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Learn the wildlife of Volcan Tenorio National Park

Costa Rica

784 species have research-grade observations inside Volcan Tenorio 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. Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens23
  2. Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus23
  3. Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum21
  4. Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii21
  5. Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea18
  6. Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi17
  7. Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica17
  8. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl16
  9. Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus14
  10. Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus13

Plants

  1. Notopleura polyphlebia45
  2. Faramea suerrensis32
  3. Philodendron findens28
  4. Giant heliconia Heliconia pogonantha26
  5. Expanded Lobsterclaw Heliconia latispatha23
  6. Drymonia turrialvae23
  7. Fiery spike Aphelandra aurantiaca22
  8. Ecuador philodendron Philodendron verrucosum16
  9. Hot Lips Palicourea elata16
  10. Grapeleaf passionflower Passiflora vitifolia15

Mammals

  1. Central American White-faced Capuchin Cebus imitator40
  2. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica33
  3. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus15
  4. Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata12
  5. Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana7
  6. Central American Dwarf Squirrel Microsciurus alfari5
  7. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata4
  8. Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni4
  9. Sumichrast's Vesper Rat Nyctomys sumichrasti2
  10. West Andean Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus fenestratus2

Insects

  1. Banded Owl-Butterfly Caligo atreus13
  2. Stratocles costaricensis13
  3. Cydno Longwing Heliconius cydno12
  4. Common Morpho Morpho helenor11
  5. Red-washed Satyr Pierella helvina11
  6. Golden Froghopper Mahanarva costaricensis10
  7. Hoplomutilla xanthocerata9
  8. Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark Mesosemia asa9
  9. Central American Montane Tiger Beetle Pseudoxycheila tarsalis8
  10. Hairy-headed leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes7

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes15
  2. Red-thighed Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius coccineus5
  3. Costa Rican orangemouth tarantula Psalmopoeus reduncus3
  4. Micrathena brevipes3
  5. Micrathena sexspinosa3
  6. Corythalia opima2
  7. Spot-legged Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius getazi2
  8. Phiale formosa2
  9. Tengella radiata2
  10. Costa Rican Redleg Tarantula Abdomegaphobema mesomelas2

Reptiles

  1. Central American Eyelash-Viper Bothriechis nigroadspersus337
  2. Middle American Ameiva Holcosus festivus92
  3. Cope's Vine Snake Oxybelis brevirostris75
  4. Black River Turtle Rhinoclemmys funerea33
  5. Green Basilisk Basiliscus plumifrons30
  6. Terciopelo Bothrops asper28
  7. Helmeted Iguana Corytophanes cristatus24
  8. Humble Anole Anolis humilis23
  9. Yellow-spotted Night Lizard Lepidophyma flavimaculatum12
  10. Neotropical Green Anole Anolis biporcatus9

Amphibians

  1. Brilliant Forest Frog Lithobates warszewitschii53
  2. Red-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis callidryas40
  3. Masked Tree Frog Smilisca phaeota11
  4. Atlantic Broad-headed Litter Frog Craugastor megacephalus10
  5. Harlequin Treefrog Dendropsophus ebraccatus8
  6. Strawberry Poison Dart Frog Oophaga pumilio8
  7. Mosquito Coast Tree Frog Smilisca manisorum8
  8. Vaillant's Frog Lithobates vaillanti7
  9. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis6
  10. Tink Frog Diasporus diastema4

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.