What Animal Lives Where

🇹🇭Animals recorded in Thailand

Which animals have been recorded in Thailand? 86,158 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 Anopheles minimus, Anopheles barbirostris, Asian tiger mosquito.

Country evidence passport

Evidence found

86,158 coordinate-bearing animal records; 1,200+ species facets.

TH is the stable ISO place code.

Source coverage

GBIF Animalia occurrence facets for this country, restricted to CC0 records.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect GBIF.

What this means

The listed species have reusable occurrence evidence in the stated source universe.

Rows are ordered by record count.

What this does not mean

The list is not a census, abundance ranking, native-range claim or guarantee of current presence.

Missing or low counts can reflect uneven survey effort.

216 · 39,234212 · 13,20811592253 · 3,138229 · 1,920225 · 1,896359 · 5,070131 · 1,803256 · 1,342367 · 1,266137 · 61311133537 · 500206 · 352

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Anopheles minimus, Anopheles barbirostris, Asian tiger mosquito. 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 Thailand

AnimalGroupRecords
Anopheles minimus Insecta
Culicidae
1,440
Anopheles barbirostris Insecta
Culicidae
1,235
Asian tiger mosquito, Forest day mosquito Asian tiger mosquito
Aedes albopictus
Insecta
Culicidae
1,148
yellow fever mosquito
Aedes aegypti
Insecta
Culicidae
962
Armigeres subalbatus Insecta
Culicidae
424
southern house mosquito southern house mosquito
Culex quinquefasciatus
Insecta
Culicidae
416
Finlayson's Squirrel
Callosciurus finlaysonii
Mammalia
Sciuridae
395
Culex vishnui Insecta
Culicidae
392
Asian Grass Frog/Common Pond Frog/Field Frog/Grass Frog/Indian Rice Frog Asian Grass Frog
Fejervarya limnocharis
Amphibia
Dicroglossidae
377
Anopheles campestris Insecta
Culicidae
374
Sumatran Serow
Capricornis sumatraensis
Mammalia
Bovidae
353
Common water monitor Common water monitor
Varanus salvator
Squamata
Varanidae
343
Variable agama Variable agama
Calotes versicolor
Squamata
Agamidae
342
Northern Tree Shrew
Tupaia belangeri
Mammalia
Tupaiidae
324
Culex gelidus Insecta
Culicidae
321
Red Junglefowl Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
Aves
Phasianidae
316
Mansonia indiana Insecta
Culicidae
279
Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
Macaca leonina
Mammalia
Cercopithecidae
255
Hill's Shrew
Crocidura hilliana
Mammalia
Soricidae
253
Zebra Dove Zebra Dove
Geopelia striata
Aves
Columbidae
253
Simulium asakoae Insecta
Simuliidae
248
Aedes niveus Insecta
Culicidae
215
crab eating macaque crab eating macaque
Macaca fascicularis
Mammalia
Cercopithecidae
214
Common Sunda Toad Common Sunda Toad
Duttaphrynus melanostictus
Amphibia
Bufonidae
212
Oriental Magpie-Robin Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Aves
Muscicapidae
200
oriental fruit fly oriental fruit fly
Bactrocera dorsalis
Insecta
Tephritidae
198
Anopheles sawadwongporni Insecta
Culicidae
196
Butterfly lizard
Leiolepis belliana
Squamata
Agamidae
195
Common Myna Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
Aves
Sturnidae
190
Spotted Dove Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis
Aves
Columbidae
185
Anopheles epiroticus Insecta
Culicidae
173
lar gibbon
Hylobates lar
Mammalia
Hylobatidae
162
Common House Gecko Common House Gecko
Hemidactylus frenatus
Squamata
Gekkonidae
161
Culex tritaeniorhynchus Culex tritaeniorhynchus Insecta
Culicidae
150
Rock Pigeon Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
Aves
Columbidae
146
Greater Bandicoot Rat
Bandicota indica
Mammalia
Muridae
146
Asian Flat-tailed House Gecko
Hemidactylus platyurus
Squamata
Gekkonidae
145
Anopheles varuna Insecta
Culicidae
145
Anopheles tessellatus Insecta
Culicidae
142
Culex sitiens Insecta
Culicidae
138
Anopheles jamesii Insecta
Culicidae
137
Mansonia uniformis Insecta
Culicidae
136
Common Green Frog
Hylarana erythraea
Amphibia
Ranidae
133
Scarlet Minivet Scarlet Minivet
Pericrocotus speciosus
Aves
Campephagidae
118
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus paradiseus
Aves
Dicruridae
116
Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Aves
Ardeidae
113
Simulium fenestratum Insecta
Simuliidae
113
Anopheles aconitus Insecta
Culicidae
112
Asian Openbill Asian Openbill
Anastomus oscitans
Aves
Ciconiidae
112
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophus
Aves
Leiothrichidae
111
pileated gibbon
Hylobates pileatus
Mammalia
Hylobatidae
111
Tokay gecko Tokay gecko
Gekko gecko
Squamata
Gekkonidae
109
cat cat
Felis catus
Mammalia
Felidae
108
Asian palm civet
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Mammalia
Viverridae
108
Anopheles peditaeniatus Insecta
Culicidae
107
Anopheles splendidus Insecta
Culicidae
107
Brown Mabuya
Eutropis multifasciata
Squamata
Scincidae
107
Anopheles sinensis Insecta
Culicidae
106
Indochinese Ground Squirrel
Menetes berdmorei
Mammalia
Sciuridae
106
Ayeyarwady Bulbul Ayeyarwady Bulbul
Pycnonotus blanfordi
Aves
Pycnonotidae
106
How to read this. These are records, not a census. A high count can mean a common animal or simply a well-watched one, and limited records appear alongside repeated records. Open an animal to inspect whether the evidence is one-off, repeated, recent or historical.