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Learn the wildlife of El Chico National Park

Mexico

700 species have research-grade observations inside El Chico 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-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus155
  2. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos98
  3. Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus79
  4. American Coot Fulica americana77
  5. American Robin Turdus migratorius42
  6. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata34
  7. White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis33
  8. Red Warbler Cardellina rubra26
  9. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus24
  10. Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans23

Plants

  1. Rainbow Pincushion Mammillaria rhodantha98
  2. Hen-and-chickens echeveria Echeveria secunda79
  3. Tillandsia violacea66
  4. Ghost Pipe Monotropa uniflora56
  5. Mexican Snowball Echeveria elegans49
  6. Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans47
  7. Two-toned Orange Orchid Dichromanthus aurantiacus45
  8. Weeping furcraea Furcraea parmentieri42
  9. Common selfheal Prunella vulgaris41
  10. Sacred fir Abies religiosa39

Mammals

  1. Ringtail Bassariscus astutus7
  2. Nimble-footed Mouse Peromyscus levipes5
  3. Mexican Vole Microtus mexicanus4
  4. Black-eared Mouse Peromyscus melanotis3
  5. Peters's Squirrel Sciurus oculatus2
  6. California Myotis Myotis californicus1
  7. Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus1
  8. Red-bellied Squirrel Sciurus aureogaster1
  9. Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans1
  10. Transvolcanic Deer Mouse Peromyscus hylocetes1

Insects

  1. Hunt's Bumble Bee Bombus huntii22
  2. Mexican Dartwhite Archonias nimbice20
  3. Princely Tiger Moth Chrysocale principalis17
  4. Mexican Silverspot Dione moneta15
  5. Mesoamerican Bumble Bee Bombus ephippiatus13
  6. Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens12
  7. Pine Satyr Paramacera xicaque12
  8. Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata11
  9. Acronyctodes mexicanaria9
  10. Acronyctodes cautama9

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Jumping Spider Paraphidippus aurantius2
  2. Pedregal Tarantula Dugesiella anitahoffmannae2
  3. Trilasma hidalgo2
  4. Phidippus octopunctatus1

Reptiles

  1. Central Cleft Lizard Sceloporus mucronatus61
  2. Mountain Horned Lizard Phrynosoma orbiculare22
  3. Longtail Alpine Garter Snake Thamnophis scalaris17
  4. Transvolcanic Alligator Lizard Barisia imbricata15
  5. Trans Volcanic Bunchgrass Lizard Sceloporus bicanthalis14
  6. Queretaran Dusky Rattlesnake Crotalus aquilus10
  7. Crevice Swift Sceloporus torquatus9
  8. Oak Forest Skink Plestiodon lynxe9
  9. Lined Tolucan Ground Snake Conopsis lineata8
  10. Yellow-throated Garter Snake Thamnophis pulchrilatus4

Amphibians

  1. Chunky False Brook Salamander Aquiloeurycea cephalica13
  2. Mountain Tree Frog Dryophytes eximius11
  3. Dwarf Splayfoot Salamander Chiropterotriton dimidiatus6
  4. Ridged Tree Frog Dryophytes plicatus6
  5. Bell's False Brook Salamander Isthmura bellii3
  6. Canyon Tree Frog Dryophytes arenicolor3

Fish

  1. Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans3
  2. Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss2
  3. Goldfish Carassius auratus1

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.