🇲🇨What animals live in Monaco?

Name: Animal occurrence records for Monaco
Creator: What Animal Lives Where

9,498 animal records from Monaco cover 1,039 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

9,498 records
1,039 species
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Most-recorded animals in Monaco

Animal	Group	Records
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	Aves Laridae	639
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Aves Columbidae	372
Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	359
House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	295
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Aves Turdidae	247
Common Swift Apus apus	Aves Apodidae	175
Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Aves Corvidae	169
European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Aves Muscicapidae	146
Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Aves Sylviidae	145
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Aves Anatidae	121
Eurasian Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris	Aves Hirundinidae	114
Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Aves Columbidae	109
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Aves Laridae	109
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	Aves Sylviidae	106
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus	Aves Apodidae	97
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba	Mammalia Delphinidae	92
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Aves Corvidae	89
Turkish Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus	Squamata Gekkonidae	84
Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	62
Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Aves Paridae	62
Common wall lizard Podarcis muralis	Squamata Lacertidae	54
White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Aves Motacillidae	53
European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	52
Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	51
European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Aves Fringillidae	47
Great Tit Parus major	Aves Paridae	46
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Aves Sturnidae	44
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix	Aves Corvidae	43
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros	Aves Muscicapidae	43
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Aves Fringillidae	41
Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus	Aves Paridae	39
Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Aves Fringillidae	37
Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Aves Corvidae	36
Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea	Aves Motacillidae	33
Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla	Aves Regulidae	33
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Aves Phylloscopidae	31
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	Aves Laridae	30
Damselfish Chromis chromis	— Pomacentridae	29
Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum	Aves Hirundinidae	27
White seabream Diplodus sargus	— Sparidae	23
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba	Aves Apodidae	22
Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Aves Falconidae	21
Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	20
Dexamine spiniventris	Malacostraca Dexaminidae	20
Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum	Insecta Sphingidae	20
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	19
Black-faced Blenny Tripterygion delaisi	— Tripterygiidae	19
Pterygocythereis jonesii	Ostracoda Trachyleberididae	18
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	Aves Falconidae	17
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca	Aves Anatidae	17
ocean sunfish Mola mola	— Molidae	17
Colomastix pusilla	Malacostraca Colomastigidae	16
Painted comber Serranus scriba	— Serranidae	16
Cratena Slug Cratena peregrina	Gastropoda Facelinidae	16
Carinocythereis antiquata	Ostracoda Trachyleberididae	16
Black Lithobius Lithobius calcaratus	Chilopoda Lithobiidae	16
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	Aves Laridae	16
Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Aves Regulidae	16
Salema, Saupe Sarpa salpa	— Sparidae	15
cladocora Cladocora caespitosa	Anthozoa Cladocoridae	15

How to read this. These are records, not a census. A high count can mean a common animal or simply a well-watched one, and rare visitors appear alongside residents. Open an animal to see whether its records suggest it is resident, seasonal or just passing through.