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Learn the wildlife of Bahía de Loreto National Park

Baja California Sur · Mexico

1,063 species have research-grade observations inside Bahía de Loreto National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you know what you're looking at before you go.

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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-footed Gull Larus livens626
  2. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis556
  3. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias234
  4. Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii219
  5. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum178
  6. Snowy Egret Egretta thula177
  7. Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens155
  8. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura127
  9. Willet Tringa semipalmata115
  10. Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea111

Plants

  1. Mexican Giant Cactus Pachycereus pringlei329
  2. Organ pipe cactus Stenocereus thurberi294
  3. Physicnut Jatropha cuneata278
  4. Chain-link Cholla Cylindropuntia cholla237
  5. Galloping Cactus Stenocereus gummosus208
  6. Elephant tree Bursera microphylla207
  7. Sea purslane Sesuvium portulacastrum151
  8. Peninsular fishhook cactus Cochemiea dioica151
  9. Adam's tree Fouquieria diguetii141
  10. Smallseed sandmat Euphorbia polycarpa135

Mammals

  1. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus151
  2. Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus116
  3. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae99
  4. California Sea Lion Zalophus californianus70
  5. Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis50
  6. Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis40
  7. Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus19
  8. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor12
  9. Domestic Cat Felis catus12
  10. Orca Orcinus orca11

Insects

  1. Great Southern White Ascia monuste43
  2. White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata38
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera33
  4. Gray Bird Grasshopper Schistocerca nitens28
  5. Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus25
  6. Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe18
  7. Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exilis15
  8. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata15
  9. Queen Danaus gilippus13
  10. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae12

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata22
  2. Western Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona oaxacensis12
  3. Baja California Bark Scorpion Centruroides exilicauda11
  4. Hadrurus hirsutus6

Reptiles

  1. Common Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana149
  2. Monserrat Chuckwalla Sauromalus slevini52
  3. Black-tailed Brush Lizard Urosaurus nigricauda48
  4. Zebra-tailed Lizard Callisaurus draconoides36
  5. Santa Catalina Island Rattlesnake Crotalus catalinensis19
  6. Granite Spiny Lizard Sceloporus orcutti17
  7. Red Diamond Rattlesnake Crotalus ruber15
  8. Carmen Island Whiptail Aspidoscelis carmenensis14
  9. Spotted Chuckwalla Sauromalus klauberi13
  10. Orange-throated Whiptail Aspidoscelis hyperythrus12

Fish

  1. Panamic Sergeant Major Abudefduf troschelii134
  2. Longspined Porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus129
  3. Cortez Rainbow Wrasse Thalassoma lucasanum94
  4. Giant Damselfish Microspathodon dorsalis75
  5. King Angelfish Holacanthus passer68
  6. Finescale Triggerfish Balistes polylepis68
  7. Mexican Hogfish Bodianus diplotaenia57
  8. Graybar Grunt Haemulon sexfasciatum56
  9. Spotted Sharpnose Puffer Canthigaster punctatissima40
  10. Scissortail Chromis Azurina atrilobata32

Mollusks

  1. Diomedes' Sapsucker Elysia diomedea64
  2. California Chromodorid Felimare californiensis40
  3. Rough-ribbed Nerite Nerita scabricosta39
  4. Chiton virgulatus34
  5. Spiny Cup-and-Saucer Crucibulum spinosum22
  6. Giant Bittersweet Clam Glycymeris gigantea21
  7. Chocolate Clam Megapitaria squalida21
  8. Panamic Turkey Wing Arca pacifica19
  9. Panama pearl oyster Pinctada mazatlanica19
  10. Eastern Pacific Giant Conch Titanostrombus galeatus19

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. Parks outside the U.S. are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet). KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service or any park's managers. Free, with no ads, no account, and no purchases.