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Learn the wildlife of Camino de Cruces National Park

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701 species have research-grade observations inside Camino de Cruces 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. Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena20
  2. Red-throated Ant-Tanager Driophlox fuscicauda19
  3. White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus16
  4. Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus15
  5. Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos14
  6. Common Squirrel-Cuckoo Piaya cayana13
  7. Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata13
  8. White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis11
  9. Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus11
  10. Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata10

Plants

  1. Grapeleaf passionflower Passiflora vitifolia25
  2. Gumbo Limbo Bursera simaruba11
  3. Passiflora megacoriacea10
  4. Wild cashew Anacardium excelsum9
  5. Heart of Jesus Caladium bicolor9
  6. Monk Orchid Eulophia maculata9
  7. Star Apple Chrysophyllum cainito8
  8. Barrigon Kapoktree Pseudobombax septenatum8
  9. Expanded Lobsterclaw Heliconia latispatha8
  10. Mikania guaco8

Mammals

  1. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus23
  2. Geoffroy’s Tamarin Saguinus geoffroyi12
  3. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata9
  4. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata7
  5. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica6
  6. Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni6
  7. Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana4
  8. West Andean Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus fenestratus3
  9. Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu2
  10. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus2

Insects

  1. Canthon septemmaculatus27
  2. Agriacris tricristata20
  3. Oculate Dancer Argia oculata14
  4. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima12
  5. Abracris flavolineata12
  6. Tropical Woodskimmer Uracis imbuta11
  7. Iphiclus varians11
  8. Tiger Longwing Heliconius hecale9
  9. Red Postman Heliconius erato8
  10. Common Morpho Morpho helenor7

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes18
  2. Amazon Thorn Spider Micrathena schreibersi10
  3. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata8
  4. Micrathena quadriserrata8
  5. Phiale guttata4
  6. Uluella formosa3
  7. Micrathena sexspinosa2
  8. Argiope submaronica2
  9. Eucynortula nannocornuta2
  10. Phoneutria depilata2

Reptiles

  1. Yellow-headed Gecko Gonatodes albogularis25
  2. Green Iguana Iguana iguana9
  3. Central American Boa Boa imperator7
  4. Common Basilisk Basiliscus basiliscus6
  5. Panama Spotted Night Snake Siphlophis cervinus5
  6. Spectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus5
  7. Dusky Giant Ameiva Ameiva praesignis5
  8. Terciopelo Bothrops asper4
  9. Panama City Anole Anolis apletophallus4
  10. Grass Anole Anolis auratus4

Amphibians

  1. Forest Toad Rhinella alata86
  2. Savage's Thin-toed Frog Leptodactylus savagei11
  3. Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog Boana rosenbergi8
  4. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis5
  5. Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus4
  6. Túngara Frog Engystomops pustulosus4
  7. Fitzinger's Robber Frog Craugastor fitzingeri3
  8. Red-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis callidryas2
  9. Leaf Litter Toad Rhaebo haematiticus2
  10. Rainforest Rocket Frog Silverstoneia flotator2

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.