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Learn the wildlife of Internacional La Amistad National Park

Costa Rica

401 species have research-grade observations inside Internacional La Amistad 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. Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata7
  2. Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus5
  3. Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus5
  4. Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens4
  5. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus4
  6. Fiery-throated Hummingbird Panterpe insignis4
  7. White-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis castaneoventris3
  8. Volcano Hummingbird Selasphorus flammula3
  9. Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus3
  10. Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus3

Plants

  1. Utricularia unifolia25
  2. Symbolanthus pulcherrimus7
  3. Epidendrum tetraceros7
  4. Passiflora membranacea6
  5. Paepalanthus costaricensis6
  6. Sobralia amabilis5
  7. Conopholis panamensis5
  8. Psychotria convergens5
  9. Podocarpus oleifolius4
  10. Jameson's utricularia Utricularia jamesoniana4

Mammals

  1. Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou mexicanus2
  2. Cacomistle Bassariscus sumichrasti1
  3. Jaguar Panthera onca1
  4. Mountain Lion Puma concolor1
  5. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus1
  6. Central American Dwarf Squirrel Microsciurus alfari1
  7. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator1
  8. Zeledon's Mouse Opossum Marmosa zeledoni1

Insects

  1. Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark Mesosemia asa6
  2. Turquoise Emperor Doxocopa laurentia3
  3. Mexican Silverspot Dione moneta2
  4. Widespread Eighty-eight Diaethria clymena2
  5. Amastus aconia2
  6. Automeris zugana2
  7. Pansy Daggerwing Marpesia marcella2
  8. Chauliognathus tripartitus2
  9. Smudged Eighty-eight Diaethria gabaza2
  10. Scatopyrodes trichostethus2

Reptiles

  1. Costa Rica Montane Pitviper Cerrophidion sasai6
  2. Black-speckled Palm Pit Viper Bothriechis nigroviridis5
  3. Montane Alligator Lizard Abronia monticola4
  4. Rainforest Hognose Viper Porthidium nasutum3
  5. Blue-eyed Anole Anolis woodi3
  6. Emerald Swift Sceloporus malachiticus3
  7. Salmon-bellied Racer Mastigodryas melanolomus2
  8. Cope's Parrot Snake Leptophis depressirostris2
  9. Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake Imantodes cenchoa2
  10. Side-striped palm pit viper Bothriechis lateralis2

Amphibians

  1. Spot-bellied Dink Frog Diasporus ventrimaculatus21
  2. Strawberry Poison Dart Frog Oophaga pumilio3
  3. Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus2
  4. Pygmy Rain Frog Pristimantis ridens2
  5. Emerald Glass Frog Espadarana prosoblepon2
  6. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis2
  7. Bolaños' Web-footed Salamander Bolitoglossa bolanosi2
  8. Granular Glass Frog Cochranella granulosa1
  9. Yellow-flecked Glassfrog Sachatamia albomaculata1
  10. Dwarf Glass Frog Teratohyla spinosa1

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.