🇭🇲What animals live in the Heard & McDonald Islands?

175,916 animal records from the Heard & McDonald Islands cover 642 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 175,916 records
• 642 species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in the Heard & McDonald Islands

	Animal	Group	Records
	southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina	Mammalia Phocidae	31,721
	King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus	Aves Spheniscidae	26,720
	Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	Aves Diomedeidae	20,191
	Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus	Aves Spheniscidae	19,281
	Kerguelen sandpaper skate Bathyraja irrasa	Elasmobranchii Arhynchobatidae	12,026
	Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella	Mammalia Otariidae	9,986
	Mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari	— Channichthyidae	6,439
	Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus	Aves Procellariidae	3,381
	Unicorn icefish Channichthys rhinoceratus	— Channichthyidae	3,012
	Rhombic lanternfish Krefftichthys anderssoni	— Myctophidae	2,468
	Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans	Aves Diomedeidae	2,346
	Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata	Aves Diomedeidae	2,279
	Cape Petrel Daption capense	Aves Procellariidae	1,857
	Antarctic lanternfish Electrona antarctica	— Myctophidae	1,793
	White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis	Aves Procellariidae	1,547
	Grey notothen Lepidonotothen squamifrons	— Nototheniidae	1,455
	Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus	Aves Hydrobatidae	1,435
	Nichol's lanternfish Gymnoscopelus nicholsi	— Myctophidae	1,379
	Brauer’s lanternfish Gymnoscopelus braueri	— Myctophidae	1,316
	Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea	Aves Procellariidae	1,305
	Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata	Aves Procellariidae	899
	Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides	— Nototheniidae	782
	Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri	Aves Spheniscidae	687
	Bigeye grenadier Macrourus holotrachys	— Macrouridae	596
	Bolin’s lanternfish Protomyctophum bolini	— Myctophidae	577
	Fulmar Prion Pachyptila crassirostris	Aves Procellariidae	575
	leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx	Mammalia Phocidae	549
	Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris	Aves Procellariidae	498
	Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix	Aves Pelecanoididae	492
	Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli	Aves Procellariidae	443
	Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides	Aves Procellariidae	426
	Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus	Aves Stercorariidae	376
	Salvin's Prion Pachyptila salvini	Aves Procellariidae	366
	Slender escolar Paradiplospinus gracilis	— Gempylidae	311
	Actinocyclus ingens	Gastropoda Actinocyclidae	300
	Calycopteryx mosleyi	Insecta Micropezidae	271
	Canonopsis sericea	Insecta Curculionidae	271
	Bothrometopus brevis	Insecta Curculionidae	270
	Amalopteryx maritima	Insecta Ephydridae	270
	Ectemnorhinus viridis	Insecta Curculionidae	269
	Myro kerguelenensis	Arachnida Toxopidae	268
	Notodiscus hookeri	Gastropoda Charopidae	268
	Embryonopsis halticella	Insecta Plutellidae	267
	Bothrometopus gracilipes	Insecta Curculionidae	267
	Eaton's skate Bathyraja eatonii	Elasmobranchii Arhynchobatidae	267
	Anatalanta aptera	Insecta Sphaeroceridae	265
	Murray's skate Bathyraja murrayi	Elasmobranchii Arhynchobatidae	258
	Great Skua Stercorarius skua	Aves Stercorariidae	232
	Fraser’s lanternfish Gymnoscopelus fraseri	— Myctophidae	219
	South Georgia Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides georgicus	Aves Pelecanoididae	210
	Antarctic horsefish Zanclorhynchus spinifer	— Congiopodidae	181
	Gray-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	Aves Diomedeidae	179
	Gray Petrel Procellaria cinerea	Aves Procellariidae	170
	White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii	Aves Procellariidae	157
	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica	Aves Hydrobatidae	154
	Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua	Aves Spheniscidae	123
	Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis	Aves Procellariidae	118
	Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome	Aves Spheniscidae	116
	Actinocyclus fasciculatus	Gastropoda Actinocyclidae	100
	Actinocyclus complanatus	Gastropoda Actinocyclidae	100