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Learn the wildlife of Braulio Carrillo National Park

Heredia · Costa Rica

1,143 species have research-grade observations inside Braulio Carrillo 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. Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii26
  2. Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum18
  3. Fiery-throated Hummingbird Panterpe insignis17
  4. Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus17
  5. Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti15
  6. Carmiol's Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli15
  7. Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus gracilirostris15
  8. Lattice-tailed Trogon Trogon clathratus15
  9. Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda15
  10. Snowcap Microchera albocoronata14

Plants

  1. Poor man's umbrella Gunnera insignis70
  2. Hot Lips Palicourea elata24
  3. Monoclea gottschei24
  4. Columnea purpurata22
  5. Floscopa robusta21
  6. Blood of Christ Columnea consanguinea19
  7. Trichomanes elegans17
  8. Amargo Palm Welfia regia17
  9. Beautiful large bromeliad Werauhia ororiensis16
  10. Giant heliconia Heliconia pogonantha15

Mammals

  1. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica37
  2. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus22
  3. Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana22
  4. Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu16
  5. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata16
  6. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator8
  7. Ocelot Leopardus pardalis7
  8. West Andean Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus fenestratus5
  9. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor4
  10. Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides4

Insects

  1. Hairy-headed leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes19
  2. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima16
  3. Bullet Ant Paraponera clavata13
  4. Shimmering Golden Sugar ant Camponotus sericeiventris12
  5. Common Morpho Morpho helenor10
  6. Acromyrmex octospinosus9
  7. Chauliognathus dimidiatus9
  8. Rusted Clearwing-Satyr Cithaerias pireta8
  9. Blue-winged Helicopter Megaloprepus caerulatus7
  10. Clearwing Mimic-White Dismorphia theucharila7

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes31
  2. Micrathena sexspinosa9
  3. Argiope submaronica8
  4. Red-thighed Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius coccineus6
  5. Pretty Orbweaver Eriophora nephiloides5
  6. Costa Rican Coffee Tarantula Sericopelma melanotarsum4
  7. Phiale formosa4
  8. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis3
  9. Arrowhead Orbweaver Verrucosa arenata3
  10. Costa Rican orangemouth tarantula Psalmopoeus reduncus3

Reptiles

  1. Middle American Ameiva Holcosus festivus58
  2. Central American Eyelash-Viper Bothriechis nigroadspersus50
  3. Terciopelo Bothrops asper24
  4. Helmeted Iguana Corytophanes cristatus21
  5. Pug-nosed Anole Anolis capito15
  6. Border Anole Anolis limifrons12
  7. Humble Anole Anolis humilis10
  8. Chicken Snake Spilotes pullatus8
  9. Green Basilisk Basiliscus plumifrons8
  10. Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake Imantodes cenchoa6

Amphibians

  1. Brilliant Forest Frog Lithobates warszewitschii31
  2. Strawberry Poison Dart Frog Oophaga pumilio28
  3. Red-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis callidryas16
  4. Wet Forest Toad Incilius melanochlorus16
  5. Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus9
  6. Atlantic Broad-headed Litter Frog Craugastor megacephalus7
  7. Leaf Litter Toad Rhaebo haematiticus7
  8. Red-webbed Tree Frog Boana rufitela6
  9. Masked Tree Frog Smilisca phaeota5
  10. Striped Poison Dart Frog Phyllobates lugubris3

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.