🇮🇹Animals recorded in Italy

Which animals have been recorded in Italy? 232,919 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 Asian tiger mosquito, Sea trout, European chub.

• 232,919 records
• 1,200+ species
• 66 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Asian tiger mosquito, Sea trout, European chub. 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 Italy

	Animal	Group	Records
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	5,426
	Sea trout Salmo trutta	— Salmonidae	4,331
	European chub Squalius cephalus	— Cyprinidae	3,529
	Vairone Telestes souffia	— Cyprinidae	3,041
	Italian Barbel Barbus plebejus	— Cyprinidae	2,859
	European Eel Anguilla anguilla	— Anguillidae	2,270
	Common Goby Padogobius bonelli	— Gobiidae	2,029
	Mauve Stinger Pelagia noctiluca	Scyphozoa Pelagiidae	2,012
	Barrel Jelly Rhizostoma pulmo	Scyphozoa Rhizostomatidae	1,993
	alborella Alburnus arborella	— Cyprinidae	1,817
	Spined Loach Cobitis taenia	— Cobitidae	1,677
	lasca Protochondrostoma genei	— Cyprinidae	1,312
	Bullhead Cottus gobio	— Cottidae	1,215
	Common carp Cyprinus carpio	— Cyprinidae	1,158
	Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus	— Cyprinidae	1,127
	Adriatic roach Leucos aula	— Cyprinidae	1,115
	Mediterranean barbel Barbus meridionalis	— Cyprinidae	1,079
	Gudgeon Gobio gobio	— Cyprinidae	1,070
	Trout Salmo marmoratus	— Salmonidae	1,068
	Tench Tinca tinca	— Cyprinidae	1,065
	Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus	— Cyprinidae	969
	Pumkinseed Lepomis gibbosus	— Centrarchidae	955
	Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus	Insecta Lucanidae	942
	Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss	— Salmonidae	939
	Northern pike Esox lucius	— Esocidae	879
	rovella Sarmarutilus rubilio	— Cyprinidae	787
	Fried Egg Jelly Cotylorhiza tuberculata	Scyphozoa Cepheidae	781
	Goldfish Carassius auratus	— Cyprinidae	630
	Common wall lizard Podarcis muralis	Squamata Lacertidae	596
	Topmouth Gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva	— Cyprinidae	578
	sea wasp Carybdea marsupialis	Cubozoa Carybdeidae	528
	Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus	Squamata Lacertidae	507
	Hydropsyche pellucidula	Insecta Hydropsychidae	460
	Eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki	— Poeciliidae	454
	Perch Perca fluviatilis	— Percidae	448
	Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	Aves Accipitridae	438
	Crucian Carp Carassius carassius	— Cyprinidae	404
	Arno goby Padogobius nigricans	— Gobiidae	393
	By-the-wind-Sailor Velella velella	Hydrozoa Porpitidae	386
	Grayling [fish] Thymallus thymallus	— Salmonidae	378
	Callerebia mani	Insecta Nymphalidae	371
	Drone Fly Eristalis tenax	Insecta Syrphidae	370
	Bitterling Rhodeus sericeus	— Cyprinidae	369
	Marmalade hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus	Insecta Syrphidae	368
	Black bullhead Ameiurus melas	— Ictaluridae	364
	Apollo Parnassius apollo	Insecta Papilionidae	359
	Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	335
	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas	Insecta Lycaenidae	334
	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Aves Turdidae	326
	Hover Fly Melanostoma mellina	Insecta Syrphidae	326
	Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius	Insecta Papilionidae	325
	Large-mouthed Bass Micropterus salmoides	— Centrarchidae	319
	Silver Sedge Odontocerum albicorne	Insecta Odontoceridae	318
	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Insecta Nymphalidae	313
	Wormaldia occipitalis	Insecta Philopotamidae	312
	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Insecta Lycaenidae	308
	Common Toad Bufo bufo	Amphibia Bufonidae	307
	Philopotamus ludificatus	Insecta Philopotamidae	304
	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Insecta Nymphalidae	299
	Wels Silurus glanis	— Siluridae	298