Animals of El Salvador
86 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from El Salvador on GBIF: 64 birds, 18 mammals, 3 reptiles, 1 insects & other invertebrates. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map
All 86 animals by group
Weasels, otters, badgers & skunks 2
- American hog-nosed skunk Conepatus leuconotus
- Hooded skunk Mephitis macroura
Whales & dolphins 1
- Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Bats 9
- Black mastiff bat Molossus rufus
- Commissaris's long-tongued bat Glossophaga commissarisi
- Gray short-tailed bat Carollia subrufa
- Honduran fruit-eating bat Artibeus inopinatus
- Jamaican fruit bat Artibeus jamaicensis
- Little yellow-shouldered bat Sturnira lilium
- Parnell's mustached bat Pteronotus parnellii
- Toltec fruit-eating bat Artibeus toltecus
- Wrinkle-faced bat Centurio senex
Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots 1
- Variegated squirrel Sciurus variegatoides
Mice, rats & other rodents 4
- Aztec mouse Peromyscus aztecus
- Handleyomys alfaroi Handleyomys alfaroi
- Mexican deer mouse Peromyscus mexicanus
- Salvin's spiny pocket mouse Heteromys salvini
Hedgehogs, shrews & moles 1
- Central American least shrew Cryptotis orophila
Birds of prey 8
- Black vulture Coragyps atratus
- Crested caracara Caracara plancus
- Harris's hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- King vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Turkey vulture Cathartes aura
Ducks, geese & swans 5
- American wigeon Mareca americana
- Black-bellied whistling duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-winged teal Spatula discors
- Lesser scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
Waders, gulls, terns & auks 14
- Black tern Chlidonias niger
- Common tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Laughing gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Long-billed dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Pomarine jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularius
Seabirds, divers & grebes 5
- American white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos 15
- American coot Fulica americana
- American purple gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- American white ibis Eudocimus albus
- Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great blue heron Ardea herodias
- Great egret Ardea alba
- Green heron Butorides virescens
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Little blue heron Egretta caerulea
- Roseate spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Snowy egret Egretta thula
- Western cattle egret Ardea ibis
- Wood stork Mycteria americana
- Yellow-crowned night heron Nyctanassa violacea
Pigeons & doves 3
- Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Mourning dove Zenaida macroura
- Rock dove Columba livia
Woodpeckers, kingfishers, hornbills & toucans 4
- Acorn woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Belted kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Resplendent quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno
- Yellow-bellied sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Hummingbirds, swifts & nightjars 1
- Ruby-throated hummingbird Archilochus colubris
Songbirds & perching birds 9
- Baltimore oriole Icterus galbula
- Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
- Cedar waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Eastern bluebird Sialia sialis
- Great kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- House sparrow Passer domesticus
- Indigo bunting Passerina cyanea
- Rose-breasted grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Sand martin Riparia riparia
Crocodiles & alligators 2
- American crocodile Crocodylus acutus
- Spectacled caiman Caiman crocodilus
Lizards, geckos & tuatara 1
- Ctenosaura similis Ctenosaura similis
Spiders, scorpions & other arachnids 1
- Trichonephila clavipes Trichonephila clavipes
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.