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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Showing 30 species · Cienaga de Zapata

Showing 30 species · Cienaga de Zapata

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Florida Stone Crab

Menippe mercenaria

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Green Anole

Anolis carolinensis

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Cuban Brown Anole

Anolis sagrei

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Royal Tern

Thalasseus maximus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Smooth-billed Ani

Crotophaga ani

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Greater Bulldog Bat

Noctilio leporinus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

American Oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus jamaicensis

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Pallas's Mastiff Bat

Molossus molossus

InsectivoreCrepuscularColonial

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Cuban Treefrog

Osteopilus septentrionalis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Cuban Boa

Chilabothrus angulifer

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Cuban Trogon

Priotelus temnurus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Desmarest's Hutia

Capromys pilorides

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Critically Endangered

Cuban Crocodile

Crocodylus rhombifer

CarnivoreDiurnalIn packs

Critically Endangered

Zapata Rail

Mustelirallus cerverai

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Staghorn Coral

Acropora cervicornis

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

94 countries18 parks82 dive sites

American Crocodile

Crocodylus acutus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

16 countries19 parks5 dive sites

Caribbean Reef Shark

Carcharhinus perezi

CarnivoreNocturnalEndangered

35 countries20 parks102 dive sites

American Flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

34 countries6 parks1 dive site

Green Moray

Gymnothorax funebris

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

50 countries21 parks113 dive sites

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

41 countries21 parks

Near Threatened

Bee Hummingbird

Mellisuga helenae

NectarivoreDiurnalSolitary

1 country7 parks

West Indian Manatee

Trichechus manatus

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

36 countries14 parks9 dive sites

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

NocturnalSolitaryEndangered

38 countries35 parks9 dive sites

Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

50 countries28 parks150 dive sites

33 countries5 parks22 dive sites

37 countries28 parks

32 countries12 parks

42 countries12 parks

43 countries23 parks

36 countries23 parks

13 countries17 parks

15 countries61 parks

34 countries16 parks

18 countries57 parks

43 countries22 parks

17 countries17 parks

17 countries65 parks

6 countries53 parks

6 countries15 parks

1 country6 parks

1 country7 parks

1 country7 parks

1 country2 parks

2 countries1 park