🇸🇭Animals recorded in Saint Helena

Which animals have been recorded in Saint Helena? 4,131 occurrence records cover 911 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 Tristan Klipfish, Sooty Tern, Common Waxbill.

• 4,131 records
• 911 species
• 48 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Tristan Klipfish, Sooty Tern, Common Waxbill. 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 Saint Helena

	Animal	Group	Records
	Tristan Klipfish Bovichtus diacanthus	— Bovichtidae	186
	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	Aves Laridae	172
	Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild	Aves Estrildidae	74
	Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila	Aves Fregatidae	36
	Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata	Insecta Tephritidae	33
	Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro	Aves Hydrobatidae	33
	Ascension Island Sally lightfoot crab Grapsus adscensionis	Malacostraca Grapsidae	32
	Argia carolus	Insecta Coenagrionidae	32
	Common Myna Acridotheres tristis	Aves Sturnidae	30
	Epicadinus villosus	Arachnida Thomisidae	28
	Trioza erytreae	Insecta Triozidae	27
	Amazon zebra shrimp Euryrhynchus amazoniensis	Malacostraca Euryrhynchidae	27
	Argia elongata	Insecta Coenagrionidae	25
	Rock-boring Urchin Echinometra lucunter	Echinoidea Echinometridae	25
	Ariadna mollis	Arachnida Segestriidae	25
	Masked Sula dactylatra	Aves Sulidae	23
	Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos	Aves Diomedeidae	22
	Bolothrips inaccessiblensis	Insecta Phlaeothripidae	22
	Pachygrapsus loveridgei	Malacostraca Grapsidae	22
	Hyale macrodactyla	Malacostraca Hyalidae	21
	Characidium declivirostre	— Crenuchidae	20
	Ophiothrix roseocoerulans	Ophiuroidea Ophiotrichidae	20
	Sloane's viperfish Chauliodus sloani	— Stomiidae	19
	crescentmarked lily aphid Neomyzus circumflexus	Insecta Aphididae	18
	White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	Aves Phaethontidae	18
	Neonesidea manningi	Ostracoda Bairdiidae	18
	Wilkins's Finch Nesospiza wilkinsi	Aves Thraupidae	17
	Lissothrips uniformis	Insecta Phlaeothripidae	17
	Mecataleptodius olsoni	Malacostraca Xanthidae	17
	Clibanarius rosewateri	Malacostraca Diogenidae	17
	Southern lanternfish Lampanyctus australis	— Myctophidae	16
	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	Aves Sulidae	16
	Frankliniella antarctica	Insecta Thripidae	16
	Mediterranean Tooth-footed Snapping Shrimp Alpheus dentipes	Malacostraca Alpheidae	16
	Microcassiope minor	Malacostraca Xanthidae	16
	Homoeomma montanum	Arachnida Theraphosidae	15
	Tidal Spray Crab Plagusia depressa	Malacostraca Plagusiidae	15
	Diaphanous pelagic octopod Japetella diaphana	Cephalopoda Amphitretidae	15
	Metalpheus paragracilis	Malacostraca Alpheidae	15
	Black Noddy Anous minutus	Aves Laridae	15
	White Tern Gygis alba	Aves Laridae	15
	Twoclaw Shrimp Brachycarpus biunguiculatus	Malacostraca Palaemonidae	14
	gray sea cucumber Holothuria grisea	Holothuroidea Holothuriidae	13
	False Oblique Hatchetfish Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana	— Sternoptychidae	13
	Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus	Aves Stercorariidae	13
	Quadrimaera ascensionis	Malacostraca Maeridae	13
	Serejohyale spinidactyloides	Malacostraca Hyalidae	13
	Red-billed Phaethon aethereus	Aves Phaethontidae	13
	Speckled snapping shrimp Synalpheus fritzmuelleri	Malacostraca Alpheidae	12
	Idiops camelus	Arachnida Idiopidae	12
	Guilding's star Ophidiaster guildingi	Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae	12
	Hudson's lanternfish Diaphus hudsoni	— Myctophidae	12
	Bigscale deepsea smelt Melanolagus bericoides	— Bathylagidae	12
	Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena	Aves Diomedeidae	12
	denticulate rubble crab Williamstimpsonia denticulatus	Malacostraca Xanthidae	12
	Hypostomus velhochico	— Loricariidae	12
	Spotlight loosejaw Malacosteus niger	— Stomiidae	11
	Saint Helena Gregory Stegastes sanctaehelenae	— Pomacentridae	11
	Half-naked hatchetfish Argyropelecus hemigymnus	— Sternoptychidae	11
	Crested bigscale Poromitra crassiceps	— Melamphaidae	11