🇬🇦What animals live in Gabon?
259,300 animal records from Gabon cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.
- 259,300 records
- 1,200+ species
- 0 classes
Most-recorded animals in Gabon
| Animal | Group | Records | |
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Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus |
Aves Pycnonotidae |
1,536 |
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Palm-nut Vulture
Gypohierax angolensis |
Aves Accipitridae |
1,069 |
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Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata |
Aves Columbidae |
1,038 |
| Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus |
Aves Ploceidae |
1,037 | |
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Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis |
Aves Alcedinidae |
926 |
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African Pied Hornbill
Lophoceros fasciatus |
Aves Bucerotidae |
912 |
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African Thrush
Turdus pelios |
Aves Turdidae |
882 |
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Lesser Striped-Swallow
Cecropis abyssinica |
Aves Hirundinidae |
841 |
| Walter Verheyen's Mouse
Hylomyscus walterverheyeni |
Mammalia Muridae |
814 | |
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Bronze mannikin
Lonchura cucullata |
Aves Estrildidae |
806 |
| Gray Parrot
Psittacus erithacus |
Aves Psittacidae |
804 | |
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African Palm-Swift
Cypsiurus parvus |
Aves Apodidae |
768 |
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Little Swift
Apus affinis |
Aves Apodidae |
757 |
| Rosy Bee-eater
Merops malimbicus |
Aves Meropidae |
676 | |
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Piping Hornbill
Bycanistes fistulator |
Aves Bucerotidae |
656 |
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African Green-Pigeon
Treron calvus |
Aves Columbidae |
652 |
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Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis |
Aves Ardeidae |
614 |
| Vieillot's Weaver
Ploceus nigerrimus |
Aves Ploceidae |
606 | |
| Black-casqued Hornbill
Ceratogymna atrata |
Aves Bucerotidae |
595 | |
| Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Merops variegatus |
Aves Meropidae |
591 | |
| Reichenbach's Sunbird
Anabathmis reichenbachii |
Aves Nectariniidae |
590 | |
| Long-legged Pipit
Anthus pallidiventris |
Aves Motacillidae |
588 | |
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Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Turtur afer |
Aves Columbidae |
571 |
| Johnston's Forest Shrew
Sylvisorex johnstoni |
Mammalia Soricidae |
546 | |
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Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus |
Aves Passeridae |
521 |
| Peters's Hybomys
Hybomys univittatus |
Mammalia Muridae |
497 | |
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Pied Crow
Corvus albus |
Aves Corvidae |
475 |
| African glass catfish
Pareutropius debauwi |
— Schilbeidae |
466 | |
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Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Estrilda melpoda |
Aves Estrildidae |
466 |
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Little Greenbul
Eurillas virens |
Aves Pycnonotidae |
463 |
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Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos |
Aves Scolopacidae |
462 |
| Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima |
Aves Alcedinidae |
461 | |
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Great Blue Turaco
Corythaeola cristata |
Aves Musophagidae |
450 |
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Splendid Starling
Lamprotornis splendidus |
Aves Sturnidae |
440 |
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Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta |
Aves Scopidae |
439 |
| Golden Puddle Frog
Phrynobatrachus auritus |
Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae |
425 | |
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African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus |
Aves Accipitridae |
421 |
| Misonne's Praomys
Praomys misonnei |
Mammalia Muridae |
419 | |
| Black-necked/Spectacled Weaver
Ploceus nigricollis |
Aves Ploceidae |
415 | |
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Olive Sunbird
Cyanomitra olivacea |
Aves Nectariniidae |
412 |
| Marcusenius moorii | — Mormyridae |
409 | |
| White-throated Blue Swallow
Hirundo nigrita |
Aves Hirundinidae |
405 | |
| Carmelite Sunbird
Chalcomitra fuliginosa |
Aves Nectariniidae |
403 | |
| Chattering Cisticola
Cisticola anonymus |
Aves Cisticolidae |
400 | |
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African Darter
Anhinga rufa |
Aves Anhingidae |
396 |
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Hadada Ibis
Bostrychia hagedash |
Aves Threskiornithidae |
395 |
| long-finned characin
Brycinus longipinnis |
— Alestidae |
390 | |
| Swamp Greenbul
Thescelocichla leucopleura |
Aves Pycnonotidae |
379 | |
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Olive-bellied Sunbird
Cinnyris chloropygius |
Aves Nectariniidae |
367 |
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Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis |
Aves Alcedinidae |
364 |
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Pink-backed Pelican
Pelecanus rufescens |
Aves Pelecanidae |
358 |
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Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira cyanea |
Aves Platysteiridae |
357 |
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Osprey
Pandion haliaetus |
Aves Pandionidae |
351 |
| Black-and-white Mannikin
Lonchura bicolor |
Aves Estrildidae |
344 | |
| Green-headed Sunbird
Cyanomitra verticalis |
Aves Nectariniidae |
335 | |
| African woollyneck
Ciconia microscelis |
Aves Ciconiidae |
334 | |
| African forest elephant
Loxodonta cyclotis |
Mammalia Elephantidae |
334 | |
| Flagfin mojarra
Eucinostomus melanopterus |
— Gerreidae |
326 | |
| Cassin's Flycatcher
Muscicapa cassini |
Aves Muscicapidae |
325 | |
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Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura |
Aves Viduidae |
324 |
How to read this. These are records, not a census. A high count can mean a
common animal or simply a well-watched one, and rare visitors appear alongside residents. Open an animal to see
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