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Learn the wildlife of the Turks & Caicos Islands

North & Central America

1,083 species have research-grade observations in the Turks & Caicos Islands 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. Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea200
  2. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres132
  3. Green Heron Butorides virescens116
  4. Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla93
  5. Great Egret Ardea alba86
  6. Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina73
  7. Osprey Pandion haliaetus69
  8. American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber67
  9. Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani59
  10. American Kestrel Falco sparverius54

Plants

  1. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera116
  2. Beach naupaka Scaevola taccada103
  3. Sea purslane Sesuvium portulacastrum63
  4. Pride of Big Pine Strumpfia maritima58
  5. Sea lavender Tournefortia gnaphalodes58
  6. White leadtree Leucaena leucocephala57
  7. Beach Sheoak Casuarina equisetifolia57
  8. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera55
  9. Red mangrove Rhizophora mangle49
  10. Beach Morning Glory Ipomoea pes-caprae49

Mammals

  1. Domestic Cat Felis catus21
  2. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus13
  3. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae11
  4. Donkey Equus asinus9
  5. Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis5
  6. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris5
  7. Domestic Goat Capra hircus5
  8. Domestic Horse Equus caballus4

Insects

  1. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae86
  2. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata56
  3. Spotted Oleander Moth Empyreuma pugione56
  4. St. Andrew's Cotton Stainer Dysdercus andreae30
  5. Monarch Danaus plexippus26
  6. Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata17
  7. Lyside Sulphur Kricogonia lyside14
  8. Spotless Lady Beetle Cycloneda sanguinea12
  9. Tetrio Sphinx Pseudosphinx tetrio12
  10. Composia utowana11

Spiders and kin

  1. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis74
  2. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata48
  3. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus9
  4. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus4
  5. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria4

Reptiles

  1. Silver Key Anole Anolis scriptus410
  2. Turks and Caicos Curlytail Leiocephalus psammodromus377
  3. Bahamas Rock Iguana Cyclura carinata224
  4. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas113
  5. Northern Curly-tailed Lizard Leiocephalus carinatus73
  6. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata46
  7. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia43
  8. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei25
  9. Southern Bahamas boa Chilabothrus chrysogaster20
  10. Ambergris Cay Dwarf Boa Tropidophis greenwayi19

Fish

  1. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus184
  2. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride155
  3. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum126
  4. Slippery Dick Halichoeres bivittatus122
  5. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis110
  6. Yellowtail Snapper Ocyurus chrysurus109
  7. Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus86
  8. Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda81
  9. Queen Parrotfish Scarus vetula79
  10. Nassau Grouper Epinephelus striatus69

Mollusks

  1. Queen Conch Aliger gigas71
  2. West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata54
  3. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum46
  4. Four-toothed Nerite Nerita versicolor44
  5. Sea grape snail Hemitrochus varians28
  6. Beaded Periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus25
  7. West Indian Top Shell Cittarium pica24
  8. Cuban Brown Snail Zachrysia provisoria21
  9. Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata19
  10. Caribbean Reef Squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea17

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.