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Learn the wildlife of Sierra de Órganos National Park

Mexico

345 species have research-grade observations inside Sierra de Órganos 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. Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca25
  2. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus16
  3. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis14
  4. Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus13
  5. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina13
  6. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura12
  7. Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii12
  8. Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre11
  9. Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus9
  10. Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis8

Plants

  1. Mexican pinyon Pinus cembroides31
  2. Pointleaf manzanita Arctostaphylos pungens21
  3. Mammillaria wagneriana20
  4. Palm yucca Yucca decipiens20
  5. Echinocereus acifer18
  6. Ballmoss Tillandsia recurvata16
  7. Parry's agave Agave parryi15
  8. Tillandsia fresnilloensis15
  9. Red-crescent marigold Tagetes lunulata14
  10. Ipomoea stans11

Mammals

  1. Rock Squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus14
  2. Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu11
  3. Silky Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavus8
  4. Mexican Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys irroratus6
  5. Coyote Canis latrans5
  6. Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis4
  7. Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii4
  8. Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus3
  9. Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii3
  10. Tawny-bellied Cotton Rat Sigmodon fulviventer3

Insects

  1. Brachystola mexicana9
  2. Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia7
  3. Southern Dogface Zerene cesonia7
  4. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera5
  5. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae4
  6. Hyalophora mexicana4
  7. Queen Danaus gilippus3
  8. Arizona Sister Adelpha eulalia3
  9. Dasymutilla sicheliana3
  10. Red Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus3

Spiders and kin

  1. Diplocentrus zacatecanus3
  2. Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata1
  3. Western Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona oaxacensis1
  4. Phidippus cruentus1

Reptiles

  1. Yarrow's Spiny Lizard Sceloporus jarrovii30
  2. Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake Crotalus molossus16
  3. Eastern Spiny Lizard Sceloporus spinosus12
  4. Rock Rattlesnake Crotalus lepidus9
  5. Mojave Rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus7
  6. Mexican Bull Snake Pituophis deppei5
  7. Striped Whipsnake Masticophis taeniatus4
  8. Crevice Spiny Lizard Sceloporus poinsettii4
  9. Short-tail Alpine Garter Snake Thamnophis scaliger3
  10. Chihuahuan Mud Turtle Kinosternon hirtipes3

Amphibians

  1. Canyon Tree Frog Dryophytes arenicolor29
  2. Red-spotted Toad Anaxyrus punctatus3
  3. Mountain Tree Frog Dryophytes eximius1

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.