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Learn the wildlife of Bosque Fray Jorge National Park

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344 species have research-grade observations inside Bosque Fray Jorge 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. Mourning Sierra-Finch Rhopospina fruticeti28
  2. Diuca Finch Diuca diuca19
  3. Lesser Horned Owl Bubo magellanicus19
  4. Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus17
  5. Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis17
  6. Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma16
  7. Long-tailed Meadowlark Leistes loyca15
  8. Fire-eyed Diucon Pyrope pyrope15
  9. Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca14
  10. White-throated Tapaculo Scelorchilus albicollis12

Plants

  1. Griselinia scandens50
  2. Box-thorn Fuchsia Fuchsia lycioides48
  3. Berberis actinacantha41
  4. Bollen Kageneckia oblonga39
  5. Solanum pinnatum38
  6. Purple Glory-of-the-sun Leucocoryne purpurea37
  7. Sheep-eating Plant Puya chilensis37
  8. Olivillo Aextoxicon punctatum34
  9. Schizanthus carlomunozii33
  10. Tropaeolum hookerianum29

Mammals

  1. Guanaco Lama guanicoe28
  2. Culpeo Lycalopex culpaeus24
  3. Common Degu Octodon degus13
  4. Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum Thylamys elegans12
  5. Darwin's Leaf-eared Mouse Phyllotis darwinii5
  6. Olive Grass Mouse Abrothrix olivacea4
  7. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus3
  8. Long-tailed pygmy rice rat Oligoryzomys longicaudatus3
  9. Bennett's Chinchilla Rat Abrocoma bennettii2
  10. Mexican Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis1

Insects

  1. Ormiscodes cinnamomea10
  2. Erythrodiplax corallina7
  3. Oncopeltus miles7
  4. Polynoncus bullatus6
  5. Pseudomyrmex lynceus5
  6. Pseudolucia chilensis4
  7. Chirgus fides4
  8. Silver Satyr Argyrophorus argenteus3
  9. Euspinolia insignita3
  10. Eryphus laetus3

Spiders and kin

  1. Six-eyed Sand Spider Sicarius thomisoides3
  2. Bothriurus coriaceus3
  3. Caraboctonus keyserlingi2
  4. Cybaeodamus lycosoides2
  5. False Black Widow Steatoda grossa1
  6. Chilean Tiger Spider Scytodes globula1
  7. Allende nigrohumeralis1
  8. Atomosphyrus tristiculus1
  9. Saphrys rusticana1

Reptiles

  1. Zapallar Smooth-throated Lizard Liolaemus zapallarensis50
  2. Shiny Smooth-throated Lizard Liolaemus nitidus33
  3. Spotted False Monitor Callopistes maculatus17
  4. Chilean Green Racer Philodryas chamissonis14
  5. Braided Smooth-throated Lizard Liolaemus platei14
  6. Dusky Smooth-throated Lizard Liolaemus fuscus12
  7. Liolaemus pseudolemniscatus4

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.