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Learn the wildlife of Rincon de la Vieja National Park

Costa Rica

866 species have research-grade observations inside Rincon de la Vieja 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. White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus142
  2. Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens57
  3. Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii35
  4. Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis32
  5. Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus31
  6. Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis30
  7. Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis28
  8. Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda22
  9. Lesser Ground-Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus20
  10. Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis19

Plants

  1. Piñuela Bromelia pinguin87
  2. Buttercup Tree Cochlospermum vitifolium54
  3. Helicteres baruensis43
  4. Red Aphelandra Aphelandra scabra27
  5. Trumpet tree Cecropia peltata25
  6. Nance Byrsonima crassifolia24
  7. Tillandsia brachycaulos18
  8. Alibertia edulis18
  9. Sandbox Tree Hura crepitans16
  10. Swiss cheese-plant Monstera adansonii16

Mammals

  1. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator122
  2. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata53
  3. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica32
  4. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata26
  5. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus20
  6. Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana18
  7. Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides12
  8. Honduran Cottontail Sylvilagus hondurensis4
  9. Deppe's Squirrel Sciurus deppei3
  10. Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni3

Insects

  1. Shimmering Golden Sugar ant Camponotus sericeiventris49
  2. Common Morpho Morpho helenor46
  3. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima36
  4. Julia Heliconian Dryas iulia35
  5. Malachite Siproeta stelenes35
  6. Hairy-headed leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes32
  7. Lemon-tipped Helicopter Mecistogaster ornata21
  8. Cerulean Dancer Argia anceps19
  9. Burchell's Army Ant Eciton burchellii19
  10. Purple Dancer Argia pulla13

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes49
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis5
  3. Costa Rican orangemouth tarantula Psalmopoeus reduncus4
  4. Red-thighed Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius coccineus3
  5. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata2
  6. Edward's Bark Scorpion Centruroides edwardsii2
  7. Costa Rican Redleg Tarantula Abdomegaphobema mesomelas2
  8. Prionostemma bicoloripes2

Reptiles

  1. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis374
  2. Rainbow Ameiva Holcosus undulatus106
  3. Central American Eyelash-Viper Bothriechis nigroadspersus55
  4. Black-banded Snake Scolecophis atrocinctus18
  5. Central American Boa Boa imperator15
  6. Helmeted Iguana Corytophanes cristatus12
  7. Terciopelo Bothrops asper11
  8. Copper Anole Anolis cupreus11
  9. Pug-nosed Anole Anolis capito11
  10. Puffing Snake Phrynonax poecilonotus11

Amphibians

  1. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis28
  2. Brilliant Forest Frog Lithobates warszewitschii18
  3. Savage's Thin-toed Frog Leptodactylus savagei3
  4. Red-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis callidryas1
  5. Atlantic Broad-headed Litter Frog Craugastor megacephalus1
  6. Yellow Treefrog Dendropsophus microcephalus1
  7. Yellow Toad Incilius luetkenii1
  8. Wet Forest Toad Incilius melanochlorus1
  9. Forrer's Grass Frog Lithobates forreri1
  10. Pygmy Rain Frog Pristimantis ridens1

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.