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Learn the wildlife of Puyehue National Park

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446 species have research-grade observations inside Puyehue 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. Crested Caracara Caracara plancus23
  2. Torrent Duck Merganetta armata16
  3. Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii13
  4. Chimango Caracara Daptrius chimango13
  5. Patagonian Sierra-Finch Phrygilus patagonicus10
  6. Austral Blackbird Curaeus curaeus9
  7. Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda7
  8. Chucao Tapaculo Scelorchilus rubecula7
  9. Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephaniodes7
  10. Black-throated Huet-huet Pteroptochos tarnii6

Plants

  1. Diamondleaf fern Lophosoria quadripinnata47
  2. Chilean hard fern Blechnum chilense45
  3. Ulmo Eucryphia cordifolia44
  4. Hardy Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica39
  5. Quinchamali Quinchamalium chilense38
  6. Chilean fire bush Embothrium coccineum36
  7. Tiaca Caldcluvia paniculata35
  8. Azara lanceolata34
  9. Prince Albert's yew Saxegothaea conspicua31
  10. Chilean Mitre Flower Mitraria coccinea30

Mammals

  1. Culpeo Lycalopex culpaeus9
  2. Chilla Lycalopex grisea6
  3. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus4
  4. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris2
  5. Chilean myotis Myotis chiloensis1

Insects

  1. Elegant Chinchemolle Agathemera elegans27
  2. Chilean Stag Beetle Chiasognathus grantii13
  3. Erichius caelatus11
  4. Eroessa chiliensis10
  5. Giant Bumble Bee Bombus dahlbomii7
  6. Apterodorcus bacchus6
  7. Argopteron aureipennis6
  8. Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris5
  9. Rhyephenes maillei5
  10. Colias vauthierii4

Spiders and kin

  1. Gnolus spiculator3
  2. Chilean Ocelot Tarantula Phrixotrichus vulpinus3
  3. Mollemeta edwardsi3
  4. Sadocus polyacanthus2
  5. Neogonyleptes karschii2
  6. Gnolus cordiformis2
  7. Gnolus limbatus2
  8. Chileotaxus sans2
  9. Tomopisthes horrendus2
  10. Tomopisthes varius2

Reptiles

  1. Common Painted Smooth-throated Lizard Liolaemus pictus68
  2. Concepción Blue-bellied Smooth-throated Lizard Liolaemus cyanogaster3
  3. Chilean Slender Snake Galvarinus chilensis2

Amphibians

  1. Darwin's Frog Rhinoderma darwinii7
  2. Marbled Wood Frog Batrachyla antartandica6
  3. Gray Wood Frog Batrachyla leptopus6
  4. Chiloe Island Ground Frog Eupsophus calcaratus4
  5. Emilio's Ground Frog Eupsophus emiliopugini3
  6. Olive Spiny-chest Frog Alsodes verrucosus2
  7. Banded Wood Frog Batrachyla taeniata2
  8. Emerald Forest Frog Hylorina sylvatica1

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.