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Learn the wildlife of Uruguay

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5,087 species have research-grade observations in Uruguay 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. Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus870
  2. Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata765
  3. Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis759
  4. Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus708
  5. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus683
  6. Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola677
  7. Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus646
  8. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus601
  9. Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis573
  10. Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum558

Plants

  1. Parodia erinaceus542
  2. Lavender steps Senecio crassiflorus491
  3. Sea fig Carpobrotus edulis437
  4. Bluecrown passionflower Passiflora caerulea426
  5. Akeake Dodonaea viscosa369
  6. Anchor plant Colletia paradoxa352
  7. Tillandsia aeranthos345
  8. Red Buffalo-bur Solanum sisymbriifolium335
  9. Scutia buxifolia333
  10. Andes organ pipe cactus Cereus hildmannianus330

Mammals

  1. Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris370
  2. South American Sea Lion Otaria flavescens329
  3. Pampas Fox Lycalopex gymnocerca320
  4. Coypu Myocastor coypus253
  5. Brazilian Guinea Pig Cavia aperea240
  6. White-eared Opossum Didelphis albiventris202
  7. South American Fur Seal Arctocephalus australis189
  8. Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus chinga188
  9. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus167
  10. Crab-eating Raccoon Procyon cancrivorus160

Insects

  1. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae615
  2. Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis549
  3. Southern Monarch Danaus erippus337
  4. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera317
  5. Diloboderus abderus304
  6. Charybdis Firetip Pyrrhopyge charybdis243
  7. Common Mangrove Buckeye Junonia genoveva240
  8. Paulista Bumble Bee Bombus pauloensis221
  9. Brazilian Lady Vanessa braziliensis186
  10. Megalopyge urens185

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata374
  2. Parawixia audax277
  3. Megafreya sutrix254
  4. False Black Widow Steatoda grossa225
  5. White Collared Tarantula Eupalaestrus weijenberghi208
  6. Grey House Spider Badumna longinqua199
  7. Phiale roburifoliata197
  8. Polybetes pythagoricus186
  9. Lycosa erythrognatha168
  10. Chilean Tiger Spider Scytodes globula163

Reptiles

  1. Argentine Black-and-white Tegu Salvator merianae513
  2. Yellow-bellied Liophis Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus221
  3. Patagonian Racer Philodryas patagoniensis209
  4. Black-bellied Slider Trachemys dorbigni186
  5. Gunther's Striped Snake Lygophis anomalus145
  6. Pampas Lancehead Bothrops pubescens140
  7. Urutu Lancehead Bothrops alternatus129
  8. South American Hognose Snake Xenodon dorbignyi116
  9. Brazilian Green Racer Philodryas aestiva106
  10. Keeled Sepia Snake Dryophylax hypoconia103

Amphibians

  1. Montevideo Tree Frog Boana pulchella723
  2. Wrestler Frog Leptodactylus luctator422
  3. Argentine Snouted Tree Frog Scinax granulatus342
  4. Argentine Toad Rhinella arenarum315
  5. Bella Vista Toad Rhinella dorbignyi313
  6. Lesser Swimming Frog Pseudis minuta206
  7. Montevideo Redbelly Toad Melanophryniscus montevidensis177
  8. Oven Frog Leptodactylus latinasus164
  9. Cururu Toad Rhinella diptycha162
  10. Hensel's Swamp Frog Pseudopaludicola falcipes134

Mollusks

  1. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum198
  2. Brazilian Volute Pachycymbiola brasiliana188
  3. Veined Rapa Whelk Rapana venosa93

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.