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Learn the wildlife of Honduras

North & Central America

10,456 species have research-grade observations in Honduras 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 mexicanus1,559
  2. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica1,147
  3. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons1,056
  4. Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi1,009
  5. Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa925
  6. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus854
  7. Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus784
  8. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus749
  9. Great Egret Ardea alba703
  10. Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis646

Plants

  1. Pigeonberry Rivina humilis359
  2. Turk's cap Malvaviscus arboreus288
  3. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera259
  4. Tropical milkweed Asclepias curassavica259
  5. Bitter Melon Momordica charantia209
  6. Red Indian pipe Monotropa coccinea199
  7. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens190
  8. Papaya Carica papaya186
  9. Sore-mouth bush Palicourea tomentosa181
  10. Red Ginger Alpinia purpurata177

Mammals

  1. Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides1,144
  2. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata936
  3. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata232
  4. Southern Opossum Didelphis marsupialis217
  5. Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus mexicanus181
  6. Domestic Cat Felis catus169
  7. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica155
  8. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator140
  9. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor127
  10. Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou mexicanus109

Insects

  1. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima1,168
  2. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera928
  3. Giant red-winged grasshopper Tropidacris cristata461
  4. Malachite Siproeta stelenes450
  5. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata448
  6. Romalea gutturosa366
  7. Thick-tipped Greta Greta morgane354
  8. Black-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax funerea349
  9. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia338
  10. Abracris flavolineata336

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes897
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis795
  3. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus281
  4. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata246
  5. Honduran Curlyhair Tarantula Tliltocatl albopilosus200
  6. Eriophora edax190
  7. Costa Rican Striped-knee Tarantula Aphonopelma seemanni187
  8. Tiger Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius salei159
  9. Leucauge argyra148
  10. Paraphidippus fartilis128

Reptiles

  1. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis2,225
  2. Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus1,361
  3. Green Iguana Iguana iguana1,257
  4. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus707
  5. Allison's Anole Anolis allisoni620
  6. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei550
  7. Central American Boa Boa imperator543
  8. Gualaco Scaly Anole Anolis mccraniei495
  9. Rose-bellied Lizard Sceloporus variabilis420
  10. Ghost Anole Anolis lemurinus398

Amphibians

  1. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii1,186
  2. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis1,052
  3. Central American Gulf Coast Toad Incilius valliceps539
  4. Highland Frog Lithobates maculatus309
  5. Browns' Leopard Frog Lithobates brownorum259
  6. Lenca Leopard Frog Lithobates lenca249
  7. Yellow Treefrog Dendropsophus microcephalus228
  8. Taylor's Leaf Frog Agalychnis taylori228
  9. Porter's Toad Incilius porteri220
  10. Túngara Frog Engystomops pustulosus196

Fish

  1. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride593
  2. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus439
  3. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum408
  4. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis383
  5. Striped Parrotfish Scarus iseri321
  6. Four-eyed Butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus260
  7. Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus251
  8. Queen Angelfish Holacanthus ciliaris226
  9. Yellowhead Wrasse Halichoeres garnoti220
  10. Blue Chromis Azurina cyanea217

Mollusks

  1. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum170
  2. Queen Conch Aliger gigas164
  3. Caribbean Reef Squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea135

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.