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Learn the wildlife of General de División Omar Torrijos Herrera National Park

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466 species have research-grade observations inside General de División Omar Torrijos Herrera 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. Collared Trogon Trogon collaris14
  2. Tawny-capped Euphonia Euphonia anneae9
  3. Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus8
  4. Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava7
  5. Black-crowned Antpitta Pittasoma michleri5
  6. Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus5
  7. Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena5
  8. Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus4
  9. Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola4
  10. Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza4

Plants

  1. Hot Lips Palicourea elata13
  2. Ecuador philodendron Philodendron verrucosum10
  3. Butterfly ginger lily Hedychium coronarium6
  4. Notopleura uliginosa6
  5. Philodendron squamicaule6
  6. Centropogon tortilis6
  7. Carpotroche platyptera5
  8. Guzmania musaica5
  9. Anthurium cuspidatum4
  10. Mexican sunflower Tithonia diversifolia3

Mammals

  1. Ocelot Leopardus pardalis2
  2. Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu2
  3. Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana2
  4. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris2
  5. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica1
  6. Tayra Eira barbara1
  7. Mountain Lion Puma concolor1
  8. Jaguarundi Herpailurus yagouaroundi1
  9. Striped Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus semistriatus1
  10. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator1

Insects

  1. Chromacris psittacus11
  2. Hairy-headed leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes6
  3. Bolax magna6
  4. Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark Mesosemia asa4
  5. Central American Montane Tiger Beetle Pseudoxycheila tarsalis4
  6. Red-washed Satyr Pierella helvina3
  7. Variable Crescent Eresia ithomioides3
  8. Hoplomutilla xanthocerata3
  9. Ithomia diasia3
  10. Piezops ensicornis3

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes10
  2. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata2
  3. Deinopis longipes2
  4. Witica crassicauda2
  5. Tityus jaimei2
  6. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis1
  7. Tropical Orb Weaver Eriophora fuliginea1
  8. Red-thighed Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius coccineus1
  9. Micrathena brevipes1
  10. Argiope submaronica1

Reptiles

  1. Middle American Ameiva Holcosus festivus14
  2. Cope's Vine Snake Oxybelis brevirostris10
  3. Bocourt's Dwarf Iguana Enyalioides heterolepis9
  4. Humble Anole Anolis humilis8
  5. Terciopelo Bothrops asper7
  6. Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake Imantodes cenchoa6
  7. Bridled Anole Anolis frenatus6
  8. Lion Anole Anolis lionotus6
  9. Kuna Yala Anole Anolis kunayalae5
  10. Northern Root Teju Loxopholis southi5

Amphibians

  1. Clay-colored Rain Frog Pristimantis cerasinus12
  2. Golden-groined Robber Frog Pristimantis cruentus12
  3. Cocle Mushroomtongue Salamander Bolitoglossa schizodactyla10
  4. Rainforest Rocket Frog Silverstoneia flotator10
  5. Masked Tree Frog Smilisca phaeota9
  6. Green Climbing Toad Incilius coniferus9
  7. Emerald Glass Frog Espadarana prosoblepon8
  8. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis7
  9. Yellow-flecked Glassfrog Sachatamia albomaculata6
  10. Tink Frog Diasporus diastema6

Mollusks

  1. Labyrinthus otis1
  2. Sultana sultana1
  3. Labyrinthus uncigerus1

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.