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Learn the wildlife of Huatulco National Park

Oaxaca · Mexico

1,170 species have research-grade observations inside Huatulco 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. White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus153
  2. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis131
  3. Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus116
  4. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus115
  5. Inca Dove Columbina inca103
  6. West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala101
  7. Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus99
  8. Russet-naped Wren Campylorhynchus humilis97
  9. Orange-breasted Bunting Passerina leclancherii92
  10. Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris77

Plants

  1. Cephalocereus nudus251
  2. Tillandsia huamelulaensis179
  3. Guayacan Guaiacum coulteri169
  4. Pilosocereus collinsii158
  5. Cascabela ovata126
  6. Bitter Melon Momordica charantia124
  7. Decumbent Prickly Pear Opuntia decumbens118
  8. Snake Berry Crossopetalum uragoga107
  9. Fence Post Tree Gliricidia sepium106
  10. Triangle cactus Acanthocereus tetragonus99

Mammals

  1. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica65
  2. Red-bellied Squirrel Sciurus aureogaster57
  3. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor27
  4. Mexican Cottontail Sylvilagus cunicularius19
  5. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus14
  6. Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu12
  7. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris12
  8. Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus mexicanus11
  9. Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana6
  10. Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana4

Insects

  1. Dorantes Longtail Cecropterus dorantes64
  2. Julia Heliconian Dryas iulia57
  3. Glaucous Cracker Hamadryas glauconome54
  4. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia53
  5. Lyside Sulphur Kricogonia lyside45
  6. Malachite Siproeta stelenes42
  7. Elf Butterfly Microtia elva42
  8. Giant White Ganyra josephina34
  9. Shimmering Golden Sugar ant Camponotus sericeiventris33
  10. Red Postman Heliconius erato29

Spiders and kin

  1. Western Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona oaxacensis22
  2. Centruroides fulvipes19
  3. Arrow-shaped Orbweaver Micrathena sagittata10
  4. Micrathena funebris10
  5. Spined Micrathena Micrathena gracilis9
  6. Sosippus mexicanus9
  7. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes7
  8. Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans6
  9. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis5

Reptiles

  1. Longtail Spiny Lizard Sceloporus siniferus160
  2. Western Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura pectinata84
  3. Mexican Racerunner Aspidoscelis guttatus30
  4. Tropical tree lizard Urosaurus bicarinatus25
  5. Mexican West Coast Boa Constrictor Boa sigma15
  6. Green Iguana Iguana iguana14
  7. Central American Indigo Snake Drymarchon melanurus13
  8. Mexican Spotted Terrapin Rhinoclemmys rubida11
  9. Dunn's Hognose Viper Porthidium dunni10
  10. Thornscrub Vine Snake Oxybelis microphthalmus10

Amphibians

  1. Marbled Toad Incilius marmoreus15
  2. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii10
  3. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis8
  4. Mexican Burrowing Toad Rhinophrynus dorsalis4

Fish

  1. Acapulco Major Stegastes acapulcoensis19
  2. Banded Wrasse Halichoeres notospilus11
  3. Giant Damselfish Microspathodon dorsalis10
  4. Graybar Grunt Haemulon sexfasciatum9
  5. Panamic Fanged Blenny Ophioblennius steindachneri9
  6. Longspined Porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus8
  7. Giant Hawkfish Cirrhitus rivulatus7
  8. Spotted Porcupinefish Diodon hystrix6
  9. Sauro Lizardfish Synodus lacertinus6
  10. Starry Grouper Epinephelus labriformis5

Mollusks

  1. Rough-ribbed Nerite Nerita scabricosta18
  2. Plicopurpura columellaris15
  3. Crucibulum umbrella14
  4. Chama coralloides12
  5. Chiton articulatus9
  6. Fissurella gemmata9
  7. Strophocardia megastropha7
  8. Cerithium maculosum6
  9. Discordant Limpet Lottia discors6
  10. Mexican Striped Limpet Lottia fascicularis5

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.