Animals of Dominica

22 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Dominica on GBIF: 15 birds, 4 insects & other invertebrates, 2 sharks & fish, 1 reptiles. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map

All 22 animals by group

Birds of prey 1

• Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Waders, gulls, terns & auks 2

• Laughing gull Leucophaeus atricilla
• Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularius

Seabirds, divers & grebes 4

• Brown booby Sula leucogaster
• Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
• Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens
• White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus

Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos 6

• 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

Pigeons & doves 2

• Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto (introduced)
• Rock dove Columba livia (introduced)

Lizards, geckos & tuatara 1

• Lesser Antillean iguana Iguana delicatissima

Rays, skates & chimaeras 1

• Southern stingray Dasyatis americana

Bony fish 1

• Long-spine porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus

Crabs, lobsters & shrimps 2

• Caribbean hermit crab Coenobita clypeatus
• Grapsus grapsus Grapsus grapsus

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.