🇮🇴What animals live in British Indian Ocean Territory?

27,390 animal records from British Indian Ocean Territory cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 27,390 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in British Indian Ocean Territory

	Animal	Group	Records
	Common dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus	— Coryphaenidae	323
	White Tern Gygis alba	Aves Laridae	320
	Red-footed Booby Sula sula	Aves Sulidae	311
	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	Aves Laridae	304
	Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis	Aves Ploceidae	250
	Skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis	— Scombridae	238
	Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	Aves Laridae	230
	Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Aves Scolopacidae	229
	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	222
	Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris	Aves Laridae	217
	Striated Heron Butorides striata	Aves Ardeidae	214
	Yellow-fin Tunny Thunnus albacares	— Scombridae	213
	Great Frigatebird Fregata minor	Aves Fregatidae	213
	Spotted Triggerfish Canthidermis maculata	— Balistidae	194
	Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana	Aves Laridae	192
	Silky Shark Carcharhinus falciformis	Elasmobranchii Carcharhinidae	192
	Rainbow Runner Elagatis bipinnulata	— Carangidae	191
	Common Myna Acridotheres tristis	Aves Sturnidae	165
	Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri	— Scombridae	144
	Zebra Dove Geopelia striata	Aves Columbidae	139
	Madagascar turtle-dove Nesoenas picturatus	Aves Columbidae	134
	White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus	Aves Rallidae	129
	Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	Aves Scolopacidae	129
	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	Aves Sulidae	124
	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Aves Rallidae	123
	Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii	Aves Ardeidae	120
	White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	Aves Phaethontidae	120
	Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	Aves Scolopacidae	118
	wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus	Aves Procellariidae	114
	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	Aves Laridae	110
	Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	Aves Scolopacidae	108
	Checkerboard wrasse Halichoeres hortulanus	— Labridae	106
	Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	104
	Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga	— Chaetodontidae	103
	Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel	Aves Fregatidae	100
	Blue-spotted Grouper Cephalopholis argus	— Serranidae	96
	Greater Sand-Plover Charadrius leschenaultii	Aves Charadriidae	95
	Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni	Aves Procellariidae	95
	Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus	— Scombridae	94
	knob coral Goniastrea stelligera	Anthozoa Merulinidae	94
	Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola	Aves Charadriidae	92
	Powderblue surgeonfish Acanthurus leucosternon	— Acanthuridae	92
	Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus	— Acanthuridae	86
	Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	Aves Scolopacidae	84
	cauliflower coral Pocillopora verrucosa	Anthozoa Pocilloporidae	78
	White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	Aves Laridae	78
	larger star coral Favites flexuosa	Anthozoa Merulinidae	74
	Bluelined Snapper Lutjanus kasmira	— Lutjanidae	73
	Spotfin Squirrelfish Neoniphon sammara	— Holocentridae	73
	Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	Aves Scolopacidae	72
	Regal angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus	— Pomacanthidae	72
	Common Tern Sterna hirundo	Aves Laridae	72
	Sanderling Calidris alba	Aves Scolopacidae	68
	Garganey Spatula querquedula	Aves Anatidae	66
	Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva	Aves Charadriidae	63
	Smooth cauliflower coral Stylophora pistillata	Anthozoa Pocilloporidae	62
	Great Egret Ardea alba	Aves Ardeidae	61
	Little Stint Calidris minuta	Aves Scolopacidae	60
	knob coral Dipsastraea pallida	Anthozoa Merulinidae	58
	Little Egret Egretta garzetta	Aves Ardeidae	58