🇳🇺Animals recorded in Niue

Which animals have been recorded in Niue? 4,858 occurrence records cover 153 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 11545536 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include humpback whale, Lucicutia flavicornis, Twisted wing parasite.

• 4,858 records
• 153 species
• 25 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include humpback whale, Lucicutia flavicornis, Twisted wing parasite. 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 Niue

	Animal	Group	Records
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	344
	Lucicutia flavicornis	Copepoda Lucicutiidae	287
	Twisted wing parasite Xenos pecki	Insecta Xenidae	226
	Clausocalanus furcatus	Copepoda Clausocalanidae	84
	Calocalanus minutus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	81
	Triconia borealis	Copepoda Oncaeidae	54
	Haloptilus longicornis	Copepoda Augaptilidae	51
	Common Salp Thalia democratica	Thaliacea Salpidae	44
	Paracalanus parvus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	44
	Lilyopsis medusa	Hydrozoa Prayidae	23
	Thalia orientalis	Thaliacea Salpidae	23
	Calocalanus plumulosus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	22
	Oikopleura dioica	— Oikopleuridae	21
	Salmoxcellia vastator	—	17
	Bargmannia elongata	Hydrozoa Pyrostephidae	16
	Charistephane fugiens	Tentaculata Mertensiidae	16
	Mecynocera clausi	Copepoda Paracalanidae	15
	Mite Laelaps nuttalli	Arachnida Laelapidae	15
	Acartia negligens	Copepoda Acartiidae	14
	Oncaea notopus	Copepoda Oncaeidae	13
	Spiny rat louse Polyplax spinulosa	Insecta Polyplacidae	13
	Cordagalma ordinatum	Hydrozoa Cordagalmatidae	13
	Branching staghorn coral Acropora nasuta	Anthozoa Acroporidae	12
	Centropages violaceus	Copepoda Centropagidae	11
	Common Siphonophore Nanomia bijuga	Hydrozoa Agalmatidae	11
	oikopleura Oikopleura labradoriensis	— Oikopleuridae	11
	Acropora globiceps	Anthozoa Acroporidae	10
	Acropora retusa	Anthozoa Acroporidae	10
	Chuniphyes multidentata	Hydrozoa Clausophyidae	9
	Corycaeus speciosus	Copepoda Corycaeidae	9
	Oikopleura vanhoeffeni	— Oikopleuridae	9
	Brush Coral Acropora hyacinthus	Anthozoa Acroporidae	9
	Oithona atlantica	Copepoda Oithonidae	9
	Paracalanus aculeatus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	8
	Bilabrum latius	—	8
	Chelonemonas geobuk	—	8
	Copilia mirabilis	Copepoda Sapphirinidae	7
	Calanoides carinatus	Copepoda Calanidae	6
	Monacilla tenera	Copepoda Spinocalanidae	6
	Staghorn Coral Acropora austera	Anthozoa Acroporidae	6
	Lilyopsis fluoracantha	Hydrozoa Prayidae	6
	Acropora verweyi	Anthozoa Acroporidae	6
	Acropora striata	Anthozoa Acroporidae	6
	Finger Coral Acropora humilis	Anthozoa Acroporidae	6
	veiled medusa Rhopalonema velatum	Hydrozoa Rhopalonematidae	5
	Sapphirina darwinii	Copepoda Sapphirinidae	5
	Table coral Acropora cytherea	Anthozoa Acroporidae	5
	Salpa aspera	Thaliacea Salpidae	5
	Doliolum nationalis	Thaliacea Doliolidae	5
	Acropora abrotanoides	Anthozoa Acroporidae	5
	Pleuromamma borealis	Copepoda Metridinidae	4
	Cosmocalanus darwinii	Copepoda Calanidae	4
	Acropora monticulosa	Anthozoa Acroporidae	4
	Tetraplatia volitans	Hydrozoa Tetraplatiidae	4
	Ptychogastria polaris	Hydrozoa Ptychogastriidae	4
	Louse Hoplopleura pacifica	Insecta Hoplopleuridae	3
	Rosacea flaccida	Hydrozoa Prayidae	3
	Botrynema brucei	Hydrozoa Halicreatidae	3
	Bali Shortcake Acropora latistella	Anthozoa Acroporidae	3
	Acropora cerealis	Anthozoa Acroporidae	3