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Learn the wildlife of Jamaica

North & Central America

3,285 species have research-grade observations in Jamaica 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. Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus496
  2. Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger370
  3. Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis359
  4. Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus358
  5. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos342
  6. Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita293
  7. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola272
  8. Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus272
  9. Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea253
  10. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea237

Plants

  1. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera169
  2. Ackee Blighia sapida151
  3. Sea Almond Terminalia catappa150
  4. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera148
  5. Indian tulip tree Thespesia populnea136
  6. Golden Pothos Epipremnum aureum109
  7. Red Ginger Alpinia purpurata106
  8. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens99
  9. Star of Bethlehem Hippobroma longiflora98
  10. Noni Morinda citrifolia97

Mammals

  1. Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata101
  2. Domestic Cat Felis catus74
  3. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis44
  4. Domestic Goat Capra hircus28
  5. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris27

Insects

  1. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae516
  2. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera459
  3. Caribbean Paper Wasp Polistes crinitus366
  4. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae349
  5. St. Andrew's Cotton Stainer Dysdercus andreae279
  6. Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata244
  7. Milkweed Assassin Bug Zelus longipes237
  8. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia225
  9. Tetrio Sphinx Pseudosphinx tetrio198
  10. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata187

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes327
  2. Leucauge argyra145
  3. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis138
  4. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus100
  5. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata61
  6. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria55
  7. Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata39
  8. Dominican Spider Leucauge licina26
  9. Cynortoides quadrispinosa23

Reptiles

  1. Graham's Anole Anolis grahami819
  2. Stripefoot Anole Anolis lineatopus712
  3. Jamaican Giant Anole Anolis garmani290
  4. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia248
  5. Bluefields Anole Anolis opalinus219
  6. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei188
  7. Croaking Lizard Aristelliger praesignis172
  8. American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus92
  9. Ocellated Gecko Sphaerodactylus argus69
  10. Jamaican Twig Anole Anolis valencienni63

Amphibians

  1. Cane Toad Rhinella marina159
  2. Lesser Antillean whistling frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei65
  3. Jamaican Laughing Frog Osteopilus ocellatus44
  4. Greenhouse Frog Eleutherodactylus planirostris36
  5. Cuban Tree Frog Osteopilus septentrionalis26
  6. Spaldings Robber Frog Eleutherodactylus gossei23

Fish

  1. Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus269
  2. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis208
  3. Slippery Dick Halichoeres bivittatus194
  4. French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum190
  5. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum168
  6. Striped Parrotfish Scarus iseri139
  7. Longspined Porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus135
  8. Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish Acanthurus tractus134
  9. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus133
  10. Longspine Squirrelfish Holocentrus rufus110

Mollusks

  1. Cuban Brown Snail Zachrysia provisoria217
  2. West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata200
  3. Orthalicus undatus106
  4. Four-toothed Nerite Nerita versicolor97
  5. Queen Conch Aliger gigas90
  6. Thelidomus aspera89
  7. Pancake Slug Veronicella sloanii74
  8. West Indian Top Shell Cittarium pica73
  9. Beaded Periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus73
  10. Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata52

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.