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Learn the wildlife of Guyana

South America

3,237 species have research-grade observations in Guyana 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 Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus211
  2. Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus143
  3. Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana130
  4. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus128
  5. Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis121
  6. Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica120
  7. Great Egret Ardea alba117
  8. Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis114
  9. Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo106
  10. Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis105

Plants

  1. Sandpaper tree Curatella americana93
  2. Amazon Giant Waterlily Victoria amazonica86
  3. Sacred Lotus Nelumbo nucifera69
  4. Brocchinia micrantha60
  5. Moriche palm Mauritia flexuosa47
  6. Drosera kaieteurensis45
  7. Mistletoe Cactus Rhipsalis baccifera33
  8. Coconilla Solanum stramoniifolium33
  9. Cashew Anacardium occidentale30
  10. Cattleya violacea30

Mammals

  1. Guianan Red Howler Monkey Alouatta macconnelli112
  2. Giant Anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla80
  3. Proboscis Bat Rhynchonycteris naso69
  4. Guiana Spider Monkey Ateles paniscus62
  5. Giant Otter Pteronura brasiliensis59
  6. South American Tapir Tapirus terrestris37
  7. Weeper Capuchin Cebus olivaceus35
  8. Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris35
  9. Red-rumped Agouti Dasyprocta leporina33
  10. Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus tridactylus31

Insects

  1. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae106
  2. Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata72
  3. Flame-tailed Pondhawk Erythemis peruviana52
  4. Julia Heliconian Dryas iulia43
  5. Tawny Pennant Brachymesia herbida43
  6. Penelope's Ringlet Cissia penelope35
  7. Heliconius antiochus34
  8. Great Pondhawk Erythemis vesiculosa33
  9. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera32
  10. Red Postman Heliconius erato32

Spiders and kin

  1. Pinktoe Tarantula Avicularia avicularia55
  2. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata42
  3. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus22
  4. Tropical Orb Weaver Eriophora fuliginea16
  5. Eriophora edax14
  6. Nephila cornuta12
  7. Brazilian Wandering Spider Phoneutria fera11
  8. Venezuelan Suntiger Tarantula Psalmopoeus irminia11
  9. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes11

Reptiles

  1. Giant Ameiva Ameiva ameiva177
  2. Peters' Lava Lizard Tropidurus hispidus159
  3. Black Caiman Melanosuchus niger85
  4. Common Lancehead Bothrops atrox76
  5. Spectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus70
  6. Garden Tree Boa Corallus hortulana64
  7. Bronze Anole Anolis aeneus56
  8. Striped Forest Whiptail Kentropyx calcarata55
  9. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris50
  10. Maria Islands Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus palaichthus49

Amphibians

  1. Cane Toad Rhinella marina165
  2. Red Snouted Tree Frog Scinax ruber88
  3. Golden Rocket Frog Anomaloglossus beebei87
  4. Veined Tree Frog Trachycephalus typhonius55
  5. Drylands Tree Frog Boana xerophylla49
  6. South American Common Toad Rhinella margaritifera35
  7. Guiana White-lipped Frog Leptodactylus guianensis31
  8. Rusty Tree Frog Boana boans31
  9. Yellow-headed Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates leucomelas28
  10. Lesser Antillean whistling frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei25

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.