🇻🇬Animals recorded in the British Virgin Islands

Which animals have been recorded in the British Virgin Islands? 5,425 occurrence records cover 764 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 11592253 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Common Dwarf Gecko, humpback whale, Crested anole.

• 5,425 records
• 764 species
• 37 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Common Dwarf Gecko, humpback whale, Crested anole. 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 the British Virgin Islands

	Animal	Group	Records
	Common Dwarf Gecko Sphaerodactylus macrolepis	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	1,347
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	170
	Crested anole Anolis cristatellus	Squamata Dactyloidae	111
	Banded Anole Anolis stratulus	Squamata Dactyloidae	106
	Cuban tree frog Osteopilus septentrionalis	Amphibia Hylidae	71
	Common Grass Anole Anolis pulchellus	Squamata Dactyloidae	64
	Milkweed [butterfly] Danaus plexippus	Insecta Nymphalidae	54
	maculate stony coral Solenosmilia variabilis	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	44
	Swordfish Xiphias gladius	— Xiphiidae	42
	Spurge Spanworm Moth Oxydia vesulia	Insecta Geometridae	23
	Common Puerto Rican Ameiva Pholidoscelis exsul	Squamata Teiidae	22
	ocular coral Madrepora oculata	Anthozoa Oculinidae	20
	Yellow-fin Tunny Thunnus albacares	— Scombridae	20
	Common dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus	— Coryphaenidae	20
	Evergestella evincalis	Insecta Crambidae	19
	Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	Aves Mimidae	18
	Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus	— Scombridae	17
	Idaea eupitheciata	Insecta Geometridae	16
	Zebra Heliconian Heliconius charithonia	Insecta Nymphalidae	15
	Lasioglossum enatum	Insecta Halictidae	14
	albacore Thunnus alalunga	— Scombridae	13
	Pterocypha floridata	Insecta Geometridae	13
	Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae	Insecta Nymphalidae	12
	Moth Ethmia submissa	Insecta Ethmiidae	12
	Cope's worm lizard Amphisbaena fenestrata	Squamata Amphisbaenidae	12
	Cassidulus caribaearum	Echinoidea Cassidulidae	12
	Ornate Moth Utetheisa ornatrix	Insecta Erebidae	11
	Puerto Rican Racer Borikenophis portoricensis	Squamata Colubridae	11
	Cerion striatellum	Gastropoda Cerionidae	11
	Acrolophus walsinghami	Insecta Tineidae	10
	Polydamas Swallowtail Battus polydamas	Insecta Papilionidae	10
	Little Yellow Eurema lisa	Insecta Pieridae	10
	Callicista columella	Insecta Lycaenidae	9
	Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius	Insecta Lycaenidae	9
	Caillet's Fan Coral Javania cailleti	Anthozoa Flabellidae	9
	Heuretes picticornis	Insecta Limacodidae	8
	Soybean Webworm Moth Mesophleps adustipennis	Insecta Gelechiidae	8
	Caligus productus	Copepoda Caligidae	8
	Blue butterfly Cyclargus ammon	Insecta Lycaenidae	8
	Pompostolella aeneoalbida	Insecta Meessiidae	8
	Berg's Alatuncusia Moth Alatuncusia bergii	Insecta Crambidae	8
	Carrot Rock's Anole Anolis ernestwilliamsi	Squamata Dactyloidae	8
	Junonia lavinia	Insecta Nymphalidae	8
	Idaea minuta	Insecta Geometridae	8
	Idaea monata	Insecta Geometridae	8
	Striped Tree Snail Drymaeus elongatus	Gastropoda Bulimulidae	7
	Cautethia noctuiformis	Insecta Sphingidae	7
	Lobocleta indecora	Insecta Geometridae	7
	striate finger coral Madracis myriaster	Anthozoa Pocilloporidae	7
	Richard's Worm Snake Antillotyphlops richardi	Squamata Typhlopidae	7
	Parachondria lineolata	Gastropoda Annulariidae	6
	Antillimunida affinis	Malacostraca Munididae	6
	Ceramic Signed Urocopt Macroceramus signatus	Gastropoda Urocoptidae	6
	Caularis undulans	Insecta Noctuidae	6
	Antillean Carpenter Bee Xylocopa mordax	Insecta Apidae	6
	lantana stick caterpillar Neogalea sunia	Insecta Noctuidae	6
	Prolific coral Anomocora fecunda	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	6
	Chrysogorgia thyrsiformis	Anthozoa Chrysogorgiidae	6
	Red Rim Biblis hyperia	Insecta Sesiidae	6
	Great Southern white Ascia monuste	Insecta Pieridae	6