🇮🇳Animals recorded in India

Which animals have been recorded in India? 139,722 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 tiger, Red-vented Bulbul, Common Myna.

• 139,722 records
• 1,200+ species
• 65 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include tiger, Red-vented Bulbul, Common Myna. 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 India

	Animal	Group	Records
	tiger Panthera tigris	Mammalia Felidae	2,447
	Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer	Aves Pycnonotidae	1,708
	Common Myna Acridotheres tristis	Aves Sturnidae	1,526
	House Crow Corvus splendens	Aves Corvidae	1,443
	Black Kite Milvus migrans	Aves Accipitridae	1,429
	Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis	Aves Columbidae	1,395
	Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii	Aves Ardeidae	1,250
	Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius	Aves Cisticolidae	1,227
	Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus	Aves Nectariniidae	1,209
	Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus	Aves Dicruridae	1,205
	Plain Prinia Prinia inornata	Aves Cisticolidae	1,160
	Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus	Aves Cuculidae	1,138
	Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis	Aves Muscicapidae	1,132
	White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus	Aves Rallidae	1,131
	White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis	Aves Alcedinidae	1,116
	Asian Palm-Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis	Aves Apodidae	1,114
	Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri	Aves Psittacidae	1,112
	Asian Pied Starling Gracupica contra	Aves Sturnidae	1,034
	Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	1,005
	Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus	Aves Oriolidae	987
	Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis	Aves Cuculidae	984
	Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Aves Ardeidae	972
	Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense	Aves Picidae	929
	Bagous vicinus	Insecta Curculionidae	906
	Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda	Aves Corvidae	897
	Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans	Aves Ciconiidae	859
	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Aves Columbidae	845
	Shikra Accipiter badius	Aves Accipitridae	838
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	801
	Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata	Aves Estrildidae	787
	Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata	Aves Leiothrichidae	758
	Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus	Aves Megalaimidae	706
	Bagous affaber	Insecta Curculionidae	642
	Spotted Owlet Athene brama	Aves Strigidae	601
	Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	Aves Ardeidae	569
	Golden-winged Bamboo-Carpenter Xylocopa auripennis	Insecta Apidae	562
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	538
	Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis	Aves Ardeidae	487
	Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis	Aves Ardeidae	470
	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	466
	Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica	Aves Anatidae	462
	Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus	Aves Laniidae	452
	Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis	Aves Meropidae	445
	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Aves Motacillidae	443
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	431
	Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla	Aves Muscicapidae	431
	Skipper frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	427
	Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus	Aves Megalaimidae	420
	Yellow-footed Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus	Aves Columbidae	411
	Bagous ramamurthyi	Insecta Curculionidae	408
	King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah	Squamata Elapidae	400
	Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus	Aves Charadriidae	382
	Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus	Aves Ardeidae	380
	Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus	Aves Acrocephalidae	365
	Asian Grass Frog Fejervarya limnocharis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	340
	Bactrocera caryeae	Insecta Tephritidae	340
	Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	Aves Alcedinidae	337
	Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica	Aves Sturnidae	326
	Two-striped Telamonia Telamonia dimidiata	Arachnida Salticidae	316
	Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos	Aves Corvidae	314