Miami is the one American city where you can find animals that live nowhere else in the country. Manatees drift up the tidal canals and the Miami River in cooler months, brown pelicans and double-crested cormorants work the bayfront, and green iguanas bask on seawalls all over the place. Non-native parrots, from red-masked parakeets to monk parakeets, have gone fully wild in the suburbs. Head toward the Everglades edge and alligators, roseate spoonbills, and wading birds take over.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Miami. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
121,338
recent observations
30
species listed
10
reptiles & amphibians
11
birds
5
insects & arthropods
Naturalists have logged 121,338 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Miami. The most frequently seen is the Brown Anole, with 17,915 recorded sightings.
Reptiles & Amphibians account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (10 of the species listed here), followed by birds (11).