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Learn the wildlife of St. Kitts & Nevis

North & Central America

1,422 species have research-grade observations in St. Kitts & Nevis 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 aurita155
  2. Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis155
  3. Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis128
  4. Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis95
  5. Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens87
  6. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis85
  7. Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus84
  8. Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea57
  9. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres54
  10. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola47

Plants

  1. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera236
  2. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera182
  3. Beach Morning Glory Ipomoea pes-caprae175
  4. Bellyache Bush Jatropha gossypiifolia151
  5. Manchineel Hippomane mancinella148
  6. Neem Azadirachta indica139
  7. Indian tulip tree Thespesia populnea135
  8. Coral Vine Antigonon leptopus134
  9. White leadtree Leucaena leucocephala117
  10. Sea Almond Terminalia catappa108

Mammals

  1. Green Monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus178
  2. Donkey Equus asinus41
  3. Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata38
  4. Domestic Goat Capra hircus20
  5. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris9
  6. Domestic Sheep Ovis aries9
  7. Domestic Cat Felis catus8
  8. Domestic Cattle Bos taurus7
  9. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis6

Insects

  1. Disonycha spilotrachela126
  2. Milkweed Assassin Bug Zelus longipes110
  3. Tetrio Sphinx Pseudosphinx tetrio87
  4. Monarch Danaus plexippus64
  5. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera54
  6. Great Southern White Ascia monuste45
  7. St. Andrew's Cotton Stainer Dysdercus andreae38
  8. Spotted Oleander Moth Empyreuma pugione35
  9. Oleander Aphid Aphis nerii30
  10. Buttonwood Flea Beetle Chaetocnema brunnescens26

Spiders and kin

  1. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis23
  2. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata17
  3. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus16
  4. Eriophyes plucheae16
  5. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria9

Reptiles

  1. St. Eustatius Anole Anolis bimaculatus79
  2. Schwartz' Anole Anolis schwartzi58
  3. St. Christopher Ameiva Pholidoscelis erythrocephalus58
  4. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas13
  5. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata11
  6. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia11

Fish

  1. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis54
  2. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus25
  3. French Angelfish Pomacanthus paru23
  4. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum22
  5. Western Atlantic Trumpetfish Aulostomus maculatus21
  6. Yellowtail Damselfish Microspathodon chrysurus20
  7. French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum17
  8. Sand Diver Synodus intermedius16
  9. Smooth Trunkfish Lactophrys triqueter16
  10. Spotted Porcupinefish Diodon hystrix15

Mollusks

  1. Reticulated Cowry Helmet Cypraecassis testiculus175
  2. Atlantic strawberry cockle Americardia media98
  3. Thrush cowrie Naria turdus98
  4. Merchant Dove Shell Columbella mercatoria96
  5. Queen Conch Aliger gigas84
  6. Antilles Limpet Lottia antillarum83
  7. Nucleus Scallop Argopecten nucleus82
  8. Green Star Shell Lithopoma tuber79
  9. Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata73
  10. Rayed keyhole limpet Fissurella nimbosa68

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.