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North & Central America

1,899 species have research-grade observations in St. Barthélemy 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 aurita132
  2. American Kestrel Falco sparverius94
  3. Brown Booby Sula leucogaster78
  4. Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus68
  5. Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus65
  6. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola62
  7. Green Heron Butorides virescens54
  8. Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus53
  9. Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus51
  10. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis48

Plants

  1. Coccothrinax barbadensis555
  2. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera196
  3. Pilosocereus curtisii181
  4. Roughbark lignum-vitae Guaiacum officinale178
  5. Turk's Cap Cactus Melocactus intortus164
  6. Beach Morning Glory Ipomoea pes-caprae159
  7. Giant airplant Tillandsia utriculata147
  8. Jamaican caper Quadrella cynophallophora120
  9. Braceletwood Jacquinia arborea103
  10. Zanthoxylum punctatum100

Mammals

  1. Domestic Goat Capra hircus49
  2. Domestic Cat Felis catus46
  3. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae19

Insects

  1. Hieroglyphic Moth Diphthera festiva59
  2. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera39
  3. Tetrio Sphinx Pseudosphinx tetrio36
  4. Clonistria bartholomaea33
  5. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae28
  6. Great Southern White Ascia monuste26
  7. Caribbean Paper Wasp Polistes crinitus26
  8. Spotted Oleander Moth Empyreuma pugione22
  9. Greater Antillean Carpenter Xylocopa mordax21
  10. St. Andrew's Cotton Stainer Dysdercus andreae19

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata100
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis48
  3. Centruroides barbudensis35
  4. Nolavia antiguensis31
  5. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus25
  6. Phrynus goesii17
  7. Selenops souliga15
  8. Oiclus questeli15
  9. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus14
  10. Lesser Brown Scorpion Isometrus maculatus13

Reptiles

  1. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas1,089
  2. Anguilla Anole Anolis gingivinus612
  3. Anguilla Bank Ameiva Pholidoscelis plei554
  4. Lesser Antillean Iguana Iguana delicatissima426
  5. Red-footed Tortoise Chelonoidis carbonarius336
  6. Anguilla Bank Racer Alsophis rijgersmaei167
  7. Northern Turniptail Gecko Thecadactylus rapicauda107
  8. Green Iguana Iguana iguana75
  9. Island Least Gecko Sphaerodactylus sputator57
  10. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata45

Fish

  1. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus153
  2. Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish Acanthurus tractus102
  3. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis96
  4. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride94
  5. Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda86
  6. Queen Parrotfish Scarus vetula82
  7. Bar Jack Caranx ruber80
  8. Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus76
  9. Bluestriped Grunt Haemulon sciurus73
  10. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum71

Mollusks

  1. Caribbean Reef Squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea42
  2. Queen Conch Aliger gigas35
  3. West Indian Top Shell Cittarium pica19
  4. West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata15
  5. Brazilian Reef Octopus Octopus insularis15
  6. Beaded Periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus14
  7. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum12
  8. Lettuce Sea Slug Elysia crispata12
  9. Mesembrinus elongatus12
  10. King Helmet Snail Cassis tuberosa9

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.