lacerta bilineata23
  3. Asp Vipera aspis20
  4. Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca13
  5. Barred Grass Snake Natrix helvetica7
  6. Aesculapian Snake Zamenis longissimus6
  7. Italian Slowworm Anguis veronensis4
  8. Green Whip Snake Hierophis viridiflavus3

Amphibians

  1. Fire Salamander Salamandra salamandra20
  2. European Common Frog Rana temporaria19
  3. European Toad Bufo bufo13

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.