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Learn the wildlife of Biscayne National Park

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942 species have research-grade observations inside Biscayne 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. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum249
  2. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis159
  3. Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus149
  4. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias147
  5. Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea116
  6. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius99
  7. Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla90
  8. Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens87
  9. White Ibis Eudocimus albus71
  10. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos64

Plants

  1. Red mangrove Rhizophora mangle186
  2. Sea ox-eye Borrichia frutescens139
  3. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera128
  4. Green Buttonwood Conocarpus erectus87
  5. Baycedar Suriana maritima70
  6. White Mangrove Laguncularia racemosa68
  7. Black mangrove Avicennia germinans62
  8. Necklace pod Sophora tomentosa51
  9. Tree Seaside Tansy Borrichia arborescens48
  10. Sea purslane Sesuvium portulacastrum44

Mammals

  1. Tamanend's Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops erebennus15
  2. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor10
  3. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus4

Insects

  1. Mangrove Skipper Phocides batabano24
  2. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia23
  3. Seaside Dragonlet Erythrodiplax berenice22
  4. Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe17
  5. West Indian Mangrove Buckeye Junonia neildi17
  6. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae14
  7. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae12
  8. Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponina12
  9. Great Southern White Ascia monuste12
  10. Great Pondhawk Erythemis vesiculosa11

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes67
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis11
  3. Tropical Orbweaver Eriophora ravilla4
  4. Leucauge argyra4
  5. Tigrosa annexa3
  6. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus2

Reptiles

  1. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda277
  2. Green Iguana Iguana iguana176
  3. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei163
  4. Green Anole Anolis carolinensis31
  5. Northern Curly-tailed Lizard Leiocephalus carinatus24
  6. Eastern Ratsnake Pantherophis quadrivittatus13
  7. Knight Anole Anolis equestris10
  8. Bark Anole Anolis distichus8
  9. Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus7
  10. North American Racer Coluber constrictor6

Amphibians

  1. Cuban Tree Frog Osteopilus septentrionalis9
  2. Green Treefrog Dryophytes cinereus4
  3. Cane Toad Rhinella marina3

Fish

  1. Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda159
  2. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis101
  3. Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus96
  4. Bluestriped Grunt Haemulon sciurus86
  5. Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus43
  6. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride38
  7. Checkered Puffer Sphoeroides testudineus36
  8. Yellowfin Mojarra Gerres cinereus34
  9. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum33
  10. French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum30

Mollusks

  1. Mangrove Periwinkle Littoraria angulifera28
  2. Flat Tree Oyster Isognomon alatus28
  3. West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata17
  4. Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata16
  5. True Tulip Fasciolaria tulipa15
  6. Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica14
  7. West Indian Bulimulus Bulimulus guadalupensis11
  8. Tiger Lucine Codakia orbicularis11
  9. American Crown Conch Melongena corona10
  10. American Star Shell Lithopoma americanum9

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. KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.