🇬🇳Animals recorded in Guinea

Which animals have been recorded in Guinea? 26,936 occurrence records cover 900 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 Eurasian Marsh-Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Coucha Rat.

• 26,936 records
• 900 species
• 27 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Eurasian Marsh-Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Coucha Rat. 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 Guinea

	Animal	Group	Records
	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Aves Accipitridae	10,495
	Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	Aves Accipitridae	2,099
	Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	1,036
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	563
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	122
	chimpanzee Pan troglodytes	Mammalia Hominidae	110
	West African Praomys Praomys rostratus	Mammalia Muridae	98
	Tullberg's Praomys Praomys tullbergi	Mammalia Muridae	93
	Allen's Hylomyscus Hylomyscus alleni	Mammalia Muridae	91
	Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	86
	Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer	Aves Columbidae	84
	Reddish-white Mastomys Mastomys erythroleucus	Mammalia Muridae	81
	Rudd's Bristle-furred Rat Uranomys ruddi	Mammalia Muridae	78
	Rusty-bellied Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys sikapusi	Mammalia Muridae	77
	Peters's Mouse Mus setulosus	Mammalia Muridae	73
	Southern African Pygmy Mouse Mus minutoides	Mammalia Muridae	70
	African giant shrew Crocidura olivieri	Mammalia Soricidae	67
	Double-spurred Francolin Pternistis bicalcaratus	Aves Phasianidae	67
	Typical Lemniscomys Lemniscomys striatus	Mammalia Muridae	66
	Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa	Aves Musophagidae	57
	Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus	Aves Accipitridae	54
	Dalton's Praomys Praomys daltoni	Mammalia Muridae	53
	Buettikofer's Shrew Crocidura buettikoferi	Mammalia Soricidae	53
	Lamotte's Shrew Crocidura lamottei	Mammalia Soricidae	52
	Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus	Aves Ploceidae	51
	Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata	Aves Columbidae	51
	Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea	Aves Columbidae	51
	Matthey's Mouse Mus mattheyi	Mammalia Muridae	50
	Edwards' Malacomys Malacomys edwardsi	Mammalia Muridae	50
	Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea	Aves Platysteiridae	49
	Defua Dephomys Dephomys defua	Mammalia Muridae	49
	Senegal Lemniscomys Lemniscomys linulus	Mammalia Muridae	48
	Turati's Boubou Laniarius turatii	Aves Malaconotidae	46
	Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura	Aves Cisticolidae	45
	Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus	Aves Malaconotidae	45
	African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	Aves Bucerotidae	45
	bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus	Mammalia Bovidae	44
	Temminck's mouse Mus musculoides	Mammalia Muridae	42
	Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus	Aves Odontophoridae	41
	Sudanian Arvicanthis Arvicanthis ansorgei	Mammalia Muridae	41
	Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus	Aves Accipitridae	40
	Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis	Aves Dicruridae	40
	Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida	Aves Hirundinidae	40
	Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis	Aves Cuculidae	40
	Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus	Aves Lybiidae	39
	Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis	Aves Cisticolidae	39
	Amphilius rheophilus	— Amphiliidae	39
	Northern Savanna Gerbil Gerbilliscus kempii	Mammalia Muridae	38
	Liberian Forest Hybomys Hybomys planifrons	Mammalia Muridae	37
	banded jewelfish Hemichromis fasciatus	— Cichlidae	36
	Gambian Rat Cricetomys gambianus	Mammalia Nesomyidae	36
	Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans	Aves Cisticolidae	35
	Mountain Barbel Amphilius platychir	— Amphiliidae	33
	White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis	Aves Meropidae	32
	Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	Aves Monarchidae	32
	Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys	Aves Motacillidae	32
	Jouvenet's Shrew Crocidura jouvenetae	Mammalia Soricidae	30
	Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator	Aves Musophagidae	30
	African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus	Aves Columbidae	30
	Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii	Aves Leiothrichidae	30