🇦🇴Animals recorded in Angola

Which animals have been recorded in Angola? 20,495 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Natal Frog, Bubbling Cisticola, Siffling Cisticola.

• 20,495 records
• 1,200+ species
• 37 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Natal Frog, Bubbling Cisticola, Siffling Cisticola. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Angola

	Animal	Group	Records
	Natal Frog Phrynobatrachus natalensis	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	183
	Bubbling Cisticola Cisticola bulliens	Aves Cisticolidae	117
	Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus	Aves Cisticolidae	116
	Diaphorina huila	Insecta Liviidae	100
	Fischer's Thick-toed Gecko Chondrodactylus pulitzerae	Squamata Gekkonidae	93
	African Common Toad Sclerophrys regularis	Amphibia Bufonidae	92
	Flapneck chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis	Squamata Chamaeleonidae	85
	Anchieta's Agama Agama anchietae	Squamata Agamidae	78
	Common River Frog Amietia angolensis	Amphibia Pyxicephalidae	76
	Peters' Clawed Frog Xenopus petersii	Amphibia Pipidae	72
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	70
	Limnichus waelbroecki	Insecta Limnichidae	69
	Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus	Aves Nectariniidae	68
	Namaqua Micaelamys Micaelamys namaquensis	Mammalia Muridae	67
	Cosmopolitan House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia	Squamata Gekkonidae	65
	Sharp-lipped Mabuya Trachylepis acutilabris	Squamata Scincidae	61
	Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii	Aves Cisticolidae	58
	Western Rock Skink Trachylepis sulcata	Squamata Scincidae	57
	Congo Rope Squirrel Funisciurus congicus	Mammalia Sciuridae	54
	Guinea Snout-burrower Hemisus guineensis	Amphibia Hemisotidae	53
	Baeoalitriozus afrobsoletus	Insecta Triozidae	53
	Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus	Aves Cisticolidae	52
	Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus	Aves Cisticolidae	51
	Wahlberg's Striped Skink Trachylepis wahlbergii	Squamata Scincidae	50
	Banana Bat Afronycteris nanus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	49
	Namib Rock Agama Agama planiceps	Squamata Agamidae	49
	Anthaxia pacata	Insecta Buprestidae	48
	Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat Epomophorus wahlbergi	Mammalia Pteropodidae	48
	Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	43
	Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix	Aves Cisticolidae	43
	Common Namib Day Gecko Rhoptropus afer	Squamata Gekkonidae	42
	Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus	Aves Cisticolidae	41
	Bulinus globosus	Gastropoda Bulinidae	41
	Rusty-bellied Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys sikapusi	Mammalia Muridae	40
	Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus fumigatus	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	40
	Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	Aves Cisticolidae	40
	Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus	Aves Ploceidae	40
	Boulton's Namib Day Gecko Rhoptropus boultoni	Squamata Gekkonidae	38
	Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana	Aves Cisticolidae	38
	Angolan Myomyscus Myomyscus angolensis	Mammalia Muridae	37
	Gabon Boubou Laniarius bicolor	Aves Malaconotidae	36
	Diceratias pileatus	— Diceratiidae	35
	African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta	Aves Alcedinidae	34
	Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla	Aves Malaconotidae	34
	Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus	Aves Coliidae	34
	Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava	Aves Cisticolidae	33
	Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus	Aves Meropidae	33
	Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros caffer	Mammalia Hipposideridae	33
	Longhead Half-toed Gecko Hemidactylus longicephalus	Squamata Gekkonidae	33
	Barnard's Namib Day Gecko Rhoptropus barnardi	Squamata Gekkonidae	32
	Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens	Aves Cisticolidae	32
	Anthaxia reticollis	Insecta Buprestidae	32
	Trichaphodius punctiger	Insecta Scarabaeidae	31
	Common Atlantic grenadier Nezumia aequalis	— Macrouridae	31
	Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus	Aves Nectariniidae	31
	Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina	Aves Nectariniidae	31
	Bocage's Frog Leptopelis bocagii	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	31
	Heinrich’s Wood Mouse Hylomyscus heinrichorum	Mammalia Muridae	31
	Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens	Aves Picidae	30
	White Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus	Aves Prionopidae	30