🇲🇹Animals recorded in Malta

Which animals have been recorded in Malta? 1,369 occurrence records cover 412 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 Filfola Wall Lizard, Lynx Spiders, Garden Snail.

• 1,369 records
• 412 species
• 26 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Filfola Wall Lizard, Lynx Spiders, Garden Snail. 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 Malta

	Animal	Group	Records
	Filfola Wall Lizard Podarcis filfolensis	Squamata Lacertidae	42
	Lynx Spiders Oxyopes salticus	Arachnida Oxyopidae	29
	Garden Snail Cornu aspersum	Gastropoda Helicidae	23
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	19
	Chocolate-Band Snail Eobania vermiculata	Gastropoda Helicidae	16
	Striped Venus Clam Chamelea gallina	Bivalvia Veneridae	16
	Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	16
	Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	15
	Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon	Insecta Papilionidae	15
	Parrotfish Sparisoma cretense	— Scaridae	13
	White Snail Theba pisana	Gastropoda Helicidae	12
	Mediterranean Spotted Chafer Oxythyrea funesta	Insecta Scarabaeidae	12
	turbinate monodont Phorcus turbinatus	Gastropoda Trochidae	12
	Oriental Hornet Vespa orientalis	Insecta Vespidae	11
	Phytomyza ferulivora	Insecta Agromyzidae	11
	Spilostethus pandurus	Insecta Lygaeidae	11
	Paper wasp Polistes gallicus	Insecta Eumenidae	10
	western honey bee Apis mellifera	Insecta Apidae	10
	Small White Pieris rapae	Insecta Pieridae	10
	Lamenting Grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans	Insecta Acrididae	10
	Crioceris paracenthesis	Insecta Chrysomelidae	10
	Decollate Snail Rumina decollata	Gastropoda Achatinidae	10
	Egyptian Grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium	Insecta Acrididae	9
	Nemesia arboricola	Arachnida Nemesiidae	9
	Peacock blenny Salaria pavo	— Blenniidae	9
	Ocellated Bronze Skink Chalcides ocellatus	Squamata Scincidae	9
	American Cockroach Periplaneta americana	Insecta Blattidae	8
	Yellow-legged Pachyiulus Pachyiulus flavipes	Diplopoda Julidae	8
	Marbled Crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus	Malacostraca Grapsidae	8
	Snakelocks Anemone Anemonia viridis	Anthozoa Actiniidae	8
	Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata	Aves Muscicapidae	8
	European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus	— Engraulidae	8
	spotted pisania Pisania striata	Gastropoda Pisaniidae	8
	Rustic Dove-shell Columbella rustica	Gastropoda Columbellidae	8
	Muticaria macrostoma	Gastropoda Clausiliidae	8
	Graphosoma lineatum	Insecta Pentatomidae	8
	Italian Sea Slater Ligia italica	Malacostraca Ligiidae	8
	Damselfish Chromis chromis	— Pomacentridae	8
	Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii	Insecta Libellulidae	8
	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Insecta Nymphalidae	7
	Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis	Aves Passeridae	7
	Trochoidea spratti	Gastropoda Geomitridae	7
	White seabream Diplodus sargus	— Sparidae	7
	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Insecta Nymphalidae	6
	Cleopatra Gonepteryx cleopatra	Insecta Pieridae	6
	Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus	Insecta Lycaenidae	6
	Grooved Top Shell Jujubinus striatus	Gastropoda Trochidae	6
	Mauve Stinger Pelagia noctiluca	Scyphozoa Pelagiidae	6
	Peacock wrasse Symphodus tinca	— Labridae	6
	Pointed Snail Cochlicella acuta	Gastropoda Geomitridae	6
	Sphincterochila candidissima	Gastropoda Sphincterochilidae	6
	Eumenes pomiformis	Insecta Vespidae	6
	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Insecta Nymphalidae	6
	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Aves Anatidae	6
	Mediterranean Potter Wasp Eumenes mediterraneus	Insecta Vespidae	6
	Tudorella melitensis	Gastropoda Pomatiidae	6
	Vestal Rhodometra sacraria	Insecta Geometridae	5
	Sicilian Mortar Bee Megachile sicula	Insecta Megachilidae	5
	Painted comber Serranus scriba	— Serranidae	5
	Boxlip mullet Oedalechilus labeo	— Mugilidae	5