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Learn the wildlife of El Veladero National Park

Mexico

454 species have research-grade observations inside El Veladero 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. West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala17
  2. White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus12
  3. Golden-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysogenys10
  4. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus7
  5. Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus7
  6. Russet-crowned Motmot Momotus mexicanus6
  7. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura6
  8. Russet-naped Wren Campylorhynchus humilis6
  9. Inca Dove Columbina inca5
  10. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus5

Plants

  1. Jacquemontia pycnocephala8
  2. Tillandsia ortgiesiana5
  3. Barleria oenotheroides5
  4. Encyclia acapulcensis5
  5. Stinking Passionflower Passiflora foetida4
  6. Whitemouth dayflower Commelina erecta4
  7. Red Sunflower Tithonia rotundifolia4
  8. Polystemma guatemalense4
  9. Curly herissantia Herissantia crispa3
  10. Gumbo Limbo Bursera simaruba3

Mammals

  1. Gray Sac-winged Bat Balantiopteryx plicata3
  2. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica3
  3. Pygmy Spotted Skunk Spilogale pygmaea2
  4. Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana2
  5. Red-bellied Squirrel Sciurus aureogaster2
  6. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor1
  7. Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana1

Insects

  1. Simple Patch Chlosyne hippodrome11
  2. Mexican Cycadian Eumaeus toxea9
  3. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia6
  4. Great Spreadwing Archilestes grandis6
  5. Ruddy Daggerwing Marpesia petreus5
  6. Polydamas Swallowtail Battus polydamas5
  7. Tezpi Dancer Argia tezpi5
  8. Black-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax funerea5
  9. Filigree Skimmer Pseudoleon superbus5
  10. Mimosa Yellow Eurema nise5

Spiders and kin

  1. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis2
  2. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus2
  3. Spined Micrathena Micrathena gracilis2
  4. Frigga pratensis2
  5. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus1
  6. Striped Lynx Spider Oxyopes salticus1
  7. Western Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona oaxacensis1
  8. Misumenoides quetzaltocatl1
  9. Paraphidippus fartilis1
  10. Phidippus albulatus1

Reptiles

  1. Taylor's Anole Anolis taylori13
  2. Western Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura pectinata6
  3. Longtail Spiny Lizard Sceloporus siniferus4
  4. Black-nosed Lizard Sceloporus melanorhinus4
  5. Clouded Anole Anolis nebulosus4
  6. Mexican Patchnose Snake Salvadora mexicana3
  7. Pacific Coast Parrot Snake Leptophis diplotropis3
  8. Tropical tree lizard Urosaurus bicarinatus3
  9. Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira nigrofasciata2
  10. Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus2

Amphibians

  1. Marbled Toad Incilius marmoreus7
  2. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii2
  3. Mexican Giant Tree Frog Agalychnis dacnicolor2
  4. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis2
  5. Guerrero Peeping Frog Eleutherodactylus pipilans1
  6. Oaxacan Caecilian Dermophis oaxacae1
  7. Barking Frog Craugastor augusti1
  8. Dwarf Mexican Tree Frog Tlalocohyla smithii1

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.