🇸🇧Animals recorded in the Solomon Islands

Which animals have been recorded in the Solomon Islands? 19,253 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 White-capped Monarch, White-Bellied Skink, Pacific Black Skink.

• 19,253 records
• 1,200+ species
• 40 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include White-capped Monarch, White-Bellied Skink, Pacific Black Skink. 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 the Solomon Islands

	Animal	Group	Records
	White-capped Monarch Monarcha richardsii	Aves Monarchidae	208
	White-Bellied Skink Emoia cyanura	Squamata Scincidae	202
	Pacific Black Skink Emoia nigra	Squamata Scincidae	185
	False Bluetail Emo Skink Emoia pseudocyanura	Squamata Scincidae	164
	Polynesian Rat Rattus exulans	Mammalia Muridae	145
	Guenther's Triangle Frog Cornufer guentheri	Amphibia Ceratobatrachidae	125
	Yellow-vented Myzomela Myzomela eichhorni	Aves Meliphagidae	124
	Chestnut-bellied Monarch Monarcha castaneiventris	Aves Monarchidae	123
	Cockerell's Fantail Rhipidura cockerelli	Aves Rhipiduridae	119
	Painted Grasshawk Neurothemis stigmatizans	Insecta Libellulidae	118
	Solomons White-eye Zosterops kulambangrae	Aves Zosteropidae	111
	Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons	Aves Rhipiduridae	111
	Marianas Blue-Tailed Skink Emoia caeruleocauda	Squamata Scincidae	106
	Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta	Aves Apodidae	100
	Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis	Aves Nectariniidae	93
	Nososticta salomonis	Insecta Platycnemididae	92
	Steel-blue Flycatcher Myiagra ferrocyanea	Aves Monarchidae	92
	Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica	Aves Sturnidae	92
	Kolombangra Monarch Symposiachrus browni	Aves Monarchidae	92
	Trigonops platessa	Insecta Curculionidae	89
	New Georgia Dwarf-Kingfisher Ceyx collectoris	Aves Alcedinidae	87
	Black-and-white Monarch Symposiachrus barbatus	Aves Monarchidae	84
	Ocean Gecko Gehyra oceanica	Squamata Gekkonidae	84
	Elegant Forest Skink Sphenomorphus concinnatus	Squamata Scincidae	81
	Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus	Aves Alcedinidae	78
	Yellow-throated White-eye Zosterops metcalfii	Aves Zosteropidae	75
	Oriole Whistler Pachycephala orioloides	Aves Pachycephalidae	74
	Culex annulirostris	Insecta Culicidae	72
	Spotted Emo Skink Emoia maculata	Squamata Scincidae	72
	Midget Flowerpecker Dicaeum aeneum	Aves Dicaeidae	71
	Solomons Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia inermis	Mammalia Pteropodidae	67
	Geoffroys rousette Rousettus amplexicaudatus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	65
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	64
	Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	Aves Alcedinidae	63
	Scarlet-naped Myzomela Myzomela lafargei	Aves Meliphagidae	63
	Kolombangra White-eye Zosterops murphyi	Aves Zosteropidae	60
	Emerald Skink Lamprolepis smaragdina	Squamata Scincidae	59
	Queen Victoria's Birdwing Ornithoptera victoriae	Insecta Papilionidae	58
	Sad Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris	Squamata Gekkonidae	57
	Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata	Aves Campephagidae	57
	Solomon Island Ground Boa Candoia paulsoni	Squamata Boidae	56
	Schmidt's Emo Skink Emoia schmidti	Squamata Scincidae	55
	Cape York Birdwing Ornithoptera priamus	Insecta Papilionidae	54
	Striped Triggerfish Balistapus undulatus	— Balistidae	54
	Dwarf Flying Fox Pteropus woodfordi	Mammalia Pteropodidae	53
	Bactrocera umbrosa	Insecta Tephritidae	53
	Blue-bellied Emoia Emoia cyanogaster	Squamata Scincidae	52
	Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii	Aves Sturnidae	52
	Red-knobbed Imperial-Pigeon Ducula rubricera	Aves Columbidae	52
	Aspastus miltocheilus	Gastropoda Bothriembryontidae	52
	Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus viridis	Aves Columbidae	50
	Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis	Aves Pachycephalidae	50
	Cardinal Lory Chalcopsitta cardinalis	Aves Psittacidae	49
	Striped Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus	— Acanthuridae	49
	Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani	Aves Columbidae	48
	White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis	Aves Campephagidae	48
	Golden Chromis Chromis ternatensis	— Pomacentridae	48
	northern common cuscus Phalanger orientalis	Mammalia Phalangeridae	47
	Ducorps's Cockatoo Cacatua ducorpsii	Aves Psittacidae	47
	Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides	Aves Sturnidae	47