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Learn the wildlife of Serra do Itajaí National Park

Brazil

565 species have research-grade observations inside Serra do Itajaí 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 caudata7
  2. Yellow-legged Thrush Turdus flavipes6
  3. Crescent-chested Puffbird Malacoptila striata4
  4. Spot-billed Toucanet Selenidera maculirostris4
  5. Green-headed Tanager Tangara seledon3
  6. Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus3
  7. Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis3
  8. Riverbank Warbler Myiothlypis rivularis3
  9. Plain-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla turdina3
  10. Common Squirrel-Cuckoo Piaya cayana2

Plants

  1. Aphelandra chamissoniana19
  2. Vriesea rodigasiana19
  3. Vriesea incurvata17
  4. Psychotria nuda16
  5. Bird's-nest Bromeliad Nidularium innocentii15
  6. Greater Hard-fern Blechnum cordatum14
  7. Vriesea carinata14
  8. Neoblechnum brasiliense11
  9. Chaetogastra clinopodifolia10
  10. Passiflora mediterranea9

Mammals

  1. Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris5
  2. Crab-eating Raccoon Procyon cancrivorus1
  3. Brazilian Gracile Opossum Gracilinanus microtarsus1
  4. Southern Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus1
  5. Brown Howler Monkey Alouatta guariba1

Insects

  1. Green shield cicada Zammara tympanum10
  2. Omophoita octoguttata8
  3. Red Peacock Anartia amathea6
  4. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera5
  5. Philaethria wernickei5
  6. Thoas Swallowtail Heraclides thoas3
  7. Diabrotica limitata3
  8. Gindanes brebisson3
  9. Brazilian Lady Vanessa braziliensis2
  10. American Pelecinid Wasp Pelecinus polyturator2

Spiders and kin

  1. Linothele paulistana7
  2. Ctenus medius5
  3. Micrathena annulata5
  4. Micrathena fissispina3
  5. Micrathena crassispina3
  6. Micrathena sanctispiritus3
  7. Guasuctenus vittatissimus3
  8. Sodreana inscripta3
  9. Bunopachylus armatissimus3
  10. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis2

Reptiles

  1. Yarará Lancehead Bothrops jararaca7
  2. Chicken Snake Spilotes pullatus3
  3. Jararacussu Bothrops jararacussu3
  4. Two-headed Sipo Chironius bicarinatus3
  5. Argentine Black-and-white Tegu Salvator merianae3
  6. Neuwied's False Fer-de-lance Xenodon neuwiedii2
  7. Ihering's Fathead Anole Enyalius iheringii2
  8. Paraguay White-lined Skink Aspronema dorsivittatum2
  9. Coastal Sipo Chironius foveatus1
  10. Echinanthera cyanopleura1

Amphibians

  1. Santa Catharina Dwarf Frog Physalaemus nanus8
  2. Santa Catarina Tropical Bullfrog Adenomera nana7
  3. Physalaemus lateristriga6
  4. Fuscous-blotched Snouted Tree Frog Scinax fuscovarius5
  5. Ornate Forest toad Rhinella ornata5
  6. Bahia Smooth-horned Frog Proceratophrys boiei5
  7. Ribeirão Branco Snouted Tree Frog Scinax perereca4
  8. Ehrhardt's Tree Frog Aplastodiscus ehrhardti3
  9. Nova Friburgo Tree Frog Dendropsophus microps3
  10. Hensel's Big-headed Frog Ischnocnema henselii3

Mollusks

  1. Meghimatium pictum6
  2. Jumping Snail Ovachlamys fulgens1
  3. Asian Tramp Snail Bradybaena similaris1

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.