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Learn the wildlife of Lagunas de Montebello National Park

Chiapas · Mexico

683 species have research-grade observations inside Lagunas de Montebello 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. Unicolored Jay Aphelocoma unicolor29
  2. Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti18
  3. Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus16
  4. Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater15
  5. Collared Trogon Trogon collaris15
  6. Osprey Pandion haliaetus12
  7. Great Egret Ardea alba12
  8. Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus12
  9. Slate-colored Solitaire Myadestes unicolor11
  10. Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum11

Plants

  1. Fire-star orchid Epidendrum radicans82
  2. Giant densely-flowered werauhia Werauhia werckleana46
  3. Mexican black torch plant Tillandsia punctulata28
  4. Chiapan Sage Salvia chiapensis24
  5. Large-flowered sobralia Sobralia macrantha23
  6. Arthrostemma parvifolium23
  7. American sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua22
  8. Pine Pink Bletia purpurea22
  9. Blue vine sage Salvia cacaliifolia21
  10. Tillandsia lampropoda19

Mammals

  1. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica2
  2. Aztec Fruit-eating Bat Dermanura azteca2
  3. Big-eared Woolly Bat Chrotopterus auritus1
  4. Common Vampire Bat Desmodus rotundus1
  5. Kinkajou Potos flavus1
  6. Hart's Fruit-eating Bat Enchisthenes hartii1
  7. Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou mexicanus1

Insects

  1. Anna’s Eighty-eight Diaethria anna13
  2. White Satyr Pareuptychia ocirrhoe9
  3. Desmia bajulalis9
  4. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia8
  5. Julia Heliconian Dryas iulia6
  6. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima6
  7. White-spotted Clearwing Greta annette5
  8. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae4
  9. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata4
  10. Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia4

Spiders and kin

  1. Arrowhead Orbweaver Verrucosa arenata4
  2. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes4
  3. Tropical Orbweaver Eriophora ravilla2
  4. Micrathena lucasi2
  5. Golden Jumping Spider Paraphidippus aurantius1

Reptiles

  1. Southern Rose-bellied Lizard Sceloporus olloporus6
  2. Guatemalan Emerald Spiny Lizard Sceloporus taeniocnemis3
  3. Speckled Racer Drymobius margaritiferus2
  4. Mexican Parrot Snake Leptophis mexicanus2
  5. Upland Scaly Anole Anolis spilorhipis2
  6. Salmon-bellied Racer Mastigodryas melanolomus1
  7. Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake Imantodes cenchoa1
  8. Teapen Rosebelly Lizard Sceloporus teapensis1
  9. Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus1
  10. Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake Stenorrhina degenhardtii1

Amphibians

  1. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis10
  2. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii5
  3. Stuart's Mushroomtongue Salamander Bolitoglossa stuarti5
  4. Central American Gulf Coast Toad Incilius valliceps2
  5. Alfred's Rainfrog Craugastor alfredi1
  6. Campbell's Rainforest Toad Incilius campbelli1

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.