🇴🇲Animals recorded in Oman

Which animals have been recorded in Oman? 8,101 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 11133537 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Small Mottled Willow, Eastern Bordered Straw, Stiphrometasia monialis.

• 8,101 records
• 1,200+ species
• 39 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Small Mottled Willow, Eastern Bordered Straw, Stiphrometasia monialis. 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 Oman

	Animal	Group	Records
	Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua	Insecta Noctuidae	123
	Eastern Bordered Straw Heliothis nubigera	Insecta Noctuidae	114
	Stiphrometasia monialis	Insecta Crambidae	104
	Arabian butterflyfish Chaetodon melapterus	— Chaetodontidae	90
	Leiurus macroctenus	Arachnida Buthidae	90
	Shortfin flyingfish Prognichthys brevipinnis	— Exocoetidae	73
	Silver-Striped Hawk-moth Hippotion celerio	Insecta Sphingidae	64
	Blandford's Semaphore Gecko Pristurus rupestris	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	58
	Arabian Toad Sclerophrys arabica	Amphibia Bufonidae	56
	Carter's Rock Gecko Pristurus carteri	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	56
	Bordered Straw Heliothis peltigera	Insecta Noctuidae	51
	Duttaphrynus dhufarensis	Amphibia Bufonidae	48
	Forskal Sand Snake Psammophis schokari	Squamata Psammophiidae	42
	whitecollar butterflyfish Chaetodon collare	— Chaetodontidae	41
	Flat-headed Leaf-toed Gecko Asaccus platyrhynchus	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	40
	Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella	Insecta Crambidae	37
	Atlantic smallwing flyingfish Oxyporhamphus micropterus	— Hemiramphidae	37
	Compsobuthus arabicus	Arachnida Buthidae	36
	Scarce Bordered Straw Helicoverpa armigera	Insecta Noctuidae	32
	Three-spot Dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus	— Pomacentridae	30
	Arnold's Rock Gecko Pristurus minimus	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	30
	Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus	Aves Nectariniidae	30
	Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis	Aves Columbidae	28
	Dune Sand Gecko Stenodactylus doriae	Squamata Gekkonidae	27
	Ni Moth Trichoplusia ni	Insecta Noctuidae	24
	Eastern Sand Gecko Stenodactylus leptocosymbotes	Squamata Gekkonidae	24
	Bluelined Snapper Lutjanus kasmira	— Lutjanidae	23
	Beet Webworm Moth Spoladea recurvalis	Insecta Crambidae	22
	Hydaticus pictus	Insecta Dytiscidae	22
	Butheolus harrisoni	Arachnida Buthidae	21
	Gallagher's Gecko Asaccus gallagheri	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	20
	Hadramaut Sand Lizard Mesalina adramitana	Squamata Lacertidae	20
	Common fan-footed gecko Ptyodactylus hasselquistii	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	20
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	20
	Oman Garra Garra barreimiae	— Cyprinidae	20
	Crossopriza dhofar	Arachnida Pholcidae	19
	Spotfin Firefish Pterois antennata	— Scorpaenidae	19
	Black-spotted Butterflyfish Chaetodon nigropunctatus	— Chaetodontidae	19
	Sinai Agama Pseudotrapelus sinaitus	Squamata Agamidae	19
	Yellowbar angelfish Pomacanthus maculosus	— Pomacanthidae	19
	Bony Flyingfish Hirundichthys oxycephalus	— Exocoetidae	18
	Banded Ground Gecko Trachydactylus spatalurus	Squamata Gekkonidae	18
	False Cobra Malpolon moilensis	Squamata Psammophiidae	18
	Oman Anemonefish Amphiprion omanensis	— Pomacentridae	18
	Blue-spotted Grouper Cephalopholis argus	— Serranidae	17
	green turtle Chelonia mydas	Testudines Cheloniidae	17
	Undulated Moray Gymnothorax undulatus	— Muraenidae	17
	Palestine Saw-scaled Viper Echis coloratus	Squamata Viperidae	17
	Phoorsa Echis carinatus	Squamata Viperidae	17
	Arabian desert gecko Bunopus tuberculatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	17
	White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos	Aves Pycnonotidae	17
	African flyingfish Cheilopogon nigricans	— Exocoetidae	17
	Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica	Aves Estrildidae	17
	Alloxantha flava	Insecta Oedemeridae	17
	Moon wrasse Thalassoma lunare	— Labridae	16
	duskyfin grouper Cephalopholis hemistiktos	— Serranidae	16
	Blackspotted moray Gymnothorax favagineus	— Muraenidae	16
	Arabian Sand Gecko Trigonodactylus arabicus	Squamata Gekkonidae	16
	White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis	Aves Pycnonotidae	16
	Grey moray Gymnothorax griseus	— Muraenidae	16