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Learn the wildlife of Guadeloupe

North & Central America

3,439 species have research-grade observations in Guadeloupe 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. Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris418
  2. Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis389
  3. Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis302
  4. Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita279
  5. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola275
  6. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis266
  7. Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens237
  8. Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus220
  9. Green Heron Butorides virescens204
  10. Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis189

Plants

  1. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera232
  2. Philippine Ground Orchid Spathoglottis plicata229
  3. Giant Elephant Ear Philodendron giganteum214
  4. Indian tulip tree Thespesia populnea198
  5. Button Sage Lantana involucrata178
  6. Psychotria urbaniana164
  7. Jug Orchid Microchilus querceticola156
  8. Caribbean False Helmet Orchid Microchilus plantagineus146
  9. Pitcairnia bifrons122
  10. Bahama Nightshade Solanum bahamense121

Insects

  1. Tetrio Sphinx Pseudosphinx tetrio282
  2. Lesser Antillean Dancer Argia concinna193
  3. Acromyrmex octospinosus181
  4. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae178
  5. Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata166
  6. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae158
  7. St. Andrew's Cotton Stainer Dysdercus andreae115
  8. Great Southern White Ascia monuste108
  9. Hanno Blue Hemiargus hanno95
  10. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera93

Spiders and kin

  1. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis151
  2. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata149
  3. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria92
  4. Regal Jumping Spider Phidippus regius62
  5. Leucauge argyra43
  6. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus43
  7. Phrynus goesii37
  8. Centruroides pococki27

Reptiles

  1. Guadeloupean anole Anolis marmoratus938
  2. Green Iguana Iguana iguana329
  3. Les Saintes Anole Anolis terraealtae254
  4. Lesser Antillean Iguana Iguana delicatissima243
  5. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas141
  6. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris132
  7. Morne Constant Anole Anolis ferreus119
  8. Fantastic Least Gecko Sphaerodactylus fantasticus112
  9. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia68
  10. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata34

Fish

  1. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus268
  2. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis187
  3. Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish Acanthurus tractus175
  4. Yellowtail Snapper Ocyurus chrysurus164
  5. Slippery Dick Halichoeres bivittatus159
  6. French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum138
  7. Smooth Trunkfish Lactophrys triqueter138
  8. Western Atlantic Trumpetfish Aulostomus maculatus135
  9. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum130
  10. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride116

Mollusks

  1. Lettuce Sea Slug Elysia crispata284
  2. Eyespot Costasiella Costasiella ocellifera205
  3. Stylocheilus polyomma146
  4. Lynx Phidiana Phidiana lynceus121
  5. Swallowtail Headshield Slug Chelidonura hirundinina115
  6. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica106
  7. Fringeback Dondice Dondice occidentalis99
  8. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum94
  9. Petalifera ramosa89
  10. Navanax gemmatus88

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.