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Learn the wildlife of Curaçao

North & Central America

1,637 species have research-grade observations in Curaçao 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. Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus652
  2. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola522
  3. Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus443
  4. American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber361
  5. Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis354
  6. Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax352
  7. Crested Caracara Caracara plancus321
  8. Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola318
  9. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis281
  10. Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis280

Plants

  1. Stenocereus griseus410
  2. Opuntia caracassana389
  3. Twisted acacia Vachellia tortuosa350
  4. ABC Turk's Cap Cactus Melocactus macracanthos288
  5. Neem Azadirachta indica264
  6. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera258
  7. Sea purslane Sesuvium portulacastrum248
  8. Coral Vine Antigonon leptopus214
  9. Roughbark lignum-vitae Guaiacum officinale202
  10. Venezuelan apple cactus Cereus repandus192

Mammals

  1. Wild Boar Sus scrofa42
  2. Domestic Cat Felis catus25
  3. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus20
  4. Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus20
  5. Domestic Goat Capra hircus17

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera145
  2. Monarch Danaus plexippus112
  3. Hanno Blue Hemiargus hanno68
  4. Polistes myersi59
  5. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae45
  6. Lyside Sulphur Kricogonia lyside42
  7. Seaside Dragonlet Erythrodiplax berenice37
  8. American Cockroach Periplaneta americana33
  9. Indian Milkweed Bug Spilostethus pandurus24
  10. Cramer’s Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon bubastus18

Reptiles

  1. Laurent's Whiptail Cnemidophorus murinus884
  2. Green Iguana Iguana iguana807
  3. Striped Anole Anolis lineatus453
  4. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas227
  5. Antilles Gecko Gonatodes antillensis145
  6. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus59
  7. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris51
  8. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia39
  9. Striped Spectacled Tegu Gymnophthalmus lineatus35
  10. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata32

Amphibians

  1. Cuban Tree Frog Osteopilus septentrionalis23
  2. Lesser Antillean whistling frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei20
  3. Colombian Four-eyed Frog Pleurodema brachyops16

Fish

  1. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus315
  2. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride288
  3. Smooth Trunkfish Lactophrys triqueter251
  4. Western Atlantic Trumpetfish Aulostomus maculatus238
  5. French Angelfish Pomacanthus paru229
  6. Yellow Goatfish Mulloidichthys martinicus214
  7. French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum213
  8. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum204
  9. Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish Acanthurus tractus201
  10. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis198

Mollusks

  1. Cerion uva226
  2. Four-toothed Nerite Nerita versicolor99
  3. Caribbean Reef Squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea96
  4. West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata88
  5. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum69
  6. Lettuce Sea Slug Elysia crispata55
  7. Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata51
  8. Beaded Periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus47
  9. Brazilian Reef Octopus Octopus insularis44
  10. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica43

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.