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Learn the wildlife of Virgin Islands National Park

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1,185 species have research-grade observations inside Virgin Islands 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. Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus203
  2. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola89
  3. Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita72
  4. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis67
  5. White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis51
  6. Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis47
  7. Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla45
  8. Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea41
  9. Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus41
  10. Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor40

Plants

  1. Noni Morinda citrifolia235
  2. Indian tulip tree Thespesia populnea198
  3. Turk's Cap Cactus Melocactus intortus194
  4. Piñuela Bromelia pinguin167
  5. Coral Vine Antigonon leptopus123
  6. Pilosocereus armatus110
  7. Air Plant Kalanchoe pinnata106
  8. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera103
  9. Moses-in-the-cradle Tradescantia spathacea101
  10. Giant airplant Tillandsia utriculata100

Mammals

  1. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus162
  2. Donkey Equus asinus68
  3. Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata54
  4. Domestic Goat Capra hircus18
  5. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis5
  6. Domestic Cat Felis catus4

Insects

  1. St. Andrew's Cotton Stainer Dysdercus andreae85
  2. Tetrio Sphinx Pseudosphinx tetrio60
  3. Caribbean Paper Wasp Polistes crinitus53
  4. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae40
  5. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera31
  6. Julia Heliconian Dryas iulia31
  7. Greater Antillean Carpenter Xylocopa mordax21
  8. Great Southern White Ascia monuste18
  9. Mischocyttarus phthisicus17
  10. Antillean Hammock Skipper Polygonus leo16

Spiders and kin

  1. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata47
  2. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes46
  3. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis14
  4. Caribothele shoemakeri14
  5. Leucauge regnyi13
  6. Selenops lindborgi7
  7. Puerto Rican Pinktoe Tarantula Caribena laeta7
  8. Anasaitis banksi7
  9. Nolavia antiguensis6
  10. Cyrtopholis bartholomaei5

Reptiles

  1. Crested Anole Anolis cristatellus185
  2. Green Iguana Iguana iguana111
  3. Banded Anole Anolis stratulus48
  4. Common Puerto Rican Ameiva Pholidoscelis exsul45
  5. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei23
  6. Red-footed Tortoise Chelonoidis carbonarius23
  7. Puerto Rican Bush Anole Anolis pulchellus21
  8. Big-scaled Dwarf Gecko Sphaerodactylus macrolepis14
  9. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia10

Amphibians

  1. Cuban Tree Frog Osteopilus septentrionalis51
  2. Antillean Coqui Eleutherodactylus antillensis9
  3. Whistling Coqui Eleutherodactylus cochranae6
  4. Caribbean White-lipped Frog Leptodactylus albilabris6

Fish

  1. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus123
  2. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride82
  3. French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum80
  4. Bar Jack Caranx ruber68
  5. Smooth Trunkfish Lactophrys triqueter62
  6. Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda58
  7. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum57
  8. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis56
  9. Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus56
  10. Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish Acanthurus tractus46

Mollusks

  1. Caribbean Reef Squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea73
  2. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum40
  3. Queen Conch Aliger gigas34
  4. West Indian Top Shell Cittarium pica27
  5. Brazilian Reef Octopus Octopus insularis23
  6. Lettuce Sea Slug Elysia crispata22
  7. Beaded Periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus18
  8. West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata14
  9. Christmas Tree Hydroid Nudibranch Learchis poica12
  10. Pleurodonte incerta12

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. KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.