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Learn the wildlife of El Salvador

North & Central America

4,722 species have research-grade observations in El Salvador 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. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus667
  2. Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa652
  3. Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus646
  4. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica624
  5. Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi590
  6. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons568
  7. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus500
  8. Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila491
  9. Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus471
  10. Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti465

Plants

  1. Firebush Hamelia patens102
  2. Monk Orchid Eulophia maculata90
  3. Tropical milkweed Asclepias curassavica78
  4. Pigeonberry Rivina humilis64
  5. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens62
  6. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera60
  7. Mexican Ruellia Ruellia simplex60
  8. Peacock flower Caesalpinia pulcherrima56
  9. Red Ginger Alpinia purpurata56
  10. Spike-of-dragon Helosis cayennensis56

Mammals

  1. Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides375
  2. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata192
  3. Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus mexicanus93
  4. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor84
  5. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris62
  6. Southern Opossum Didelphis marsupialis61
  7. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus59
  8. Domestic Cat Felis catus54
  9. Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus48
  10. Northern Four-eyed Opossum Philander vossi41

Insects

  1. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima326
  2. Giant red-winged grasshopper Tropidacris cristata266
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera193
  4. Malachite Siproeta stelenes177
  5. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata151
  6. Thick-tipped Greta Greta morgane127
  7. Black-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax funerea118
  8. Polydamas Swallowtail Battus polydamas112
  9. Red-tailed Stingless Bee Trigona fulviventris111
  10. Mexican Treehopper Membracis mexicana111

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes231
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis149
  3. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus100
  4. Guatemalan Tiger Rump Tarantula Davus pentaloris97
  5. Spined Micrathena Micrathena gracilis58
  6. Paraphidippus fartilis44
  7. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus43
  8. Eriophora edax35
  9. Costa Rican Striped-knee Tarantula Aphonopelma seemanni33
  10. Arrowhead Orbweaver Verrucosa arenata30

Reptiles

  1. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis572
  2. Green Iguana Iguana iguana369
  3. Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus267
  4. Emerald Swift Sceloporus malachiticus224
  5. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus193
  6. Central American Boa Boa imperator163
  7. Painted Wood Turtle Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima134
  8. Yellow-headed Gecko Gonatodes albogularis133
  9. San Salvador Anole Anolis wellbornae125
  10. Rainbow Ameiva Holcosus undulatus115

Amphibians

  1. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii222
  2. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis199
  3. Yellow Toad Incilius luetkenii109
  4. Túngara Frog Engystomops pustulosus79
  5. Greenhouse Frog Eleutherodactylus planirostris63
  6. Stauffer's Tree Frog Scinax staufferi58
  7. Mexican Caecilian Dermophis mexicanus57
  8. Highland Frog Lithobates maculatus45
  9. Common Leaf-litter Frog Craugastor loki38
  10. Forrer's Grass Frog Lithobates forreri36

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.