🇼🇸What animals live in Samoa?

42,026 animal records from Samoa cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 42,026 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Samoa

	Animal	Group	Records
	Samoan Starling Aplonis atrifusca	Aves Sturnidae	1,319
	Eastern Wattled-Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculatus	Aves Meliphagidae	1,290
	Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis	Aves Meliphagidae	1,265
	Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa	Aves Campephagidae	1,127
	White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius	Aves Apodidae	1,054
	Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus	Aves Columbidae	1,044
	Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer	Aves Pycnonotidae	940
	Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis	Aves Rallidae	862
	Pacific Imperial-Pigeon Ducula pacifica	Aves Columbidae	807
	White Tern Gygis alba	Aves Laridae	707
	Flat-billed Kingfisher Todiramphus recurvirostris	Aves Alcedinidae	686
	Polynesian Starling Aplonis tabuensis	Aves Sturnidae	647
	Common Myna Acridotheres tristis	Aves Sturnidae	643
	Samoan Whistler Pachycephala flavifrons	Aves Pachycephalidae	638
	Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus	Aves Sturnidae	610
	Samoan Fantail Rhipidura nebulosa	Aves Rhipiduridae	601
	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	Aves Laridae	572
	rock-boring urchin Echinometra mathaei	Echinoidea Echinometridae	561
	Blue-crowned Lorikeet Vini australis	Aves Psittacidae	536
	Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva	Aves Charadriidae	517
	White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	Aves Phaethontidae	511
	lolly fish Holothuria atra	Holothuroidea Holothuriidae	480
	Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis	Aves Columbidae	423
	Greenfish Stichopus chloronotus	Holothuroidea Stichopodidae	393
	Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra	Aves Ardeidae	375
	Many-colored Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus perousii	Aves Columbidae	372
	Samoan Flycatcher Myiagra albiventris	Aves Monarchidae	370
	azure sea star Linckia laevigata	Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae	326
	Mao Gymnomyza samoensis	Aves Meliphagidae	319
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	299
	Wandering Tattler Tringa incana	Aves Scolopacidae	279
	Samoan Triller Lalage sharpei	Aves Campephagidae	261
	Pacific Robin Petroica pusilla	Aves Petroicidae	241
	Red-headed Parrotfinch Erythrura cyaneovirens	Aves Estrildidae	207
	tiger fish Bohadschia argus	Holothuroidea Holothuriidae	198
	Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus	Aves Rallidae	197
	Striated surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus	— Acanthuridae	175
	Daisy parrotfish Chlorurus sordidus	— Scaridae	174
	Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana	Aves Laridae	169
	Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus	Aves Phasianidae	163
	Palenose Parrotfish, Common parrotfish Scarus psittacus	— Scaridae	160
	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	Aves Sulidae	156
	Sad Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris	Squamata Gekkonidae	155
	Red-footed Booby Sula sula	Aves Sulidae	146
	Pheidole umbonata	Insecta Formicidae	138
	Manybar goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus	— Mullidae	138
	Egghead Parrotfish Scarus oviceps	— Scaridae	136
	Vagabond Butterflyfish Chaetodon vagabundus	— Chaetodontidae	135
	cushion star Culcita novaeguineae	Asteroidea Oreasteridae	134
	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	132
	Ocean Gecko Gehyra oceanica	Squamata Gekkonidae	130
	Great Frigatebird Fregata minor	Aves Fregatidae	126
	Striped Triggerfish, Orange-lined triggerfish Balistapus undulatus	— Balistidae	122
	Oval Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunulatus	— Chaetodontidae	119
	White-Bellied Skink Emoia cyanura	Squamata Scincidae	117
	Convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus	— Acanthuridae	116
	Moorish idol Zanclus cornutus	— Zanclidae	115
	Pacific Black Skink Emoia nigra	Squamata Scincidae	113
	tiger cowrie Cypraea tigris	Gastropoda Cypraeidae	111
	Blackeye thicklip Hemigymnus melapterus	— Labridae	108