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Learn the wildlife of Pico Bonito National Park

Honduras

740 species have research-grade observations inside Pico Bonito 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. Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica22
  2. White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora19
  3. Graceful Black-throated Trogon Trogon tenellus18
  4. Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis16
  5. Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus16
  6. Black-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio aurantius13
  7. Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis12
  8. Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus11
  9. Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum9
  10. Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus9

Plants

  1. Sore-mouth bush Palicourea tomentosa18
  2. Cacao tree Theobroma cacao4
  3. Rattlesnake Plant Calathea crotalifera4
  4. Bengal trumpet Thunbergia grandiflora4
  5. Puerto Rico ghostplant Voyria tenella4
  6. Hanging Lobster Claw Heliconia Heliconia rostrata3
  7. Red Ginger Alpinia purpurata3
  8. Cohitre Blanco Tradescantia zanonia3
  9. Heart of Jesus Caladium bicolor3
  10. Venezuelan pokeweed Phytolacca rivinoides2

Mammals

  1. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata14
  2. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator11
  3. Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides4
  4. Mexican Mouse Opossum Marmosa mexicana3
  5. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica2
  6. Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou mexicanus2
  7. Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus mexicanus2
  8. Greater Spear-nosed Bat Phyllostomus hastatus1
  9. Ghost-faced Bat Mormoops megalophylla1
  10. Derby's Woolly Opossum Caluromys derbianus1

Insects

  1. Rusted Clearwing-Satyr Cithaerias pireta15
  2. Cydno Longwing Heliconius cydno10
  3. Moon Satyr Pierella luna9
  4. Gold-edged Owl-Butterfly Caligo uranus9
  5. Emeraldine Ceroctena amynta9
  6. Common Morpho Morpho helenor7
  7. Shimmering Golden Sugar ant Camponotus sericeiventris7
  8. Red Postman Heliconius erato6
  9. Doris Longwing Heliconius doris6
  10. White-banded Satyr Pareuptychia metaleuca6

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes15
  2. Tiger Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius salei12
  3. Pretty Orbweaver Eriophora nephiloides8
  4. Micrathena sexspinosa6
  5. Arrowhead Orbweaver Verrucosa arenata3
  6. Hypaeus benignus3
  7. Diplocentrus coddingtoni3
  8. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis2
  9. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata2
  10. Black-edged Bark Scorpion Centruroides limbatus2

Reptiles

  1. Helmeted Iguana Corytophanes cristatus42
  2. Atlántida Scaly Anole Anolis wilsoni36
  3. Middle American Ameiva Holcosus festivus28
  4. Central American Coralsnake Micrurus nigrocinctus26
  5. Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake Imantodes cenchoa25
  6. Ghost Anole Anolis lemurinus24
  7. Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus22
  8. Rainforest Hognose Viper Porthidium nasutum20
  9. Red Coffee Snake Ninia sebae18
  10. Central American Jumping Pit Viper Metlapilcoatlus mexicanus18

Amphibians

  1. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii20
  2. Taylor's Leaf Frog Agalychnis taylori16
  3. Central American Gulf Coast Toad Incilius valliceps15
  4. Northern Glassfrog Hyalinobatrachium viridissimum11
  5. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis10
  6. Vaillant's Frog Lithobates vaillanti9
  7. Chiriquí Glass Frog Teratohyla pulverata6
  8. San Miguelito Banana Salamander Bolitoglossa nympha6
  9. Yellow Treefrog Dendropsophus microcephalus5
  10. Mexican Mushroomtongue Salamander Bolitoglossa mexicana4

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.