🇱🇻What animals live in Latvia?

500,725 animal records from Latvia cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 500,725 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Latvia

	Animal	Group	Records
	Atlantic cod, Cod Gadus morhua	— Gadidae	23,527
	Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris	Aves Ardeidae	17,713
	White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	Aves Accipitridae	16,495
	Common Crane Grus grus	Aves Gruidae	12,831
	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Aves Laridae	10,629
	Hooded Crow Corvus cornix	Aves Corvidae	9,660
	Great Tit Parus major	Aves Paridae	8,660
	European sprat, Sprat Sprattus sprattus	— Clupeidae	7,796
	Mysis mixta	Malacostraca Mysidae	7,085
	Temora longicornis	Copepoda Temoridae	6,367
	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Aves Anatidae	6,106
	Saduria entomon	Malacostraca Chaetiliidae	5,804
	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Aves Fringillidae	5,594
	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Aves Turdidae	5,187
	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Aves Paridae	5,180
	Eurytemora affinis	Copepoda Temoridae	4,979
	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Aves Motacillidae	4,623
	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Aves Sturnidae	4,429
	Centropages hamatus	Copepoda Centropagidae	4,374
	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Aves Laridae	4,335
	Common Raven Corvus corax	Aves Corvidae	4,053
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	4,032
	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Aves Corvidae	3,899
	Black Stork Ciconia nigra	Aves Ciconiidae	3,787
	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Aves Phylloscopidae	3,751
	Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	Aves Picidae	3,622
	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus	Aves Passeridae	3,528
	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Aves Accipitridae	3,505
	Pseudocalanus elongatus	Copepoda Clausocalanidae	3,409
	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Aves Columbidae	3,299
	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Aves Muscicapidae	3,208
	Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea	Aves Sittidae	3,178
	Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius	Aves Corvidae	3,125
	Bylgides sarsi	Polychaeta Polynoidae	3,121
	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Aves Corvidae	3,066
	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Aves Anatidae	2,979
	Acartia bifilosa	Copepoda Acartiidae	2,928
	Mew Gull Larus canus	Aves Laridae	2,876
	Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	Aves Anatidae	2,860
	Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella	Aves Emberizidae	2,859
	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Aves Fringillidae	2,796
	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	2,781
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	2,745
	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	2,549
	Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus	Aves Fringillidae	2,545
	White Stork Ciconia ciconia	Aves Ciconiidae	2,455
	Fieldfare Turdus pilaris	Aves Turdidae	2,403
	Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	Aves Anatidae	2,282
	Common Merganser Mergus merganser	Aves Anatidae	2,213
	Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	Aves Alaudidae	2,195
	Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Aves Fringillidae	2,185
	Acartia longiremis	Copepoda Acartiidae	2,166
	Atlantic herring, Herring Clupea harengus	— Clupeidae	2,082
	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Aves Troglodytidae	2,073
	Common Swift Apus apus	Aves Apodidae	2,051
	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	2,019
	Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	Aves Phylloscopidae	2,011
	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Aves Fringillidae	1,946
	Great Egret Ardea alba	Aves Ardeidae	1,808
	Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	Aves Podicipedidae	1,802