🇬🇺What animals live in Guam?

Name: Animal occurrence records for Guam
Creator: What Animal Lives Where

123,077 animal records from Guam cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

123,077 records
1,200+ species
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Most-recorded animals in Guam

Animal	Group	Records
Ocellate Damselfish Pomacentrus vaiuli	— Pomacentridae	2,260
Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus	— Acanthuridae	2,142
Curious Skink Carlia ailanpalai	Squamata Scincidae	2,051
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus	Aves Passeridae	1,955
Bullethead Parrotfish Chlorurus spilurus	— Scaridae	1,759
Fivestripe wrasse Thalassoma quinquevittatum	— Labridae	1,592
Marianas Blue-Tailed Skink Emoia caeruleocauda	Squamata Scincidae	1,472
Island Collared-Dove Streptopelia bitorquata	Aves Columbidae	1,428
Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra	Aves Ardeidae	1,419
Striated surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus	— Acanthuridae	1,391
Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva	Aves Charadriidae	1,326
Arceye Hawkfish, Arc-eye hawkfish Paracirrhites arcatus	— Cirrhitidae	1,241
Brown Cat Snake Boiga irregularis	Squamata Colubridae	1,209
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus	Aves Dicruridae	1,134
Flagtail Grouper, Darkfin hind Cephalopholis urodeta	— Serranidae	1,133
Orangespine unicornfish Naso lituratus	— Acanthuridae	1,072
Tracey's Damselfish Chrysiptera traceyi	— Pomacentridae	1,052
Garden spider Argiope appensa	Arachnida Araneidae	965
jewel damsel Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus	— Pomacentridae	898
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus	— Labridae	885
Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	875
Sad Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris	Squamata Gekkonidae	807
White Tern Gygis alba	Aves Laridae	804
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Aves Scolopacidae	790
Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes	Aves Scolopacidae	786
Pacific Gregory Stegastes fasciolatus	— Pomacentridae	745
Ringtail maori wrasse Oxycheilinus unifasciatus	— Labridae	741
Surge Damselfish Chrysiptera brownriggii	— Pomacentridae	739
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	720
Leopard Wrasse, Blackspotted wrasse Macropharyngodon meleagris	— Labridae	707
Striped Triggerfish, Orange-lined triggerfish Balistapus undulatus	— Balistidae	676
Manybar goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus	— Mullidae	649
Guam Damsel Pomachromis guamensis	— Pomacentridae	636
Biocellate wrasse Halichoeres biocellatus	— Labridae	617
Pearl-spotted Wrasse, Pink-belly wrasse Halichoeres margaritaceus	— Labridae	604
Checkerboard wrasse Halichoeres hortulanus	— Labridae	600
Dick's Damselfish, Blackbar devil Plectroglyphidodon dickii	— Pomacentridae	592
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	Aves Laridae	543
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus	Aves Phasianidae	530
Pinktail triggerfish Melichthys vidua	— Balistidae	520
Johnston Damselfish Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus	— Pomacentridae	497
Lemonpeel angelfish Centropyge flavissima	— Pomacanthidae	490
Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Aves Rallidae	488
Reticulate dascyllus Dascyllus reticulatus	— Pomacentridae	483
Palenose Parrotfish, Common parrotfish Scarus psittacus	— Scaridae	476
Schlegel's Parrotfish Scarus schlegeli	— Scaridae	470
Halfmoon triggerfish Sufflamen chrysopterum	— Balistidae	464
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola	Aves Charadriidae	460
Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	456
Scythe Triggerfish, Boomerang triggerfish Sufflamen bursa	— Balistidae	454
Hebrew cone Conus ebraeus	Gastropoda Conidae	452
Blueband Goby Valenciennea strigata	— Gobiidae	445
Yellow Wrasse Thalassoma lutescens	— Labridae	436
Whitecheek surgeonfish Acanthurus nigricans	— Acanthuridae	434
Speckled Butterflyfish Chaetodon citrinellus	— Chaetodontidae	431
Globe Skimmer Pantala flavescens	Insecta Libellulidae	407
Spotted Toby, Spotted sharpnose Canthigaster solandri	— Tetraodontidae	407
Redblotch Wrasse, Red shoulder wrasse Stethojulis bandanensis	— Labridae	397
Blackstriped Wrasse Cirrhilabrus katherinae	— Labridae	384
Moorish idol Zanclus cornutus	— Zanclidae	367

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 whether its records suggest it is resident, seasonal or just passing through.