Animals & Plants of Pinnacles National Park
The 3 animals, plants, and fungi you can find at Pinnacles National Park, with sizes, diets, and whether you should worry. See the full park guide at Pinnacles National Park.
Anything here that bites?
Bites if handled
- California condor: A condor will not hurt you.
Everything else on this page is harmless. What each group means.
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Bird California condor
Gymnogyps californianus
The biggest flying bird in North America, a bare-headed scavenger you can watch ride the wind over the cliffs at Grand Canyon and Zion.
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Amphibian California red-legged frog
Rana draytonii
The largest native frog in the western United States, with a reddish belly and legs, living in quiet ponds and creeks at Pinnacles.
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Invertebrate Monarch butterfly
Danaus plexippus
The orange-and-black butterfly whose fall generation flies thousands of miles to the same winter trees, feeding only on milkweed as a caterpillar.