🇪🇹Animals recorded in Ethiopia

Which animals have been recorded in Ethiopia? 20,278 occurrence records cover 1,200+ 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 Coucha Rat, Ethiopian Arvicanthis, Pardosa alticola.

• 20,278 records
• 1,200+ species
• 27 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Coucha Rat, Ethiopian Arvicanthis, Pardosa alticola. 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 Ethiopia

	Animal	Group	Records
	Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	645
	Ethiopian Arvicanthis Arvicanthis abyssinicus	Mammalia Muridae	541
	Pardosa alticola	Arachnida Lycosidae	353
	White-footed Stenocephalemys Stenocephalemys albipes	Mammalia Muridae	329
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	168
	Harrington's Desmomys Desmomys harringtoni	Mammalia Muridae	153
	Typical Lemniscomys Lemniscomys striatus	Mammalia Muridae	149
	African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus	Mammalia Muridae	147
	Common agama Agama agama	Squamata Agamidae	128
	Simien Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys simensis	Mammalia Muridae	125
	African Common Toad Sclerophrys regularis	Amphibia Bufonidae	109
	Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus	Aves Nectariniidae	99
	Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus labiatus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	98
	western honey bee Apis mellifera	Insecta Apidae	97
	Ethiopian Vlei Rat Otomys typus	Mammalia Muridae	91
	Pardosa injucunda	Arachnida Lycosidae	86
	Gray-tailed Stenocephalemys Stenocephalemys griseicauda	Mammalia Muridae	80
	Bailey's Shrew Crocidura baileyi	Mammalia Soricidae	77
	African giant shrew Crocidura olivieri	Mammalia Soricidae	75
	Ethiopian Buff-spotted Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys flavopunctatus	Mammalia Muridae	75
	Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea	Aves Ploceidae	73
	Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus	Aves Ploceidae	67
	Black-necked Agama Acanthocercus atricollis	Squamata Agamidae	66
	Common Dasymys Dasymys incomtus	Mammalia Muridae	65
	Keith's Toad Sclerophrys kerinyagae	Amphibia Bufonidae	65
	African Migrant Catopsilia florella	Insecta Pieridae	64
	Reddish-white Mastomys Mastomys erythroleucus	Mammalia Muridae	62
	Fringe-tailed Gerbil Gerbilliscus robustus	Mammalia Muridae	60
	Northeast african mole rat Tachyoryctes splendens	Mammalia Spalacidae	58
	Soldier Commodore Junonia terea	Insecta Nymphalidae	57
	Flying Handkerchief Papilio dardanus	Insecta Papilionidae	57
	Natal Frog Phrynobatrachus natalensis	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	56
	Glass's Shrew Crocidura glassi	Mammalia Soricidae	56
	Lake Langano Toad Sclerophrys langanoensis	Amphibia Bufonidae	55
	Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala	Aves Estrildidae	55
	Peters's Mouse Mus setulosus	Mammalia Muridae	54
	Chief Amauris echeria	Insecta Nymphalidae	53
	Erlanger's Grassland Frog Ptychadena erlangeri	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	52
	Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus	Aves Nectariniidae	51
	White-Banded Swallowtail Papilio echerioides	Insecta Papilionidae	50
	Short-tailed Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys brevicaudus	Mammalia Muridae	50
	Northern Masked-Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus	Aves Ploceidae	48
	Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix	Aves Ploceidae	48
	mantled guereza Colobus guereza	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	48
	Green-banded Swallowtail Papilio nireus	Insecta Papilionidae	43
	Osgood's Ethiopian Toad Altiphrynoides osgoodi	Amphibia Bufonidae	42
	African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata	Aves Estrildidae	41
	Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	40
	White-tailed Stenocephalemys Stenocephalemys albocaudata	Mammalia Muridae	40
	Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana	Aves Cisticolidae	40
	Beautiful Monarch Tirumala formosa	Insecta Nymphalidae	39
	Creamy Small White Dixeia orbona	Insecta Pieridae	39
	Benguella Grassland Frog Ptychadena anchietae	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	39
	Foveosa foveolata	Arachnida Lycosidae	39
	Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus	Aves Cisticolidae	39
	Eastern Olive Toad Sclerophrys garmani	Amphibia Bufonidae	37
	House-fly Musca domestica	Insecta Muscidae	37
	Amauris niavius	Insecta Nymphalidae	37
	Anthene indefinita	Insecta Lycaenidae	37
	Mahomet Mouse Mus mahomet	Mammalia Muridae	37