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Learn the wildlife of Jaragua National Park

Pedernales · Dominican Republic

694 species have research-grade observations inside Jaragua 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. American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber54
  2. Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus20
  3. Great Egret Ardea alba16
  4. Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor15
  5. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis12
  6. Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus11
  7. Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja11
  8. Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla11
  9. Broad-billed Tody Todus subulatus10
  10. White Ibis Eudocimus albus10

Plants

  1. Consolea moniliformis49
  2. Spanish stenocereus Stenocereus heptagonus24
  3. Silver Cluster Cactus Mammillaria prolifera16
  4. Red mangrove Rhizophora mangle12
  5. Poison Ash Comocladia dodonaea12
  6. Roving pricklypear Opuntia repens12
  7. Coccothrinax ekmanii11
  8. Cylindropuntia caribaea11
  9. Shell mound pricklypear Opuntia stricta10
  10. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera10

Mammals

  1. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis1
  2. Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus waterhousii1
  3. Cuban Fig-eating Bat Phyllops falcatus1

Insects

  1. Coeleburia pirkli17
  2. Tetrio Sphinx Pseudosphinx tetrio14
  3. Elaphidion irroratum11
  4. Nannoparce poeyi9
  5. Manduca brontes9
  6. Great Southern White Ascia monuste8
  7. Tropical Checkered-Skipper Burnsius oileus8
  8. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera7
  9. Polistes minor7
  10. Coeleburia pseudostigma7

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata8
  2. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes6
  3. Centruroides lucidus4
  4. Heteroctenus bonettii4
  5. Antillena rickwesti4
  6. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis3
  7. Anasaitis locuples3
  8. Heteronebo dominicus3
  9. Southern Black Widow Latrodectus mactans2
  10. Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans2

Reptiles

  1. Barahona Curlytail Lizard Leiocephalus barahonensis28
  2. Pygmy Blue-tailed Ameiva Pholidoscelis lineolatus14
  3. Isla Beata Anole Anolis longitibialis12
  4. Rhinoceros Iguana Cyclura cornuta12
  5. Hispaniolan Giant Ameiva Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus11
  6. Desert Gracile Anole Anolis brevirostris7
  7. Barahona Green Anole Anolis viridius7
  8. Island Pointed Snake Uromacer frenatus6
  9. Barahona Anole Anolis barahonae5
  10. Haitian Dwarf Boa Tropidophis haetianus4

Fish

  1. Pearly Molly Poecilia perugiae4
  2. Spotted Porcupinefish Diodon hystrix2
  3. Black Triggerfish Melichthys niger2
  4. Graysby Cephalopholis cruentata2
  5. Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda1
  6. Longspine Squirrelfish Holocentrus rufus1
  7. Squirrelfish Holocentrus adscensionis1
  8. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus1
  9. Yellow Goatfish Mulloidichthys martinicus1
  10. Oceanic Triggerfish Canthidermis sufflamen1

Mollusks

  1. Candy Cane Snail Liguus virgineus41
  2. West Indian Top Shell Cittarium pica7
  3. Comb Bittersweet Tucetona pectinata5
  4. Thrush cowrie Naria turdus5
  5. West Indian Starsnail Lithopoma tectum4
  6. Queen Conch Aliger gigas4
  7. King Helmet Snail Cassis tuberosa3
  8. Merchant Dove Shell Columbella mercatoria3
  9. Crown Cone Conus regius3
  10. Digitate Thorny Oyster Spondylus tenuis3

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.