🇨🇽Animals recorded in Christmas Island

Which animals have been recorded in Christmas Island? 2,542 occurrence records cover 325 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 367 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Christmas Island Boobook, White-tailed Tropicbird, Red-footed Booby.

• 2,542 records
• 325 species
• 31 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Christmas Island Boobook, White-tailed Tropicbird, Red-footed Booby. 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 Christmas Island

	Animal	Group	Records
	Christmas Island Boobook Ninox natalis	Aves Strigidae	85
	White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	Aves Phaethontidae	77
	Red-footed Booby Sula sula	Aves Sulidae	64
	Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti	Aves Sulidae	52
	Claudia's Wrasse Halichoeres claudia	— Labridae	51
	Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus	— Acanthuridae	51
	Blue-spotted Grouper Cephalopholis argus	— Serranidae	49
	Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	46
	Orangeband Surgeonfish Acanthurus olivaceus	— Acanthuridae	43
	Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon Ducula whartoni	Aves Columbidae	42
	Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica	Aves Columbidae	42
	Lemonpeel angelfish Centropyge flavissima	— Pomacanthidae	39
	Stump-Toed Gecko Gehyra mutilata	Squamata Gekkonidae	39
	Great Frigatebird Fregata minor	Aves Fregatidae	38
	Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga	— Chaetodontidae	37
	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	Aves Sulidae	33
	Maypole Butterflyfish Chaetodon meyeri	— Chaetodontidae	32
	Ornate Butterflyfish Chaetodon ornatissimus	— Chaetodontidae	32
	Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi	Aves Fregatidae	31
	Cave Swiftlet Collocalia linchi	Aves Apodidae	26
	Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda	Aves Phaethontidae	26
	Gray Unicornfish Naso caesius	— Acanthuridae	26
	Crimson jobfish Pristipomoides filamentosus	— Lutjanidae	24
	Christmas Island red crab Gecarcoidea natalis	Malacostraca Gecarcinidae	23
	Powderblue surgeonfish Acanthurus leucosternon	— Acanthuridae	23
	Proisotomodes bipunctatus	Collembola Isotomidae	22
	Redstriped Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunula	— Chaetodontidae	20
	Black Unicornfish Naso hexacanthus	— Acanthuridae	19
	Prismatolaimus intermedius	— Prismatolaimidae	18
	Christmas Island White-eye Zosterops natalis	Aves Zosteropidae	18
	Three-spot Dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus	— Pomacentridae	18
	Blacktail Angelfish Centropyge eibli	— Pomacanthidae	17
	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	Aves Laridae	17
	Striped Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus	— Acanthuridae	17
	human Homo sapiens	Mammalia Hominidae	16
	Habrotrocha constricta	Eurotatoria Habrotrochidae	15
	Bluelined Snapper Lutjanus kasmira	— Lutjanidae	15
	Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides	Aves Falconidae	15
	Lineated Butterflyfish Chaetodon trifasciatus	— Chaetodontidae	14
	Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus	Aves Turdidae	14
	coconut crab Birgus latro	Malacostraca Coenobitidae	11
	Crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes	Insecta Formicidae	10
	Pixy Hawkfish Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus	— Cirrhitidae	10
	shortnosed unicornfish Naso brevirostris	— Acanthuridae	10
	Regal angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus	— Pomacanthidae	9
	White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus	Aves Rallidae	9
	Ophiura aequalis	Ophiuroidea Ophiuridae	8
	Christmas Island Blue Crab Tuerkayana celeste	Malacostraca Gecarcinidae	7
	Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus	— Labridae	7
	Cis christmasensis	Insecta Ciidae	6
	Blue Moon Hypolimnas bolina	Insecta Nymphalidae	6
	Orphnurgus glaber	Holothuroidea Deimatidae	6
	Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta	Aves Apodidae	6
	Orphnurgus insignis	Holothuroidea Deimatidae	6
	Siphonaria alba	Gastropoda Siphonariidae	6
	Common Paper Wasp Polistes fuscatus	Insecta Eumenidae	5
	Ophiomoeris obstricta	Ophiuroidea Ophiacanthidae	5
	Hypolimnas anomala	Insecta Nymphalidae	5
	Murray's sea cucumber Mesothuria murrayi	Holothuroidea Mesothuriidae	5
	Ophioscolex pertinax	Ophiuroidea Ophioscolecidae	5