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Learn the wildlife of Yoho National Park

British Columbia · Canada

878 species have research-grade observations inside Yoho 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. Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri155
  2. Common Loon Gavia immer112
  3. Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis102
  4. Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia72
  5. Common Raven Corvus corax42
  6. American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis40
  7. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis33
  8. Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis32
  9. American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus27
  10. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata27

Plants

  1. Fringed Grass of Parnassus Parnassia fimbriata191
  2. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium186
  3. Canadian bunchberry Cornus canadensis178
  4. Shrubby cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa162
  5. Solomon's plume Maianthemum racemosum161
  6. Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus161
  7. Canadian buffalo-berry Shepherdia canadensis161
  8. Twinberry honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata157
  9. Yellow columbine Aquilegia flavescens155
  10. Glacier Lily Erythronium grandiflorum134

Mammals

  1. Columbian Ground Squirrel Urocitellus columbianus116
  2. Hoary Marmot Marmota caligata91
  3. Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Callospermophilus lateralis86
  4. American Pika Ochotona princeps73
  5. Wapiti Cervus canadensis61
  6. American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus53
  7. American Black Bear Ursus americanus52
  8. Mountain Goat Oreamnos americanus39
  9. Moose Alces alces25
  10. Brown Bear Ursus arctos15

Insects

  1. Green Comma Polygonia faunus43
  2. White-spotted Sawyer Monochamus scutellatus36
  3. Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax34
  4. Lorquin's Admiral Limenitis lorquini24
  5. Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa24
  6. Hoary Comma Polygonia gracilis22
  7. White-striped Black Trichodezia albovittata14
  8. Field Crescent Phyciodes pulchella13
  9. Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee Bombus mixtus13
  10. Police Car Moth Gnophaela vermiculata12

Spiders and kin

  1. Melocosa fumosa9
  2. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia5
  3. Fierce Orbweaver Araneus saevus5
  4. Six-spotted Orbweaver Araniella displicata4
  5. Rowan blister mite Eriophyes sorbi4
  6. Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite Aceria calaceris4
  7. Johnson's Jumping Spider Phidippus johnsoni3
  8. European Harvestman Phalangium opilio3

Amphibians

  1. Western Toad Anaxyrus boreas45
  2. Columbia Spotted Frog Rana luteiventris4
  3. Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus3

Fish

  1. Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis20
  2. Westslope Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus lewisi4
  3. Columbia Slimy Sculpin Cottus philonips4

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.