🇨🇨What animals live in the Cocos Islands?

29,577 animal records from the Cocos Islands cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 29,577 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in the Cocos Islands

	Animal	Group	Records
	White Tern Gygis alba	Aves Laridae	1,138
	Rufous Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus	Aves Ardeidae	995
	White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus	Aves Rallidae	970
	Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra	Aves Ardeidae	887
	Green Junglefowl Gallus varius	Aves Phasianidae	738
	Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa	Aves Anatidae	592
	Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel	Aves Fregatidae	485
	Red-footed Booby Sula sula	Aves Sulidae	386
	White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	Aves Phaethontidae	355
	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	Aves Laridae	309
	intermediate egret Egretta intermedia	Aves Ardeidae	306
	Great Frigatebird Fregata minor	Aves Fregatidae	269
	Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis	Aves Rallidae	207
	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	Aves Sulidae	174
	Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	169
	Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus	Aves Phasianidae	162
	Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Aves Scolopacidae	160
	Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis	Aves Coraciidae	160
	Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	Aves Scolopacidae	157
	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	155
	Sad Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris	Squamata Gekkonidae	143
	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	131
	wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus	Aves Procellariidae	129
	Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes	Aves Scolopacidae	127
	Masked Sula dactylatra	Aves Sulidae	124
	Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus	Aves Cuculidae	123
	Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	Aves Laridae	121
	Greater Sand-Plover Charadrius leschenaultii	Aves Charadriidae	120
	Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	Aves Scolopacidae	112
	Threespot Wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus	— Labridae	108
	Red Hermit Crab Coenobita perlatus	Malacostraca Coenobitidae	108
	Chestnut crab Cardisoma carnifex	Malacostraca Gecarcinidae	105
	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Aves Scolopacidae	103
	Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum	Aves Glareolidae	96
	Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis	Aves Scolopacidae	96
	Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus	Aves Ardeidae	91
	Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga	— Chaetodontidae	90
	Blacktip Reef Shark Carcharhinus melanopterus	Elasmobranchii Carcharhinidae	89
	Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura	Aves Scolopacidae	88
	Northern Pintail Anas acuta	Aves Anatidae	86
	White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae	Aves Ardeidae	78
	Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva	Aves Charadriidae	77
	Striated Heron Butorides striata	Aves Ardeidae	77
	Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	Aves Scolopacidae	77
	Javan Pond-Heron Ardeola speciosa	Aves Ardeidae	76
	Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola	Aves Charadriidae	75
	Yellow-fin Tunny Thunnus albacares	— Scombridae	74
	Convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus	— Acanthuridae	74
	Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus	Aves Recurvirostridae	73
	Watercock Gallicrex cinerea	Aves Rallidae	70
	Whitecheek surgeonfish Acanthurus nigricans	— Acanthuridae	70
	Claudia's Wrasse Halichoeres claudia	— Labridae	67
	Yellow-margined Snapper Lutjanus fulvus	— Lutjanidae	67
	Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis	Aves Ardeidae	66
	Little Egret Egretta garzetta	Aves Ardeidae	63
	Long snouted lancetfish Alepisaurus ferox	— Alepisauridae	60
	Palenose Parrotfish Scarus psittacus	— Scaridae	60
	Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda	Aves Phaethontidae	58
	Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	Aves Scolopacidae	56
	Stump-Toed Gecko Gehyra mutilata	Squamata Gekkonidae	56