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Learn the wildlife of Vesuvio National Park

Italy

523 species have research-grade observations inside Vesuvio 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. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus20
  2. Common Raven Corvus corax13
  3. Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus9
  4. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus9
  5. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe7
  6. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto6
  7. Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis6
  8. European Robin Erithacus rubecula5
  9. Pallid Swift Apus pallidus3
  10. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula3

Plants

  1. Red Valerian Centranthus ruber213
  2. Yellow Horned Poppy Glaucium flavum87
  3. Spanish Broom Spartium junceum68
  4. Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea54
  5. Red Clover Trifolium pratense52
  6. French Sorrel Rumex scutatus46
  7. Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia39
  8. Mount Etna Broom Genista etnensis38
  9. Old man's beard Clematis vitalba36
  10. Bladder campion Silene vulgaris33

Mammals

  1. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes4
  2. Common Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus3
  3. European Garden Dormouse Eliomys quercinus3
  4. Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2
  5. Savi's Pipistrelle Hypsugo savii2
  6. Stone Marten Martes foina1
  7. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris1
  8. European Fat Dormouse Glis glis1

Insects

  1. Thick-legged Flower Beetle Oedemera nobilis31
  2. Pea Blue Lampides boeticus17
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera15
  4. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui14
  5. Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum14
  6. Wall Brown Lasiommata megera14
  7. Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius12
  8. Mediterranean Spotted Chafer Oxythyrea funesta12
  9. Speckled Rose Chafer Protaetia morio11
  10. European Mantis Mantis religiosa10

Spiders and kin

  1. Bordered Orbweaver Neoscona adianta6
  2. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus4
  3. Napoleon Spider Synema globosum4
  4. Gorse Orbweaver Agalenatea redii2
  5. Cricket-bat Orbweaver Mangora acalypha2
  6. Heather crab spider Thomisus onustus1
  7. Long-bodied Cellar Spider Pholcus phalangioides1
  8. Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider Zoropsis spinimana1
  9. Tropical Tent-web Spider Cyrtophora citricola1
  10. Walnut Orbweaver Nuctenea umbratica1

Reptiles

  1. Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus333
  2. Asp Vipera aspis4
  3. Green Whip Snake Hierophis viridiflavus4
  4. Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica3

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.