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Learn the wildlife of Zion National Park

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1,588 species have research-grade observations inside Zion 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. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo638
  2. American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus326
  3. Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii326
  4. California Condor Gymnogyps californianus289
  5. Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus248
  6. Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus159
  7. Common Raven Corvus corax151
  8. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias129
  9. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura125
  10. Northern Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva125

Plants

  1. Sacred Datura Datura wrightii865
  2. Golden Pricklypear Opuntia aurea831
  3. Palmer's penstemon Penstemon palmeri778
  4. Sonoran scrub oak Quercus turbinella738
  5. Black maidenhair fern Adiantum capillus-veneris734
  6. Gambel Oak Quercus gambelii557
  7. Box elder Acer negundo518
  8. Dark-throated shooting star Primula pauciflora511
  9. Mat rock spiraea Petrophytum caespitosum455
  10. Crimson Monkeyflower Erythranthe verbenacea445

Mammals

  1. Rock Squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus1,559
  2. Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus1,514
  3. Uinta Chipmunk Neotamias umbrinus600
  4. Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis55
  5. Mountain Lion Puma concolor20
  6. Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii19
  7. White-tailed Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus leucurus15
  8. Fulvous Pocket Gopher Megascapheus fulvus15
  9. Ringtail Bassariscus astutus13
  10. North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum12

Insects

  1. Obscure Darkling Beetle Eleodes obscura228
  2. Arizona Sister Adelpha eulalia165
  3. Cotton-gall Tephritid Aciurina bigeloviae159
  4. Spiny Tachina Fly Paradejeania rutilioides142
  5. Western Rhinoceros Beetle Xyloryctes thestalus139
  6. Eastern Boxelder Bug Boisea trivittata136
  7. Vivid Dancer Argia vivida112
  8. Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle Cicindela tranquebarica96
  9. Canyon Rubyspot Hetaerina vulnerata96
  10. North American Common Water Strider Aquarius remigis91

Spiders and kin

  1. Desert Tarantula Aphonopelma iodius185
  2. Western Black Widow Latrodectus hesperus33
  3. Giant Crab Spider Olios giganteus23
  4. Black Hairy Scorpion Hadrurus spadix11

Reptiles

  1. Plateau Fence Lizard Sceloporus tristichus987
  2. Desert Spiny Lizard Sceloporus magister636
  3. Common Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus348
  4. Common Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana311
  5. Western Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris304
  6. Plateau Striped Whiptail Aspidoscelis velox284
  7. Desert Collared Lizard Crotaphytus bicinctores106
  8. Western Terrestrial Garter Snake Thamnophis elegans96
  9. Western Rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus96
  10. Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer89

Amphibians

  1. Canyon Tree Frog Dryophytes arenicolor405
  2. Arizona Toad Anaxyrus microscaphus39
  3. Great Basin Spadefoot Spea intermontana22
  4. Red-spotted Toad Anaxyrus punctatus18
  5. Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens17
  6. Woodhouse's Toad Anaxyrus woodhousii16

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. KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.