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100 commonest Golden Gate National Recreation Area species

These are the 100 most frequently reported species from the park on iNat - how many can you find?

Goose Barnacle 1
Pollicipes polymerus
Fox Sparrow 2
Passerella iliaca
Northern River Otter 3
Lontra canadensis
San Diego Dorid 4
Diaulula sandiegensis
California Towhee 5
Melozone crissalis
Ensatina 6
Ensatina eschscholtzii
Eccentric sand dollar 7
Dendraster excentricus
Canada Goose 8
Branta canadensis
American Robin 9
Turdus migratorius
Harbor Seal 10
Phoca vitulina
California Red-legged Frog 11
Rana draytonii
Heermann's Gull 12
Larus heermanni
Black Oystercatcher 13
Haematopus bachmani
Bufflehead 14
Bucephala albeola
Honey Bee 15
Apis mellifera
Western Grebe 13
Aechmophorus occidentalis
European Starling 16
Sturnus vulgaris
White-tailed Kite 17
Elanus leucurus
California Quail 1
Callipepla californica
Yellow-faced Bumblebee 18
Bombus vosnesenskii
California Slender Salamander 19
Batrachoseps attenuatus
Common Buckeye 20
Junonia coenia
American Coot 21
Fulica americana
Great Egret 13
Ardea alba
Monarch Butterfly 22
Danaus plexippus
Western Fence Lizard 23
Sceloporus occidentalis
Double-crested Cormorant 24
Phalacrocorax auritus
American Crow 25
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Turkey Vulture 26
Cathartes aura
Golden-crowned Sparrow 27
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Brandt's Cormorant 28
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
California Mussel 29
Mytilus californianus
Bobcat 4
Lynx rufus
Leather Star 30
Dermasterias imbricata
Mule Deer 31
Odocoileus hemionus
Snowy Egret 32
Egretta thula
Common Raccoon 33
Procyon lotor
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 34
Thamnophis elegans
Black Phoebe 35
Sayornis nigricans
Brewer's Blackbird 12
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Coyote 36
Canis latrans
Brown Pelican 32
Pelecanus occidentalis
Song Sparrow 37
Melospiza melodia
Pacific Sand Crab 38
Emerita analoga
Ochre Sea Star 39
Pisaster ochraceus
Bat Star 30
Patiria miniata
Anna's Hummingbird 40
Calypte anna
Western Gull 12
Larus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron 13
Ardea herodias
Common Raven 41
Corvus corax
White-crowned Sparrow 36
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Red-tailed Hawk 17
Buteo jamaicensis

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