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Learn the wildlife of Nombre de Dios National Park

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641 species have research-grade observations inside Nombre de Dios 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. Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus26
  2. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus21
  3. Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis17
  4. Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus17
  5. White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora15
  6. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura11
  7. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl11
  8. Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata10
  9. Gartered Violaceous Trogon Trogon caligatus9
  10. Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii9

Plants

  1. Red Ginger Alpinia purpurata7
  2. Sore-mouth bush Palicourea tomentosa6
  3. Cacao tree Theobroma cacao4
  4. Florida dutchman's pipe Aristolochia maxima4
  5. Torch ginger Etlingera elatior4
  6. Heart of Jesus Caladium bicolor4
  7. Monstera acuminata4
  8. Red mangrove Rhizophora mangle3
  9. Tropical milkweed Asclepias curassavica3
  10. Black-eyed Susan vine Thunbergia alata3

Mammals

  1. Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides10
  2. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata7
  3. Proboscis Bat Rhynchonycteris naso4
  4. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata4
  5. Common tent-making Bat Uroderma bilobatum2
  6. Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus1
  7. Greater Spear-nosed Bat Phyllostomus hastatus1
  8. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica1
  9. Ocelot Leopardus pardalis1
  10. Derby's Woolly Opossum Caluromys derbianus1

Insects

  1. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima13
  2. Red Postman Heliconius erato11
  3. Shimmering Golden Sugar ant Camponotus sericeiventris8
  4. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera7
  5. Cydno Longwing Heliconius cydno6
  6. Common Morpho Morpho helenor4
  7. Oculate Dancer Argia oculata4
  8. Abracris flavolineata4
  9. Togarna Hairstreak Arawacus togarna4
  10. Lysimnia Tigerwing Mechanitis lysimnia4

Spiders and kin

  1. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis11
  2. Micrathena sexspinosa9
  3. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes6
  4. Tiger Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius salei5
  5. Pretty Orbweaver Eriophora nephiloides3
  6. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus2
  7. Slender Brown Scorpion Centruroides gracilis2
  8. Sylvan Jumping Spider Colonus sylvanus2
  9. Phoneutria depilata2
  10. Spined Micrathena Micrathena gracilis1

Reptiles

  1. Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus20
  2. Atlántida Scaly Anole Anolis wilsoni17
  3. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis11
  4. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei11
  5. Central American Coralsnake Micrurus nigrocinctus8
  6. Ghost Anole Anolis lemurinus8
  7. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus7
  8. Helmeted Iguana Corytophanes cristatus7
  9. Puffing Snake Phrynonax poecilonotus6
  10. Red Coffee Snake Ninia sebae5

Amphibians

  1. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis30
  2. Yellow Treefrog Dendropsophus microcephalus26
  3. Taylor's Leaf Frog Agalychnis taylori15
  4. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii13
  5. Vaillant's Frog Lithobates vaillanti12
  6. Central American Gulf Coast Toad Incilius valliceps9
  7. Mexican Mushroomtongue Salamander Bolitoglossa mexicana4
  8. Sabinal Frog Leptodactylus melanonotus2
  9. Stauffer's Tree Frog Scinax staufferi2
  10. San Miguelito Banana Salamander Bolitoglossa nympha2

Fish

  1. Cutter's Cichlid Cryptoheros cutteri5
  2. Mountain Mullet Dajaus monticola5
  3. Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis2
  4. Barred Grunt Conodon nobilis2
  5. Hubers Knife Livebearer Alfaro huberi2
  6. False Firemouth Cichlid Cribroheros robertsoni2
  7. Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus2
  8. Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus1
  9. River Goby Awaous banana1
  10. Dogtooth Herring Chirocentrodon bleekerianus1

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.