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Learn the wildlife of Juan Castro Blanco National Park

Costa Rica

358 species have research-grade observations inside Juan Castro Blanco 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. Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus9
  2. Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens7
  3. Collared Trogon Trogon collaris7
  4. Collared Redstart Myioborus torquatus6
  5. Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor5
  6. Green Hermit Phaethornis guy5
  7. Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula5
  8. Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii5
  9. Black-bellied Hummingbird Eupherusa nigriventris4
  10. Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus4

Plants

  1. Poor man's umbrella Gunnera insignis11
  2. Fire-star orchid Epidendrum radicans6
  3. Cohitre Blanco Tradescantia zanonia6
  4. Hot Lips Palicourea elata6
  5. Philodendron brenesii6
  6. Miconia tonduzii5
  7. Pleurothallis palliolata5
  8. Quito-orange Solanum quitoense4
  9. Beadplant Nertera granadensis4
  10. Pöll's spiderwort Tradescantia poelliae4

Mammals

  1. Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu6
  2. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata5
  3. Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis1
  4. Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo Cabassous centralis1

Insects

  1. Central American Montane Tiger Beetle Pseudoxycheila tarsalis8
  2. Deltochilum burmeisteri5
  3. Microtylopteryx fusiformis4
  4. Clysonymus Longwing Heliconius clysonymus4
  5. Mesosemia grandis4
  6. Highland Rubyspot Hetaerina cruentata3
  7. Vicina Clearwing Oleria vicina3
  8. Harmony Satyr Hermeuptychia harmonia3
  9. Asphaera pallida3
  10. American Pelecinid Wasp Pelecinus polyturator2

Spiders and kin

  1. Costa Rican Redleg Tarantula Abdomegaphobema mesomelas6
  2. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata2
  3. Golden Jumping Spider Paraphidippus aurantius1
  4. Arrowhead Orbweaver Verrucosa arenata1
  5. Corythalia opima1
  6. Micrathena lucasi1

Reptiles

  1. Black-speckled Palm Pit Viper Bothriechis nigroviridis8
  2. Montane Alligator Lizard Abronia monticola7
  3. Swift Anole Anolis tropidolepis5
  4. Spotted Coffee Snake Ninia maculata2
  5. Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake Imantodes cenchoa2
  6. Godman's Earth Snake Geophis godmani2
  7. Rainforest Hognose Viper Porthidium nasutum2
  8. Barred Forest Racer Dendrophidion percarinatum1
  9. Godman's Graceful Brown Snake Rhadinella godmani1
  10. Thick Graceful Brown Snake Rhadinaea calligaster1

Amphibians

  1. Cerro Utyum Robber Frog Craugastor podiciferus15
  2. Masked Tree Frog Smilisca phaeota3
  3. La Palma Mushroomtongue Salamander Bolitoglossa subpalmata3
  4. Banded-thighed Rain Frog Craugastor melanostictus3
  5. Leaf Litter Toad Rhaebo haematiticus3
  6. Cordillera Central Moss Salamander Nototriton abscondens2
  7. Fitzinger's Robber Frog Craugastor fitzingeri2
  8. Meadow Tree Frog Isthmohyla pseudopuma2
  9. Brilliant Forest Frog Lithobates warszewitschii2
  10. Emerald Glass Frog Espadarana prosoblepon2

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.