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Learn the wildlife of Everglades National Park

FL

3,221 species have research-grade observations inside Everglades 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. Anhinga Anhinga anhinga3,386
  2. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias2,751
  3. Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica1,860
  4. Great Egret Ardea alba1,731
  5. Osprey Pandion haliaetus1,711
  6. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum1,666
  7. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus1,359
  8. White Ibis Eudocimus albus1,286
  9. Green Heron Butorides virescens1,104
  10. Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor1,044

Plants

  1. Cardinal airplant Tillandsia fasciculata1,312
  2. Spatterdock Nuphar advena1,087
  3. Bristle thistle Cirsium horridulum980
  4. Southern Swamp Crinum Crinum americanum971
  5. Cocoplum Chrysobalanus icaco968
  6. Red mangrove Rhizophora mangle895
  7. Pond Apple Annona glabra890
  8. Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata861
  9. Gumbo Limbo Bursera simaruba735
  10. Nickernut Guilandina bonduc654

Mammals

  1. West Indian Manatee Trichechus manatus1,162
  2. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus202
  3. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus182
  4. Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus76
  5. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor56

Insects

  1. Eastern Lubber Grasshopper Romalea microptera2,487
  2. Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponina1,327
  3. Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis728
  4. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae726
  5. Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis466
  6. Rambur's Forktail Ischnura ramburii440
  7. Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata435
  8. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae376
  9. Southern Two-striped Walkingstick Anisomorpha buprestoides359
  10. Needham's Skimmer Libellula needhami349

Spiders and kin

  1. Leucauge argyra317
  2. Tropical Orbweaver Eriophora ravilla262
  3. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis138
  4. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus125
  5. Mabel Orchard Orbweaver Leucauge argyrobapta97
  6. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria86
  7. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes80

Reptiles

  1. American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis6,540
  2. American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus2,565
  3. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei2,139
  4. Florida Cottonmouth Agkistrodon conanti1,685
  5. Florida Red-bellied Cooter Pseudemys nelsoni1,457
  6. Florida Softshell Turtle Apalone ferox1,179
  7. Green Anole Anolis carolinensis579
  8. North American Racer Coluber constrictor511
  9. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda493
  10. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia453

Amphibians

  1. Southern Toad Anaxyrus terrestris1,137
  2. Cuban Tree Frog Osteopilus septentrionalis577
  3. Green Treefrog Dryophytes cinereus131
  4. Pig Frog Lithobates grylio115
  5. Southern Leopard Frog Lithobates sphenocephalus114
  6. Greenhouse Frog Eleutherodactylus planirostris92
  7. Squirrel Tree Frog Dryophytes squirellus86
  8. Cane Toad Rhinella marina73
  9. Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne carolinensis69

Fish

  1. Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus1,589
  2. Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus791
  3. Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides342
  4. Oscar Astronotus ocellatus213
  5. Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus193
  6. Spotted Tilapia Pelmatolapia mariae165
  7. Butterfly Peacock Bass Cichla ocellaris160
  8. Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus123
  9. Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki121
  10. Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus102

Mollusks

  1. Florida Tree Snail Liguus fasciatus1,370
  2. Banded Tree Snail Orthalicus floridensis299
  3. Lightning Whelk Sinistrofulgur sinistrum63

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. KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.