Animals of Caribbean Netherlands
60 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Caribbean Netherlands on GBIF: 40 birds, 10 sharks & fish, 9 insects & other invertebrates, 1 reptiles. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map
All 60 animals by group
Birds of prey 3
- Crested caracara Caracara plancus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Ducks, geese & swans 2
- Black-bellied whistling duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-winged teal Spatula discors
Waders, gulls, terns & auks 12
- Common tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Laughing gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red knot Calidris canutus
- Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularius
- White-rumped sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Seabirds, divers & grebes 4
- Brown booby Sula leucogaster
- Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos 12
- American coot Fulica americana
- American flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- American purple gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great blue heron Ardea herodias
- Great egret Ardea alba
- Green heron Butorides virescens
- Little blue heron Egretta caerulea
- Snowy egret Egretta thula
- Western cattle egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-crowned night heron Nyctanassa violacea
Pheasants, grouse & game birds 1
- Red junglefowl Gallus gallus
Pigeons & doves 2
- Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rock dove Columba livia
Woodpeckers, kingfishers, hornbills & toucans 1
- Belted kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Songbirds & perching birds 3
- Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
- House sparrow Passer domesticus
- Venezuelan troupial Icterus icterus
Lizards, geckos & tuatara 1
- Green iguana Iguana iguana
Sharks 1
- Nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum
Rays, skates & chimaeras 2
- Southern stingray Dasyatis americana
- Spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari
Bony fish 7
- Bonefish Albula vulpes
- Great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda
- Long-spine porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus
- Queen angelfish Holacanthus ciliaris
- Red lionfish Pterois volitans
- Royal gramma Gramma loreto
- Sergeant major Abudefduf saxatilis
Crabs, lobsters & shrimps 3
- Caribbean hermit crab Coenobita clypeatus
- Grapsus grapsus Grapsus grapsus
- Panulirus argus Panulirus argus
Octopuses, squid & cuttlefish 1
- Caribbean reef squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea
Jellyfish, corals & anemones 3
- Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata
- Pseudodiploria clivosa Pseudodiploria clivosa
- Staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis
Starfish, sea urchins & relatives 2
- Diadema antillarum Diadema antillarum
- Eucidaris tribuloides Eucidaris tribuloides
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.