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Learn the wildlife of Cuba

North & Central America

4,533 species have research-grade observations in Cuba 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. Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii847
  2. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura753
  3. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos677
  4. Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus669
  5. Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum650
  6. Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger629
  7. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis610
  8. West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris530
  9. Cuban Tody Todus multicolor521
  10. Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus471

Plants

  1. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera254
  2. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera209
  3. Royal Palm Roystonea regia167
  4. Beach Morning Glory Ipomoea pes-caprae151
  5. Red mangrove Rhizophora mangle133
  6. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica117
  7. Gumbo Limbo Bursera simaruba99
  8. Cardinal airplant Tillandsia fasciculata98
  9. White beggarticks Bidens alba96
  10. Sea purslane Sesuvium portulacastrum90

Mammals

  1. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis123
  2. Desmarest's Hutia Capromys pilorides121
  3. Domestic Cat Felis catus48
  4. Geay's Hutia Capromys geayi41
  5. Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus waterhousii39
  6. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris38
  7. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus36

Insects

  1. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae411
  2. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae388
  3. Cuban Calisto Calisto herophile265
  4. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia258
  5. Julia Heliconian Dryas iulia228
  6. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera220
  7. Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata204
  8. Great Southern White Ascia monuste191
  9. Malachite Siproeta stelenes154
  10. Scarlet Skimmer Crocothemis servilia136

Spiders and kin

  1. Leucauge argyra73
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis70
  3. Heteroctenus junceus62
  4. Argiope butchko59
  5. Slender Brown Scorpion Centruroides gracilis45
  6. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria35

Reptiles

  1. Northern Curly-tailed Lizard Leiocephalus carinatus1,094
  2. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei806
  3. Cuban Green Anole Anolis porcatus665
  4. Allison's Anole Anolis allisoni474
  5. Cuban Ground Iguana Cyclura nubila372
  6. Habana Anole Anolis homolechis365
  7. Auber's Ameiva Pholidoscelis auberi338
  8. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia303
  9. Guantanamo Anole Anolis argenteolus266
  10. Cuban Racer Cubophis cantherigerus218

Amphibians

  1. Cuban Tree Frog Osteopilus septentrionalis550
  2. Eastern Giant Toad Peltophryne peltocephala182
  3. Monte Iberia Eleuth Eleutherodactylus iberia32

Fish

  1. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus232
  2. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis198
  3. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum189
  4. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride153
  5. Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus150
  6. Yellowtail Snapper Ocyurus chrysurus131
  7. Common Lionfish Pterois volitans127
  8. Four-eyed Butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus119
  9. Slippery Dick Halichoeres bivittatus112
  10. Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda103

Mollusks

  1. Queen Conch Aliger gigas164
  2. West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata161
  3. Florida Tree Snail Liguus fasciatus153
  4. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum141
  5. Painted Snail Polymita picta95
  6. Four-toothed Nerite Nerita versicolor89
  7. Beaded Periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus77
  8. Caracolus sagemon71
  9. Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata56
  10. Cuban Brown Snail Zachrysia provisoria52

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.