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Learn the wildlife of Chirripo National Park

Costa Rica

390 species have research-grade observations inside Chirripo 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. Volcano Junco Junco vulcani79
  2. Sooty Thrush Turdus nigrescens59
  3. Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus28
  4. Volcano Hummingbird Selasphorus flammula26
  5. Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus gracilirostris20
  6. Collared Redstart Myioborus torquatus17
  7. Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii15
  8. Fiery-throated Hummingbird Panterpe insignis14
  9. Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis14
  10. Sooty-capped Chlorospingus Chlorospingus pileatus14

Plants

  1. Cacalote Gaultheria myrsinoides24
  2. Acaena cylindristachya23
  3. Yerba gorda Eryngium humile19
  4. Castilleja quirosii18
  5. Small leaf fuchsia Fuchsia microphylla15
  6. Beadplant Nertera granadensis14
  7. Fuchsia splendens14
  8. Tropical blueberry Macleania rupestris14
  9. Orthrosanthus chimboracensis13
  10. Giant thistle Cirsium subcoriaceum11

Mammals

  1. Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis7
  2. Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu4
  3. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica2
  4. Greater Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus vittatus1
  5. Cacomistle Bassariscus sumichrasti1
  6. Mountain Lion Puma concolor1
  7. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata1
  8. North American Least Shrew Cryptotis parvus1
  9. Central American Tapeti Sylvilagus gabbi1
  10. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator1

Insects

  1. Mesoamerican Bumble Bee Bombus ephippiatus14
  2. Mexican Silverspot Dione moneta5
  3. Banded Mapwing Hypanartia dione5
  4. Pronophila timanthes5
  5. Cloud-forest Catone Catonephele chromis5
  6. Drucina leonata4
  7. Lemon-patched Satyr Oxeoschistus cothon4
  8. Wide-bordered Satyr Satyrotaygetis satyrina3
  9. Vicina Clearwing Oleria vicina3
  10. Yellow Kite-Swallowtail Eurytides calliste3

Reptiles

  1. Emerald Swift Sceloporus malachiticus143
  2. Montane Alligator Lizard Abronia monticola12
  3. Black-speckled Palm Pit Viper Bothriechis nigroviridis4
  4. Thick Graceful Brown Snake Rhadinaea calligaster3
  5. Costa Rica Montane Pitviper Cerrophidion sasai3
  6. Orange-bellied Glasstail Urotheca guentheri1
  7. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis1
  8. Water Anole Anolis aquaticus1
  9. Pug-nosed Anole Anolis capito1
  10. Many-scaled Anole Anolis polylepis1

Amphibians

  1. Red-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis callidryas1
  2. Cerro Utyum Robber Frog Craugastor podiciferus1
  3. Brilliant Forest Frog Lithobates warszewitschii1
  4. Golden-groined Robber Frog Pristimantis cruentus1
  5. Pygmy Rain Frog Pristimantis ridens1
  6. Chirripó Web-footed Salamander Bolitoglossa chirripoensis1

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.