🇸🇷Animals recorded in Suriname

Which animals have been recorded in Suriname? 23,154 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 Gelastocoris flavus, Yellow-fin Tunny, Azara's Broad-headed Oryzomys.

• 23,154 records
• 1,200+ species
• 42 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Gelastocoris flavus, Yellow-fin Tunny, Azara's Broad-headed Oryzomys. 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 Suriname

	Animal	Group	Records
	Gelastocoris flavus	Insecta Gelastocoridae	116
	Yellow-fin Tunny Thunnus albacares	— Scombridae	115
	Azara's Broad-headed Oryzomys Hylaeamys megacephalus	Mammalia Cricetidae	108
	White-crowned Manakin Pipra pipra	Aves Pipridae	96
	Red-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus phoenicius	Aves Thraupidae	94
	Bufo toad Rhinella marina	Amphibia Bufonidae	84
	Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata	Aves Trochilidae	81
	Swordfish Xiphias gladius	— Xiphiidae	80
	Anopheles nuneztovari	Insecta Culicidae	77
	Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons	Aves Thamnophilidae	70
	Cyphocharax spilurus	— Curimatidae	69
	Golden-headed Manakin Pipra erythrocephala	Aves Pipridae	68
	Black Manakin Xenopipo atronitens	Aves Pipridae	68
	Redeye tetra Moenkhausia oligolepis	— Characidae	67
	Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus	Aves Furnariidae	67
	White-fronted Manakin Lepidothrix serena	Aves Pipridae	65
	Orangefin tetra Bryconops affinis	— Iguanodectidae	64
	White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris	Aves Thamnophilidae	64
	Rufous-crowned Elaenia Elaenia ruficeps	Aves Tyrannidae	64
	Scaly Jupiaba Jupiaba polylepis	— Characidae	61
	Poptella brevispina	— Characidae	59
	White-necked Thrush Turdus albicollis	Aves Turdidae	59
	Banded knifefish Gymnotus carapo	— Gymnotidae	59
	Anopheles aquasalis	Insecta Culicidae	57
	Bananaquit Coereba flaveola	Aves Thraupidae	57
	Colletti tetra Moenkhausia collettii	— Characidae	57
	Steindachner's Dwarf Cichlid Apistogramma steindachneri	— Cichlidae	57
	Moenkhausia lepidura	— Characidae	56
	Threespot leporinus Leporinus friderici	— Anostomidae	54
	Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus	— Scombridae	53
	Glass Knifefish Eigenmannia trilineata	— Sternopygidae	53
	Straight-billed Hermit Phaethornis bourcieri	Aves Trochilidae	52
	Pencilfish Pyrrhulina filamentosa	— Lebiasinidae	51
	Silver hatchetfish Gasteropelecus sternicla	— Gasteropelecidae	51
	Velvet-browed Brilliant Heliodoxa xanthogonys	Aves Trochilidae	50
	Longtail knifefish Sternopygus macrurus	— Sternopygidae	50
	Palescales Tetra Moenkhausia grandisquamis	— Characidae	49
	Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus	Aves Tyrannidae	49
	Least Nighthawk Chordeiles pusillus	Aves Caprimulgidae	49
	Common Krobia Krobia guianensis	— Cichlidae	48
	Green-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus theresiae	Aves Trochilidae	48
	Black ghost Apteronotus albifrons	— Apteronotidae	47
	Blue Guianacara Guianacara owroewefi	— Cichlidae	46
	Trahira Hoplias malabaricus	— Erythrinidae	46
	Nerthra terrestris	Insecta Gelastocoridae	46
	Bryconops melanurus	— Iguanodectidae	45
	Rosy tetra Hyphessobrycon rosaceus	— Characidae	45
	Common dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus	— Coryphaenidae	45
	Coraya Wren Pheugopedius coraya	Aves Troglodytidae	45
	Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	44
	Corydoras coppenamensis	— Callichthyidae	44
	Fulvous-crested Tanager Tachyphonus surinamus	Aves Thraupidae	44
	Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri	Aves Furnariidae	44
	Guianan Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis cantator	Aves Thamnophilidae	44
	Moenkhausia chrysargyrea	— Characidae	43
	Velvety free-tailed bat Molossus molossus	Mammalia Molossidae	43
	Cuvier's Spiny-Rat Proechimys cuvieri	Mammalia Echimyidae	43
	Redeye piranha Serrasalmus rhombeus	— Serrasalmidae	43
	Anopheles oswaldoi	Insecta Culicidae	42
	Lesser Treefrog Dendropsophus minutus	Amphibia Hylidae	42