🇰🇮Animals recorded in Kiribati

Which animals have been recorded in Kiribati? 18,334 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 206 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Sad Gecko, Snake-Eyed Skink, Pleurocorallium porcellanum.

• 18,334 records
• 1,200+ species
• 43 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Sad Gecko, Snake-Eyed Skink, Pleurocorallium porcellanum. 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 Kiribati

	Animal	Group	Records
	Sad Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris	Squamata Gekkonidae	383
	Snake-Eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus	Squamata Scincidae	279
	Pleurocorallium porcellanum	Anthozoa Coralliidae	197
	Walteria flemmingii	Hexactinellida Euplectellidae	122
	Purpleback Squid Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis	Cephalopoda Ommastrephidae	113
	beaked stony coral Enallopsammia rostrata	Anthozoa Dendrophylliidae	113
	Chrysogorgia geniculata	Anthozoa Chrysogorgiidae	112
	White-Bellied Skink Emoia cyanura	Squamata Scincidae	108
	Paracalyptrophora hawaiiensis	Anthozoa Primnoidae	98
	Calocalanus minutus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	94
	Paracalanus parvus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	92
	Orangeband Surgeonfish Acanthurus olivaceus	— Acanthuridae	90
	Ramuligorgia militaris	Anthozoa Chrysogorgiidae	85
	Clausocalanus furcatus	Copepoda Clausocalanidae	85
	Haloptilus acutifrons	Copepoda Augaptilidae	83
	Paracalanus aculeatus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	82
	Yellow-margined Snapper Lutjanus fulvus	— Lutjanidae	77
	Iridogorgia magnispiralis	Anthozoa Chrysogorgiidae	76
	Lemonpeel angelfish Centropyge flavissima	— Pomacanthidae	73
	Abralia heminuchalis	Cephalopoda Enoploteuthidae	70
	Twisted wing parasite Xenos pecki	Insecta Xenidae	69
	Blue-spotted Grouper Cephalopholis argus	— Serranidae	67
	Threespot Wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus	— Labridae	66
	Common Clubhook Squid Onychoteuthis banksii	Cephalopoda Onychoteuthidae	66
	Lucicutia flavicornis	Copepoda Lucicutiidae	65
	Pronghorn Spiny Lobster Panulirus penicillatus	Malacostraca Palinuridae	65
	Claudia's Wrasse Halichoeres claudia	— Labridae	61
	Cosmocalanus darwinii	Copepoda Calanidae	61
	Oncaea notopus	Copepoda Oncaeidae	61
	Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga	— Chaetodontidae	56
	Caligus productus	Copepoda Caligidae	54
	reversed glass sponge Farrea occa	Hexactinellida Farreidae	54
	Whitecheek surgeonfish Acanthurus nigricans	— Acanthuridae	53
	Bluelined Snapper Lutjanus kasmira	— Lutjanidae	52
	Ornate Butterflyfish Chaetodon ornatissimus	— Chaetodontidae	52
	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	Aves Laridae	52
	Rice Coral Montipora verrucosa	Anthozoa Acroporidae	50
	Oval Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunulatus	— Chaetodontidae	49
	Roundear enope squid Pterygioteuthis giardi	Cephalopoda Pyroteuthidae	48
	Canthocalanus pauper	Copepoda Calanidae	45
	Common Siphonophore Nanomia bijuga	Hydrozoa Agalmatidae	44
	Diamond Squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus	Cephalopoda Thysanoteuthidae	39
	Oikopleura dioica	— Oikopleuridae	39
	Euryphorus brachypterus	Copepoda Caligidae	38
	Calocalanus plumulosus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	38
	Reinhardt’s cranch squid Liocranchia reinhardtii	Cephalopoda Cranchiidae	38
	Pearl-spotted Wrasse Halichoeres margaritaceus	— Labridae	37
	Evermann's lantern fish Symbolophorus evermanni	— Myctophidae	37
	Victorgorgia alba	Anthozoa Victorgorgiidae	37
	Caligus coryphaenae	Copepoda Caligidae	36
	Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus	— Acanthuridae	35
	Maypole Butterflyfish Chaetodon meyeri	— Chaetodontidae	31
	Common Salp Thalia democratica	Thaliacea Salpidae	31
	Greater Argonaut Argonauta argo	Cephalopoda Argonautidae	30
	Firefly lanternfish Hygophum proximum	— Myctophidae	29
	Moth Skink Ornithuroscincus noctua	Squamata Scincidae	28
	Centropages violaceus	Copepoda Centropagidae	28
	Bluelined Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigroris	— Acanthuridae	28
	Acrocalanus gracilis	Copepoda Paracalanidae	27
	money cowrie Monetaria moneta	Gastropoda Cypraeidae	27