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Learn the wildlife of Guyane (Parc Amazonien) National Park

French Guiana

923 species have research-grade observations inside Guyane (Parc Amazonien) 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. Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum3
  2. Sunbittern Eurypyga helias2
  3. Black Curassow Crax alector2
  4. Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna2
  5. Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris1
  6. Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin1
  7. Marail Guan Penelope marail1
  8. Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis1
  9. Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana1
  10. Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea1

Plants

  1. Açaí Palm Euterpe oleracea30
  2. Moriche palm Mauritia flexuosa11
  3. Flaming Sword Lutheria splendens8
  4. Mauritius hemp Furcraea foetida7
  5. Notopleura uliginosa7
  6. Cyrtopodium andersonii6
  7. Geonoma umbraculiformis6
  8. Aechmea aquilega6
  9. Philodendron melinonii6
  10. Pineapple Ananas comosus5

Mammals

  1. Guiana Spider Monkey Ateles paniscus6
  2. Little big-eyed bat Chiroderma trinitatum1
  3. MacConnell's bat Mesophylla macconnelli1
  4. Great stripe-faced bat Vampyrodes caraccioli1
  5. Pale spear-nosed bat Phyllostomus discolor1
  6. Greater Spear-nosed Bat Phyllostomus hastatus1
  7. Dwarf little fruit bat Rhinophylla pumilio1
  8. Little white-shouldered bat Ametrida centurio1
  9. Long-legged Bat Macrophyllum macrophyllum1
  10. Big-eared Woolly Bat Chrotopterus auritus1

Insects

  1. Pink Hawkmoth Adhemarius gannascus3
  2. Augocoris gomesii3
  3. Histioea cepheus3
  4. Avocado Mantis Stagmatoptera supplicaria3
  5. Mangrove Darner Coryphaeschna viriditas2
  6. Dysdaemonia boreas2
  7. Nyceryx riscus2
  8. Amber phantom Haetera piera2
  9. Callopistria dapsilis2
  10. Xanthoarctia pseudameoides2

Spiders and kin

  1. Guyana Black Devil Scorpion Tityus obscurus3
  2. Pinktoe Tarantula Avicularia avicularia2
  3. Goliath Birdeater Theraphosa blondi2
  4. Heterophrynus longicornis2
  5. Phareicranaus calcariger2

Reptiles

  1. Flaming Ground Snake Atractus flammigerus7
  2. Yellowbelly Arthrosaura Arthrosaura reticulata6
  3. Schneider's Dwarf Caiman Paleosuchus trigonatus6
  4. Northern Woodland Racer Drymoluber dichrous5
  5. Collared Treerunner Plica plica5
  6. Striped Sharpnose Snake Xenoxybelis argenteus5
  7. Short-nosed Groundsnake Taeniophallus brevirostris4
  8. Vanzolini's Worm Lizard Amphisbaena vanzolinii4
  9. Ocellated Tegu Cercosaura ocellata4
  10. Brown-eared Anole Anolis fuscoauratus4

Amphibians

  1. Dyeing Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates tinctorius21
  2. Myers' Thin-toed Frog Leptodactylus myersi6
  3. Hoogmoed's Harlequin Frog Atelopus hoogmoedi5
  4. White-lined Leaf Frog Phyllomedusa vaillantii4
  5. Tukeit Hill Frog Allophryne ruthveni4
  6. Black-flanked Poison Frog Allobates granti4
  7. Lower Matarony Robber Frog Pristimantis gutturalis4
  8. Urubamba Spiny-backed Frog Osteocephalus helenae4
  9. Allobates ripicolus4
  10. Rhinella martyi4

Fish

  1. Whiteside pencilfish Nannostomus bifasciatus1
  2. Pinche Piranha Serrasalmus eigenmanni1
  3. Pink-tailed Chalceus Chalceus macrolepidotus1

Mollusks

  1. Euglandina striata5
  2. Simpulopsis corrugata3
  3. Pseudosubulina theoripkeni2
  4. Doryssa hohenackeri1

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.