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Learn the wildlife of Serra do Gandarela National Park

Minas Gerais · Brazil

542 species have research-grade observations inside Serra do Gandarela 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. Swallow-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia caudata12
  2. Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus11
  3. Sapphire-spangled Emerald Chionomesa lactea10
  4. Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda8
  5. White-vented Violetear Colibri serrirostris8
  6. Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis7
  7. Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava7
  8. Cinnamon Tanager Schistochlamys ruficapillus7
  9. Serra Antwren Formicivora serrana7
  10. Versicolored Emerald Chrysuronia versicolor7

Plants

  1. Cattleya caulescens10
  2. Justicia riparia9
  3. Palicourea rigida7
  4. Silverleafed princess flower Pleroma heteromallum6
  5. Cattleya liliputana6
  6. Palicourea marcgravii5
  7. Cambessedesia hilariana5
  8. Senna rugosa5
  9. Pavonia malacophylla5
  10. Acianthera teres5

Mammals

  1. Maned Wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus5
  2. Mountain Lion Puma concolor2
  3. Crab-eating Raccoon Procyon cancrivorus1
  4. Tayra Eira barbara1
  5. Yellow Pygmy Rice Rat Oligoryzomys flavescens1
  6. Southern Tamandua Tamandua tetradactyla1
  7. Giant Anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla1

Insects

  1. Common Morpho Morpho helenor5
  2. Great Kite-Swallowtail Eurytides protesilaus5
  3. Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius4
  4. Southern Red Rim Biblis hyperia4
  5. Periander Metalmark Rhetus periander4
  6. Sphenorhina rubra4
  7. White-patched Skipper Chiothion asychis4
  8. Polydamas Swallowtail Battus polydamas3
  9. Orange Banner Temenis laothoe3
  10. Four-spotted Sailor Dynamine postverta3

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata2
  2. Aglaoctenus lagotis2
  3. Parawixia bistriata1
  4. Ischnothele annulata1
  5. Leucauge rubripleura1
  6. Tisentnops mineiro1
  7. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes1
  8. Mitogoniella indistincta1

Reptiles

  1. Jiboinha Tropidodryas striaticeps4
  2. Neotropical Rattlesnake Crotalus durissus4
  3. Southern Coralsnake Micrurus frontalis3
  4. Giant Ameiva Ameiva ameiva2
  5. Jararaca Pintada Bothrops neuwiedi2
  6. Neuwied's False Fer-de-lance Xenodon neuwiedii1
  7. Lichtenstein's Green Racer Philodryas olfersii1
  8. Tropidurus montanus1
  9. Argentine Pampas Snake Phimophis guerini1
  10. Argentine Black-and-white Tegu Salvator merianae1

Amphibians

  1. Lanceback Tree Frog Scinax curicica3
  2. Fuscous-blotched Snouted Tree Frog Scinax fuscovarius2
  3. Pepper Frog Leptodactylus labyrinthicus1
  4. Brazilian Common Walking Leaf Frog Phyllomedusa burmeisteri1
  5. Giesler's Tree Frog Dendropsophus giesleri1
  6. Emerald-eyed Tree Frog Boana crepitans1

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.