🇩🇲Animals recorded in Dominica

Which animals have been recorded in Dominica? 6,856 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 229 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Dominican Anole, Citrine Forktail, Martinique Robber frog.

• 6,856 records
• 1,200+ species
• 41 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Dominican Anole, Citrine Forktail, Martinique Robber frog. 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 Dominica

	Animal	Group	Records
	Dominican Anole Anolis oculatus	Squamata Dactyloidae	378
	Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata	Insecta Coenagrionidae	169
	Martinique Robber frog Eleutherodactylus martinicensis	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	147
	Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata	Insecta Libellulidae	129
	Rambur's Forktail Ischnura ramburii	Insecta Coenagrionidae	69
	Swordfish Xiphias gladius	— Xiphiidae	63
	Protoneura ailsa	Insecta Coenagrionidae	54
	Macroscytalus guadelupensis	Insecta Curculionidae	53
	Planthopper Xyphon reticulatum	Insecta Cicadellidae	50
	Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis	Aves Thraupidae	48
	Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus	— Scombridae	47
	Yellow-fin Tunny Thunnus albacares	— Scombridae	43
	Velvety free-tailed bat Molossus molossus	Mammalia Molossidae	43
	Argia concinna	Insecta Coenagrionidae	42
	Bananaquit Coereba flaveola	Aves Thraupidae	38
	western honey bee Apis mellifera	Insecta Apidae	34
	Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis	Aves Trochilidae	34
	Myotis spec	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	33
	Chloronia antilliensis	Insecta Corydalidae	33
	sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus	Mammalia Physeteridae	32
	River crab Guinotia dentata	Malacostraca Pseudothelphusidae	32
	Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia	Aves Parulidae	29
	Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor	Aves Thraupidae	28
	Plumbeous Warbler Setophaga plumbea	Aves Parulidae	27
	West Indian fruit fly Anastrepha obliqua	Insecta Tephritidae	27
	The eight-whorled Achatina Subulina octona	Gastropoda Achatinidae	26
	Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca	Aves Mimidae	25
	Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis	Aves Tyrannidae	24
	Ant-parasitic wasp Orasema minutissima	Insecta Eucharitidae	23
	Dythemis sterilis	Insecta Libellulidae	22
	Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis	Aves Thraupidae	22
	Polydacrys scansorius	Insecta Curculionidae	21
	Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	Aves Trochilidae	21
	Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda	Aves Mimidae	21
	Anthonomus convexicollis	Insecta Curculionidae	21
	Caribbean Hermit Crab Coenobita clypeatus	Malacostraca Coenobitidae	21
	Escolar Lepidocybium flavobrunneum	— Gempylidae	20
	Ethmia joviella	Insecta Ethmiidae	20
	Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis	Aves Turdidae	20
	Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	Aves Tyrannidae	20
	House Wren Troglodytes aedon	Aves Troglodytidae	20
	Crested anole Anolis cristatellus	Squamata Dactyloidae	18
	Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	Aves Trochilidae	18
	Helicina rhodostoma	Gastropoda Helicinidae	17
	Purple Bluet Enallagma coecum	Insecta Coenagrionidae	17
	Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana	Aves Columbidae	17
	Telebasis sanguinalis	Insecta Coenagrionidae	17
	West Indian Bulimulus Bulimulus guadalupensis	Gastropoda Bulimulidae	17
	Multitooth Pleurodonte Pleurodonte dentiens	Gastropoda Pleurodontidae	17
	Auletobius guadelupensis	Insecta Attelabidae	16
	Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi	Aves Tyrannidae	16
	Guadeloupe Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira angeli	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	16
	Dominica Groundlizard Pholidoscelis fuscatus	Squamata Teiidae	15
	Jamaican fruit bat Artibeus jamaicensis	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	15
	Three-striped Dasher Micrathyria didyma	Insecta Libellulidae	15
	Tusked goby Risor ruber	— Gobiidae	14
	Liriomyza marginalis	Insecta Agromyzidae	13
	Insular Long-tongued Bat Monophyllus plethodon	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	13
	Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus	Aves Vireonidae	13
	Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	Aves Tyrannidae	13