🇨🇽What animals live in Christmas Island?

48,408 animal records from Christmas Island cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 48,408 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Christmas Island

	Animal	Group	Records
	Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon Ducula whartoni	Aves Columbidae	1,911
	Red-footed Booby Sula sula	Aves Sulidae	1,845
	White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	Aves Phaethontidae	1,693
	Christmas Island White-eye Zosterops natalis	Aves Zosteropidae	1,618
	Great Frigatebird Fregata minor	Aves Fregatidae	1,516
	Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi	Aves Fregatidae	1,497
	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	Aves Sulidae	1,404
	Christmas Island Swiftlet Collocalia natalis	Aves Apodidae	1,392
	Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides	Aves Falconidae	1,155
	Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica	Aves Columbidae	998
	Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti	Aves Sulidae	790
	Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda	Aves Phaethontidae	782
	Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus	Aves Phasianidae	755
	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus	Aves Passeridae	681
	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	Aves Laridae	667
	Christmas Island Boobook Ninox natalis	Aves Strigidae	468
	White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus	Aves Rallidae	432
	Whale Shark Rhincodon typus	Elasmobranchii Rhincodontidae	390
	Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra	Aves Ardeidae	385
	Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus	Aves Turdidae	374
	Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel	Aves Fregatidae	340
	Christmas Island red crab Gecarcoidea natalis	Malacostraca Gecarcinidae	301
	Java Sparrow Lonchura oryzivora	Aves Estrildidae	279
	Black-eared flying fox Pteropus melanotus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	254
	Christmas Island Forest Gecko Cyrtodactylus sadleiri	Squamata Gekkonidae	246
	coconut crab Birgus latro	Malacostraca Coenobitidae	232
	White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae	Aves Ardeidae	201
	Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	Aves Scolopacidae	196
	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	175
	Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	164
	Christmas Island Blue Crab Tuerkayana celeste	Malacostraca Gecarcinidae	163
	Great Egret Ardea alba	Aves Ardeidae	146
	Christmas Island Blue-tailed Shinning-skink Cryptoblepharus egeriae	Squamata Scincidae	145
	Christmas Island Whiptail-skink Emoia nativitatis	Squamata Scincidae	131
	Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus	Aves Accipitridae	125
	Whitecheek surgeonfish Acanthurus nigricans	— Acanthuridae	121
	Striated Heron Butorides striata	Aves Ardeidae	120
	intermediate egret Egretta intermedia	Aves Ardeidae	117
	Blue Moon Hypolimnas bolina	Insecta Nymphalidae	111
	Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	Aves Threskiornithidae	108
	Vietnamese Giant Centipede Scolopendra subspinipes	Chilopoda Scolopendridae	106
	Christmas Island Chained Gecko Lepidodactylus listeri	Squamata Gekkonidae	94
	Ornate Butterflyfish Chaetodon ornatissimus	— Chaetodontidae	92
	Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum	Aves Glareolidae	92
	Maypole Butterflyfish Chaetodon meyeri	— Chaetodontidae	91
	Arceye Hawkfish Paracirrhites arcatus	— Cirrhitidae	90
	Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea	Aves Motacillidae	88
	Black durgon triggerfish Melichthys niger	— Balistidae	84
	Moorish idol Zanclus cornutus	— Zanclidae	83
	Blue-spotted Grouper Cephalopholis argus	— Serranidae	79
	Orangeband Surgeonfish Acanthurus olivaceus	— Acanthuridae	77
	Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus	— Acanthuridae	76
	Redstriped Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunula	— Chaetodontidae	76
	Claudia's Wrasse Halichoeres claudia	— Labridae	75
	Striped Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus	— Acanthuridae	73
	Australian Ibis Threskiornis molucca	Aves Threskiornithidae	72
	Lasioglossum andrewsi	Insecta Halictidae	72
	Little Nipper Geograpsus grayi	Malacostraca Grapsidae	71
	Stump-Toed Gecko Gehyra mutilata	Squamata Gekkonidae	70
	Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus	Aves Cuculidae	69