🇷🇪What animals live in Réunion?

319,817 animal records from Réunion cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 319,817 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Réunion

	Animal	Group	Records
	green turtle Chelonia mydas	Testudines Cheloniidae	27,808
	Reunion Gray White-eye Zosterops borbonicus	Aves Zosteropidae	11,474
	Reunion Little Mastiff Bat Mormopterus francoismoutoui	Mammalia Molossidae	10,284
	Barau's Petrel Pterodroma baraui	Aves Procellariidae	9,175
	Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus	Aves Pycnonotidae	9,093
	loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta	Testudines Cheloniidae	8,953
	Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis	Aves Ploceidae	8,652
	Reunion Harrier Circus maillardi	Aves Accipitridae	8,575
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	8,561
	Asian tiger mosquito, Forest day mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	8,432
	Reunion Stonechat Saxicola tectes	Aves Muscicapidae	7,864
	Reunion Cuckooshrike Coracina newtoni	Aves Campephagidae	7,559
	Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni	Aves Procellariidae	7,536
	Common Myna Acridotheres tristis	Aves Sturnidae	6,527
	Reunion Bulbul Hypsipetes borbonicus	Aves Pycnonotidae	4,870
	Reunion White-eye Zosterops olivaceus	Aves Zosteropidae	4,575
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	4,352
	Mascarene Swiftlet Aerodramus francicus	Aves Apodidae	4,308
	Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone bourbonnensis	Aves Monarchidae	3,955
	Madagascar turtle-dove Nesoenas picturatus	Aves Columbidae	3,825
	Zebra Dove Geopelia striata	Aves Columbidae	3,793
	Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus	Aves Ploceidae	2,808
	White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	Aves Phaethontidae	2,765
	Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild	Aves Estrildidae	2,535
	Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica	Aves Hirundinidae	2,232
	Striated Heron Butorides striata	Aves Ardeidae	2,016
	Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	Aves Procellariidae	1,835
	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Aves Rallidae	1,828
	Indian Hare Lepus nigricollis	Mammalia Leporidae	1,769
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	1,748
	Manapany day gecko Phelsuma inexpectata	Squamata Gekkonidae	1,625
	hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata	Testudines Cheloniidae	1,524
	cat Felis catus	Mammalia Felidae	1,488
	Variable agama Calotes versicolor	Squamata Agamidae	1,316
	wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus	Aves Procellariidae	1,273
	Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss	— Salmonidae	1,270
	Reunion Day Gecko Phelsuma borbonica	Squamata Gekkonidae	1,254
	Gold dust day gecko, Broad-tailed Day Gecko Phelsuma laticauda	Squamata Gekkonidae	1,020
	Javan Deer, Javan Rusa, Rusa, Rusa Deer, Sunda Sambar, Timor Deer Rusa timorensis	Mammalia Cervidae	976
	Panther chameleon Furcifer pardalis	Squamata Chamaeleonidae	919
	Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin, tuyiin Tursiops aduncus	Mammalia Delphinidae	866
	Bichique Sicyopterus lagocephalus	— Gobiidae	837
	African common toad Sclerophrys gutturalis	Amphibia Bufonidae	834
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	727
	Cotylopus acutipinnis	— Gobiidae	689
	Giant mottled eel Anguilla marmorata	— Anguillidae	631
	Mauritian Tomb Bat Taphozous mauritianus	Mammalia Emballonuridae	620
	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	Aves Laridae	588
	Koros Shrimp Atyoida serrata	Malacostraca Atyidae	581
	Common agama Agama agama	Squamata Agamidae	580
	Madagascar Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis	Aves Turnicidae	575
	Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris	Mammalia Delphinidae	572
	Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Aves Scolopacidae	569
	Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	Aves Scolopacidae	522
	Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata	Aves Estrildidae	515
	Brachymyrmex cordemoyi	Insecta Formicidae	443
	Koua River Prawn Macrobrachium australe	Malacostraca Palaemonidae	430
	Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura	Aves Viduidae	409
	Brown sleeper, Dusky sleeper Eleotris fusca	— Eleotridae	407
	Asian house shrew Suncus murinus	Mammalia Soricidae	400