🇹🇬What animals live in Togo?

Name: Animal occurrence records for Togo
Creator: What Animal Lives Where

48,715 animal records from Togo cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

48,715 records
1,200+ species
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Most-recorded animals in Togo

Animal	Group	Records
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	659
Clivina consobrina	Insecta Carabidae	654
Black Kite Milvus migrans	Aves Accipitridae	652
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis	Aves Columbidae	632
Olive Ridley Lepidochelys olivacea	Testudines Cheloniidae	475
African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus	Aves Apodidae	368
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis	Aves Cuculidae	368
Bronze mannikin Lonchura cucullata	Aves Estrildidae	365
Pied Crow Corvus albus	Aves Corvidae	355
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus	Aves Ploceidae	355
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Aves Ardeidae	347
White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis	Aves Meropidae	330
Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator	Aves Musophagidae	321
Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	320
green turtle Chelonia mydas	Testudines Cheloniidae	312
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata	Aves Columbidae	271
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus	Aves Nectariniidae	270
Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica	Aves Hirundinidae	265
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus	Aves Jacanidae	264
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis	Aves Alcedinidae	263
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus	Aves Passeridae	248
Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus	Aves Alcedinidae	248
Deroo's Praomys Praomys derooi	Mammalia Muridae	241
Tullberg's Praomys Praomys tullbergi	Mammalia Muridae	235
Little Swift Apus affinis	Aves Apodidae	233
Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea	Aves Columbidae	226
Striated Heron Butorides striata	Aves Ardeidae	212
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	Aves Ardeidae	211
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis	Aves Alcedinidae	209
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus	Aves Nectariniidae	209
Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra	Aves Rallidae	205
Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus	Aves Cisticolidae	201
Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus	Aves Nectariniidae	193
Betaryringophiloidus seiuri	Arachnida Syringophilidae	190
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus	Aves Lybiidae	187
White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata	Aves Anatidae	187
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	Aves Scolopacidae	186
African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	Aves Bucerotidae	184
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer	Aves Columbidae	182
African Thrush Turdus pelios	Aves Turdidae	180
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura	Aves Cisticolidae	172
Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	170
Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni	Aves Ploceidae	165
Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina	Aves Laniidae	164
Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Aves Ardeidae	161
Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus	Aves Malaconotidae	153
Northern Savanna Gerbil Gerbilliscus kempii	Mammalia Muridae	148
Senaspis dibapha	Insecta Syrphidae	144
Chlorocala africana	Insecta Scarabaeidae	141
Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus	Aves Ploceidae	141
Microdinodes nigrolineatus	Insecta Elmidae	138
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	134
African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus	Aves Bucerotidae	133
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava	Aves Cisticolidae	131
Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	128
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus	Aves Charadriidae	126
Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis	Aves Laniidae	126
Gracile Tateril Taterillus gracilis	Mammalia Muridae	124
African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus	Aves Columbidae	123
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	Aves Corvidae	122

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 rare visitors appear alongside residents. Open an animal to see whether its records suggest it is resident, seasonal or just passing through.