🇰🇮What animals live in Kiribati?

45,758 animal records from Kiribati cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 45,758 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Kiribati

	Animal	Group	Records
	sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus	Mammalia Physeteridae	814
	elongate clam Tridacna maxima	Bivalvia Cardiidae	529
	Sad Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris	Squamata Gekkonidae	423
	Great Frigatebird Fregata minor	Aves Fregatidae	302
	Red-footed Booby Sula sula	Aves Sulidae	297
	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	Aves Laridae	290
	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	Aves Laridae	285
	Snake-Eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus	Squamata Scincidae	282
	White Tern Gygis alba	Aves Laridae	280
	Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba	Aves Procellariidae	223
	Black Noddy Anous minutus	Aves Laridae	212
	Blue-spotted Grouper, Peacock hind Cephalopholis argus	— Serranidae	211
	Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda	Aves Phaethontidae	199
	Pleurocorallium porcellanum	Anthozoa Coralliidae	197
	Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga	— Chaetodontidae	188
	Whitecheek surgeonfish Acanthurus nigricans	— Acanthuridae	186
	Striated surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus	— Acanthuridae	186
	Masked/Nazca Booby Sula dactylatra	Aves Sulidae	185
	Yellow-margined Snapper, Blacktail snapper Lutjanus fulvus	— Lutjanidae	176
	Orangeband Surgeonfish, Orangespot surgeonfish Acanthurus olivaceus	— Acanthuridae	155
	Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis	Aves Procellariidae	155
	Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel	Aves Fregatidae	150
	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	Aves Sulidae	148
	Maypole Butterflyfish Chaetodon meyeri	— Chaetodontidae	147
	Moorish idol Zanclus cornutus	— Zanclidae	140
	Paddletail Snapper, Humpback red snapper Lutjanus gibbus	— Lutjanidae	138
	Striped Triggerfish, Orange-lined triggerfish Balistapus undulatus	— Balistidae	137
	blue-black urchin Echinothrix diadema	Echinoidea Diadematidae	136
	Oval Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunulatus	— Chaetodontidae	132
	Gray-backed Tern Onychoprion lunatus	Aves Laridae	128
	Red Snapper, Two-spot red snapper Lutjanus bohar	— Lutjanidae	124
	Blue-gray Noddy Anous ceruleus	Aves Laridae	124
	Pinktail triggerfish Melichthys vidua	— Balistidae	124
	White-Bellied Skink Emoia cyanura	Squamata Scincidae	124
	Saddled Butterflyfish Chaetodon ephippium	— Chaetodontidae	122
	Walteria flemmingii	Hexactinellida Euplectellidae	122
	lolly fish Holothuria atra	Holothuroidea Holothuriidae	121
	Flagtail Grouper, Darkfin hind Cephalopholis urodeta	— Serranidae	117
	wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus	Aves Procellariidae	116
	Purpleback Squid Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis	Cephalopoda Ommastrephidae	115
	Convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus	— Acanthuridae	113
	beaked stony coral Enallopsammia rostrata	Anthozoa Dendrophylliidae	113
	Chrysogorgia geniculata	Anthozoa Chrysogorgiidae	112
	Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	Aves Laridae	111
	Bigeye Emperor, Humpnose big-eye bream Monotaxis grandoculis	— Lethrinidae	110
	Manybar goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus	— Mullidae	109
	Daisy parrotfish Chlorurus sordidus	— Scaridae	108
	Bluelined Snapper, Common bluestripe snapper Lutjanus kasmira	— Lutjanidae	106
	cushion star Culcita novaeguineae	Asteroidea Oreasteridae	102
	Paracalyptrophora hawaiiensis	Anthozoa Primnoidae	101
	Vagabond Butterflyfish Chaetodon vagabundus	— Chaetodontidae	101
	Sadayoshia edwardsii	Malacostraca Munididae	99
	Bluefin trevally Caranx melampygus	— Carangidae	99
	Ornate Butterflyfish Chaetodon ornatissimus	— Chaetodontidae	95
	Redstriped Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunula	— Chaetodontidae	95
	darkglove hermit Calcinus haigae	Malacostraca Diogenidae	94
	Calocalanus minutus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	94
	Paracalanus parvus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	92
	Galathea tongi	Malacostraca Galatheidae	91
	Thinora maldivensis	Malacostraca Thoridae	88