🇻🇺What animals live in Vanuatu?

129,498 animal records from Vanuatu cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 129,498 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Vanuatu

	Animal	Group	Records
	Common Myna Acridotheres tristis	Aves Sturnidae	3,033
	Yellow-fronted White-eye Zosterops flavifrons	Aves Zosteropidae	2,657
	Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus	Aves Psittacidae	2,432
	Pacific Kingfisher Todiramphus sacer	Aves Alcedinidae	2,327
	Red-bellied Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus greyi	Aves Columbidae	1,995
	Satin Swiftlet Collocalia uropygialis	Aves Apodidae	1,989
	Silver-eye Zosterops lateralis	Aves Zosteropidae	1,896
	Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis	Aves Meliphagidae	1,822
	Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris	Aves Columbidae	1,721
	Gray Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa	Aves Rhipiduridae	1,453
	Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga	Aves Campephagidae	1,183
	Dark-brown Honeyeater Lichmera incana	Aves Meliphagidae	1,181
	Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica	Aves Hirundinidae	962
	Pacific Imperial-Pigeon Ducula pacifica	Aves Columbidae	923
	Melanesian Flycatcher Myiagra caledonica	Aves Monarchidae	918
	Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis	Aves Apodidae	861
	Dugong Dugong dugon	Mammalia Dugongidae	846
	Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus	Aves Phasianidae	837
	Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra	Aves Ardeidae	834
	Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis	Aves Rallidae	798
	Vanuatu Whistler Pachycephala chlorura	Aves Pachycephalidae	783
	Artamus leucorhynchos	Aves Artamidae	774
	White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius	Aves Apodidae	748
	Tanna Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus tannensis	Aves Columbidae	741
	Swamp Harrier Circus approximans	Aves Accipitridae	675
	Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva	Aves Charadriidae	657
	wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus	Aves Procellariidae	545
	Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica	Aves Tytonidae	474
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	412
	Bismarcks Slender-toed Gecko [robertfisheri] Nactus multicarinatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	408
	Wandering Tattler Tringa incana	Aves Scolopacidae	393
	Mackinlay's Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia mackinlayi	Aves Columbidae	371
	Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla	Aves Estrildidae	368
	Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	Aves Laridae	368
	azure sea star Linckia laevigata	Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae	366
	Streaked Fantail Rhipidura verreauxi	Aves Rhipiduridae	363
	lolly fish Holothuria atra	Holothuroidea Holothuriidae	358
	Pelagic Gecko Nactus pelagicus	Squamata Gekkonidae	346
	South Melanesian Cuckooshrike Coracina caledonica	Aves Campephagidae	342
	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	330
	Sanford's Emo Skink Emoia sanfordi	Squamata Scincidae	327
	Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild	Aves Estrildidae	321
	White-bellied Honeyeater Glycifohia notabilis	Aves Meliphagidae	301
	Buff-bellied Monarch Neolalage banksiana	Aves Monarchidae	299
	Little Bent-winged bat Miniopterus australis	Mammalia Miniopteridae	297
	Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa	Aves Anatidae	296
	Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis	Aves Columbidae	292
	Sad Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris	Squamata Gekkonidae	272
	elongate clam Tridacna maxima	Bivalvia Cardiidae	271
	Striated surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus	— Acanthuridae	256
	Pacific Robin Petroica pusilla	Aves Petroicidae	236
	Fawn-colored Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros cervinus	Mammalia Hipposideridae	234
	Baker's Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bakeri	Aves Columbidae	233
	Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Aves Scolopacidae	232
	Ocean Gecko Gehyra oceanica	Squamata Gekkonidae	232
	White-Bellied Skink Emoia cyanura	Squamata Scincidae	228
	Greenfish Stichopus chloronotus	Holothuroidea Stichopodidae	223
	Striped Triggerfish, Orange-lined triggerfish Balistapus undulatus	— Balistidae	211
	rock-boring urchin Echinometra mathaei	Echinoidea Echinometridae	207
	Fan-tailed Gerygone Gerygone flavolateralis	Aves Acanthizidae	206