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Wildlife in Kobuk Valley National Park

Here’s what naturalists are spotting in Kobuk Valley right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

134
recent observations
30
species listed
13
plants
11
birds
5
mammals

Naturalists have logged 134 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Kobuk Valley. The most frequently seen is the Wood Frog, with 12 recorded sightings.

Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (13 of the species listed here), followed by birds (11).

Rarer finds confirmed in Kobuk Valley include Gray Wolf and Moss Campion - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Gray WolfMoss Campion
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Most-observed species in Kobuk Valley

Wood Frog
Lithobates sylvaticus
12 observations
Kobuk Locoweed
Oxytropis kobukensis
11 observations · iNaturalist
Dwarf Fireweed
Chamaenerion latifolium
10 observations · iNaturalist
American Black Bear
Ursus americanus
8 observations
Moose
Alces alces
7 observations
Naked-stemmed Wallflower
Parrya nudicaulis
6 observations · iNaturalist
Arctic Stitchwort
Cherleria arctica
6 observations · iNaturalist
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
5 observations
Caribou
Rangifer tarandus
5 observations
dune tansy
Tanacetum bipinnatum
5 observations · iNaturalist
American Wigeon
Mareca americana
5 observations
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
4 observations
Boreal Sage
Artemisia borealis
4 observations · iNaturalist
Jakutsk Snowparsley
Cnidium cnidiifolium
4 observations · iNaturalist
Northern Pink
Dianthus repens
4 observations · iNaturalist
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
3 observations
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
3 observations
North American River Otter
Lontra canadensis
3 observations
Moss Campion
Silene acaulis
3 observations
Canadian buffalo-berry
Shepherdia canadensis
3 observations · iNaturalist
Beach-head Iris
Iris setosa
3 observations · iNaturalist
Dwarf Arctic Groundsel
Packera cymbalaria
3 observations · iNaturalist
Pumpelly's Bromegrass
Bromus pumpellianus
3 observations · iNaturalist
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
2 observations
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus
2 observations
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
2 observations
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellata
2 observations
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
2 observations
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
2 observations
Canada Jay
Perisoreus canadensis
2 observations

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