🇨🇲What animals live in Cameroon?
311,635 animal records from Cameroon cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.
- 311,635 records
- 1,200+ species
- 0 classes
Most-recorded animals in Cameroon
| Animal | Group | Records | |
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Anopheles gambiae | Insecta Culicidae |
6,640 |
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Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus |
Aves Pycnonotidae |
2,336 |
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Pied Crow
Corvus albus |
Aves Corvidae |
1,860 |
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Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus |
Aves Passeridae |
1,691 |
| Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus |
Aves Ploceidae |
1,673 | |
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Black Kite
Milvus migrans |
Aves Accipitridae |
1,574 |
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African Thrush
Turdus pelios |
Aves Turdidae |
1,347 |
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Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata |
Aves Columbidae |
1,284 |
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African Palm-Swift
Cypsiurus parvus |
Aves Apodidae |
1,283 |
| Asythosia velutina | Insecta Erebidae |
1,255 | |
| Olive Ridley
Lepidochelys olivacea |
Testudines Cheloniidae |
1,230 | |
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Bronze mannikin
Lonchura cucullata |
Aves Estrildidae |
1,226 |
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Speckled Mousebird
Colius striatus |
Aves Coliidae |
1,165 |
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Little Swift
Apus affinis |
Aves Apodidae |
1,123 |
| Black Stork
Ciconia nigra |
Aves Ciconiidae |
1,107 | |
| Black-crowned Waxbill
Estrilda nonnula |
Aves Estrildidae |
1,099 | |
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Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis |
Aves Alcedinidae |
1,089 |
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green turtle
Chelonia mydas |
Testudines Cheloniidae |
1,011 |
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Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira cyanea |
Aves Platysteiridae |
1,000 |
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Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura |
Aves Cisticolidae |
999 |
| Vieillot's Weaver
Ploceus nigerrimus |
Aves Ploceidae |
996 | |
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African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus |
Aves Accipitridae |
920 |
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African Green-Pigeon
Treron calvus |
Aves Columbidae |
905 |
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Little Greenbul
Eurillas virens |
Aves Pycnonotidae |
885 |
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African Pied Hornbill
Lophoceros fasciatus |
Aves Bucerotidae |
883 |
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Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis |
Aves Ardeidae |
870 |
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Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus |
Aves Lybiidae |
862 |
| African Blue Flycatcher
Elminia longicauda |
Aves Stenostiridae |
860 | |
| Pearl Stingray
Fontitrygon margaritella |
Elasmobranchii Dasyatidae |
856 | |
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Yellow-fronted Canary
Crithagra mozambica |
Aves Fringillidae |
847 |
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Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Turtur afer |
Aves Columbidae |
835 |
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Olive-bellied Sunbird
Cinnyris chloropygius |
Aves Nectariniidae |
797 |
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Gray-headed Nigrita
Nigrita canicapillus |
Aves Estrildidae |
789 |
| Mylantria xanthospila | Insecta Erebidae |
779 | |
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Olive Sunbird
Cyanomitra olivacea |
Aves Nectariniidae |
774 |
| Gray Parrot
Psittacus erithacus |
Aves Psittacidae |
729 | |
| Derambila punctisignata | Insecta Geometridae |
716 | |
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Palm-nut Vulture
Gypohierax angolensis |
Aves Accipitridae |
709 |
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Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Estrilda melpoda |
Aves Estrildidae |
695 |
| Black-and-white Mannikin
Lonchura bicolor |
Aves Estrildidae |
684 | |
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Lesser Striped-Swallow
Cecropis abyssinica |
Aves Hirundinidae |
681 |
| Black Sawwing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
Aves Hirundinidae |
679 | |
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African Pygmy-Kingfisher
Ispidina picta |
Aves Alcedinidae |
657 |
| Blackchin guitarfish
Glaucostegus cemiculus |
Elasmobranchii Glaucostegidae |
657 | |
| Chattering Cisticola
Cisticola anonymus |
Aves Cisticolidae |
654 | |
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Yellow-billed Turaco
Tauraco macrorhynchus |
Aves Musophagidae |
653 |
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Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica |
Aves Hirundinidae |
626 |
| Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris reichenowi |
Aves Nectariniidae |
607 | |
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Long-tailed Cormorant
Microcarbo africanus |
Aves Phalacrocoracidae |
606 |
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African Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone viridis |
Aves Monarchidae |
599 |
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Green Hylia
Hylia prasina |
Aves Cettiidae |
584 |
| Enteromius guirali | — Cyprinidae |
582 | |
| Blue-headed Coucal
Centropus monachus |
Aves Cuculidae |
570 | |
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Senegal Coucal
Centropus senegalensis |
Aves Cuculidae |
553 |
| Western Mountain-Greenbul
Arizelocichla tephrolaema |
Aves Pycnonotidae |
547 | |
| Forest White-eye
Zosterops stenocricotus |
Aves Zosteropidae |
544 | |
| Lophilema fletcheri | Insecta Erebidae |
540 | |
| Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros caffer |
Mammalia Hipposideridae |
537 | |
| Peters's Hybomys
Hybomys univittatus |
Mammalia Muridae |
537 | |
| Ligulosia costimaculata | Insecta Erebidae |
533 |
How to read this. These are records, not a census. A high count can mean a
common animal or simply a well-watched one, and rare visitors appear alongside residents. Open an animal to see
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