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Learn the wildlife of Guadeloupe National Park

Guadeloupe

1,083 species have research-grade observations inside Guadeloupe 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. Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis106
  2. Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda93
  3. Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea40
  4. Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis38
  5. Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus37
  6. Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus25
  7. Guadeloupe Woodpecker Melanerpes herminieri24
  8. Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri24
  9. Plumbeous Warbler Setophaga plumbea24
  10. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps23

Plants

  1. Philippine Ground Orchid Spathoglottis plicata128
  2. Giant Elephant Ear Philodendron giganteum122
  3. Pitcairnia bifrons118
  4. Chaetogastra ornata109
  5. Caribbean False Helmet Orchid Microchilus plantagineus100
  6. Psychotria urbaniana96
  7. Guadeloupe Wild Coffee Notopleura parasitica96
  8. Guzmania plumieri75
  9. Miconia coccinea68
  10. Besleria lutea67

Mammals

  1. Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata48
  2. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis4
  3. Tree Bat Ardops nichollsi2
  4. Insular Long-tongued Bat Monophyllus plethodon2
  5. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor2

Insects

  1. Lesser Antillean Dancer Argia concinna81
  2. Lamponius guerini18
  3. Lamponius lethargicus16
  4. Acromyrmex octospinosus15
  5. Brown Setwing Dythemis sterilis12
  6. Photinus discoideus11
  7. Karukerana aguilari11
  8. Xerophyllopteryx fumosa11
  9. Bacteria ferula10
  10. Pepsis ruficornis8

Spiders and kin

  1. Stygnoplus flavitarsis11
  2. Phrynus goesii7
  3. Caribothele sulfurensis7
  4. Meri martinique3
  5. Leucauge argyra2

Reptiles

  1. Guadeloupean anole Anolis marmoratus129
  2. Fantastic Least Gecko Sphaerodactylus fantasticus4
  3. Green Iguana Iguana iguana4
  4. Northern Turniptail Gecko Thecadactylus rapicauda3

Fish

  1. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus102
  2. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride58
  3. Yellowtail Snapper Ocyurus chrysurus49
  4. Queen Parrotfish Scarus vetula48
  5. Black Triggerfish Melichthys niger38
  6. Princess Parrotfish Scarus taeniopterus38
  7. Redband Parrotfish Sparisoma aurofrenatum36
  8. Spanish Hogfish Bodianus rufus34
  9. Yellowtail Damselfish Microspathodon chrysurus33
  10. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis31

Mollusks

  1. Lettuce Sea Slug Elysia crispata29
  2. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica19
  3. Fringeback Dondice Dondice occidentalis15
  4. Pellicula depressa13
  5. Gaudy Babakina Babakina anadoni12
  6. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum9
  7. Helicina platychila9
  8. Stylocheilus polyomma9
  9. Brazilian Reef Octopus Octopus insularis8
  10. Lynx Phidiana Phidiana lynceus7

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.