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Learn the wildlife of Cotubanamá (Del Este) National Park

La Altagracia · Dominican Republic

527 species have research-grade observations inside Cotubanamá (Del Este) 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. White-necked Crow Corvus leucognaphalus71
  2. Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla48
  3. Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger26
  4. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis24
  5. Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens23
  6. Broad-billed Tody Todus subulatus22
  7. Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis22
  8. Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus18
  9. Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus17
  10. Black-crowned Palm-Tanager Phaenicophilus palmarum17

Plants

  1. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera34
  2. Pigeonberry Rivina humilis25
  3. Air Plant Kalanchoe pinnata19
  4. Noni Morinda citrifolia15
  5. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera14
  6. Gumbo Limbo Bursera simaruba12
  7. Lignum-vitae Guaiacum sanctum11
  8. Philippine spinach Talinum fruticosum11
  9. Beach-creeper Ernodea littoralis9
  10. Moses-in-the-cradle Tradescantia spathacea9

Mammals

  1. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis20
  2. Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata4
  3. Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus waterhousii3
  4. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus1
  5. Domestic Cat Felis catus1

Insects

  1. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae21
  2. Gray Cracker Hamadryas februa17
  3. Dingy Purplewing Eunica monima13
  4. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae11
  5. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia11
  6. Tropical Checkered-Skipper Burnsius oileus11
  7. Great Southern White Ascia monuste10
  8. Stictia signata9
  9. Caribbean Paper Wasp Polistes crinitus9
  10. Malachite Siproeta stelenes8

Spiders and kin

  1. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis8
  2. Phrynus longipes4
  3. Micrathena militaris3
  4. Leucauge argyra2
  5. Xeropigo tridentiger2
  6. Arrowhead Orbweaver Verrucosa arenata2
  7. Lyssomanes antillanus2
  8. Leucauge regnyi2
  9. Anasaitis locuples2
  10. Southern Black Widow Latrodectus mactans1

Reptiles

  1. Santo Domingo Curlytail Lizard Leiocephalus lunatus92
  2. Bark Anole Anolis distichus38
  3. East Dominican Green Anole Anolis callainus12
  4. Hispaniolan Blue-tailed Ameiva Pholidoscelis taeniurus11
  5. Saona Stout Anole Anolis ravifaux9
  6. Catesby's Pointed Snake Uromacer catesbyi6
  7. Hispaniolan Giant Ameiva Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus6
  8. Pointed Snake Uromacer oxyrhynchus5
  9. Cope's Antilles Snake Hypsirhynchus parvifrons5
  10. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia5

Fish

  1. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis7
  2. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum7
  3. Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish Acanthurus tractus6
  4. Slippery Dick Halichoeres bivittatus5
  5. Common Lionfish Pterois volitans4
  6. Bermuda Chub Kyphosus sectatrix4
  7. Bluestriped Grunt Haemulon sciurus3
  8. Smooth Trunkfish Lactophrys triqueter3
  9. French Angelfish Pomacanthus paru2
  10. Longspined Porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus2

Mollusks

  1. Bleeding Tooth Nerite Nerita peloronta10
  2. Queen Conch Aliger gigas8
  3. West Indian Top Shell Cittarium pica6
  4. Four-toothed Nerite Nerita versicolor6
  5. Zebra Nerite Puperita pupa5
  6. Cuban Brown Snail Zachrysia provisoria4
  7. Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata4
  8. Cerion striatellum4
  9. Merchant Dove Shell Columbella mercatoria3
  10. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum2

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.