🇲🇺What animals live in Mauritius?

95,692 animal records from Mauritius cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 95,692 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Mauritius

	Animal	Group	Records
	Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus	Aves Pycnonotidae	3,142
	Common Myna Acridotheres tristis	Aves Sturnidae	2,846
	Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis	Aves Ploceidae	2,757
	Zebra Dove Geopelia striata	Aves Columbidae	2,432
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	2,100
	Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus	Aves Ploceidae	2,073
	Mauritius Gray White-eye Zosterops mauritianus	Aves Zosteropidae	1,816
	White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	Aves Phaethontidae	1,663
	Madagascar turtle-dove Nesoenas picturatus	Aves Columbidae	1,613
	Pink Pigeon Nesoenas mayeri	Aves Columbidae	1,420
	Mascarene Swiftlet Aerodramus francicus	Aves Apodidae	1,260
	Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild	Aves Estrildidae	1,194
	Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis	Aves Columbidae	1,156
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	1,006
	Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris	Aves Laridae	1,000
	Striated Heron Butorides striata	Aves Ardeidae	950
	Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica	Aves Fringillidae	924
	Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus	Aves Falconidae	902
	loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta	Testudines Cheloniidae	901
	Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra	Aves Ploceidae	880
	Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Aves Scolopacidae	847
	Mauritius Bulbul Hypsipetes olivaceus	Aves Pycnonotidae	784
	Solenopsis mameti	Insecta Formicidae	738
	Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica	Aves Hirundinidae	729
	House Crow Corvus splendens	Aves Corvidae	691
	Echo Parakeet Psittacula eques	Aves Psittacidae	652
	Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri	Aves Psittacidae	643
	Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus	Aves Phasianidae	538
	Mauritius White-eye Zosterops chloronothos	Aves Zosteropidae	516
	Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata	Aves Estrildidae	508
	Big-headed ant, Brown house-ant , Coastal brown-ant, Lion ant Pheidole megacephala	Insecta Formicidae	492
	Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone bourbonnensis	Aves Monarchidae	457
	wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus	Aves Procellariidae	419
	Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda	Aves Phaethontidae	385
	Brachymyrmex cordemoyi	Insecta Formicidae	382
	Mauritius cuckooshrike Coracina typica	Aves Campephagidae	382
	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	Aves Laridae	366
	Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	Aves Scolopacidae	361
	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	Aves Laridae	350
	Variable agama Calotes versicolor	Squamata Agamidae	317
	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Aves Rallidae	315
	Madagascar giant day gecko, Giant Madagascar Day Gecko, Giant Day Gecko Phelsuma grandis	Squamata Gekkonidae	293
	Ornate Day Gecko Phelsuma ornata	Squamata Gekkonidae	293
	Culicoides imicola	Insecta Ceratopogonidae	287
	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	284
	Pyramica ludovici	Insecta Formicidae	284
	sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus	Mammalia Physeteridae	283
	White-footed house ant Technomyrmex albipes	Insecta Formicidae	260
	African common toad Sclerophrys gutturalis	Amphibia Bufonidae	257
	Mauritian flying fox Pteropus niger	Mammalia Pteropodidae	256
	Bluetail Day Gecko Phelsuma cepediana	Squamata Gekkonidae	252
	Common dolphinfish, Dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus	— Coryphaenidae	239
	Natal Free-tailed Bat Mormopterus acetabulosus	Mammalia Molossidae	236
	Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana	Aves Procellariidae	218
	crab eating macaque Macaca fascicularis	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	217
	Masked/Nazca Booby Sula dactylatra	Aves Sulidae	204
	Spotted Triggerfish, Ocean triggerfish, Rough triggerfish, Spotted oceanic triggerfish Canthidermis maculata	— Balistidae	196
	Brachymyrmex australis	Insecta Formicidae	195
	Nylanderia dodo	Insecta Formicidae	185
	Pheidole dodo	Insecta Formicidae	172