🇸🇮Animals recorded in Slovenia

Which animals have been recorded in Slovenia? 12,178 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Stag Beetle, European chub, Erebia parmenio.

• 12,178 records
• 1,200+ species
• 26 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Stag Beetle, European chub, Erebia parmenio. 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 Slovenia

	Animal	Group	Records
	Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus	Insecta Lucanidae	688
	European chub Squalius cephalus	— Cyprinidae	224
	Erebia parmenio	Insecta Nymphalidae	200
	N Gobio obtusirostris	— Cyprinidae	171
	Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus	— Cyprinidae	142
	Schneider Alburnoides bipunctatus	— Cyprinidae	142
	Barje Sculpin Cottus metae	— Cottidae	124
	Danube Barbel Barbus balcanicus	— Cyprinidae	119
	Common nase Chondrostoma nasus	— Cyprinidae	119
	Roach Rutilus rutilus	— Cyprinidae	111
	Sea trout Salmo trutta	— Salmonidae	107
	Bleak Alburnus alburnus	— Cyprinidae	102
	Northern pike Esox lucius	— Esocidae	101
	Vairone Telestes souffia	— Cyprinidae	100
	Barbel Barbus barbus	— Cyprinidae	96
	Stone Loach Barbatula barbatula	— Nemacheilidae	93
	Danubian Spined Loach Cobitis elongatoides	— Cobitidae	84
	Tench Tinca tinca	— Cyprinidae	83
	Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss	— Salmonidae	76
	Grayling [fish] Thymallus thymallus	— Salmonidae	75
	Bank Vole Myodes glareolus	Mammalia Cricetidae	73
	Perch Perca fluviatilis	— Percidae	72
	Danube roach Rutilus virgo	— Cyprinidae	69
	Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus	— Cyprinidae	67
	Common carp Cyprinus carpio	— Cyprinidae	64
	wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus	Mammalia Muridae	63
	bream Abramis brama	— Cyprinidae	63
	Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis	Mammalia Muridae	60
	Prussian carp Carassius gibelio	— Cyprinidae	58
	bitterling Rhodeus amarus	— Cyprinidae	57
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	56
	Pumkinseed Lepomis gibbosus	— Centrarchidae	54
	Vladykov's lamprey Eudontomyzon vladykovi	Petromyzonti Petromyzontidae	53
	common shrew Sorex araneus	Mammalia Soricidae	51
	Italian chub Squalius squalus	— Cyprinidae	50
	Crucian Carp Carassius carassius	— Cyprinidae	50
	Huchen Hucho hucho	— Salmonidae	49
	Cochlostoma tergestinum	Gastropoda Cochlostomatidae	49
	Wels Silurus glanis	— Siluridae	47
	European mole Talpa europaea	Mammalia Talpidae	44
	Topmouth Gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva	— Cyprinidae	43
	Common wall lizard Podarcis muralis	Squamata Lacertidae	40
	Balkan Loach Cobitis elongata	— Cobitidae	39
	Vimba Vimba vimba	— Cyprinidae	37
	field vole Microtus agrestis	Mammalia Cricetidae	37
	Bullhead Cottus gobio	— Cottidae	37
	Marbled White Melanargia galathea	Insecta Nymphalidae	35
	Trout Salmo marmoratus	— Salmonidae	34
	White Bream Blicca bjoerkna	— Cyprinidae	34
	Pike-perch Sander lucioperca	— Percidae	34
	Dace Leuciscus leuciscus	— Cyprinidae	34
	Danube Whitefin Gudgeon Romanogobio vladykovi	— Cyprinidae	33
	Alpine Shrew Sorex alpinus	Mammalia Soricidae	32
	Italian Barbel Barbus plebejus	— Cyprinidae	32
	Lesser White Toothed Shrew Crocidura suaveolens	Mammalia Soricidae	31
	Common Pine Vole Microtus subterraneus	Mammalia Cricetidae	31
	Callerebia mani	Insecta Nymphalidae	30
	common vole Microtus arvalis	Mammalia Cricetidae	30
	Peacock blenny Salaria pavo	— Blenniidae	30
	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammalia Sciuridae	30