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420 species have research-grade observations inside Mayflower Bocawina 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. Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti26
  2. Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus20
  3. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus16
  4. Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus16
  5. Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena15
  6. Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata15
  7. Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti13
  8. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons13
  9. Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus13
  10. Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis12

Plants

  1. Platanillo Heliconia collinsiana10
  2. Sweet wild banana Musa balbisiana10
  3. Vase bromeliad Aechmea bracteata8
  4. Papaya Carica papaya5
  5. Expanded Lobsterclaw Heliconia latispatha5
  6. Quassia Quassia amara5
  7. Sore-mouth bush Palicourea tomentosa5
  8. Monstera acuminata4
  9. Purple Allamanda Allamanda blanchetii4
  10. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica3

Mammals

  1. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica5
  2. Kinkajou Potos flavus5
  3. Deppe's Squirrel Sciurus deppei5
  4. Common tent-making Bat Uroderma bilobatum3
  5. Southern Opossum Didelphis marsupialis3
  6. Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana2
  7. Mexican Red Brocket Mazama temama2
  8. Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus mexicanus2
  9. Pallas's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga soricina1
  10. Tayra Eira barbara1

Insects

  1. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima12
  2. Hairy-headed leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes8
  3. Elephant Beetle Megasoma elephas6
  4. Pale Owl-Butterfly Caligo telamonius5
  5. Bordered Patch Chlosyne lacinia5
  6. Dolichoderus bispinosus5
  7. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae4
  8. Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus4
  9. Tetrio Sphinx Pseudosphinx tetrio4
  10. Blue-gray Satyr Magneuptychia libye4

Spiders and kin

  1. Tropical Orbweaver Eriophora ravilla3
  2. Slender Brown Scorpion Centruroides gracilis3
  3. Acromares vittatum3
  4. Micrathena funebris2
  5. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis1
  6. Tiger Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius salei1
  7. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata1
  8. Arrow-shaped Orbweaver Micrathena sagittata1
  9. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes1

Reptiles

  1. Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus22
  2. Middle American Ameiva Holcosus festivus9
  3. Red Coffee Snake Ninia sebae5
  4. Mexican Parrot Snake Leptophis mexicanus4
  5. Morelet's Crocodile Crocodylus moreletii3
  6. Terciopelo Bothrops asper2
  7. Hernandez’s Helmeted Basilisk Corytophanes hernandesii2
  8. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus2
  9. Ghost Anole Anolis lemurinus2
  10. Northern Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira septentrionalis1

Amphibians

  1. Yellow Treefrog Dendropsophus microcephalus10
  2. Taylor's Leaf Frog Agalychnis taylori8
  3. Central American Gulf Coast Toad Incilius valliceps7
  4. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii6
  5. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis3
  6. Mexican Mushroomtongue Salamander Bolitoglossa mexicana2
  7. Stauffer's Tree Frog Scinax staufferi1
  8. Orizaba Banana Salamander Bolitoglossa rufescens1
  9. Painted Tree Frog Tlalocohyla picta1

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.