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Learn the wildlife of Guadalupe Mountains National Park

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1,285 species have research-grade observations inside Guadalupe Mountains 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. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis168
  2. Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana161
  3. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina110
  4. Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca110
  5. Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus108
  6. Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi95
  7. Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps86
  8. Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii82
  9. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus81
  10. Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus67

Plants

  1. Texas madrone Arbutus xalapensis922
  2. Parry's agave Agave parryi389
  3. Alligator juniper Juniperus deppeana322
  4. Scarlet hedgehog cactus Echinocereus coccineus309
  5. Bigtooth maple Acer grandidentatum287
  6. Apache plume Fallugia paradoxa270
  7. Mat rock spiraea Petrophytum caespitosum256
  8. Tree cholla Cylindropuntia imbricata220
  9. Soaptree yucca Yucca elata175
  10. Mojave ceanothus Ceanothus pauciflorus140

Mammals

  1. Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus150
  2. Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu30
  3. Aoudad Ammotragus lervia28
  4. Rock Squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus26
  5. Gray-footed Chipmunk Neotamias canipes21
  6. Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus7
  7. Ringtail Bassariscus astutus5
  8. Mountain Lion Puma concolor5
  9. Southwestern Texas pocket gopher Megascapheus baileyi5

Insects

  1. Giant Agave Bug Acanthocephala thomasi130
  2. Springwater Dancer Argia funebris123
  3. Plains Lubber Grasshopper Brachystola magna93
  4. Rainbow Grasshopper Dactylotum bicolor92
  5. Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia53
  6. Obscure Darkling Beetle Eleodes obscura47
  7. Arizona Mantis Stagmomantis limbata32
  8. Echo Azure Celastrina echo31
  9. Canyonland Satyr Cyllopsis pertepida29
  10. White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata28

Spiders and kin

  1. Texas Brown Tarantula Aphonopelma hentzi72
  2. Giant Crab Spider Olios giganteus13
  3. Striped Bark Scorpion Centruroides vittatus9
  4. Western Black Widow Latrodectus hesperus8
  5. Phidippus carneus6
  6. Arizona black hole spider Kukulcania arizonica5

Reptiles

  1. Greater Earless Lizard Cophosaurus texanus313
  2. Southwestern Fence Lizard Sceloporus cowlesi282
  3. Ornate Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus146
  4. Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis exsanguis117
  5. Crevice Spiny Lizard Sceloporus poinsettii92
  6. Eastern Black-tailed Rattlesnake Crotalus ornatus30
  7. Common Checkered Whiptail Aspidoscelis tesselatus29
  8. Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer28
  9. Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus24
  10. Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox22

Mollusks

  1. Whitewashed Rabdotus Rabdotus dealbatus14
  2. Guadalupe Woodlandsnail Ashmunella carlsbadensis14
  3. Northern Threeband Humboldtiana ultima12

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.