🇦🇪Animals recorded in the United Arab Emirates

Which animals have been recorded in the United Arab Emirates? 3,126 occurrence records cover 744 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 11592253 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Anopheles salbaii, Dune Sand Gecko, Common Myna.

• 3,126 records
• 744 species
• 30 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Anopheles salbaii, Dune Sand Gecko, Common Myna. 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 United Arab Emirates

	Animal	Group	Records
	Anopheles salbaii	Insecta Culicidae	78
	Dune Sand Gecko Stenodactylus doriae	Squamata Gekkonidae	69
	Common Myna Acridotheres tristis	Aves Sturnidae	46
	White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis	Aves Pycnonotidae	35
	Hecabalodes xylophagi	Insecta Braconidae	34
	Arabian Sand Skink Scincus mitranus	Squamata Scincidae	32
	Arabian Toad Sclerophrys arabica	Amphibia Bufonidae	31
	Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis	Aves Columbidae	31
	Dacus persicus	Insecta Tephritidae	29
	Arabian desert gecko Bunopus tuberculatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	27
	Hecabalodes radialis	Insecta Braconidae	27
	rock-boring urchin Echinometra mathaei	Echinoidea Echinometridae	26
	Arabian Sand Gecko Trigonodactylus arabicus	Squamata Gekkonidae	26
	Rhaconotus manolus	Insecta Braconidae	25
	Yellowbar angelfish Pomacanthus maculosus	— Pomacanthidae	23
	Dendrosotinus ferrugineus	Insecta Braconidae	22
	Anopheles dthali	Insecta Culicidae	22
	Blotched Triplefin Enneapterygius ventermaculus	— Tripterygiidae	22
	Celleporaria pigmentaria	Gymnolaemata Celleporidae	20
	Doryctophasmus ferrugineus	Insecta Braconidae	20
	Anomolous Goby Coryogalops anomolus	— Gobiidae	18
	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Aves Columbidae	17
	Eastern Sand Gecko Stenodactylus leptocosymbotes	Squamata Gekkonidae	17
	Banded Ground Gecko Trachydactylus hajarensis	Squamata Gekkonidae	16
	Parana arabica	Insecta Braconidae	15
	House Crow Corvus splendens	Aves Corvidae	15
	Arabian monocle bream Scolopsis ghanam	— Nemipteridae	15
	Eastern Arabian Fan-toed Gecko Ptyodactylus orlovi	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	15
	Common House Lizard Hemidactylus flaviviridis	Squamata Gekkonidae	15
	Tonyattalus vanharteni	Insecta Melyridae	14
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	14
	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Aves Laridae	14
	Rafalus arabicus	Arachnida Salticidae	13
	Variegated cardinalfish Fowleria variegata	— Apogonidae	13
	Tillodenops plagiatus	Insecta Cleridae	12
	Gastrosericus sheikhae	Insecta Crabronidae	12
	Crown of thorns starfish Acanthaster planci	Asteroidea Acanthasteridae	12
	Nocticanace affinis	Insecta Canacidae	12
	Antropora minor	Gymnolaemata Antroporidae	12
	Yellow pigmy brotula Dinematichthys iluocoeteoides	— Bythitidae	11
	Xanthocanace sabroskyi	Insecta Canacidae	11
	Phoorsa Echis carinatus	Squamata Viperidae	11
	Arabian Toadhead Agama Phrynocephalus arabicus	Squamata Agamidae	11
	Threeband Cardinalfish Apogon semiornatus	— Apogonidae	11
	Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus	Aves Charadriidae	11
	Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis	Aves Ardeidae	10
	Tessellated Goby Coryogalops tessellatus	— Gobiidae	10
	Twobelt cardinal Apogonichthyoides taeniatus	— Apogonidae	10
	Rhaconotus sudanensis	Insecta Braconidae	10
	Rhaconotus arabicus	Insecta Braconidae	10
	Anthidium amabile	Insecta Megachilidae	9
	Blue-spotted Dottyback Pseudochromis persicus	— Pseudochromidae	9
	Frog-eyed Gecko Teratoscincus keyserlingii	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	9
	Gulf Sand Gecko Pseudoceramodactylus khobarensis	Squamata Gekkonidae	9
	Gallagher's Gecko Asaccus gallagheri	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	9
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	9
	Arabian Toadfish Colletteichthys occidentalis	— Batrachoididae	9
	Pseudadoretus pokornyi	Insecta Scarabaeidae	9
	Hecabalodes maculatus	Insecta Braconidae	8
	Pharaoh Cuttlefish Acanthosepion pharaonis	Cephalopoda Sepiidae	8