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Learn the wildlife of Mexico

North & Central America

43,702 species have research-grade observations in Mexico 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 mexicanus60,308
  2. Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus47,683
  3. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus43,906
  4. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica42,914
  5. House Sparrow Passer domesticus37,217
  6. Inca Dove Columbina inca37,206
  7. Great Egret Ardea alba30,868
  8. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura26,613
  9. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons25,952
  10. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus24,739

Plants

  1. Castor bean Ricinus communis15,374
  2. Common morning-glory Ipomoea purpurea9,484
  3. Ballmoss Tillandsia recurvata8,782
  4. Tree tobacco Nicotiana glauca8,598
  5. Mexican Giant Cactus Pachycereus pringlei8,547
  6. Indian Comb Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum7,622
  7. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens6,953
  8. Organ pipe cactus Stenocereus thurberi6,924
  9. Tropical milkweed Asclepias curassavica6,839
  10. Firecrackerbush Bouvardia ternifolia6,545

Mammals

  1. Red-bellied Squirrel Sciurus aureogaster13,759
  2. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica11,612
  3. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus9,202
  4. Rock Squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus9,148
  5. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor7,949
  6. Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus6,447
  7. Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana6,109
  8. Coyote Canis latrans5,145
  9. Ringtail Bassariscus astutus4,977
  10. Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu3,775

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera32,180
  2. Monarch Danaus plexippus21,056
  3. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae10,135
  4. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima9,801
  5. Queen Danaus gilippus9,464
  6. Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata9,456
  7. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata9,262
  8. Dorantes Longtail Cecropterus dorantes8,355
  9. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia8,070
  10. Chicatana Leafcutter Ant Atta mexicana7,589

Spiders and kin

  1. Western Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona oaxacensis9,753
  2. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes7,064
  3. Golden Jumping Spider Paraphidippus aurantius5,818
  4. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis5,771
  5. Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata5,139
  6. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus4,185
  7. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata3,449
  8. Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans2,465

Reptiles

  1. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis24,114
  2. Green Iguana Iguana iguana16,780
  3. Western Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura pectinata11,642
  4. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei7,064
  5. Graphic Spiny Lizard Sceloporus grammicus6,926
  6. Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus6,443
  7. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus5,918
  8. Crevice Swift Sceloporus torquatus5,852
  9. American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus4,657
  10. Morelet's Crocodile Crocodylus moreletii4,277

Amphibians

  1. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii6,198
  2. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis5,771
  3. Canyon Tree Frog Dryophytes arenicolor4,653
  4. Central American Gulf Coast Toad Incilius valliceps4,275
  5. Mountain Tree Frog Dryophytes eximius3,196
  6. Mexican Giant Tree Frog Agalychnis dacnicolor2,230

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.