🇨🇳Animals recorded in China

Which animals have been recorded in China? 181,407 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 Cinereous Vulture, Black-faced Spoonbill, Mallard.

• 181,407 records
• 1,200+ species
• 72 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Cinereous Vulture, Black-faced Spoonbill, Mallard. 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 China

	Animal	Group	Records
	Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	Aves Accipitridae	14,522
	Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	Aves Threskiornithidae	11,563
	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Aves Anatidae	1,760
	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus	Aves Passeridae	1,688
	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Aves Motacillidae	1,131
	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Aves Phasianidae	1,111
	Oriental Magpie Pica serica	Aves Corvidae	1,017
	Glycera unicornis	Polychaeta Glyceridae	807
	Bristle worm Sternaspis scutata	Polychaeta Sternaspidae	784
	Terebellides stroemii	Polychaeta Trichobranchidae	716
	Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	Aves Anatidae	715
	South China Field Mouse Apodemus draco	Mammalia Muridae	693
	Confucian Niviventer Niviventer confucianus	Mammalia Muridae	683
	southern rough shrimp Trachysalambria curvirostris	Malacostraca Penaeidae	564
	Asian Grass Frog Fejervarya limnocharis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	549
	Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica	Aves Fringillidae	547
	Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus	Aves Paridae	532
	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Aves Columbidae	531
	Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus	Aves Muscicapidae	522
	Przewalski's Toadhead Agama Phrynocephalus przewalskii	Squamata Agamidae	502
	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	496
	Chestnut Rat Niviventer fulvescens	Mammalia Muridae	482
	Japanese Mantis Shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria	Malacostraca Squillidae	457
	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Aves Scolopacidae	452
	Asiatic Toad Bufo gargarizans	Amphibia Bufonidae	444
	Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis	Aves Columbidae	438
	Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	Aves Corvidae	432
	Goniada maculata	Polychaeta Goniadidae	427
	Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus	Aves Cuculidae	411
	Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes	Aves Cettiidae	408
	Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus	Aves Anatidae	406
	Monomia argentata	Malacostraca Portunidae	402
	Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus	Aves Corvidae	401
	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	Aves Podicipedidae	398
	Club Worm Notomastus latericeus	Polychaeta Capitellidae	398
	Little Egret Egretta garzetta	Aves Ardeidae	394
	Przewalski's wonder gecko Teratoscincus przewalskii	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	389
	Roborowski's Toadhead Agama Phrynocephalus roborowskii	Squamata Agamidae	383
	Asiatic Grass Frog Rana chensinensis	Amphibia Ranidae	378
	Mongolian Toad Strauchbufo raddei	Amphibia Bufonidae	374
	Gray Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	363
	Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros	Aves Muscicapidae	360
	Japanese snapping shrimp Alpheus japonicus	Malacostraca Alpheidae	355
	Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii	Aves Leiothrichidae	351
	Red-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha	Aves Corvidae	344
	Charybdis bimaculata	Malacostraca Portunidae	340
	Chinese ditch prawn Palaemon gravieri	Malacostraca Palaemonidae	340
	Ninoe palmata	Polychaeta Lumbrineridae	330
	Crested Lark Galerida cristata	Aves Alaudidae	329
	Alionectes pulchricristatus	Malacostraca Portunidae	323
	Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea	Aves Motacillidae	323
	smooth shelled prawn Batepenaeopsis tenella	Malacostraca Penaeidae	323
	Festive Bumble Bee Bombus festivus	Insecta Apidae	317
	Crangon affinis	Malacostraca Crangonidae	317
	Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	Aves Podicipedidae	315
	red rice prawn Metapenaeopsis barbata	Malacostraca Penaeidae	312
	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Aves Rallidae	304
	Common Tern Sterna hirundo	Aves Laridae	295
	Asian Gray Shrew Crocidura attenuata	Mammalia Soricidae	283
	Plumbeous Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus	Aves Muscicapidae	280