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Learn the wildlife of Venezuela

South America

6,882 species have research-grade observations in Venezuela 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. Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola488
  2. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus415
  3. Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus390
  4. Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus378
  5. Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima377
  6. Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus352
  7. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus328
  8. Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna324
  9. Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris314
  10. Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus293

Plants

  1. Ballmoss Tillandsia recurvata98
  2. Espeletia schultzii96
  3. Drosera roraimae77
  4. Melocactus curvispinus65
  5. Nodding marsh pitcher Heliamphora nutans63
  6. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera59
  7. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens59
  8. Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus58
  9. Cannonball Tree Couroupita guianensis56
  10. Opuntia caracassana55

Mammals

  1. Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis215
  2. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus165
  3. Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris96
  4. Southern Opossum Didelphis marsupialis95
  5. Ursine Howler Monkey Alouatta arctoidea68
  6. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris50
  7. Domestic Cat Felis catus49
  8. Weeper Capuchin Cebus olivaceus47
  9. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus39
  10. Crab-eating Fox Cerdocyon thous38

Insects

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera414
  2. Red Peacock Anartia amathea359
  3. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae314
  4. Monarch Danaus plexippus310
  5. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata286
  6. Orcus Checkered-Skipper Burnsius orcus227
  7. Abracris flavolineata194
  8. Variable Ladybird Beetle Coelophora inaequalis189
  9. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae173
  10. Yellow-banded Polybia Wasp Polybia occidentalis159

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata379
  2. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus359
  3. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes224
  4. Red House Spider Nesticodes rufipes90
  5. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus82
  6. Eriophora edax81
  7. Pantropical Jumping Spider Plexippus paykulli67
  8. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria66
  9. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis62
  10. Ninja-star Ceiling Spider Zosis geniculata53

Reptiles

  1. Green Iguana Iguana iguana620
  2. Wiegmann's Striped Gecko Gonatodes vittatus549
  3. Peters' Lava Lizard Tropidurus hispidus216
  4. Spectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus186
  5. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia181
  6. Leatherback Sea Turtle Dermochelys coriacea166
  7. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus107
  8. Venezuelan Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira ashmeadii93
  9. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris88
  10. Boa Constrictor Boa constrictor81

Amphibians

  1. Cane Toad Rhinella marina211
  2. Banana Tree Dwelling Frog Boana platanera183
  3. Lesser Antillean whistling frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei100
  4. Roraima Bush Toad Oreophrynella quelchii72
  5. Caracas Collared Frog Mannophryne vulcano64
  6. Túngara Frog Engystomops pustulosus61
  7. Chirique-Flusse Tree Frog Boana pugnax57
  8. Beebe's Toad Rhinella beebei54
  9. Milk Frog Trachycephalus macrotis48
  10. Falcon Toad Rhinella sternosignata47

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.