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Learn the wildlife of Cañón del Río Blanco National Park

Mexico

1,350 species have research-grade observations inside Cañón del Río Blanco 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. Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana21
  2. Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans19
  3. Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus18
  4. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis15
  5. Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus12
  6. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus11
  7. Snowy Egret Egretta thula10
  8. Green Heron Butorides virescens10
  9. Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus10
  10. American Coot Fulica americana9

Plants

  1. Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum29
  2. Polka Dot Plant Hypoestes phyllostachya26
  3. Castor bean Ricinus communis25
  4. Mammillaria mystax23
  5. Salvia purpurea23
  6. Black-eyed Susan vine Thunbergia alata19
  7. Common lantana Lantana camara17
  8. Marvel of Peru Mirabilis jalapa17
  9. Oceanblue morning glory Ipomoea indica17
  10. Common morning-glory Ipomoea purpurea16

Mammals

  1. Ringtail Bassariscus astutus13
  2. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor10
  3. Red-bellied Squirrel Sciurus aureogaster4
  4. Rock Squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus4
  5. Mexican Cottontail Sylvilagus cunicularius3
  6. Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus3
  7. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris3
  8. Long-tailed Weasel Neogale frenata3
  9. Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus2
  10. Domestic Cat Felis catus2

Insects

  1. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima19
  2. Crimson Patch Chlosyne janais19
  3. Mexican Silverspot Dione moneta17
  4. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae16
  5. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera15
  6. Monarch Danaus plexippus14
  7. Romalea picticornis14
  8. Smicropus laeta13
  9. Figeater Beetle Cotinis mutabilis12
  10. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia11

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes53
  2. Western Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona oaxacensis12
  3. Phidippus bidentatus7
  4. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus5
  5. Tiger Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius salei5
  6. Golden Jumping Spider Paraphidippus aurantius5
  7. Spined Micrathena Micrathena gracilis5
  8. Centruroides orizaba5
  9. Orizaba Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona orizabensis5
  10. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata4

Reptiles

  1. Rose-bellied Lizard Sceloporus variabilis48
  2. Eastern Spiny Lizard Sceloporus spinosus37
  3. Mexican Emerald Spiny Lizard Sceloporus formosus22
  4. Lined Tolucan Ground Snake Conopsis lineata21
  5. Southern Crevice Spiny Lizard Sceloporus aureolus16
  6. Ringneck Coffee Snake Ninia diademata15
  7. Bogert's Garter Snake Thamnophis bogerti15
  8. Mexican Pygmy Rattlesnake Crotalus ravus13
  9. Variegated False Coral Snake Pliocercus elapoides9
  10. Liebmann's Earth Runner Chersodromus liebmanni7

Amphibians

  1. Small-eared Tree Frog Rheohyla miotympanum45
  2. Peters' Shiny Peeping Frog Eleutherodactylus nitidus11
  3. Central American Gulf Coast Toad Incilius valliceps8
  4. Showy leopard frog Lithobates spectabilis8
  5. Mountain Tree Frog Dryophytes eximius8
  6. Broadfoot Mushroomtongue Salamander Bolitoglossa platydactyla7
  7. Pygmy Free-fingered Frog Craugastor pygmaeus7
  8. Pine Toad Incilius occidentalis7
  9. Firschein's False Brook Salamander Pseudoeurycea firscheini5
  10. Mexican Spadefoot Spea multiplicata4

Mollusks

  1. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum14
  2. Sulfur Cone Antidrymaeus sulphureus12
  3. Prairie Rabdotus Rabdotus mooreanus3

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.