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Learn the wildlife of Haiti

North & Central America

2,307 species have research-grade observations in Haiti 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 striatus40
  2. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis32
  3. Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina29
  4. Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens28
  5. Black-crowned Palm-Tanager Phaenicophilus palmarum24
  6. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola23
  7. Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis23
  8. Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus22
  9. Hispaniolan Pewee Contopus hispaniolensis22
  10. Hispaniolan Spindalis Spindalis dominicensis22

Plants

  1. Salvia brachyloba93
  2. African tulip tree Spathodea campanulata64
  3. Common guava Psidium guajava54
  4. Caribbean milkweed Asclepias nivea45
  5. Indian mango Mangifera indica43
  6. Firebush Hamelia patens41
  7. Bellyache Bush Jatropha gossypiifolia40
  8. Sea Almond Terminalia catappa37
  9. Wild ackee Cupania americana37
  10. Mexican prickly poppy Argemone mexicana34

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera28
  2. Confused Calisto Calisto confusa26
  3. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia21
  4. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae20
  5. Hispaniolan King Anetia jaegeri20
  6. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata19
  7. Calisto chrysaoros18
  8. Gray Cracker Hamadryas februa17
  9. Monarch Danaus plexippus16
  10. Horse Paper Wasp Polistes major16

Spiders and kin

  1. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria23
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis14
  3. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata13
  4. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus13
  5. Leucauge regnyi10
  6. Anasaitis locuples10
  7. Tropical Orbweaver Eriophora ravilla6
  8. Hispaniolan Giant Tarantula Phormictopus cancerides6
  9. Hispaniolan Vinegaroon Mastigoproctus proscorpio6

Reptiles

  1. Bark Anole Anolis distichus76
  2. Hispaniolan Green Anole Anolis chlorocyanus45
  3. Hispaniolan Giant Ameiva Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus31
  4. Haitian Curlytail Lizard Leiocephalus personatus29
  5. Common Stout Anole Anolis hispaniolae25
  6. Hispaniolan Khaki Curlytail Leiocephalus schreibersii24
  7. Cope's Antilles Snake Hypsirhynchus parvifrons19
  8. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia19
  9. Northern Hispaniolan Green Anole Anolis peynadoi18
  10. Southern Stout Anole Anolis australis17

Amphibians

  1. Hispaniolan Common Tree Frog Osteopilus dominicensis45
  2. Hispaniolan Giant Tree Frog Osteopilus vastus12
  3. Hispaniolan Giant Frog Eleutherodactylus inoptatus11
  4. La Selle Red-Legged Frog Eleutherodactylus furcyensis11
  5. South Island Telegraph Frog Eleutherodactylus audanti9
  6. Cane Toad Rhinella marina9
  7. Hispaniolan yellow-mottled frog Eleutherodactylus pictissimus8
  8. Hispaniolan Yellow Tree Frog Osteopilus pulchrilineatus8
  9. Hispaniolan Green Tree Frog Boana heilprini8
  10. Baoruco Hammer Frog Eleutherodactylus armstrongi7

Fish

  1. Haitian Cichlid Nandopsis haitiensis9
  2. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis6
  3. Guppy Poecilia reticulata6

Mollusks

  1. Candy Cane Snail Liguus virgineus12
  2. Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata7
  3. Queen Conch Aliger gigas7

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.