🇭🇰Animals recorded in Hong Kong

Which animals have been recorded in Hong Kong? 11,500 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include lion's mane jellyfish, Rhopilema hispidum, Common Sunda Toad.

• 11,500 records
• 1,200+ species
• 43 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include lion's mane jellyfish, Rhopilema hispidum, Common Sunda Toad. 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 Hong Kong

	Animal	Group	Records
	lion's mane jellyfish Cyanea nozakii	Scyphozoa Cyaneidae	611
	Rhopilema hispidum	Scyphozoa Rhizostomatidae	233
	Common Sunda Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus	Amphibia Bufonidae	154
	Argia selysi	Insecta Coenagrionidae	116
	River Jelly Acromitus flagellatus	Scyphozoa Catostylidae	100
	Hong Kong Paa Frog Quasipaa exilispinosa	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	90
	Chinese Gecko Gekko chinensis	Squamata Gekkonidae	87
	Asian Smooth Gecko Hemidactylus bowringii	Squamata Gekkonidae	79
	Giant Golden Orb Weaver Nephila pilipes	Arachnida Araneidae	78
	Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis	Aves Columbidae	74
	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus	Aves Passeridae	66
	Stump-Toed Gecko Gehyra mutilata	Squamata Gekkonidae	66
	Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus	Aves Pycnonotidae	65
	Common Kaloula pulchra	Amphibia Microhylidae	54
	Mitre Squid Uroteuthis chinensis	Cephalopoda Loliginidae	50
	Common Mormon Papilio polytes	Insecta Papilionidae	49
	Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis	Aves Muscicapidae	46
	Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	Aves Ardeidae	43
	Long-tailed Sun Skink Eutropis longicaudata	Squamata Scincidae	42
	Indonesian Sea Nettle Chrysaora chinensis	Scyphozoa Pelagiidae	41
	Sylvirana guentheri	Amphibia Ranidae	40
	Asian Grass Frog Fejervarya limnocharis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	40
	Indian Squid Uroteuthis duvaucelii	Cephalopoda Loliginidae	39
	Blue-spotted Crow Butterfly Euploea midamus	Insecta Nymphalidae	39
	Paratrechina picta	Insecta Formicidae	38
	Chestnut Rat Niviventer fulvescens	Mammalia Muridae	38
	Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis	Aves Sturnidae	38
	Leptogenys peuqueti	Insecta Formicidae	35
	Black Kite Milvus migrans	Aves Accipitridae	35
	Abisara echeria	Insecta Lycaenidae	35
	Greenhouse Frog Eleutherodactylus planirostris	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	34
	Little Egret Egretta garzetta	Aves Ardeidae	34
	Brown Tree Frog Polypedates megacephalus	Amphibia Rhacophoridae	34
	Fox Gecko Hemidactylus garnotii	Squamata Gekkonidae	34
	Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis	Aves Pycnonotidae	33
	Blue Button Porpita porpita	Hydrozoa Porpitidae	32
	Braminy Bling Snake Indotyphlops braminus	Squamata Typhlopidae	31
	blotched nerite Nerita albicilla	Gastropoda Neritidae	30
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	28
	Bright Frog Odorrana livida	Amphibia Ranidae	28
	Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus	Aves Ardeidae	28
	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Aves Motacillidae	27
	Great Egret Ardea alba	Aves Ardeidae	27
	Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus	Aves Sturnidae	26
	Nylanderia indica	Insecta Formicidae	26
	Hong Kong Newt Paramesotriton hongkongensis	Amphibia Salamandridae	25
	Masked Laughingthrush Garrulax perspicillatus	Aves Leiothrichidae	25
	Red-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha	Aves Corvidae	25
	Blue Glassy Tiger Ideopsis similis	Insecta Nymphalidae	24
	Oriental House Rat Rattus tanezumi	Mammalia Muridae	24
	Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	Aves Threskiornithidae	24
	Paris Peacock Papilio paris	Insecta Papilionidae	24
	Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus	Aves Cuculidae	24
	Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus	Aves Campephagidae	24
	Large Faun Faunis eumeus	Insecta Nymphalidae	23
	Brown Grasspound Frog Hylarana macrodactyla	Amphibia Ranidae	23
	Lobonema smithii	Scyphozoa Lobonemidae	23
	White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis	Aves Alcedinidae	23
	Gray Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	23
	Green Marsh Hawk Orthetrum sabina	Insecta Libellulidae	22