🇦🇺Animals recorded in Australia

Which animals have been recorded in Australia? 2,311,803 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 359 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include humpback whale, Temora turbinata, Paracalanus parvus.

• 2,311,803 records
• 1,200+ species
• 87 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include humpback whale, Temora turbinata, Paracalanus parvus. 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 Australia

	Animal	Group	Records
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	29,061
	Temora turbinata	Copepoda Temoridae	21,238
	Paracalanus parvus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	14,554
	Clausocalanus furcatus	Copepoda Clausocalanidae	12,914
	Twisted wing parasite Xenos pecki	Insecta Xenidae	11,198
	swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor	Mammalia Macropodidae	9,578
	Australian Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes	Mammalia Muridae	9,120
	Parvocalanus crassirostris	Copepoda Paracalanidae	7,668
	Agile antechinus Antechinus agilis	Mammalia Dasyuridae	7,160
	southern brown tree frog Litoria ewingii	Amphibia Pelodryadidae	5,905
	Lucicutia flavicornis	Copepoda Lucicutiidae	5,738
	Oikopleura dioica	— Oikopleuridae	5,609
	Brown Froglet Crinia signifera	Amphibia Myobatrachidae	5,528
	Monhystrella parvella	Chromadorea Monhysteridae	4,934
	Acartia hongi	Copepoda Acartiidae	4,536
	Paracalanus aculeatus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	4,337
	common brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula	Mammalia Phalangeridae	4,112
	Acrocalanus gracilis	Copepoda Paracalanidae	4,003
	eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus	Mammalia Macropodidae	3,564
	Canthocalanus pauper	Copepoda Calanidae	3,512
	Verreaux’s Tree Frog Litoria verreauxii	Amphibia Pelodryadidae	3,161
	Golden Bell Frog Ranoidea raniformis	Amphibia Pelodryadidae	3,094
	Scaly tunicate Microcosmus squamiger	Ascidiacea Pyuridae	3,051
	Ditrichocorycaeus anglicus	Copepoda Corycaeidae	2,993
	Oithona similis	Copepoda Oithonidae	2,930
	Cool-temperate Water-skink Eulamprus tympanum	Squamata Scincidae	2,926
	Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen	Aves Cracticidae	2,896
	Triconia borealis	Copepoda Oncaeidae	2,725
	Canuella perplexa	Copepoda Canuellidae	2,724
	Prismatolaimus intermedius	— Prismatolaimidae	2,701
	spotted marsh frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis	Amphibia Limnodynastidae	2,680
	Euterpina acutifrons	Copepoda Tachidiidae	2,608
	Undinula vulgaris	Copepoda Calanidae	2,586
	Dactylopusia pauciarticulata	Copepoda Dactylopusiidae	2,382
	Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii	Amphibia Limnodynastidae	2,350
	Doliolum nationalis	Thaliacea Doliolidae	2,295
	Garden Skink Lampropholis guichenoti	Squamata Scincidae	2,269
	Murray River turtle Emydura macquarii	Testudines Chelidae	2,254
	Oithona atlantica	Copepoda Oithonidae	2,248
	Common Siphonophore Nanomia bijuga	Hydrozoa Agalmatidae	2,231
	Centropages typicus	Copepoda Centropagidae	2,171
	Keyhole Bryozoan Cryptosula pallasiana	Gymnolaemata Cryptosulidae	2,154
	short-beaked echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus	Mammalia Tachyglossidae	2,106
	Bibron's Brood Frog Pseudophryne bibronii	Amphibia Myobatrachidae	2,026
	Eastern Smooth Frog Geocrinia victoriana	Amphibia Myobatrachidae	2,008
	Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus	Aves Maluridae	1,900
	Pink Helmet Aglantha digitale	Hydrozoa Rhopalonematidae	1,895
	Southern Brood Frog Pseudophryne semimarmorata	Amphibia Myobatrachidae	1,853
	Eteone picta	Polychaeta Phyllodocidae	1,829
	Wilsonema schuurmansstekhoveni	Chromadorea Plectidae	1,701
	Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae	Aves Alcedinidae	1,695
	Proisotomodes bipunctatus	Collembola Isotomidae	1,693
	Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus	Aves Psittacidae	1,668
	Jewel Jelly Liriope tetraphylla	Hydrozoa Geryoniidae	1,642
	Cordagalma ordinatum	Hydrozoa Cordagalmatidae	1,637
	Habrotrocha constricta	Eurotatoria Habrotrochidae	1,635
	long-nosed bandicoot Perameles nasuta	Mammalia Peramelidae	1,618
	Knotted Thread Hydroid Obelia geniculata	Hydrozoa Campanulariidae	1,610
	Cephalothrix rufifrons	Palaeonemertea Cephalotrichidae	1,600
	Cope's Scaly-toed Gecko Gehyra variegata	Squamata Gekkonidae	1,594