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Learn the wildlife of Soberanía National Park

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2,367 species have research-grade observations inside Soberanía 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-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora215
  2. Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis191
  3. Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena186
  4. Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum181
  5. Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus165
  6. White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis156
  7. Violet-bellied Hummingbird Chlorestes julie156
  8. Graceful Black-throated Trogon Trogon tenellus149
  9. Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana148
  10. Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis136

Plants

  1. Sore-mouth bush Palicourea tomentosa187
  2. Cannonball Tree Couroupita guianensis121
  3. Shingles plant Monstera dubia54
  4. Grapeleaf passionflower Passiflora vitifolia52
  5. Parrot's Beak Heliconia psittacorum35
  6. Wild hops Flemingia strobilifera29
  7. Panama Queen Aphelandra sinclairiana27
  8. Barrigon Kapoktree Pseudobombax septenatum26
  9. Philodendron gloriosum26
  10. Heliconia vaginalis25

Mammals

  1. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus309
  2. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata275
  3. Geoffroy’s Tamarin Saguinus geoffroyi263
  4. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata204
  5. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica197
  6. Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana108
  7. Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni81
  8. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator74
  9. Kinkajou Potos flavus66
  10. Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis66

Insects

  1. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima91
  2. Blue-winged Helicopter Megaloprepus caerulatus85
  3. Tiger Longwing Heliconius hecale71
  4. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae56
  5. Red Postman Heliconius erato54
  6. Thoas Swallowtail Heraclides thoas54
  7. Many-banded Daggerwing Marpesia chiron49
  8. Bullet Ant Paraponera clavata42
  9. Gaudeator paidicus42
  10. Oculate Dancer Argia oculata41

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes77
  2. Argiope submaronica31
  3. Pretty Orbweaver Eriophora nephiloides25
  4. Panama Blonde Tarantula Psalmopoeus pulcher21
  5. Bogota Giant Fishing Spider Ancylometes bogotensis14
  6. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata13
  7. Red-thighed Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius coccineus12
  8. Micrathena sexspinosa12
  9. Tropical Orb Weaver Eriophora fuliginea11
  10. Phiale guttata10

Reptiles

  1. Green Iguana Iguana iguana137
  2. Common Basilisk Basiliscus basiliscus106
  3. Middle American Ameiva Holcosus festivus99
  4. Yellow-headed Gecko Gonatodes albogularis98
  5. Panama City Anole Anolis apletophallus79
  6. Spectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus75
  7. Terciopelo Bothrops asper72
  8. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus38
  9. Northern Turniptail Gecko Thecadactylus rapicauda36
  10. Central American Boa Boa imperator23

Amphibians

  1. Forest Toad Rhinella alata566
  2. Túngara Frog Engystomops pustulosus91
  3. Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus81
  4. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis74
  5. Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog Boana rosenbergi69
  6. Savage's Thin-toed Frog Leptodactylus savagei66
  7. Fitzinger's Robber Frog Craugastor fitzingeri63
  8. Rainforest Rocket Frog Silverstoneia flotator53
  9. Leaf Litter Toad Rhaebo haematiticus43
  10. Red-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis callidryas40

Fish

  1. Blue-point Flag Cichlid Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus29
  2. Panamanian Eartheater Geophagus crassilabris14
  3. Chagres Catfish Pimelodella chagresi12
  4. Ancistrus chagresi9
  5. Rineloricaria uracantha9

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.