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Learn the wildlife of Sint Maarten

North & Central America

1,337 species have research-grade observations in Sint Maarten 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. Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita220
  2. Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris187
  3. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis121
  4. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola103
  5. Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens96
  6. Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis76
  7. Brown Booby Sula leucogaster65
  8. Great Egret Ardea alba61
  9. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto59
  10. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres56

Plants

  1. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera72
  2. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera63
  3. Turk's Cap Cactus Melocactus intortus63
  4. Pilosocereus curtisii60
  5. White leadtree Leucaena leucocephala28
  6. Bahama Nightshade Solanum bahamense26
  7. Coral Vine Antigonon leptopus25
  8. Flamboyant Delonix regia25
  9. Indian tulip tree Thespesia populnea25
  10. Opuntia triacanthos23

Mammals

  1. Green Monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus25
  2. Domestic Cat Felis catus10
  3. Domestic Goat Capra hircus10
  4. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris6

Insects

  1. Caribbean Paper Wasp Polistes crinitus48
  2. Monarch Danaus plexippus42
  3. Great Southern White Ascia monuste42
  4. Spotted Oleander Moth Empyreuma pugione34
  5. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera31
  6. St. Andrew's Cotton Stainer Dysdercus andreae18
  7. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae16
  8. Hanno Blue Hemiargus hanno16
  9. Longhorn Crazy Ant Paratrechina longicornis14
  10. Milkweed Assassin Bug Zelus longipes10

Spiders and kin

  1. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis51
  2. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata37
  3. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus10
  4. Coleosoma floridanum9
  5. Selenops souliga7
  6. Nolavia antiguensis7
  7. Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata3

Reptiles

  1. Green Iguana Iguana iguana411
  2. Anguilla Anole Anolis gingivinus181
  3. Anguilla Bank Ameiva Pholidoscelis plei176
  4. Bearded anole Anolis pogus58
  5. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas44
  6. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta24
  7. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus17
  8. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia15
  9. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata13
  10. Island Least Gecko Sphaerodactylus sputator10

Amphibians

  1. Cuban Tree Frog Osteopilus septentrionalis21
  2. Lesser Antillean whistling frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei8
  3. Mute Coqui Eleutherodactylus lentus3

Fish

  1. Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish Acanthurus tractus63
  2. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis60
  3. Common Lionfish Pterois volitans57
  4. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum56
  5. Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda54
  6. Coney Cephalopholis fulva53
  7. Bluestriped Grunt Haemulon sciurus50
  8. French Angelfish Pomacanthus paru46
  9. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus46
  10. French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum45

Mollusks

  1. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica30
  2. West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata29
  3. Turkey Wing Arca zebra25
  4. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum24
  5. Caribbean Reef Squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea23
  6. Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata22
  7. Brazilian Reef Octopus Octopus insularis21
  8. West Indian Top Shell Cittarium pica15
  9. Harlequin Sea Goddess Felimida binza13
  10. Queen Conch Aliger gigas11

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.