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Learn the wildlife of La Amistad National Park

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5,748 species have research-grade observations inside 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. Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata390
  2. Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno380
  3. Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis347
  4. Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii319
  5. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl305
  6. Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus290
  7. Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus288
  8. Talamanca Hummingbird Eugenes spectabilis257
  9. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus255
  10. Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus243

Plants

  1. Fire-star orchid Epidendrum radicans174
  2. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera157
  3. Centropogon granulosus142
  4. Papaya Carica papaya127
  5. Star of Bethlehem Hippobroma longiflora124
  6. Bitter Melon Momordica charantia112
  7. Trailing Daisy Sphagneticola trilobata112
  8. Noni Morinda citrifolia103
  9. Marmalade-bush Streptosolen jamesonii94
  10. Quito-orange Solanum quitoense90

Mammals

  1. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus507
  2. Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni245
  3. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata242
  4. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator152
  5. Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis144
  6. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus110
  7. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica85
  8. Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides72
  9. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis54
  10. Derby's Woolly Opossum Caluromys derbianus52

Insects

  1. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima211
  2. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae165
  3. Mexican Silverspot Dione moneta110
  4. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera103
  5. Clysonymus Longwing Heliconius clysonymus92
  6. Abracris flavolineata88
  7. Central American Montane Tiger Beetle Pseudoxycheila tarsalis85
  8. Giant red-winged grasshopper Tropidacris cristata83
  9. Vicina Clearwing Oleria vicina83
  10. Hairy-headed leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes77

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes309
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis94
  3. Spot-legged Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius getazi89
  4. Argiope submaronica68
  5. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata62
  6. Phoneutria depilata45
  7. Leucauge argyra41
  8. Micrathena sexspinosa38
  9. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus37
  10. Black-edged Bark Scorpion Centruroides limbatus33

Reptiles

  1. Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus308
  2. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris233
  3. Spectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus222
  4. Emerald Swift Sceloporus malachiticus213
  5. Border Anole Anolis limifrons205
  6. Green Iguana Iguana iguana197
  7. Yellow-headed Gecko Gonatodes albogularis165
  8. Central American Boa Boa imperator100
  9. Green Basilisk Basiliscus plumifrons90
  10. Neotropical Green Anole Anolis biporcatus82

Amphibians

  1. Strawberry Poison Dart Frog Oophaga pumilio1,667
  2. Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus278
  3. Red-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis callidryas252
  4. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis210
  5. Savage's Thin-toed Frog Leptodactylus savagei152
  6. Striped Rocket Frog Allobates talamancae138
  7. Green Climbing Toad Incilius coniferus125
  8. Harlequin Treefrog Dendropsophus ebraccatus87
  9. Olive Snouted Tree Frog Scinax elaeochroa74
  10. Striped Poison Dart Frog Phyllobates lugubris69

Fish

  1. Striped Parrotfish Scarus iseri164
  2. Four-eyed Butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus123
  3. Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus114
  4. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride112
  5. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis102
  6. Threespot Damselfish Stegastes planifrons92
  7. French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum87
  8. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum85
  9. Grey Angelfish Pomacanthus arcuatus84
  10. Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda78

Mollusks

  1. Caribbean Reef Squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea53
  2. Lettuce Sea Slug Elysia crispata44
  3. Queen Conch Aliger gigas35

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.