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Learn the wildlife of Suriname

South America

4,329 species have research-grade observations in Suriname 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 Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus132
  2. Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo104
  3. Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani86
  4. Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus83
  5. Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica79
  6. Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas78
  7. Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti77
  8. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus76
  9. Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus74
  10. Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis73

Plants

  1. Coconilla Solanum stramoniifolium59
  2. Yautia madera Montrichardia arborescens43
  3. Passiflora glandulosa41
  4. Heliconia acuminata37
  5. Lobster Claw Heliconia Heliconia bihai37
  6. Mourera fluviatilis35
  7. Parrot's Beak Heliconia psittacorum33
  8. Golden Trumpet Allamanda cathartica28
  9. Aninga Montrichardia linifera28
  10. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica27

Mammals

  1. Common Squirrel Monkey Saimiri sciureus144
  2. Brown Capuchin Sapajus apella115
  3. Guianan Red Howler Monkey Alouatta macconnelli97
  4. Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus tridactylus96
  5. Red-rumped Agouti Dasyprocta leporina87
  6. Guyana Dolphin Sotalia guianensis45
  7. White-faced Saki Pithecia pithecia45
  8. Golden-handed Tamarin Saguinus midas42
  9. Proboscis Bat Rhynchonycteris naso39
  10. Giant Otter Pteronura brasiliensis32

Insects

  1. Red Peacock Anartia amathea124
  2. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae119
  3. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae100
  4. Red Postman Heliconius erato93
  5. Banded Orange Heliconian Dryadula phaetusa84
  6. Abracris flavolineata78
  7. Spangled Cupid Helicopis cupido72
  8. Penelope's Ringlet Cissia penelope61
  9. Thoas Swallowtail Heraclides thoas57
  10. Violet-winged Grasshopper Tropidacris collaris50

Spiders and kin

  1. Pinktoe Tarantula Avicularia avicularia203
  2. Brazilian Wandering Spider Phoneutria fera69
  3. Tropical Orb Weaver Eriophora fuliginea61
  4. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata34
  5. Nephila cornuta34
  6. Yellow-kneed Skeleton Tarantula Ephebopus murinus29
  7. Guyana Black Devil Scorpion Tityus obscurus21
  8. Amazon Thorn Spider Micrathena schreibersi20
  9. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus19
  10. Pretty Orbweaver Eriophora nephiloides16

Reptiles

  1. Giant Ameiva Ameiva ameiva209
  2. Common Lancehead Bothrops atrox168
  3. Green Iguana Iguana iguana135
  4. Gold Tegu Tupinambis teguixin115
  5. Garden Tree Boa Corallus hortulana102
  6. Striped Forest Whiptail Kentropyx calcarata101
  7. Rainbow Whiptail Cnemidophorus lemniscatus97
  8. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris81
  9. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia74
  10. Bridled Forest Gecko Gonatodes humeralis67

Amphibians

  1. Cane Toad Rhinella marina214
  2. Three-striped Poison Frog Ameerega trivittata159
  3. Red Snouted Tree Frog Scinax ruber71
  4. Spotted Toad Rhaebo guttatus71
  5. Hoogmoed's Harlequin Frog Atelopus hoogmoedi52
  6. Northern Orange-legged Leaf Frog Pithecopus hypochondrialis51
  7. Drylands Tree Frog Boana xerophylla47
  8. Polka-dot Tree Frog Boana punctata43
  9. Rhinella merianae41
  10. Sipaliwini Robber Frog Pristimantis zeuctotylus38

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.