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Learn the wildlife of Panama

North & Central America

13,772 species have research-grade observations in Panama 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 mexicanus3,648
  2. Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus3,424
  3. Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus2,958
  4. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus2,887
  5. Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi2,837
  6. Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima2,781
  7. Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus2,755
  8. Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti2,277
  9. Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus2,183
  10. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl2,034

Plants

  1. Papaya Carica papaya1,584
  2. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera1,271
  3. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens1,129
  4. Heart of Jesus Caladium bicolor954
  5. Mexican Culantro Eryngium foetidum889
  6. Elegant Zinnia Zinnia elegans858
  7. Parrot's Beak Heliconia psittacorum831
  8. Mexican Ruellia Ruellia simplex815
  9. Peacock flower Caesalpinia pulcherrima809
  10. Sore-mouth bush Palicourea tomentosa794

Mammals

  1. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata2,573
  2. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus2,364
  3. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata2,257
  4. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica1,947
  5. Geoffroy’s Tamarin Saguinus geoffroyi1,804
  6. Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides1,494
  7. Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni1,449
  8. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator798
  9. Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis724
  10. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor540

Insects

  1. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima3,385
  2. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae1,967
  3. Abracris flavolineata966
  4. Red Postman Heliconius erato947
  5. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera906
  6. Malachite Siproeta stelenes872
  7. Thoas Swallowtail Heraclides thoas672
  8. Julia Heliconian Dryas iulia631
  9. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata593
  10. Giant red-winged grasshopper Tropidacris cristata537

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes2,279
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis1,467
  3. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata906
  4. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus571
  5. Leucauge argyra494
  6. Phoneutria depilata409
  7. Micrathena sexspinosa408
  8. Argiope submaronica307
  9. Panama Blonde Tarantula Psalmopoeus pulcher259
  10. Bogota Giant Fishing Spider Ancylometes bogotensis255

Reptiles

  1. Green Iguana Iguana iguana3,706
  2. Common Basilisk Basiliscus basiliscus2,365
  3. Yellow-headed Gecko Gonatodes albogularis2,303
  4. Spectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus1,519
  5. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis1,319
  6. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus1,029
  7. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris897
  8. American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus872
  9. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei802
  10. Terciopelo Bothrops asper669

Amphibians

  1. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis3,075
  2. Forest Toad Rhinella alata1,910
  3. Strawberry Poison Dart Frog Oophaga pumilio1,703
  4. Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus1,489
  5. Túngara Frog Engystomops pustulosus1,092
  6. Red-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis callidryas991
  7. Milk Frog Trachycephalus macrotis708
  8. Savage's Thin-toed Frog Leptodactylus savagei621
  9. Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog Boana rosenbergi527
  10. Harlequin Treefrog Dendropsophus ebraccatus415

Fish

  1. Guineafowl Puffer Arothron meleagris296
  2. King Angelfish Holacanthus passer286
  3. Panamic Sergeant Major Abudefduf troschelii223
  4. Striped Parrotfish Scarus iseri219
  5. Redlip Parrotfish Scarus rubroviolaceus202
  6. Yellowfin Surgeonfish Acanthurus xanthopterus199

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.