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Learn the wildlife of Palenque National Park

Mexico

367 species have research-grade observations inside Palenque 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 morelleti7
  2. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra6
  3. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl5
  4. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus5
  5. Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis5
  6. Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio5
  7. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla4
  8. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina4
  9. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis4
  10. Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona3

Plants

  1. Red Ginger Alpinia purpurata8
  2. Piper linearifolium7
  3. Gold Medallion Melampodium divaricatum6
  4. Artillery Plant Pilea microphylla5
  5. Star Begonia Begonia heracleifolia5
  6. Tillandsia schiedeana5
  7. Kapok Tree Ceiba pentandra4
  8. Heart-leaf philodendron Philodendron hederaceum4
  9. Fan Maidenhair Fern Adiantum tenerum4
  10. Root Beer Plant Piper auritum4

Mammals

  1. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata12
  2. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis8
  3. Red-bellied Squirrel Sciurus aureogaster7
  4. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor2
  5. Spotted Paca Cuniculus paca1
  6. Domestic Cat Felis catus1
  7. Long-tailed Weasel Neogale frenata1

Insects

  1. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima14
  2. Shimmering Golden Sugar ant Camponotus sericeiventris4
  3. Four-spotted Sailor Dynamine postverta4
  4. Brown Setwing Dythemis sterilis3
  5. Racket-tipped Rubyspot Hetaerina occisa3
  6. Rusty-tipped Page Siproeta epaphus3
  7. Crimson Patch Chlosyne janais3
  8. Longwing Crescent Eresia phillyra3
  9. Gaudy Checkerspot Chlosyne gaudialis3
  10. Coelosis biloba3

Spiders and kin

  1. Tiger Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius salei1
  2. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata1
  3. Slender Brown Scorpion Centruroides gracilis1
  4. Sylvan Jumping Spider Colonus sylvanus1
  5. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes1

Reptiles

  1. Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus19
  2. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis5
  3. Teapen Rosebelly Lizard Sceloporus teapensis5
  4. Green Iguana Iguana iguana3
  5. Hernandez’s Helmeted Basilisk Corytophanes hernandesii2
  6. Lesser Scaly Anole Anolis uniformis2
  7. Southern Rose-bellied Lizard Sceloporus olloporus2
  8. Leptophis praestans2
  9. Chicken Snake Spilotes pullatus1
  10. Red Coffee Snake Ninia sebae1

Amphibians

  1. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis4
  2. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii2
  3. Alfred's Rainfrog Craugastor alfredi2
  4. Central American Gulf Coast Toad Incilius valliceps2
  5. Leprus Chirping Frog Eleutherodactylus leprus1
  6. Sabinal Frog Leptodactylus melanonotus1
  7. Blue-spotted Mexican Tree Frog Smilisca cyanosticta1
  8. Mexican Mushroomtongue Salamander Bolitoglossa mexicana1
  9. Common Leaf-litter Frog Craugastor loki1
  10. Taylor's Leaf Frog Agalychnis taylori1

Fish

  1. Shortfin Molly Poecilia mexicana1
  2. Chiapas Cichlid Thorichthys socolofi1
  3. Firemouth Cichlid Thorichthys meeki1
  4. Freckled Cichlid Rheoheros lentiginosus1
  5. Tricolored Cichlid Trichromis salvini1
  6. Peten Cichlid Chuco intermedium1

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.