🇳🇬What animals live in Nigeria?

915,831 animal records from Nigeria cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 915,831 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Nigeria

	Animal	Group	Records
	Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis	Aves Columbidae	16,575
	Northern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus	Aves Passeridae	13,062
	Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis	Aves Cuculidae	12,908
	Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus	Aves Ploceidae	12,795
	Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Aves Ardeidae	12,095
	Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata	Aves Cisticolidae	11,303
	African Thrush Turdus pelios	Aves Turdidae	11,057
	Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava	Aves Cisticolidae	10,862
	Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus	Aves Estrildidae	10,555
	Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea	Aves Columbidae	10,419
	Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator	Aves Musophagidae	10,363
	Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata	Aves Columbidae	10,354
	African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus	Aves Apodidae	9,527
	Pied Crow Corvus albus	Aves Corvidae	9,029
	Bronze mannikin Lonchura cucullata	Aves Estrildidae	8,944
	Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea	Aves Columbidae	8,877
	African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus	Aves Bucerotidae	8,857
	Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus	Aves Lybiidae	8,604
	yellow-billed kite Milvus aegyptius	Aves Accipitridae	8,309
	Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus	Aves Nectariniidae	7,932
	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Aves Falconidae	7,518
	Double-spurred Francolin Pternistis bicalcaratus	Aves Phasianidae	7,514
	Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis	Aves Nectariniidae	7,499
	Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala	Aves Estrildidae	7,389
	Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina	Aves Laniidae	6,910
	Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus	Aves Malaconotidae	6,893
	Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica	Aves Hirundinidae	6,893
	Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus	Aves Malaconotidae	6,845
	Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	Aves Sturnidae	6,687
	Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus	Aves Ploceidae	6,601
	Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus	Aves Sturnidae	6,589
	Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	Aves Psittacidae	6,504
	Black-billed Wood-Dove Turtur abyssinicus	Aves Columbidae	6,486
	Little Swift Apus affinis	Aves Apodidae	6,116
	Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	Aves Corvidae	5,981
	Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus	Aves Coraciidae	5,874
	Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris	Aves Bucerotidae	5,561
	Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus	Aves Phoeniculidae	5,515
	Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus	Aves Leiothrichidae	5,261
	Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus	Aves Accipitridae	5,105
	Osprey Pandion haliaetus	Aves Pandionidae	5,103
	Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher	Aves Sturnidae	5,101
	Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea	Aves Platysteiridae	4,677
	Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus	Aves Accipitridae	4,467
	Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata	Aves Viduidae	4,423
	Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis	Aves Dicruridae	4,298
	Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer	Aves Columbidae	4,087
	Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura	Aves Viduidae	3,868
	White-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis albirostris	Aves Ploceidae	3,852
	Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	Aves Cisticolidae	3,847
	Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti	Aves Lybiidae	3,787
	African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	Aves Bucerotidae	3,768
	Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla	Aves Muscicapidae	3,712
	Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus	Aves Coliidae	3,696
	Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	3,629
	Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri	Aves Psittacidae	3,608
	Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus	Aves Ploceidae	3,580
	Northern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides	Aves Muscicapidae	3,570
	Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus	Aves Nectariniidae	3,529
	Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus	Aves Lybiidae	3,511