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Learn the wildlife of Vanoise National Park

France

1,117 species have research-grade observations inside Vanoise 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 oenanthe80
  2. Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus62
  3. Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris42
  4. Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus41
  5. Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus36
  6. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros28
  7. Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta28
  8. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus28
  9. Whinchat Saxicola rubetra25
  10. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos24

Plants

  1. Edelweiss Leontopodium nivale153
  2. Moss Campion Silene acaulis125
  3. Purple Saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia86
  4. Eight-petal Mountain-Avens Dryas octopetala71
  5. Alpine Aster Aster alpinus71
  6. Trumpet gentian Gentiana acaulis64
  7. Bavarian gentian Gentiana bavarica57
  8. Alpine Toadflax Linaria alpina56
  9. Alpine Snowbell Soldanella alpina55
  10. Alpine gentian Gentiana nivalis54

Mammals

  1. Alpine Marmot Marmota marmota344
  2. Alpine Ibex Capra ibex156
  3. Northern Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra67
  4. Eurasian Stoat Mustela erminea18
  5. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes17
  6. Red Deer Cervus elaphus6

Insects

  1. Apollo Parnassius apollo76
  2. Mountain Burnet Zygaena exulans63
  3. Common Brassy Ringlet Erebia cassioides48
  4. Anechura bipunctata38
  5. Niobe fritillary Argynnis niobe36
  6. High Mountain Grasshopper Melanoplus frigidus35
  7. Spotted Fritillary Melitaea didyma34
  8. Cicindela gallica34
  9. Scarce Copper Lycaena virgaureae31
  10. Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth Hyles euphorbiae30

Spiders and kin

  1. Saddleback Harvestman Mitopus morio42
  2. Oak Spider Aculepeira ceropegia30
  3. Mitopus glacialis17
  4. Megabunus vignai10
  5. Zebra Jumping Spider Salticus scenicus8
  6. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus7
  7. Four-spot Orbweaver Araneus quadratus7
  8. Aculepeira carbonaria5
  9. Platybunus pinetorum4
  10. Attulus rupicola4

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.