🇱🇾What animals live in Libya?

40,801 animal records from Libya cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 40,801 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Libya

	Animal	Group	Records
	Common Crane Grus grus	Aves Gruidae	2,086
	loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta	Testudines Cheloniidae	2,017
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	1,865
	Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis	Aves Columbidae	1,830
	Osprey Pandion haliaetus	Aves Pandionidae	1,347
	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Aves Motacillidae	1,145
	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Aves Muscicapidae	813
	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Aves Phylloscopidae	651
	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	559
	Great Gray Shrike Lanius excubitor	Aves Laniidae	522
	Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros	Aves Muscicapidae	493
	European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola	Aves Muscicapidae	493
	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Aves Fringillidae	442
	Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	Aves Laridae	404
	Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata	Aves Muscicapidae	346
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	337
	Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava	Aves Motacillidae	330
	Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis	Aves Passeridae	305
	Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	Aves Sylviidae	278
	Tarabul's Gerbil Gerbillus tarabuli	Mammalia Muridae	248
	Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Aves Muscicapidae	244
	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Aves Falconidae	213
	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Aves Sylviidae	208
	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	203
	European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur	Aves Columbidae	195
	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Aves Sturnidae	191
	Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum	Aves Hirundinidae	184
	Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe	Aves Muscicapidae	183
	Bank Swallow Riparia riparia	Aves Hirundinidae	179
	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Aves Turdidae	178
	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Aves Laridae	177
	Crested Lark Galerida cristata	Aves Alaudidae	169
	Culicoides chiopterus	Insecta Ceratopogonidae	165
	Culicoides dewulfi	Insecta Ceratopogonidae	165
	Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator	Aves Laniidae	163
	Lesser Egyptian Gerbil Gerbillus gerbillus	Mammalia Muridae	162
	Little Tern Sternula albifrons	Aves Laridae	160
	Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	Aves Charadriidae	157
	Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola	Aves Charadriidae	155
	Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis	Aves Laridae	150
	Culicoides imicola	Insecta Ceratopogonidae	141
	Culicoides obsoletus	Insecta Ceratopogonidae	140
	Ceratopogon punctatus	Insecta Ceratopogonidae	140
	Culicoides kingi	Insecta Ceratopogonidae	140
	Sanderling Calidris alba	Aves Scolopacidae	138
	Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	Aves Laridae	137
	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Aves Ardeidae	134
	Whinchat Saxicola rubetra	Aves Muscicapidae	132
	Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis	Aves Motacillidae	127
	Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	Aves Alcedinidae	126
	Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	Aves Laridae	124
	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Aves Scolopacidae	120
	Little Stint Calidris minuta	Aves Scolopacidae	117
	Culicoides newsteadi	Insecta Ceratopogonidae	115
	Culicoides pulicaris	Insecta Ceratopogonidae	115
	Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops	Aves Upupidae	115
	Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	Aves Scolopacidae	107
	Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius	Aves Muscicapidae	104
	European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca	Aves Muscicapidae	95
	Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis	Aves Sylviidae	93