🇩🇯Animals recorded in Djibouti

Which animals have been recorded in Djibouti? 3,068 occurrence records cover 231 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 Arabian butterflyfish, Baluchistan Gerbil, Parker’s Pigmy Gecko.

• 3,068 records
• 231 species
• 23 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Arabian butterflyfish, Baluchistan Gerbil, Parker’s Pigmy Gecko. 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 Djibouti

	Animal	Group	Records
	Arabian butterflyfish Chaetodon melapterus	— Chaetodontidae	97
	Baluchistan Gerbil Gerbillus nanus	Mammalia Muridae	94
	Parker’s Pigmy Gecko Tropiocolotes somalicus	Squamata Gekkonidae	93
	Speke's gundi Pectinator spekei	Mammalia Ctenodactylidae	92
	Common House Lizard Hemidactylus flaviviridis	Squamata Gekkonidae	86
	Sclerophrys dodsoni	Amphibia Bufonidae	84
	Rough-tailed Gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum	Squamata Gekkonidae	81
	Greater Egyptian Gerbil Gerbillus pyramidum	Mammalia Muridae	80
	Egyptian Tomb Bat Taphozous perforatus	Mammalia Emballonuridae	68
	Regal angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus	— Pomacanthidae	66
	Bluelined Snapper Lutjanus kasmira	— Lutjanidae	64
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	58
	Wagner's Dipodil Dipodillus dasyurus	Mammalia Muridae	55
	Kachowski's Sand Frog Tomopterna kachowskii	Amphibia Pyxicephalidae	53
	Unstriped Ground Squirrel Xerus rutilus	Mammalia Sciuridae	50
	Middle Eastern Rock Gecko Pristurus flavipunctatus	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	46
	Ringed Wall Gecko Tarentola annularis	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	46
	Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper Echis pyramidum	Squamata Viperidae	44
	Gray's Agama Agama spinosa	Squamata Agamidae	39
	Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus	Aves Threskiornithidae	36
	Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula	Aves Ploceidae	35
	Heart-nosed Bat Cardioderma cor	Mammalia Megadermatidae	32
	Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea	Aves Columbidae	30
	Whale Shark Rhincodon typus	Elasmobranchii Rhincodontidae	29
	Abyssinian Hare Lepus habessinicus	Mammalia Leporidae	29
	white-tailed mongoose Ichneumia albicauda	Mammalia Herpestidae	28
	Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	28
	Eritrean Ridgeback Agama Acanthocercus annectens	Squamata Agamidae	28
	House Crow Corvus splendens	Aves Corvidae	26
	sand fox Vulpes rueppellii	Mammalia Canidae	26
	African Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura afra	Mammalia Emballonuridae	22
	Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	Aves Laridae	21
	Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga	Aves Estrildidae	21
	Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	Aves Nectariniidae	21
	Crab-Plover Dromas ardeola	Aves Dromadidae	21
	Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus	Aves Passeridae	21
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	19
	Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus	Aves Charadriidae	18
	Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura	Aves Nectariniidae	18
	Ragazzi's Fan-footed Gecko Ptyodactylus ragazzii	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	17
	Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus	Aves Meropidae	15
	Little Stint Calidris minuta	Aves Scolopacidae	15
	Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps	Aves Alaudidae	15
	Short-necked Skink Trachylepis brevicollis	Squamata Scincidae	15
	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	15
	Benguella Grassland Frog Ptychadena anchietae	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	14
	Twoband anemonefish Amphiprion bicinctus	— Pomacentridae	14
	Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Erythropygia galactotes	Aves Muscicapidae	14
	Tremolo Sand Frog Tomopterna cryptotis	Amphibia Pyxicephalidae	12
	Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii	Aves Pteroclididae	12
	Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Aves Ardeidae	12
	Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis	Aves Ardeidae	12
	Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	Aves Scolopacidae	12
	Ragazzi's Bronze Skink Chalcides ragazzii	Squamata Scincidae	12
	Three-spot Dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus	— Pomacentridae	10
	cat Felis catus	Mammalia Felidae	9
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	9
	Crested Lark Galerida cristata	Aves Alaudidae	9
	Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata	Aves Muscicapidae	9
	White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis	Aves Meropidae	9