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Learn the wildlife of El Palmar National Park

Argentina

1,018 species have research-grade observations inside El Palmar 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. Plush-crested Jay Cyanocorax chrysops160
  2. Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris118
  3. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura108
  4. Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris96
  5. Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor87
  6. Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola74
  7. Crested Caracara Caracara plancus72
  8. Diademed Tanager Stephanophorus diadematus72
  9. Black-capped Warbling-Finch Microspingus melanoleucus62
  10. Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata61

Plants

  1. Yatay palm Butia yatay133
  2. Maytenus ilicifolia41
  3. Dolichandra cynanchoides36
  4. Peruvian Mock Vervain Glandularia peruviana31
  5. Violetflower petunia Petunia integrifolia28
  6. Mandevilla petraea23
  7. Myrrhinium atropurpureum22
  8. Myrcia selloi22
  9. Tillandsia aeranthos21
  10. Angelonia integerrima21

Mammals

  1. Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris403
  2. Plains Viscacha Lagostomus maximus172
  3. Crab-eating Fox Cerdocyon thous135
  4. Six-banded Armadillo Euphractus sexcinctus41
  5. Pampas Fox Lycalopex gymnocerca40
  6. Chital Axis axis27
  7. Southern Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus18
  8. Lesser Grison Galictis cuja14
  9. Wild Boar Sus scrofa7
  10. Southern Brown Brocket Subulo gouazoubira5

Insects

  1. Ortilia velica59
  2. Number Eighty Diaethria candrena53
  3. Epistrophus White Morpho Morpho epistrophus39
  4. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae27
  5. Red Postman Heliconius erato27
  6. Red Peacock Anartia amathea24
  7. Polistes cavapyta24
  8. Episcada hymenaea20
  9. Orcus Checkered-Skipper Burnsius orcus19
  10. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera18

Spiders and kin

  1. Aglaoctenus lagotis29
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis14
  3. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata11
  4. Bothriurus bonariensis11
  5. Thaumasia velox7
  6. Uruguay Black Beauty Tarantula Grammostola quirogai7
  7. Plesiopelma longisternale7
  8. Polybetes rapidus6
  9. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes6
  10. Southern House Spider Kukulcania hibernalis5

Reptiles

  1. Argentine Black-and-white Tegu Salvator merianae87
  2. Urutu Lancehead Bothrops alternatus15
  3. Broad-snouted Caiman Caiman latirostris8
  4. Lichtenstein's Green Racer Philodryas olfersii3
  5. King's Worm Lizard Amphisbaena kingii2
  6. False Mussurana Boiruna maculata2
  7. Silver-lined Worm Lizard Ophiodes intermedius2

Amphibians

  1. Cururu Toad Rhinella diptycha17
  2. Oven Frog Leptodactylus latinasus7
  3. Montevideo Tree Frog Boana pulchella5
  4. Odontophrynus asper5
  5. Hensel's Swamp Frog Pseudopaludicola falcipes4
  6. Lesser Snouted Tree Frog Scinax nasicus4
  7. Wrestler Frog Leptodactylus luctator4
  8. Mustached Frog Leptodactylus mystacinus2
  9. Dumeril's Striped Frog Leptodactylus gracilis2
  10. Striped Snouted Tree Frog Scinax squalirostris2

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.