Wildlife in Dry Tortugas National Park
Here’s what naturalists are spotting in Dry Tortugas right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
Most-observed species in Dry Tortugas
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
530 observations
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
364 observations
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
307 observations
Caribbean Land Hermit Crab
Coenobita clypeatus
249 observations · iNaturalist
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
221 observations
Gray Snapper
Lutjanus griseus
216 observations · iNaturalist
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
190 observations
Atlantic Sergeant Major
Abudefduf saxatilis
143 observations · iNaturalist
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
128 observations
Brown Anole
Anolis sagrei
126 observations
Western Cattle-Egret
Ardea ibis
118 observations · iNaturalist
Purple Sea Fan
Gorgonia ventalina
113 observations · iNaturalist
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
109 observations · iNaturalist
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarum
109 observations
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
108 observations
wild poinsettia
Euphorbia cyathophora
101 observations · iNaturalist
Great Barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
96 observations · iNaturalist
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
90 observations · iNaturalist
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
90 observations
Knobby brain coral
Pseudodiploria clivosa
90 observations · iNaturalist
Slippery Dick
Halichoeres bivittatus
89 observations · iNaturalist
Bluestriped Grunt
Haemulon sciurus
79 observations · iNaturalist
Hooded Warbler
Setophaga citrina
79 observations · iNaturalist
Atlantic Blue Tang
Acanthurus coeruleus
78 observations · iNaturalist
Beaugregory
Stegastes leucostictus
78 observations · iNaturalist
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
75 observations
Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse
Thalassoma bifasciatum
70 observations · iNaturalist
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
69 observations
Atlantic Ghost Crab
Ocypode quadrata
62 observations · iNaturalist
Green Buttonwood
Conocarpus erectus
61 observations · iNaturalist
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