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Learn the wildlife of Nelson's Dockyard National Park

Antigua & Barbuda

555 species have research-grade observations inside Nelson's Dockyard 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. Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis71
  2. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola57
  3. Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris45
  4. Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita33
  5. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres27
  6. Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus22
  7. Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis22
  8. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis20
  9. Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus18
  10. White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala14

Plants

  1. Turk's Cap Cactus Melocactus intortus69
  2. Pilosocereus curtisii59
  3. Coral Vine Antigonon leptopus27
  4. Giant airplant Tillandsia utriculata27
  5. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera26
  6. Neem Azadirachta indica25
  7. Bellyache Bush Jatropha gossypiifolia19
  8. Manchineel Hippomane mancinella17
  9. Indian tulip tree Thespesia populnea17
  10. Aloe vera Aloe vera17

Mammals

  1. Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata11
  2. Domestic Cat Felis catus6
  3. Domestic Goat Capra hircus6
  4. Domestic Sheep Ovis aries3

Insects

  1. Tetrio Sphinx Pseudosphinx tetrio31
  2. Spotted Oleander Moth Empyreuma pugione25
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera14
  4. Great Southern White Ascia monuste12
  5. St. Andrew's Cotton Stainer Dysdercus andreae8
  6. Great Pondhawk Erythemis vesiculosa7
  7. Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata6
  8. Australian Cockroach Validiblatta australasiae5
  9. Little Yellow Eurema lisa3
  10. Ornate Bella Moth Utetheisa ornatrix3

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata9
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis2
  3. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus2
  4. Red House Spider Nesticodes rufipes1

Reptiles

  1. Watts' Anole Anolis wattsii47
  2. Barbuda Bank tree anole Anolis leachii39
  3. Red-footed Tortoise Chelonoidis carbonarius6
  4. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia5
  5. Green Iguana Iguana iguana3
  6. Antigua Least Gecko Sphaerodactylus elegantulus1
  7. Northern Turniptail Gecko Thecadactylus rapicauda1
  8. Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris1

Fish

  1. Blackbar Soldierfish Myripristis jacobus19
  2. Four-eyed Butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus19
  3. Yellowtail Snapper Ocyurus chrysurus18
  4. Longspine Squirrelfish Holocentrus rufus18
  5. Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus18
  6. French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum16
  7. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus16
  8. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum15
  9. Coney Cephalopholis fulva15
  10. Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish Acanthurus tractus15

Mollusks

  1. Cuban Brown Snail Zachrysia provisoria111
  2. Dentellaria formosa66
  3. West Indian Bulimulus Bulimulus guadalupensis27
  4. West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata17
  5. Common West Indian Bubble Bulla occidentalis16
  6. West Indian Top Shell Cittarium pica14
  7. Yellow Prickly Cockle Dallocardia muricata12
  8. Queen Conch Aliger gigas10
  9. Tiger Lucine Codakia orbicularis8
  10. Beaded Periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus8

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.