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Learn the wildlife of Corcovado National Park

Puntarenas · Costa Rica

1,211 species have research-grade observations inside Corcovado 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. Graceful Black-throated Trogon Trogon tenellus466
  2. Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus339
  3. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum263
  4. Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens193
  5. Great Tinamou Tinamus major187
  6. Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis182
  7. Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus177
  8. Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata152
  9. Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena125
  10. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius125

Plants

  1. Aechmea magdalenae78
  2. Grapeleaf passionflower Passiflora vitifolia61
  3. Giant granadilla Passiflora quadrangularis43
  4. Aspasia epidendroides39
  5. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera32
  6. Sea hibiscus Hibiscus tiliaceus30
  7. Gumbo Limbo Bursera simaruba22
  8. Expanded Lobsterclaw Heliconia latispatha21
  9. Goeppertia marantifolia20
  10. Pampano Calathea lutea19

Mammals

  1. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica570
  2. Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana385
  3. Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu295
  4. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus251
  5. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata242
  6. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator149
  7. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata129
  8. Mexican Red Brocket Mazama temama52
  9. Mountain Lion Puma concolor50
  10. Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis39

Insects

  1. Urania Swallowtail Moth Urania fulgens118
  2. Giant red-winged grasshopper Tropidacris cristata104
  3. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima54
  4. Orange Daggerwing Marpesia berania37
  5. Amathonte Morpho Morpho amathonte37
  6. Pectoral Robust-Stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis31
  7. Shimmering Golden Sugar ant Camponotus sericeiventris30
  8. Many-banded Daggerwing Marpesia chiron28
  9. Hairy-headed leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes24
  10. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae21

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes216
  2. Pretty Orbweaver Eriophora nephiloides16
  3. Centruroides bicolor14
  4. Arrowhead Orbweaver Verrucosa arenata12
  5. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata11
  6. Micrathena sexspinosa8
  7. Red-thighed Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius coccineus7
  8. Argiope submaronica7
  9. Micrathena brevipes6
  10. Tityus championi6

Reptiles

  1. Common Basilisk Basiliscus basiliscus321
  2. Many-scaled Anole Anolis polylepis321
  3. Spectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus146
  4. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis118
  5. Terciopelo Bothrops asper116
  6. Four-lined Whiptail Holcosus quadrilineatus115
  7. Central American Boa Boa imperator101
  8. Helmeted Iguana Corytophanes cristatus77
  9. Middle American Ameiva Holcosus festivus43
  10. Green Iguana Iguana iguana42

Amphibians

  1. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis48
  2. Savage's Thin-toed Frog Leptodactylus savagei35
  3. Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog Boana rosenbergi31
  4. Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus30
  5. Stejneger's Robber Frog Craugastor stejnegerianus30
  6. Red-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis callidryas29
  7. Masked Tree Frog Smilisca phaeota23
  8. Rainforest Rocket Frog Silverstoneia flotator16
  9. Rainforest Toad Incilius aucoinae14
  10. Fitzinger's Robber Frog Craugastor fitzingeri9

Fish

  1. Oval Puffer Sphoeroides rosenblatti15
  2. Colorado Snapper Lutjanus colorado5
  3. Bullseye Puffer Sphoeroides annulatus3
  4. Dusky Sergeant Abudefduf concolor3
  5. Barred Livebearer Poeciliopsis turrubarensis3
  6. Pacific Black Snook Centropomus nigrescens2
  7. Foureye Rockskipper Dialommus macrocephalus2
  8. Pacific Fat Sleeper Dormitator latifrons2
  9. Pacific Sleeper Gobiomorus maculatus2
  10. Acapulco Major Stegastes acapulcoensis2

Mollusks

  1. Giant False Limpet Siphonaria gigas16
  2. Eastern Pacific Giant Conch Titanostrombus galeatus13
  3. Clypeolum latissimum8
  4. Nicaragua sea hare Dolabrifera nicaraguana7
  5. Rough-ribbed Nerite Nerita scabricosta6
  6. Little Deer Cowrie Macrocypraea cervinetta6
  7. Nerita funiculata4
  8. Stokes's Chiton Chiton stokesii4
  9. Purple Cone Conus purpurascens3
  10. Short-tooth Thorn Drupe Acanthais brevidentata3

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.