🇹🇨Animals recorded in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Which animals have been recorded in the Turks and Caicos Islands? 2,439 occurrence records cover 671 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 229 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Bastion Cay Curlytail Lizard, Silver Key Anole, Buffy Flower Bat.

• 2,439 records
• 671 species
• 26 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Bastion Cay Curlytail Lizard, Silver Key Anole, Buffy Flower Bat. 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 Turks and Caicos Islands

	Animal	Group	Records
	Bastion Cay Curlytail Lizard Leiocephalus psammodromus	Squamata Leiocephalidae	86
	Silver Key Anole Anolis scriptus	Squamata Dactyloidae	72
	Buffy Flower Bat Erophylla sezekorni	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	60
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	45
	Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus waterhousii	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	27
	Turks Island Iguana Cyclura carinata	Squamata Iguanidae	25
	Cuban Fruit-eating Bat Brachyphylla nana	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	19
	human Homo sapiens	Mammalia Hominidae	16
	white miniature ark Barbatia domingensis	Bivalvia Arcidae	14
	Yellow-fin Tunny Thunnus albacares	— Scombridae	12
	Swordfish Xiphias gladius	— Xiphiidae	12
	sunrise tellin Tellina radiata	Bivalvia Tellinidae	12
	Common dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus	— Coryphaenidae	11
	Goldspot goby Gnatholepis thompsoni	— Gobiidae	11
	Rusty Goby Priolepis hipoliti	— Gobiidae	10
	Queen conch Aliger gigas	Gastropoda Strombidae	10
	Speckled Tellin Tellinella listeri	Bivalvia Tellinidae	10
	Pennsylvania lucine Lucina pensylvanica	Bivalvia Lucinidae	10
	Bluehead Thalassoma bifasciatum	— Labridae	9
	Mossy Ark Lamarcka imbricata	Bivalvia Arcidae	9
	blackcheek blenny Starksia lepicoelia	— Labrisomidae	9
	Spotted soapfish Rypticus subbifrenatus	— Serranidae	9
	Dusky Cardinalfish Phaeoptyx pigmentaria	— Apogonidae	9
	Leach's Single Leaf Bat Monophyllus redmani	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	9
	Smooth File Clam Ctenoides mitis	Bivalvia Limidae	9
	Diamond lizardfish Synodus synodus	— Synodontidae	9
	stocky cerith Cerithium litteratum	Gastropoda Cerithiidae	8
	Sponge Halichondria melanadocia	Demospongiae Halichondriidae	8
	blackbar blenny Starksia fasciata	— Labrisomidae	8
	Four-Tooth Nerite Nerita versicolor	Gastropoda Neritidae	8
	Atlantic strawberry-cockle Americardia media	Bivalvia Cardiidae	7
	Janicella spinicauda	Malacostraca Oplophoridae	7
	beaded periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus	Gastropoda Littorinidae	7
	Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus	— Scombridae	7
	Roughhead blenny Acanthemblemaria aspera	— Chaenopsidae	7
	Gennadas capensis	Malacostraca Benthesicymidae	7
	valuable blunt-tail prawn Gennadas valens	Malacostraca Benthesicymidae	7
	Bleeding Tooth Nerita peloronta	Gastropoda Neritidae	7
	Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae	Insecta Nymphalidae	6
	Fire-breathing Shrimp Acanthephyra purpurea	Malacostraca Acanthephyridae	6
	Atlantic Kittenpaw Plicatula gibbosa	Bivalvia Plicatulidae	6
	Longfin escolar Scombrolabrax heterolepis	— Scombrolabracidae	6
	Venezuelan goby Coryphopterus venezuelae	— Gobiidae	6
	diamond blenny Malacoctenus boehlkei	— Labrisomidae	6
	Checkered Nerite Nerita tessellata	Gastropoda Neritidae	6
	Caicos Croaking Gecko Aristelliger hechti	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	6
	Whitestar Cardinalfish Apogon lachneri	— Apogonidae	6
	Mimic blenny Gobioclinus guppyi	— Labrisomidae	6
	Cerion regina	Gastropoda Cerionidae	6
	Goggle-eye blenny Gobioclinus gobio	— Labrisomidae	6
	wiry deep-sea shrimp Hymenodora gracilis	Malacostraca Acanthephyridae	5
	feeble spiny-tailed shrimp Systellaspis debilis	Malacostraca Oplophoridae	5
	frond oyster Dendostrea frons	Bivalvia Ostreidae	5
	Schoolmaster snapper Lutjanus apodus	— Lutjanidae	5
	seagrape snail Hemitrochus varians	Gastropoda Cepolidae	5
	Colorful Moonsnail Naticarius canrena	Gastropoda Naticidae	5
	Saddled blenny Malacoctenus triangulatus	— Labrisomidae	5
	smootheye blenny Starksia atlantica	— Labrisomidae	5
	Bicolor Damselfish Stegastes partitus	— Pomacentridae	5
	Snake Mackerel Gempylus serpens	— Gempylidae	5