🇳🇫Animals recorded in Norfolk Island

Which animals have been recorded in Norfolk Island? 2,398 occurrence records cover 605 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 Stylaster brunneus, Stephanocyathus spiniger, Uroptychus yokoyai.

• 2,398 records
• 605 species
• 29 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Stylaster brunneus, Stephanocyathus spiniger, Uroptychus yokoyai. 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 Norfolk Island

	Animal	Group	Records
	Stylaster brunneus	Hydrozoa Stylasteridae	20
	Stephanocyathus spiniger	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	20
	Uroptychus yokoyai	Malacostraca Chirostylidae	20
	Uroptychus floccus	Malacostraca Chirostylidae	19
	Black Noddy Anous minutus	Aves Laridae	19
	Myriopathes myriophylla	Anthozoa Myriopathidae	18
	Uroptychus dualis	Malacostraca Chirostylidae	17
	Notapterocis nesiotes	Insecta Ciidae	17
	Double-header Wrasse Coris bulbifrons	— Labridae	17
	Stephanophyllia complicata	Anthozoa Micrabaciidae	16
	Uroptychus alcocki	Malacostraca Chirostylidae	16
	Masked Sula dactylatra	Aves Sulidae	15
	Flabellum aotearoa	Anthozoa Flabellidae	14
	Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix	Aves Pelecanoididae	14
	Gray Noddy Anous albivitta	Aves Laridae	13
	Stephanohelia praecipua	Hydrozoa Stylasteridae	13
	Deltocyathus suluensis	Anthozoa Deltocyathidae	12
	Pome Looper Pasiphilodes testulata	Insecta Geometridae	12
	tree coral Dendrophyllia alcocki	Anthozoa Dendrophylliidae	12
	Siphonaria exulum	Gastropoda Siphonariidae	12
	Coridromius norfolkensis	Insecta Miridae	12
	Parvamussium retiaculum	Bivalvia Propeamussiidae	11
	Fungiacyathus pusillus	Anthozoa Fungiacyathidae	11
	Phylladiorhynchus spinosus	Malacostraca Galatheidae	11
	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	Aves Laridae	11
	Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus	Aves Turdidae	11
	Stichopathes variabilis	Anthozoa Antipathidae	10
	Iscanus ebeninus	Insecta Tenebrionidae	10
	Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis	Aves Procellariidae	10
	Lepidotheca chauliostylus	Hydrozoa Stylasteridae	10
	Antipathes sarothrum	Anthozoa Antipathidae	9
	Enicodes fichtelii	Insecta Cerambycidae	9
	Caryophyllia lamellifera	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	9
	cockscomb cup coral Desmophyllum dianthus	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	9
	Lepidotheca altispina	Hydrozoa Stylasteridae	9
	Conopora candelabrum	Hydrozoa Stylasteridae	9
	Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis	Aves Pachycephalidae	9
	Trochocyathus cepulla	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	8
	Aphrocallistes beatrix	Hexactinellida Aphrocallistidae	8
	Baeus murphyi	Insecta Scelionidae	8
	Eguchipsammia gaditana	Anthozoa Dendrophylliidae	8
	Systemapora ornata	Hydrozoa Stylasteridae	8
	Microcryptorhynchus rufimanus	Insecta Curculionidae	8
	Australian guava moth Coscinoptycha improbana	Insecta Carposinidae	8
	Lawn Armyworm Spodoptera mauritia	Insecta Noctuidae	8
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	8
	Gardineria hawaiiensis	Anthozoa Gardineriidae	8
	bighead spurdog Squalus bucephalus	Elasmobranchii Squalidae	8
	Leptohelia microstylus	Hydrozoa Stylasteridae	8
	Andracalles norfolcensis	Insecta Curculionidae	8
	Narella mesolepis	Anthozoa Primnoidae	8
	Palpita rotundalis	Insecta Crambidae	7
	Spiral Wire Coral Cirrhipathes spiralis	Anthozoa Antipathidae	7
	Caryophyllia hawaiiensis	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	7
	Flabellum arcuatile	Anthozoa Flabellidae	7
	Letepsammia formosissima	Anthozoa Micrabaciidae	7
	Adelopora fragilis	Hydrozoa Stylasteridae	7
	Crypthelia robusta	Hydrozoa Stylasteridae	7
	Lepidopora polystichopora	Hydrozoa Stylasteridae	7
	Calyptopora reticulata	Hydrozoa Stylasteridae	7