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Learn the wildlife of La Tigra National Park

Honduras

592 species have research-grade observations inside La Tigra 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. Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus23
  2. Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus19
  3. Green-breasted Mountain-gem Lampornis sybillae17
  4. Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus14
  5. Wine-throated Hummingbird Selasphorus ellioti13
  6. Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus12
  7. White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis12
  8. Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater11
  9. Slate-colored Solitaire Myadestes unicolor11
  10. Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens11

Plants

  1. Red Indian pipe Monotropa coccinea41
  2. Oceanblue morning glory Ipomoea indica10
  3. Palicourea axillaris10
  4. Calla lily Zantedeschia aethiopica9
  5. Werauhia montana9
  6. Tillandsia lampropoda8
  7. Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica6
  8. Palicourea padifolia6
  9. Phytolacca rugosa6
  10. Lepanthes appendiculata6

Mammals

  1. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata18
  2. Deppe's Squirrel Sciurus deppei16
  3. Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides5
  4. Hairy-legged Vampire Bat Diphylla ecaudata3
  5. Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus mexicanus3
  6. Cacomistle Bassariscus sumichrasti2
  7. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus2
  8. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis1
  9. Geoffroy's tailless bat Anoura geoffroyi1
  10. Underwood's long-tongued bat Hylonycteris underwoodi1

Insects

  1. Anna’s Eighty-eight Diaethria anna27
  2. Lamplight Actinote Actinote ozomene13
  3. Big Blue Dancer Argia chelata12
  4. Crisia Mimic-White Dismorphia crisia10
  5. Mexican Longwing Heliconius hortense9
  6. Highland Rubyspot Hetaerina cruentata7
  7. Cerogenes auricoma7
  8. American Pelecinid Wasp Pelecinus polyturator6
  9. Blomfild's Beauty Smyrna blomfildia6
  10. Thorn-tipped Dancer Argia elongata6

Spiders and kin

  1. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis3
  2. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes3
  3. Tiger Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius salei2
  4. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus1
  5. Golden Jumping Spider Paraphidippus aurantius1

Reptiles

  1. Wilson's Montane Pitviper Cerrophidion wilsoni43
  2. Honduran Emerald Spiny Lizard Sceloporus hondurensis38
  3. Gualaco Scaly Anole Anolis mccraniei13
  4. Morelet's Alligator Lizard Abronia moreletii10
  5. Mouse Anole Anolis sminthus9
  6. Red Coffee Snake Ninia sebae4
  7. Highland Garter Snake Thamnophis fulvus4
  8. Southern Rose-bellied Lizard Sceloporus olloporus4
  9. Blood Snake Stenorrhina freminvillei3
  10. Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake Imantodes cenchoa3

Amphibians

  1. Highland Frog Lithobates maculatus12
  2. Porter's Toad Incilius porteri11
  3. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii3
  4. Sheep Frog Hypopachus variolosus1
  5. Mexican Mushroomtongue Salamander Bolitoglossa mexicana1

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.