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Learn the wildlife of Wood Buffalo National Park

Canada

473 species have research-grade observations inside Wood Buffalo 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. Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus7
  2. Whooping Crane Grus americana6
  3. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula6
  4. Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis6
  5. Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis6
  6. Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria5
  7. Common Raven Corvus corax5
  8. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius5
  9. Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata5
  10. Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus4

Plants

  1. Red glasswort Salicornia rubra52
  2. Raup's paintbrush Castilleja raupii23
  3. Marsh Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata22
  4. Alaskan bellflower Campanula alaskana22
  5. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium19
  6. Beetberry Blitum capitatum19
  7. Canadian bunchberry Cornus canadensis18
  8. Arctic Butterbur Petasites frigidus18
  9. Marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre16
  10. Cutleaf Anemone Anemone multifida16

Mammals

  1. American Bison Bos bison111
  2. American Black Bear Ursus americanus33
  3. Moose Alces alces8
  4. Gray Wolf Canis lupus7
  5. Canada Lynx Lynx canadensis3
  6. American Beaver Castor canadensis3
  7. Least Chipmunk Neotamias minimus3
  8. Wolverine Gulo gulo2
  9. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2
  10. Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus2

Insects

  1. Red-spotted Admiral Limenitis arthemis8
  2. Milbert's Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti6
  3. Northern Crescent Phyciodes cocyta5
  4. Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa4
  5. American Giant Water Bug Lethocerus americanus4
  6. Tricolored Bumble Bee Bombus ternarius4
  7. Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Papilio canadensis3
  8. White-spotted Sawyer Monochamus scutellatus3
  9. Bedstraw Hawkmoth Hyles gallii3
  10. Aspen Serpentine Leafminer Moth Phyllocnistis populiella3

Spiders and kin

  1. Six-spotted Fishing Spider Dolomedes triton4
  2. Boreal Tufted Jumping Spider Phidippus borealis3
  3. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia2
  4. Fierce Orbweaver Araneus saevus1
  5. White-spotted False Widow Steatoda albomaculata1

Amphibians

  1. Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus68
  2. Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata19
  3. Canadian Toad Anaxyrus hemiophrys6

Fish

  1. Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas2
  2. Ninespine Stickleback Pungitius pungitius1
  3. Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans1

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.