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Learn the wildlife of the Cayman Islands

North & Central America

2,194 species have research-grade observations in the Cayman Islands on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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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. Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger345
  2. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus337
  3. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola323
  4. Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala288
  5. Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens269
  6. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos255
  7. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres223
  8. West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea202
  9. Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica202
  10. West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris188

Plants

  1. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera402
  2. Cayman silver thatch palm Coccothrinax proctorii262
  3. Gumbo Limbo Bursera simaruba253
  4. Beach naupaka Scaevola taccada221
  5. Red mangrove Rhizophora mangle195
  6. Cayman Agave Agave caymanensis186
  7. Indian tulip tree Thespesia populnea171
  8. Beach Sheoak Casuarina equisetifolia165
  9. Duppy Bush Phyllanthus angustifolius157
  10. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera148

Insects

  1. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae139
  2. St. Andrew's Cotton Stainer Dysdercus andreae128
  3. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae124
  4. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera110
  5. Spotted Oleander Moth Empyreuma pugione69
  6. Tetrio Sphinx Pseudosphinx tetrio66
  7. Julia Heliconian Dryas iulia64
  8. Seaside Dragonlet Erythrodiplax berenice64
  9. Faithful Beauty Composia fidelissima59
  10. Great Southern White Ascia monuste58

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata43
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis34
  3. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria32
  4. Slender Brown Scorpion Centruroides gracilis30
  5. Leucauge argyra23

Reptiles

  1. Grand Cayman Anole Anolis conspersus727
  2. Cayman Curly-tailed Lizard Leiocephalus varius659
  3. Green Iguana Iguana iguana387
  4. Grand Cayman Blue Iguana Cyclura lewisi364
  5. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei241
  6. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata237
  7. Grand Cayman Racer Cubophis caymanus179
  8. Cuban Slider Trachemys decussata139
  9. Cuban Ground Iguana Cyclura nubila130
  10. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas121

Fish

  1. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus340
  2. Common Lionfish Pterois volitans327
  3. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum266
  4. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride261
  5. Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus257
  6. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis241
  7. Bar Jack Caranx ruber239
  8. French Angelfish Pomacanthus paru220
  9. Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda218
  10. Nassau Grouper Epinephelus striatus212

Mollusks

  1. Lettuce Sea Slug Elysia crispata253
  2. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum240
  3. Queen Conch Aliger gigas209
  4. West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata187
  5. Caribbean Reef Squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea94
  6. Swallowtail Headshield Slug Chelidonura hirundinina94
  7. West Indian Top Shell Cittarium pica78
  8. Caribbean Reef Octopus Octopus briareus76
  9. Barbados Keyhole Limpet Fissurella barbadensis69
  10. Four-toothed Nerite Nerita versicolor66

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. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.