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Learn the wildlife of Nicaragua

North & Central America

7,706 species have research-grade observations in Nicaragua 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 Egret Ardea alba639
  2. Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa576
  3. Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus540
  4. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus523
  5. White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus517
  6. Green Heron Butorides virescens503
  7. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus495
  8. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica393
  9. Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa380
  10. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus369

Plants

  1. Mexican Plumeria Plumeria rubra110
  2. Fire-star orchid Epidendrum radicans94
  3. Common water hyacinth Pontederia crassipes85
  4. Tropical milkweed Asclepias curassavica82
  5. Peacock flower Caesalpinia pulcherrima77
  6. Indian mango Mangifera indica68
  7. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens68
  8. Mexican Ruellia Ruellia simplex67
  9. Marvel of Peru Mirabilis jalapa64
  10. Firebush Hamelia patens64

Mammals

  1. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata538
  2. Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides406
  3. Central American Spider Monkey Ateles geoffroyi171
  4. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator169
  5. Proboscis Bat Rhynchonycteris naso95
  6. Southern Opossum Didelphis marsupialis92
  7. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata92
  8. Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni85
  9. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus74
  10. Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou mexicanus73

Insects

  1. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima476
  2. Malachite Siproeta stelenes351
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera278
  4. Abracris flavolineata267
  5. Patilla Clearwing Ithomia patilla246
  6. Pale Owl-Butterfly Caligo telamonius216
  7. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata212
  8. Giant red-winged grasshopper Tropidacris cristata209
  9. Blomfild's Beauty Smyrna blomfildia173
  10. Red Postman Heliconius erato165

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes285
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis229
  3. Edward's Bark Scorpion Centruroides edwardsii210
  4. Costa Rican Blue Front Tarantula Aphonopelma crinirufum160
  5. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus121
  6. Eriophora edax111
  7. Tiger Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius salei102
  8. Sylvan Jumping Spider Colonus sylvanus86
  9. Spined Micrathena Micrathena gracilis72
  10. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata71

Reptiles

  1. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis535
  2. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus342
  3. Rose-bellied Lizard Sceloporus variabilis303
  4. Green Iguana Iguana iguana229
  5. Yellow-headed Gecko Gonatodes albogularis225
  6. Copper Anole Anolis cupreus170
  7. Central American Boa Boa imperator169
  8. Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira nigrofasciata161
  9. Green Basilisk Basiliscus plumifrons147
  10. Blackbelly Racerunner Aspidoscelis deppii128

Amphibians

  1. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis518
  2. Red-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis callidryas374
  3. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii334
  4. Yellow Toad Incilius luetkenii181
  5. Strawberry Poison Dart Frog Oophaga pumilio133
  6. Túngara Frog Engystomops pustulosus121
  7. Stauffer's Tree Frog Scinax staufferi100
  8. Sabinal Frog Leptodactylus melanonotus82
  9. Central American Gulf Coast Toad Incilius valliceps81
  10. Dry Forest Toad Incilius coccifer67

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.