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Learn the wildlife of Guatemala

North & Central America

7,378 species have research-grade observations in Guatemala 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 mexicanus1,660
  2. Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi842
  3. Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata744
  4. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica732
  5. Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis677
  6. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons575
  7. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus543
  8. Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis527
  9. Great Egret Ardea alba461
  10. Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio447

Plants

  1. Tropical milkweed Asclepias curassavica357
  2. Kapok Tree Ceiba pentandra248
  3. Pink knotweed Persicaria capitata210
  4. Castor bean Ricinus communis194
  5. Silver monstera Monstera siltepecana182
  6. Phytolacca rugosa177
  7. Gumbo Limbo Bursera simaruba169
  8. Tree Dahlia Dahlia imperialis155
  9. Sierra Madre lobelia Lobelia laxiflora154
  10. Pacaya palm Chamaedorea tepejilote141

Mammals

  1. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica982
  2. Central American Spider Monkey Ateles geoffroyi928
  3. Yucatán Black Howler Monkey Alouatta pigra555
  4. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata346
  5. Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus294
  6. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus258
  7. Deppe's Squirrel Sciurus deppei255
  8. Baird's Tapir Tapirus bairdii206
  9. Jaguar Panthera onca149
  10. Yucatán Squirrel Sciurus yucatanensis136

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera839
  2. Monarch Danaus plexippus487
  3. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima473
  4. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia433
  5. Red-tailed Stingless Bee Trigona fulviventris419
  6. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata274
  7. Mexican Longwing Heliconius hortense253
  8. Mexican Treehopper Membracis mexicana248
  9. Julia Heliconian Dryas iulia237
  10. Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis234

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes285
  2. Slender Brown Scorpion Centruroides gracilis160
  3. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis147
  4. Tiger Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius salei120
  5. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus89
  6. Golden Jumping Spider Paraphidippus aurantius82
  7. Guatemalan Red-rump Tarantula Tliltocatl sabulosus79
  8. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata77
  9. Paraphidippus fartilis76
  10. Arrowhead Orbweaver Verrucosa arenata70

Reptiles

  1. Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus561
  2. Morelet's Crocodile Crocodylus moreletii393
  3. Green Iguana Iguana iguana370
  4. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis311
  5. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus232
  6. Red Coffee Snake Ninia sebae166
  7. Terciopelo Bothrops asper140
  8. Central American Boa Boa imperator131
  9. Rainbow Ameiva Holcosus undulatus127
  10. Godman's Montane Pit Viper Cerrophidion godmani119

Amphibians

  1. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis429
  2. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii239
  3. Central American Gulf Coast Toad Incilius valliceps203
  4. Taylor's Leaf Frog Agalychnis taylori142
  5. Black-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis moreletii100
  6. Sheep Frog Hypopachus variolosus97
  7. Coban Mushroomtongue Salamander Bolitoglossa helmrichi87
  8. Copan Stream Frog Ptychohyla hypomykter71
  9. Yellow Treefrog Dendropsophus microcephalus66
  10. Highland Frog Lithobates maculatus51

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.