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Learn the wildlife of Tatamá National Park

Colombia

1,847 species have research-grade observations inside Tatamá 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. Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini174
  2. Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis155
  3. Empress Brilliant Heliodoxa imperatrix130
  4. White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora115
  5. Flame-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus115
  6. Collared Inca Coeligena torquata100
  7. Rufous-gaped Hillstar Urochroa bougueri91
  8. Andean Emerald Uranomitra franciae91
  9. Green Thorntail Discosura conversii86
  10. Purple-throated Woodstar Philodice mitchellii73

Plants

  1. Maxillaria speciosa96
  2. Fringed Epidendrum Epidendrum fimbriatum86
  3. Pitcairnia kniphofioides53
  4. Pink Banana Musa velutina49
  5. Orange Elleanthus Elleanthus aurantiacus33
  6. Pleurothallis monocardia32
  7. Maxillaria embreei31
  8. Kohleria inaequalis30
  9. Begonia lehmannii27
  10. Porroglossum eduardi23

Mammals

  1. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata67
  2. Crab-eating Fox Cerdocyon thous19
  3. Tayra Eira barbara15
  4. Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis8
  5. Western Dwarf Squirrel Microsciurus mimulus8
  6. Southern Opossum Didelphis marsupialis6
  7. West Andean Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus fenestratus5
  8. Black Agouti Dasyprocta fuliginosa4
  9. Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana4

Insects

  1. Opaon varicolor65
  2. Cydno Longwing Heliconius cydno50
  3. Darceta Sphinx Pachylia darceta39
  4. Red Peacock Anartia amathea36
  5. Clysonymus Longwing Heliconius clysonymus36
  6. Scada zibia36
  7. Opisthoxia metargyria34
  8. Pseudohaetera mimica32
  9. Paramastax rosenbergi30
  10. Blue Doctor Rhetus dysonii29

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata6
  2. Tityus parvulus6
  3. Peucetia rubrolineata4

Reptiles

  1. Urrao Anole Anolis danieli30
  2. Boulenger's Green Anole Anolis chloris30
  3. Terciopelo Bothrops asper27
  4. Popeyan Giant Anole Anolis latifrons7
  5. Anton's Anole Anolis antonii7
  6. Forest Flame Snake Oxyrhopus petolarius5
  7. Pholidobolus celsiae5

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.