🇻🇬What animals live in the British Virgin Islands?

62,551 animal records from the British Virgin Islands cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 62,551 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in the British Virgin Islands

	Animal	Group	Records
	Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens	Aves Fregatidae	13,390
	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	Aves Sulidae	2,891
	Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	Aves Pelecanidae	1,897
	Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis	Aves Tyrannidae	1,596
	Common Dwarf Gecko Sphaerodactylus macrolepis	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	1,466
	Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	Aves Mimidae	1,374
	Bananaquit Coereba flaveola	Aves Thraupidae	1,298
	Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita	Aves Columbidae	1,275
	American Kestrel Falco sparverius	Aves Falconidae	897
	Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla	Aves Laridae	892
	Crested anole Anolis cristatellus	Squamata Dactyloidae	876
	Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa	Aves Columbidae	794
	Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina	Aves Columbidae	762
	Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani	Aves Cuculidae	715
	Great Egret Ardea alba	Aves Ardeidae	612
	White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis	Aves Anatidae	551
	Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	Aves Laridae	548
	Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor	Aves Thraupidae	542
	Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	Aves Trochilidae	473
	White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica	Aves Columbidae	444
	Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus	Aves Recurvirostridae	422
	Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia	Aves Parulidae	418
	Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea	Aves Ardeidae	414
	Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius	Aves Scolopacidae	409
	Green Butorides virescens	Aves Ardeidae	405
	Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Aves Ardeidae	387
	Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis	Aves Accipitridae	383
	Banded Anole Anolis stratulus	Squamata Dactyloidae	382
	Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos	Aves Mimidae	381
	Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	Aves Trochilidae	341
	Masked Sula dactylatra	Aves Sulidae	318
	American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber	Aves Phoenicopteridae	318
	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	295
	Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes	Aves Scolopacidae	264
	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Aves Rallidae	262
	Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus	Aves Phasianidae	252
	Common Puerto Rican Ameiva Pholidoscelis exsul	Squamata Teiidae	236
	Antillean Coqui Eleutherodactylus antillensis	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	235
	Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon	Aves Alcedinidae	230
	American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus	Aves Haematopodidae	209
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	205
	Osprey Pandion haliaetus	Aves Pandionidae	203
	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	202
	Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	Aves Laridae	200
	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea	Aves Ardeidae	193
	Great Blue Ardea herodias	Aves Ardeidae	186
	Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	Aves Laridae	184
	Virgin Islands Coqui Eleutherodactylus schwartzi	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	172
	Common Grass Anole Anolis pulchellus	Squamata Dactyloidae	171
	Snowy Egret Egretta thula	Aves Ardeidae	159
	Killdeer Charadrius vociferus	Aves Charadriidae	158
	Least Tern Sternula antillarum	Aves Laridae	157
	hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata	Testudines Cheloniidae	157
	Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus	Aves Charadriidae	156
	Little-scaled Least Gecko Sphaerodactylus microlepis	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	151
	Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	Aves Tyrannidae	145
	Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca	Aves Scolopacidae	144
	Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola	Aves Charadriidae	139
	Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor	Aves Cuculidae	137
	American Coot Fulica americana	Aves Rallidae	128