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North & Central America

5,642 species have research-grade observations in the Dominican Republic 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. Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus1,220
  2. Palmchat Dulus dominicus1,196
  3. Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis1,019
  4. Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger962
  5. Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata924
  6. Great Egret Ardea alba749
  7. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos725
  8. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola649
  9. Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus633
  10. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis593

Plants

  1. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera597
  2. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera543
  3. Sea Almond Terminalia catappa311
  4. Noni Morinda citrifolia275
  5. Puerto Rico royal palm Roystonea borinquena266
  6. Trumpetwood Cecropia schreberiana262
  7. Red mangrove Rhizophora mangle243
  8. Butterfly pea Centrosema virginianum214
  9. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens208
  10. Firebush Hamelia patens198

Mammals

  1. Domestic Cat Felis catus94
  2. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis91
  3. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae63
  4. Hispaniolan Solenodon Solenodon paradoxus57

Insects

  1. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae682
  2. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera640
  3. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia561
  4. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae547
  5. Caribbean Paper Wasp Polistes crinitus345
  6. Gray Cracker Hamadryas februa343
  7. Lime Swallowtail Papilio demoleus329
  8. Julia Heliconian Dryas iulia294
  9. Obscure Calisto Calisto obscura291
  10. Tropical Checkered-Skipper Burnsius oileus283

Spiders and kin

  1. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria287
  2. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus261
  3. Leucauge argyra239
  4. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis203
  5. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes128
  6. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus96
  7. Micrathena militaris96
  8. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata92
  9. Anasaitis locuples89
  10. Tropical Orbweaver Eriophora ravilla85

Reptiles

  1. Bark Anole Anolis distichus2,216
  2. Common Stout Anole Anolis hispaniolae807
  3. Haitian Curlytail Lizard Leiocephalus personatus563
  4. East Dominican Green Anole Anolis callainus548
  5. Rhinoceros Iguana Cyclura cornuta546
  6. Central Antillean slider Trachemys stejnegeri405
  7. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia384
  8. Cope's Antilles Snake Hypsirhynchus parvifrons255
  9. Hispaniolan Giant Ameiva Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus248
  10. Hispaniolan Khaki Curlytail Leiocephalus schreibersii231

Amphibians

  1. Hispaniolan Common Tree Frog Osteopilus dominicensis528
  2. Cane Toad Rhinella marina302
  3. Hispaniolan Giant Frog Eleutherodactylus inoptatus122
  4. Abbott's Robber Frog Eleutherodactylus abbotti110
  5. Yellow Split-Toed Frog Eleutherodactylus flavescens105
  6. Hispaniolan Red-Rumped Frog Eleutherodactylus weinlandi87
  7. Coastal Red-Rumped Frog Eleutherodactylus paralius64

Fish

  1. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis205
  2. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus174
  3. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum152
  4. Slippery Dick Halichoeres bivittatus99
  5. Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish Acanthurus tractus99
  6. Yellowtail Snapper Ocyurus chrysurus94
  7. Bar Jack Caranx ruber76
  8. Striped Parrotfish Scarus iseri70
  9. French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum67
  10. Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus60

Mollusks

  1. Cuban Brown Snail Zachrysia provisoria246
  2. Candy Cane Snail Liguus virgineus121
  3. West Indian Bulimulus Bulimulus guadalupensis119
  4. West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata97
  5. Caracolus excellens88
  6. Four-toothed Nerite Nerita versicolor87
  7. Queen Conch Aliger gigas78
  8. Beaded Periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus72
  9. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica62
  10. Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata53

How a trip works

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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.