🇹🇼Animals recorded in Taiwan

Which animals have been recorded in Taiwan? 66,092 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 Asian tiger mosquito, yellow fever mosquito, Taiwan Field Mouse.

• 66,092 records
• 1,200+ species
• 48 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Asian tiger mosquito, yellow fever mosquito, Taiwan Field Mouse. 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 Taiwan

	Animal	Group	Records
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	15,343
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	9,524
	Taiwan Field Mouse Apodemus semotus	Mammalia Muridae	651
	Asian Grass Frog Fejervarya limnocharis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	462
	Brown anole Anolis sagrei	Squamata Dactyloidae	424
	Taiwan Japalure Diploderma swinhonis	Squamata Agamidae	351
	Bowed Fiddler Crab Tubuca arcuata	Malacostraca Ocypodidae	306
	Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	Aves Ardeidae	304
	Little Egret Egretta garzetta	Aves Ardeidae	297
	Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis	Aves Pycnonotidae	274
	Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus	Aves Ardeidae	255
	Beijing Gold-striped Pond Frog Pelophylax plancyi	Amphibia Ranidae	244
	Spiny Taiwan Niviventer Niviventer coninga	Mammalia Muridae	233
	Eiffinger's Asian Treefrog Kurixalus eiffingeri	Amphibia Rhacophoridae	222
	Soft-furred Taiwan Niviventer Niviventer culturatus	Mammalia Muridae	213
	Formosa grass lizard Takydromus formosanus	Squamata Lacertidae	207
	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus	Aves Passeridae	194
	Pallas's squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus	Mammalia Sciuridae	189
	Nippostrongylus brasiliensis	Chromadorea Heligmosomidae	182
	Milky Fiddler Crab Austruca lactea	Malacostraca Ocypodidae	178
	Long-legged Brown Frog Rana longicrus	Amphibia Ranidae	166
	Taiwan Vole Microtus kikuchii	Mammalia Cricetidae	159
	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Aves Rallidae	157
	Asiatic Toad Bufo gargarizans	Amphibia Bufonidae	155
	Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	Aves Recurvirostridae	153
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	150
	Broad-folded Frog Hylarana latouchii	Amphibia Ranidae	150
	Taiwan Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus fumidus	Mammalia Soricidae	150
	Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis	Aves Columbidae	147
	Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus	Aves Pycnonotidae	137
	Encyclometra colubrimurorum	Trematoda Encyclometridae	135
	Great Egret Ardea alba	Aves Ardeidae	133
	Kuhl’s Stream Frog Limnonectes kuhlii	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	133
	Common Sunda Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus	Amphibia Bufonidae	131
	Gray Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	131
	Common Myna Acridotheres tristis	Aves Sturnidae	129
	Northern Calling Fiddler Crab Gelasimus borealis	Malacostraca Ocypodidae	129
	Gray Treepie Dendrocitta formosae	Aves Corvidae	127
	Himalayan Forest Skink Sphenomorphus indicus	Squamata Scincidae	124
	Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus	Aves Sturnidae	124
	Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica	Aves Columbidae	118
	Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	117
	Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	Aves Charadriidae	116
	Stejneger's Grass Lizard Takydromus stejnegeri	Squamata Lacertidae	114
	Great Himalayan Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros armiger	Mammalia Hipposideridae	110
	Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis	Aves Megalaimidae	110
	Lagria oharai	Insecta Tenebrionidae	108
	Shanghai Elegant Skink Plestiodon elegans	Squamata Scincidae	106
	Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus	Aves Dicruridae	99
	Formosan rock macaque Macaca cyclopis	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	97
	Giant Golden Orb Weaver Nephila pilipes	Arachnida Araneidae	96
	Taiwanese Mole Shrew Anourosorex yamashinai	Mammalia Soricidae	94
	Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis	Aves Columbidae	92
	Pale Grass Blue Pseudozizeeria maha	Insecta Lycaenidae	89
	Euphitrea nisotroides	Insecta Chrysomelidae	88
	Helice formosensis	Malacostraca Varunidae	86
	Chinese stripe-necked turtle Mauremys sinensis	Testudines Geoemydidae	85
	Ladybird beetle Cheilomenes sexmaculata	Insecta Coccinellidae	82
	Thrips Scirtothrips dorsalis	Insecta Thripidae	82
	Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	Aves Anatidae	82