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Learn the wildlife of Trinidad & Tobago

North & Central America

5,872 species have research-grade observations in Trinidad & Tobago 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. White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora536
  2. Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum519
  3. Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus488
  4. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola484
  5. Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus463
  6. Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis453
  7. Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti433
  8. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus427
  9. Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber420
  10. Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci416

Plants

  1. Star of Bethlehem Hippobroma longiflora234
  2. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera188
  3. Tropical milkweed Asclepias curassavica164
  4. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens162
  5. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica161
  6. Coconilla Solanum stramoniifolium136
  7. Parrot's Beak Heliconia psittacorum135
  8. Sunset Bells Chrysothemis pulchella135
  9. Cacao tree Theobroma cacao127
  10. Sore-mouth bush Palicourea tomentosa120

Mammals

  1. Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis192
  2. Red-rumped Agouti Dasyprocta leporina180
  3. Guianan Red Howler Monkey Alouatta macconnelli120
  4. Brown Capuchin Sapajus apella113
  5. Southern Opossum Didelphis marsupialis104
  6. Northeastern Silky Anteater Cyclopes didactylus88
  7. Spotted Paca Cuniculus paca50
  8. Proboscis Bat Rhynchonycteris naso49
  9. Southern Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus49

Insects

  1. Red Peacock Anartia amathea743
  2. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae468
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera348
  4. Ocnophiloidea regularis334
  5. Hermeuptychia canthe306
  6. Great Southern White Ascia monuste303
  7. Penelope's Ringlet Cissia penelope303
  8. Creoxylus spinosus295
  9. Monarch Danaus plexippus281
  10. Thoas Swallowtail Heraclides thoas277

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata362
  2. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes354
  3. Trinidad Chevron Tarantula Psalmopoeus cambridgei320
  4. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus303
  5. Pinktoe Tarantula Avicularia avicularia271
  6. Phareicranaus calcarifer220
  7. Tropical Orb Weaver Eriophora fuliginea177
  8. Eriophora edax140
  9. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria128
  10. Leucauge argyra123

Reptiles

  1. Wiegmann's Striped Gecko Gonatodes vittatus847
  2. Bronze Anole Anolis aeneus846
  3. Trinidad Ameiva Ameiva atrigularis594
  4. Green Iguana Iguana iguana543
  5. Northern Turniptail Gecko Thecadactylus rapicauda437
  6. Venezuelan Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira ashmeadii391
  7. Dormilona Corallus ruschenbergerii367
  8. Spectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus337
  9. Grenada Tree Anole Anolis richardii327
  10. Rutherford's Vine Snake Oxybelis rutherfordi277

Amphibians

  1. Cane Toad Rhinella marina813
  2. Yellow-throated Frog Mannophryne trinitatis346
  3. Lesser Antilles Robber Frog Pristimantis urichi258
  4. Red Snouted Tree Frog Scinax ruber215
  5. Túngara Frog Engystomops pustulosus193
  6. Smooth-skinned Ditch Frog Leptodactylus validus182
  7. Whistling Grass Frog Leptodactylus fuscus178
  8. Banana Tree Dwelling Frog Boana platanera175
  9. Trinidad Leaf Frog Phyllomedusa trinitatis163
  10. Rusty Tree Frog Boana boans155

Fish

  1. Jumping Guabine Anablepsoides hartii144
  2. Marbled Swamp Eel Synbranchus marmoratus100
  3. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum99
  4. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis89
  5. Guppy Poecilia reticulata77
  6. Blue Acara Andinoacara pulcher77
  7. French Angelfish Pomacanthus paru72
  8. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride71
  9. Queen Parrotfish Scarus vetula62
  10. Western Atlantic Trumpetfish Aulostomus maculatus61

Mollusks

  1. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica473
  2. Giant South American Snail Megalobulimus oblongus186
  3. Plekocheilus glaber142
  4. Helicina dysoni81
  5. Orthalicus undatus77
  6. Lightning Nerite Nerita fulgurans66
  7. Giant Ramshorn Snail Marisa cornuarietis60
  8. Widemouth Rocksnail Plicopurpura patula56
  9. Caribbean Crown Conch Melongena melongena55
  10. Common Caribbean Donax Donax denticulatus49

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.