Golden Gate National Parks: LOTERÍA

What is Lotería and how do you play?

Lotería (a Spanish word meaning “lottery”) is a traditional Mexican board game of chance, similar to bingo. It’s been played for hundreds of years by the Hispanic and Latinx communities. 

You might see a Great Blue Heron wading the shallows at Crissy Field, monarch butterflies among the wildflowers of the Marin Headlands, or blue whales breaching the sea from Lands End Lookout. We invite you to learn more about the species that call Golden Gate National Recreation Area home — and be a part of the park’s living story.

Card # Name Spanish Name
1 Floyd! ¡Floyd! El Coyote
2 Great Blue Heron Garza azulada
3 Belted Kingfisher Martín Gigante Norteamericano
4 Northern Spotted Owl Búho moteado del norte
5 Western Grebe Achichilique pico amarillo
6 Southern sea otter Nutria marina del sur
7 SF garter snake serpiente de liga de San Francisco
8 Guadalupe fur seal Foca peletera de Guadalupe
9 Western Snowy Plover Chorlitejo nevado occidental
10 CA red legged frog Rana de patas rojas de California
11 Rainbow trout Trucha arcoíris
12 Blue whale Ballena azul
13 Killdeer Chorlitejo colirrojo
14 Cedar Waxwing Ampelis Americano
15 Red-tailed Hawk Gavilán de cola roja
16 Bufflehead Porrón coronado o Pato monja
17 California Brown Pelican Pelícano pardo de California
18 Black abalone Abulón negro
19 Mission blue butterfly Mariposa azul de la misión
20 Long Billed Curlew Zarapito americano
21 Monarch Butterfly Mariposa monarca
22 Coho salmon Salmón coho
23 Peregrine Falcon Halcón peregrino
24 Black-crowned Night Heron Martinete Común
25 Beetle Spurge Escarabajo euforia
26 Bent Flowered Fiddleneck Fiddleneck de flor curvada
27 Fin Whale Ballena de aleta
28 Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse Ratón cosechador de marisma
29 San Bruno Elfin Butterfly Mariposa elfo de San Bruno
30 Sei Whale Ballena sei
31 Bay Checkerspot Butterfly Mariposa ajedrezada de la bahía
32 Black Mouth Salmón chinook
33 CA Freshwater Shrimp Camarón de agua dulce de California
34 Delta Smelt Eperlano del Delta
35 Tidewater Goby Gobio de marea
36 Green sturgeon Esturión verde

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