Animals of Anguilla

26 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Anguilla on GBIF: 22 birds, 2 insects & other invertebrates, 1 mammals, 1 sharks & fish. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map

All 26 animals by group

Whales & dolphins 1

• Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae

Waders, gulls, terns & auks 9

• Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
• Laughing gull Leucophaeus atricilla
• Lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
• Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Sanderling Calidris alba
• Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
• Sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus
• Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularius

Seabirds, divers & grebes 3

• Brown booby Sula leucogaster
• Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
• Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens

Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos 7

• American coot Fulica americana
• Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Great egret Ardea alba
• Green heron Butorides virescens
• Snowy egret Egretta thula
• Western cattle egret Ardea ibis
• Yellow-crowned night heron Nyctanassa violacea

Pigeons & doves 1

• Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto (introduced)

Woodpeckers, kingfishers, hornbills & toucans 1

• Belted kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

Songbirds & perching birds 1

• Barn swallow Hirundo rustica

Bony fish 1

• Great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda

Crabs, lobsters & shrimps 1

• Bathynomus giganteus Bathynomus giganteus

Jellyfish, corals & anemones 1

• Staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis

Presence means at least a few wild records with coordinates (and a minimum share of the species’ records, to exclude vagrants and escapes) in GBIF data licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0. Some species may be missing where open data is scarce.