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North & Central America

1,119 species have research-grade observations in St. Martin 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. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola72
  2. Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita56
  3. Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens55
  4. Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis55
  5. Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus40
  6. Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris40
  7. Brown Booby Sula leucogaster38
  8. Snowy Egret Egretta thula37
  9. Great Egret Ardea alba34
  10. Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus33

Plants

  1. Turk's Cap Cactus Melocactus intortus68
  2. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera60
  3. Pilosocereus curtisii47
  4. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera34
  5. Indian tulip tree Thespesia populnea30
  6. Coral Vine Antigonon leptopus28
  7. Bahama Nightshade Solanum bahamense28
  8. Green Buttonwood Conocarpus erectus22
  9. White leadtree Leucaena leucocephala21
  10. Myrcia boldinghii21

Mammals

  1. Green Monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus58
  2. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus10
  3. Donkey Equus asinus10
  4. Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata6
  5. Domestic Cat Felis catus5
  6. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae4
  7. Domestic Goat Capra hircus4
  8. Domestic Horse Equus caballus3

Insects

  1. Spotted Oleander Moth Empyreuma pugione52
  2. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae40
  3. Monarch Danaus plexippus30
  4. Caribbean Paper Wasp Polistes crinitus30
  5. Great Southern White Ascia monuste28
  6. Antillean Hammock Skipper Polygonus leo19
  7. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera13
  8. St. Andrew's Cotton Stainer Dysdercus andreae13
  9. Pepsis ruficornis11
  10. Coeleburia decemmaculata9

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata45
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis11
  3. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus9
  4. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria7
  5. Leucauge regnyi4
  6. Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata3

Reptiles

  1. Green Iguana Iguana iguana371
  2. Anguilla Anole Anolis gingivinus182
  3. Anguilla Bank Ameiva Pholidoscelis plei133
  4. Bearded anole Anolis pogus127
  5. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas96
  6. Red-footed Tortoise Chelonoidis carbonarius37
  7. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus18
  8. Saint Martin Thick-tailed Gecko Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum18
  9. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia17
  10. Island Least Gecko Sphaerodactylus sputator15

Amphibians

  1. Cuban Tree Frog Osteopilus septentrionalis16
  2. Greenhouse Frog Eleutherodactylus planirostris6
  3. Montserrat Whistling Frog Eleutherodactylus montserratae6

Fish

  1. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis46
  2. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus45
  3. French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum31
  4. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum30
  5. Slippery Dick Halichoeres bivittatus28
  6. Four-eyed Butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus28
  7. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride28
  8. Western Atlantic Trumpetfish Aulostomus maculatus27
  9. Bluestriped Grunt Haemulon sciurus27
  10. Nassau Grouper Epinephelus striatus26

Mollusks

  1. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica23
  2. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum20
  3. Queen Conch Aliger gigas19
  4. West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata14
  5. West Indian Top Shell Cittarium pica14
  6. Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata11
  7. Caribbean Reef Squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea10
  8. Spotted seahare Aplysia dactylomela10
  9. King Helmet Snail Cassis tuberosa10
  10. Beaded Periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus10

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.