🇬🇷Animals recorded in Greece

Which animals have been recorded in Greece? 66,353 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 367 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Erhard's wall lizard, Asian tiger mosquito, yellow spotted sedge.

• 66,353 records
• 1,200+ species
• 49 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Erhard's wall lizard, Asian tiger mosquito, yellow spotted sedge. 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 Greece

	Animal	Group	Records
	Erhard's wall lizard Podarcis erhardii	Squamata Lacertidae	2,510
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	441
	yellow spotted sedge Philopotamus montanus	Insecta Philopotamidae	265
	Great Tit Parus major	Aves Paridae	262
	European Bent-toed Gecko Mediodactylus kotschyi	Squamata Gekkonidae	260
	Red-bellied Jumping Spider Philaeus chrysops	Arachnida Salticidae	255
	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Aves Fringillidae	249
	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Aves Turdidae	244
	Polycentropus ierapetra	Insecta Polycentropodidae	233
	Marbled Cellar Spider Holocnemus pluchei	Arachnida Pholcidae	230
	Drassodes lutescens	Arachnida Gnaphosidae	218
	Aedes cretinus	Insecta Culicidae	217
	Heliophanus melinus	Arachnida Salticidae	198
	White-banded Fox Spider Alopecosa albofasciata	Arachnida Lycosidae	197
	Stone Ground-spider Drassodes lapidosus	Arachnida Gnaphosidae	195
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	191
	Crested Lark Galerida cristata	Aves Alaudidae	185
	Mesophylax aspersus	Insecta Limnephilidae	178
	Spitting Spider Scytodes thoracica	Arachnida Scytodidae	178
	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Aves Paridae	176
	Helophorus brevipalpis	Insecta Helophoridae	175
	Mediterranean Recluse Loxosceles rufescens	Arachnida Sicariidae	171
	Hydropsyche peristerica	Insecta Hydropsychidae	169
	Hydropsyche rhadamanthys	Insecta Hydropsychidae	167
	Freckled Feather-haired Ground Spider Pterotricha lentiginosa	Arachnida Gnaphosidae	165
	Jumping spider Menemerus semilimbatus	Arachnida Salticidae	165
	Flower Spider Thomisus onustus	Arachnida Thomisidae	162
	Eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki	— Poeciliidae	159
	Clothed Funnel Weaver Maimuna vestita	Arachnida Agelenidae	154
	Chocolate-Band Snail Eobania vermiculata	Gastropoda Helicidae	154
	Mediterranean white-banded spider Evarcha jucunda	Arachnida Salticidae	153
	Drassyllus praeficus	Arachnida Gnaphosidae	151
	Civizelotes caucasius	Arachnida Gnaphosidae	150
	Hydroptila vectis	Insecta Hydroptilidae	147
	Nomisia exornata	Arachnida Gnaphosidae	146
	Epiros riffle dace Telestes pleurobipunctatus	— Cyprinidae	144
	Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	Aves Sylviidae	143
	Stenophylax sequax	Insecta Limnephilidae	143
	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Aves Muscicapidae	142
	Lype reducta	Insecta Psychomyiidae	142
	Stenophylax tauricus	Insecta Limnephilidae	140
	Olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae	Insecta Tephritidae	140
	Mediterranean false black widow Steatoda paykulliana	Arachnida Theridiidae	138
	Wormaldia subnigra	Insecta Philopotamidae	135
	Sun jumping spider Heliophanus kochii	Arachnida Salticidae	132
	Cricket Bat Spider Mangora acalypha	Arachnida Araneidae	131
	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Aves Fringillidae	131
	Zelotes cingarus	Arachnida Gnaphosidae	129
	Lycosa praegrandis	Arachnida Lycosidae	127
	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Aves Fringillidae	126
	Hydropsyche instabilis	Insecta Hydropsychidae	125
	banded jumper Phlegra fasciata	Arachnida Salticidae	123
	Wormaldia occipitalis	Insecta Philopotamidae	120
	Frontinellina frutetorum	Arachnida Linyphiidae	120
	Oxyethira delcourti	Insecta Hydroptilidae	119
	Western Greece Goby Economidichthys pygmaeus	— Gobiidae	119
	Chalcoscirtus infimus	Arachnida Salticidae	118
	Ornatoraphidia flavilabris	Insecta Raphidiidae	117
	Nomisia excerpta	Arachnida Gnaphosidae	116
	Common Palp-footed Spider Palpimanus gibbulus	Arachnida Palpimanidae	116