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Learn the wildlife of Los Haitises National Park

Monte Plata · Dominican Republic

424 species have research-grade observations inside Los Haitises 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. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea27
  2. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura25
  3. Broad-billed Tody Todus subulatus21
  4. White-necked Crow Corvus leucognaphalus20
  5. Palmchat Dulus dominicus16
  6. Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus15
  7. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax14
  8. Antillean Piculet Nesoctites micromegas14
  9. Great Egret Ardea alba14
  10. West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea13

Plants

  1. Red mangrove Rhizophora mangle20
  2. Flor de Pasmo Bletia patula18
  3. Scratchbush Urera baccifera12
  4. Woodland false buttonweed Spermacoce remota10
  5. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica8
  6. Trumpetwood Cecropia schreberiana8
  7. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera6
  8. Black-eyed Susan vine Thunbergia alata6
  9. Blue Porterweed Stachytarpheta jamaicensis6
  10. Incised halberd fern Tectaria incisa6

Mammals

  1. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis3
  2. Black Rat Rattus rattus1
  3. Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata1

Insects

  1. Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata19
  2. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae14
  3. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia13
  4. Tiger Mimic-Queen Lycorea halia13
  5. Malachite Siproeta stelenes12
  6. Tropical Checkered-Skipper Burnsius oileus11
  7. Julia Heliconian Dryas iulia9
  8. Caribbean Paper Wasp Polistes crinitus7
  9. Gray Cracker Hamadryas februa6
  10. Acanthocerus cruciger6

Spiders and kin

  1. Micrathena militaris6
  2. Lyssomanes antillanus4
  3. Leucauge argyra3
  4. Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans3
  5. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria2
  6. Hispaniolan Giant Tarantula Phormictopus cancerides2
  7. Phrynus longipes2
  8. Leucauge regnyi2
  9. Southern Black Widow Latrodectus mactans1
  10. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis1

Reptiles

  1. Bark Anole Anolis distichus90
  2. Common Stout Anole Anolis hispaniolae8
  3. Cordillera Oriental Stout Anole Anolis higuey5
  4. Hispaniolan Keeled Forest Lizard Comptus weinlandi5
  5. East Dominican Green Anole Anolis callainus4
  6. Catesby's Pointed Snake Uromacer catesbyi3
  7. Dominican giant anole Anolis baleatus3
  8. Half-lined Hispaniolan Grass Anole Anolis semilineatus2
  9. Hispaniolan Boa Chilabothrus striatus2
  10. Pointed Snake Uromacer oxyrhynchus1

Amphibians

  1. Hispaniolan Common Tree Frog Osteopilus dominicensis16
  2. Cane Toad Rhinella marina15
  3. Hispaniolan Giant Frog Eleutherodactylus inoptatus12
  4. Abbott's Robber Frog Eleutherodactylus abbotti10
  5. Hispaniolan Red-Rumped Frog Eleutherodactylus weinlandi7
  6. American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus1

Mollusks

  1. Caracolus excellens4
  2. Abbottella moreletiana2
  3. Macroceramus signatus1

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.