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Learn the wildlife of El Cimatario National Park

Querétaro · Mexico

562 species have research-grade observations inside El Cimatario 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. Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus40
  2. Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca29
  3. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus25
  4. Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris11
  5. Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria11
  6. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos10
  7. Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre10
  8. Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus9
  9. Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea9
  10. Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens9

Plants

  1. Blue Myrtle-cactus Myrtillocactus geometrizans36
  2. Opuntia streptacantha25
  3. Peruvian zinnia Zinnia peruviana23
  4. Mexican False Calico Loeselia mexicana21
  5. Streambank Stickleaf Mentzelia hispida19
  6. Ipomoea murucoides15
  7. Woollyjoint Pricklypear Opuntia tomentosa13
  8. Tigridia vanhouttei13
  9. Common morning-glory Ipomoea purpurea12
  10. Pineneedle milkweed Asclepias linaria11

Mammals

  1. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus19
  2. Rock Squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus9
  3. Ringtail Bassariscus astutus6
  4. Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus2
  5. Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana2
  6. White-eared cotton rat Sigmodon leucotis1
  7. White-toothed Woodrat Neotoma leucodon1
  8. Domestic Cat Felis catus1
  9. Domestic Horse Equus caballus1

Insects

  1. Brachystola mexicana32
  2. Calligrapha mexicana29
  3. Horse Lubber Grasshopper Romalea eques27
  4. Pachylis gigas26
  5. Rosita Patch Chlosyne rosita23
  6. Texan Crescent Anthanassa texana22
  7. Rainbow Grasshopper Dactylotum bicolor20
  8. Yellow-margined Flower Buprestid Acmaeodera flavomarginata20
  9. Pachycoris klugii19
  10. Marine Blue Leptotes marina18

Spiders and kin

  1. Western Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona oaxacensis25
  2. Golden Jumping Spider Paraphidippus aurantius14
  3. Centruroides limpidus6
  4. Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata5
  5. Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans5
  6. Phidippus cruentus5
  7. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata4
  8. Phidippus arizonensis3
  9. Diguetinus raptator3
  10. Phidippus octopunctatus2

Reptiles

  1. Eastern Spiny Lizard Sceloporus spinosus20
  2. Crevice Swift Sceloporus torquatus7
  3. Mexican Mud Turtle Kinosternon integrum6
  4. Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake Crotalus molossus6
  5. Common Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis gularis5
  6. Mexican Lyre Snake Trimorphodon tau3
  7. Mexican Bull Snake Pituophis deppei3
  8. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta2
  9. Queretaran Dusky Rattlesnake Crotalus aquilus2
  10. Green Rat Snake Senticolis triaspis1

Amphibians

  1. Mountain Tree Frog Dryophytes eximius3
  2. Big-eared Chirping Frog Eleutherodactylus verrucipes2
  3. Mexican Spadefoot Spea multiplicata2
  4. Rio Grande Leopard Frog Lithobates berlandieri2

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.