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Learn the wildlife of Dominica

North & Central America

1,712 species have research-grade observations in Dominica 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. Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis158
  2. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola116
  3. Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus113
  4. Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis80
  5. Red-necked Amazon Amazona arausiaca76
  6. Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis74
  7. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis71
  8. Green Heron Butorides virescens67
  9. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus67
  10. Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor67

Plants

  1. Philippine Ground Orchid Spathoglottis plicata149
  2. Psychotria urbaniana130
  3. Red Ginger Alpinia purpurata86
  4. Chrysothemis melittifolia69
  5. Noni Morinda citrifolia59
  6. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera58
  7. Crantzia cristata51
  8. Red christmas Heliconia wagneriana49
  9. Lobster Claw Heliconia Heliconia bihai45
  10. Creole tea Sauvagesia erecta39

Mammals

  1. Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus32
  2. Red-rumped Agouti Dasyprocta leporina22
  3. Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata16
  4. Southern Opossum Didelphis marsupialis16
  5. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris10
  6. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis9
  7. Velvety Free-tailed Bat Molossus molossus8
  8. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus6

Insects

  1. Tetrio Sphinx Pseudosphinx tetrio92
  2. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata40
  3. Bacteria ferula35
  4. Cholus zonatus30
  5. Monarch Danaus plexippus22
  6. Julia Heliconian Dryas iulia20
  7. Hanno Blue Hemiargus hanno19
  8. Liturgusa dominica18
  9. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae17
  10. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera13

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata35
  2. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria13
  3. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis12
  4. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus7

Reptiles

  1. Crested Anole Anolis cristatellus431
  2. Dominican Anole Anolis oculatus396
  3. Dominican Ameiva Pholidoscelis fuscatus243
  4. Lesser Antillean Iguana Iguana delicatissima130
  5. Dominican Racer Alsophis sibonius67
  6. Northern Turniptail Gecko Thecadactylus rapicauda33
  7. Clouded Boa Constrictor Boa nebulosa32
  8. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata30
  9. Julia's Ground Snake Erythrolamprus juliae29
  10. Dominica Skink Mabuya dominicana24

Amphibians

  1. Martinique Robber Frog Eleutherodactylus martinicensis33
  2. Lesser Antillean whistling frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei25
  3. Cuban Tree Frog Osteopilus septentrionalis11

Fish

  1. Spotted Scorpionfish Scorpaena plumieri64
  2. Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish Acanthurus tractus62
  3. Spotted Moray Gymnothorax moringa60
  4. Atlantic Peacock Flounder Bothus lunatus51
  5. Smooth Trunkfish Lactophrys triqueter50
  6. Smallmouth Grunt Brachygenys chrysargyrea50
  7. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum48
  8. Western Atlantic Trumpetfish Aulostomus maculatus44
  9. French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum42
  10. Sand Diver Synodus intermedius37

Mollusks

  1. Lettuce Sea Slug Elysia crispata37
  2. Brazilian Reef Octopus Octopus insularis20
  3. Caribbean Reef Squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea16
  4. Widemouth Bulimulus Amphibulima patula15
  5. Helicina rhodostoma12
  6. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum10
  7. West Indian Top Shell Cittarium pica8
  8. Pancake Slug Veronicella sloanii8
  9. Queen Conch Aliger gigas8
  10. Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata6

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.