🇵🇰What animals live in Pakistan?
725,014 animal records from Pakistan cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.
- 725,014 records
- 1,200+ species
- 0 classes
Most-recorded animals in Pakistan
| Animal | Group | Records | |
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Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis |
Aves Sturnidae |
9,731 |
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House Crow
Corvus splendens |
Aves Corvidae |
9,345 |
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Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer |
Aves Pycnonotidae |
7,988 |
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Black Kite
Milvus migrans |
Aves Accipitridae |
7,560 |
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House Sparrow
Passer domesticus |
Aves Passeridae |
6,595 |
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Cotton whitefly, Sweet potato whitefly, Tobacco Whitefly
Bemisia tabaci |
Insecta Aleyrodidae |
6,043 |
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Eurasian Collared-Dove
Streptopelia decaocto |
Aves Columbidae |
5,466 |
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Laughing Dove
Spilopelia senegalensis |
Aves Columbidae |
4,962 |
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Rock Pigeon
Columba livia |
Aves Columbidae |
4,559 |
| Musca crassirostris | Insecta Muscidae |
4,366 | |
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Moth Fly
Psychoda alternata |
Insecta Psychodidae |
4,049 |
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Jungle Babbler
Turdoides striata |
Aves Leiothrichidae |
4,020 |
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Black Drongo
Dicrurus macrocercus |
Aves Dicruridae |
3,806 |
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Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus |
Aves Charadriidae |
3,752 |
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Purple Sunbird
Cinnyris asiaticus |
Aves Nectariniidae |
3,732 |
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Himalayan Bulbul
Pycnonotus leucogenys |
Aves Pycnonotidae |
3,710 |
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Common Tailorbird
Orthotomus sutorius |
Aves Cisticolidae |
3,523 |
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Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis |
Aves Muscicapidae |
3,324 |
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Long-tailed Shrike
Lanius schach |
Aves Laniidae |
3,176 |
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Oriental White-eye
Zosterops palpebrosus |
Aves Zosteropidae |
3,101 |
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White-throated Kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensis |
Aves Alcedinidae |
3,079 |
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Cinereous Tit
Parus cinereus |
Aves Paridae |
3,058 |
| Seedcorn Maggot
Delia platura |
Insecta Anthomyiidae |
3,036 | |
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Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica |
Aves Hirundinidae |
3,017 |
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Indian Pond-Heron
Ardeola grayii |
Aves Ardeidae |
2,931 |
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Asian Koel
Eudynamys scolopaceus |
Aves Cuculidae |
2,852 |
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Rufous Treepie
Dendrocitta vagabunda |
Aves Corvidae |
2,811 |
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Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron
Egretta garzetta |
Aves Ardeidae |
2,680 |
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Dark-winged fungus gnat
Bradysia ocellaris |
Insecta Sciaridae |
2,649 |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameri |
Aves Psittacidae |
2,622 |
| Dasyhelea ludingensis | Insecta Ceratopogonidae |
2,490 | |
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Common Babbler
Turdoides caudata |
Aves Leiothrichidae |
2,464 |
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Blue-throated Barbet
Psilopogon asiaticus |
Aves Megalaimidae |
2,393 |
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Green Bee-eater
Merops orientalis |
Aves Meropidae |
2,393 |
| Brown Rock Chat
Oenanthe fusca |
Aves Muscicapidae |
2,224 | |
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Hume's Warbler
Phylloscopus humei |
Aves Phylloscopidae |
2,182 |
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Stable Fly
Stomoxys calcitrans |
Insecta Muscidae |
2,164 |
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Pied Bushchat
Saxicola caprata |
Aves Muscicapidae |
2,140 |
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Little Swift
Apus affinis |
Aves Apodidae |
2,122 |
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Plain Prinia
Prinia inornata |
Aves Cisticolidae |
2,110 |
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White Wagtail
Motacilla alba |
Aves Motacillidae |
2,108 |
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Little Cormorant
Microcarbo niger |
Aves Phalacrocoracidae |
2,092 |
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Coppersmith Barbet
Psilopogon haemacephalus |
Aves Megalaimidae |
2,091 |
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Eurasian Hoopoe
Upupa epops |
Aves Upupidae |
2,074 |
| Black scavenger fly
Sepsis thoracica |
Insecta Sepsidae |
2,051 | |
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Bank Myna
Acridotheres ginginianus |
Aves Sturnidae |
1,962 |
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Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis |
Aves Columbidae |
1,942 |
| Pomace Fly
Scaptomyza pallida |
Insecta Drosophilidae |
1,918 | |
| Gray-hooded Warbler
Phylloscopus xanthoschistos |
Aves Phylloscopidae |
1,894 | |
| Australosepsis niveipennis | Insecta Sepsidae |
1,866 | |
| Parasitoid wasp
Diaeretiella rapae |
Insecta Braconidae |
1,710 | |
| Scatella tenuicosta | Insecta Ephydridae |
1,667 | |
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Grey Francolin
Ortygornis pondicerianus |
Aves Phasianidae |
1,639 |
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White-eared Bulbul
Pycnonotus leucotis |
Aves Pycnonotidae |
1,614 |
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Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis |
Aves Alcedinidae |
1,589 |
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Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus |
Aves Scolopacidae |
1,490 |
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Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus |
Aves Recurvirostridae |
1,475 |
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Greater Coucal
Centropus sinensis |
Aves Cuculidae |
1,464 |
| Bradysia nomica | Insecta Sciaridae |
1,427 | |
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Adia cinerella | Insecta Anthomyiidae |
1,389 |
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
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