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Learn the wildlife of Chapada dos Guimarães National Park

Brazil

464 species have research-grade observations inside Chapada dos Guimarães 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. Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia28
  2. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus22
  3. Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea18
  4. Chopí Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi16
  5. Burnished-buff Tanager Stilpnia cayana15
  6. Blue-winged Macaw Primolius maracana14
  7. White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus12
  8. Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis12
  9. Black-throated Saltator Saltatricula atricollis12
  10. Helmeted Manakin Chiroxiphia galeata11

Plants

  1. Arthrocereus spinosissimus13
  2. Palicourea rigida12
  3. Syagrus comosa9
  4. Passiflora mansoi9
  5. Cenostigma macrophyllum9
  6. Pineapple Ananas comosus7
  7. Langsdorffia hypogaea7
  8. Miconia albicans7
  9. Macairea radula7
  10. Augusta longifolia7

Mammals

  1. Crab-eating Fox Cerdocyon thous3
  2. Brazilian Guinea Pig Cavia aperea3
  3. Azara's Agouti Dasyprocta azarae2
  4. Greater Spear-nosed Bat Phyllostomus hastatus1
  5. Golden bat Mimon bennettii1
  6. Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata1
  7. Common Vampire Bat Desmodus rotundus1
  8. Crab-eating Raccoon Procyon cancrivorus1
  9. Six-banded Armadillo Euphractus sexcinctus1
  10. Southern Tamandua Tamandua tetradactyla1

Insects

  1. Acting Heliconian Eueides vibilia18
  2. Many-banded Daggerwing Marpesia chiron9
  3. Julia Heliconian Dryas iulia6
  4. Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius5
  5. Giant red-winged grasshopper Tropidacris cristata5
  6. Synargis galena5
  7. Pale Sailor Dynamine agacles4
  8. Dynamine aerata4
  9. Yellow-spotted Kite-Swallowtail Eurytides telesilaus4
  10. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae3

Spiders and kin

  1. Aglaoctenus lagotis3
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis1
  3. Peucetia rubrolineata1
  4. White Micrathena Micrathena mitrata1
  5. Dolichothele bolivianum1
  6. Avicularia taunayi1
  7. Hogna gumia1
  8. Tityus mattogrossensis1

Reptiles

  1. Chaco Spiny Lizard Tropidurus lagunablanca28
  2. Giant Ameiva Ameiva ameiva7
  3. Cerrado Lava Lizard Tropidurus oreadicus7
  4. Four-lined Tegu Tupinambis quadrilineatus4
  5. Günther's Green Racer Philodryas psammophidea3
  6. Spix's Whiptail Ameivula ocellifera3
  7. Argentine Black-and-white Tegu Salvator merianae3
  8. Neotropical Rattlesnake Crotalus durissus2
  9. Spiny Weapontail Hoplocercus spinosus2
  10. Brazilian Monkey Lizard Polychrus acutirostris2

Amphibians

  1. Cururu Toad Rhinella diptycha1
  2. Rhinella stanlaii1
  3. Chaco Tree Frog Boana raniceps1

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.