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Learn the wildlife of Lihué Calel National Park

Argentina

442 species have research-grade observations inside Lihué Calel 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. Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma137
  2. Mourning Sierra-Finch Rhopospina fruticeti104
  3. Crested Gallito Rhinocrypta lanceolata92
  4. White-tipped Plantcutter Phytotoma rutila74
  5. Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus71
  6. Patagonian Mockingbird Mimus patagonicus65
  7. Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus64
  8. Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis59
  9. Chiguanco Thrush Turdus chiguanco54
  10. Elegant Crested-Tinamou Eudromia elegans54

Plants

  1. Argentine Giant Trichocereus candicans89
  2. Thistle Cholla Cylindropuntia tunicata57
  3. Gaillardia cabrerae49
  4. Parodia erinaceus45
  5. Larrea nitida37
  6. Jodina rhombifolia32
  7. Large white petunia Petunia axillaris31
  8. Sulphur cactus Opuntia sulphurea31
  9. Prosopanche americana30
  10. Euphorbia portulacoides27

Mammals

  1. Guanaco Lama guanicoe180
  2. Plains Viscacha Lagostomus maximus27
  3. Southern Mountain Cavy Microcavia australis19
  4. Lowland Yellow-toothed Cavy Galea leucoblephara16
  5. Pampas Fox Lycalopex gymnocerca14
  6. Geoffroy's Cat Leopardus geoffroyi5
  7. Red Deer Cervus elaphus5
  8. Lesser Grison Galictis cuja4
  9. Wild Boar Sus scrofa4
  10. Large Hairy Armadillo Chaetophractus villosus4

Insects

  1. Buysson's Paper Wasp Polistes buyssoni14
  2. Common White Tatochila Phulia mercedis14
  3. Heliopetes americanus10
  4. Subtropical Lady Vanessa carye8
  5. Astylus quadrilineatus7
  6. Bellicose Bumble Bee Bombus bellicosus7
  7. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera6
  8. Southern Monarch Danaus erippus6
  9. Pallid-winged Grasshopper Trimerotropis pallidipennis4
  10. Deva yellow Eurema deva4

Spiders and kin

  1. Grammostola doeringi10
  2. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata6
  3. Plesiopelma longisternale6
  4. Polybetes trifoveatus4
  5. Megafreya sutrix3
  6. Steatoda sabulosa2
  7. Chilean Recluse Loxosceles laeta1
  8. Latrodectus mirabilis1
  9. Apopyllus suavis1
  10. Camillina calel1

Reptiles

  1. Eastern Smooth-throated Lizard Liolaemus wiegmannii21
  2. Red Tegu Salvator rufescens20
  3. Ocellated Whiptail Lizard Teius oculatus11
  4. South American Marked Gecko Homonota horrida11
  5. Painted Lancehead Bothrops diporus7
  6. Bahia Blanca Smooth-throated Lizard Liolaemus darwinii6
  7. Mousehole Snake Philodryas trilineata3
  8. False Tomodon Snake Tachymenis trigonatus3
  9. Freiberg's Blind Snake Epictia australis2
  10. Argentinian Coralsnake Micrurus pyrrhocryptus2

Amphibians

  1. Argentine Toad Rhinella arenarum17
  2. Mendoza four-eyed frog Pleurodema nebulosum5
  3. Common Lesser Escuerzo Odontophrynus americanus2

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.