🇵🇪Animals recorded in Peru

Which animals have been recorded in Peru? 223,468 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include humpback whale, Yellow-rumped Leaf-eared Mouse, Seba's Short-tailed Bat.

• 223,468 records
• 1,200+ species
• 61 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include humpback whale, Yellow-rumped Leaf-eared Mouse, Seba's Short-tailed Bat. 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 Peru

	Animal	Group	Records
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	1,817
	Yellow-rumped Leaf-eared Mouse Phyllotis xanthopygus	Mammalia Cricetidae	1,034
	Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	936
	Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis	Aves Passerellidae	852
	Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus	Aves Furnariidae	798
	Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira erythromos	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	786
	Silky Short-Tailed Bat Carollia brevicaudum	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	775
	Blue-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix coronata	Aves Pipridae	771
	Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis	Aves Tyrannidae	673
	Mitred Toad Rhinella margaritifera	Amphibia Bufonidae	663
	Highland Grass Mouse Akodon aerosus	Mammalia Cricetidae	599
	Russet-crowned Warbler Myiothlypis coronata	Aves Parulidae	593
	Red snouted treefrog Scinax ruber	Amphibia Hylidae	569
	Fraternal Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus fraterculus	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	542
	Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus planirostris	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	538
	Citrine Warbler Myiothlypis luteoviridis	Aves Parulidae	502
	Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea	Aves Thraupidae	492
	Puno Akodont Akodon subfuscus	Mammalia Cricetidae	486
	Black Myotis Myotis nigricans	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	456
	Dark fruit-eating bat Artibeus obscurus	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	456
	Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina	Aves Trochilidae	454
	Common Stream Lizard Potamites ecpleopus	Squamata Gymnophthalmidae	451
	Bolivian Akodont Akodon boliviensis	Mammalia Cricetidae	436
	Colorful Pericote Auliscomys pictus	Mammalia Cricetidae	428
	Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus	Aves Tyrannidae	425
	Velvety free-tailed bat Molossus molossus	Mammalia Molossidae	418
	House Wren Troglodytes aedon	Aves Troglodytidae	417
	Pallas's Long-Tongued Bat Glossophaga soricina	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	415
	Golden-headed Manakin Pipra erythrocephala	Aves Pipridae	413
	common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	411
	Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo	Aves Thraupidae	399
	Cloud Forest Akodont Akodon torques	Mammalia Cricetidae	385
	Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster	Aves Fringillidae	384
	Brown-eared anole Anolis fuscoauratus	Squamata Dactyloidae	383
	Black-faced Antbird Myrmoborus myotherinus	Aves Thamnophilidae	381
	Moustached Flowerpiercer Diglossa mystacalis	Aves Thraupidae	379
	Bufo toad Rhinella marina	Amphibia Bufonidae	375
	Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus	Aves Tyrannidae	372
	Destructive Pygmy Rice Rat Oligoryzomys destructor	Mammalia Cricetidae	366
	Common Scale-backed Antbird Willisornis poecilinotus	Aves Thamnophilidae	364
	Black-throated Flowerpiercer Diglossa brunneiventris	Aves Thraupidae	361
	Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys	Aves Troglodytidae	357
	Tent-Making Bat Uroderma bilobatum	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	354
	Violet-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena violifer	Aves Trochilidae	351
	White-crowned Manakin Pipra pipra	Aves Pipridae	344
	Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans	Aves Trochilidae	344
	Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus	Aves Fringillidae	343
	Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum	Aves Thraupidae	342
	Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena	Aves Trochilidae	341
	Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger	Aves Furnariidae	340
	Painted Forest Toadlet Engystomops petersi	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	339
	White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris	Aves Thamnophilidae	328
	Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda	Aves Pipridae	320
	Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata	Aves Trochilidae	318
	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat Carollia castanea	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	315
	Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus	Aves Furnariidae	315
	Peru Pacific Iguana Microlophus peruvianus	Squamata Tropiduridae	315
	Common Thin-toed Frog Leptodactylus leptodactyloides	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	314
	Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus	Aves Tyrannidae	314
	Eciton hamatum	Insecta Formicidae	310