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Learn the wildlife of Coiba National Park

Veraguas · Panama

632 species have research-grade observations inside Coiba 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. Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima60
  2. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus56
  3. Scarlet Macaw Ara macao30
  4. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum29
  5. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis27
  6. Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri23
  7. Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens22
  8. Lance-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia lanceolata20
  9. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus17
  10. Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus16

Plants

  1. Sea hibiscus Hibiscus tiliaceus16
  2. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera14
  3. Lady of the Night Orchid Brassavola nodosa13
  4. Giant branched werauhia Werauhia sanguinolenta11
  5. Indian mango Mangifera indica6
  6. Swartzia simplex6
  7. Sea Almond Terminalia catappa5
  8. Sunset Bells Chrysothemis pulchella5
  9. Aspasia epidendroides5
  10. Maxillaria oreocharis5

Mammals

  1. Coiban Agouti Dasyprocta coibae51
  2. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator40
  3. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata34
  4. Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata19
  5. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae14
  6. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus6
  7. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus5
  8. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata4
  9. Southern Opossum Didelphis marsupialis2
  10. Geoffroy’s Tamarin Saguinus geoffroyi2

Insects

  1. Urania Swallowtail Moth Urania fulgens12
  2. Giant red-winged grasshopper Tropidacris cristata10
  3. Canthon septemmaculatus5
  4. Tropical Woodskimmer Uracis imbuta4
  5. Shimmering Golden Sugar ant Camponotus sericeiventris4
  6. Ruddy Daggerwing Marpesia petreus2
  7. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima2
  8. Red-faced Dragonlet Erythrodiplax fusca2
  9. Moon Satyr Pierella luna2
  10. Camponotus rectangularis2

Reptiles

  1. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata235
  2. American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus103
  3. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas88
  4. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis84
  5. Common Basilisk Basiliscus basiliscus40
  6. Green Iguana Iguana iguana22
  7. Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Hydrophis platurus6
  8. Striped Vine Snake Oxybelis vittatus4
  9. Central American Coralsnake Micrurus nigrocinctus3
  10. Caribbean Least Gecko Sphaerodactylus homolepis3

Amphibians

  1. Túngara Frog Engystomops pustulosus5
  2. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis3
  3. Turbo White-lipped Frog Leptodactylus poecilochilus2
  4. Mexican White-lipped Frog Leptodactylus fragilis1
  5. Pugnosed Tree Frog Smilisca sila1
  6. Savage's Thin-toed Frog Leptodactylus savagei1

Fish

  1. Guineafowl Puffer Arothron meleagris239
  2. King Angelfish Holacanthus passer229
  3. Redlip Parrotfish Scarus rubroviolaceus172
  4. Razor Surgeonfish Prionurus laticlavius160
  5. Black-nosed Butterflyfish Johnrandallia nigrirostris157
  6. Mexican Hogfish Bodianus diplotaenia144
  7. Panamic Sergeant Major Abudefduf troschelii137
  8. Blue-barred Parrotfish Scarus ghobban125
  9. Yellowfin Surgeonfish Acanthurus xanthopterus124
  10. Cortez Rainbow Wrasse Thalassoma lucasanum121

Mollusks

  1. Eastern Pacific Giant Conch Titanostrombus galeatus29
  2. Rough-ribbed Nerite Nerita scabricosta22
  3. Eastern Pacific fighting conch Strombus gracilior15
  4. Giant False Limpet Siphonaria gigas12
  5. Panama pearl oyster Pinctada mazatlanica11
  6. Granulated conch Persististrombus granulatus11
  7. Cardites tricolor11
  8. Megapitaria aurantiaca10
  9. Stokes's Chiton Chiton stokesii8
  10. Grinning Tun Snail Malea ringens7

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.