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Learn the wildlife of Cusuco National Park

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1,634 species have research-grade observations inside Cusuco 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. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus69
  2. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica50
  3. Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus46
  4. Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus41
  5. Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis40
  6. Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii40
  7. Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi38
  8. Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas33
  9. White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons31
  10. Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus27

Plants

  1. Hot Lips Palicourea elata38
  2. Parrot's Beak Heliconia psittacorum20
  3. Moses-in-the-cradle Tradescantia spathacea18
  4. Flamboyant Delonix regia17
  5. Papaya Carica papaya16
  6. Pink quill Tillandsia guatemalensis16
  7. Fire-star orchid Epidendrum radicans13
  8. Golden Pothos Epipremnum aureum13
  9. Mexican Ruellia Ruellia simplex13
  10. Tridax Daisy Tridax procumbens12

Mammals

  1. Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides95
  2. Domestic Cat Felis catus14
  3. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata9
  4. Kinkajou Potos flavus8
  5. Mexican Mouse Opossum Marmosa mexicana8
  6. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata7
  7. Southern Opossum Didelphis marsupialis6
  8. Deppe's Squirrel Sciurus deppei6
  9. Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana6
  10. Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou mexicanus6

Insects

  1. Anna’s Eighty-eight Diaethria anna32
  2. Chrysina spectabilis30
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera27
  4. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima27
  5. Giant red-winged grasshopper Tropidacris cristata24
  6. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata21
  7. Hondurantemna chespiritoi21
  8. Chrysina quetzalcoatli19
  9. Patilla Clearwing Ithomia patilla18
  10. Red Postman Heliconius erato15

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes66
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis36
  3. Cynorta bromeliacia13
  4. Deinopis longipes11
  5. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus8
  6. Arrow-shaped Orbweaver Micrathena sagittata8
  7. Leucauge argyra7
  8. Tiger Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius salei6
  9. Sylvan Jumping Spider Colonus sylvanus6
  10. Slender Brown Scorpion Centruroides gracilis5

Reptiles

  1. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis276
  2. March's Palm Pit Viper Bothriechis marchi60
  3. Wilson's Montane Pitviper Cerrophidion wilsoni58
  4. Merendon Emerald Spiny Lizard Sceloporus schmidti55
  5. Meyer's Anole Anolis johnmeyeri49
  6. Green Highland Racer Drymobius chloroticus42
  7. Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake Imantodes cenchoa33
  8. Southern Rose-bellied Lizard Sceloporus olloporus33
  9. Central American Jumping Pit Viper Metlapilcoatlus mexicanus33
  10. Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus32

Amphibians

  1. Copan brook frog Duellmanohyla soralia80
  2. Honduras Spikethumb Frog Plectrohyla dasypus59
  3. Sierra de Omoa Spikethumb Frog Plectrohyla exquisita55
  4. Highland Frog Lithobates maculatus44
  5. Northern Glassfrog Hyalinobatrachium viridissimum39
  6. El Cusuco Mushroomtongue Salamander Bolitoglossa diaphora32
  7. Bromeliad tree frog Bromeliohyla bromeliacia31
  8. Conant's Mushroomtongue Salamander Bolitoglossa conanti30
  9. Copan Stream Frog Ptychohyla hypomykter29
  10. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii26

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.