Animals of Puerto Rico
135 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Puerto Rico on GBIF: 77 birds, 25 sharks & fish, 23 insects & other invertebrates, 6 mammals, 2 reptiles, 2 amphibians. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map
All 135 animals by group
Mongooses, civets & genets 2
- Javan mongoose Herpestes javanicus
- Small Indian mongoose Urva auropunctata
Whales & dolphins 2
- Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
- Orca Orcinus orca
Bats 2
- Buffy flower bat Erophylla sezekorni
- Parnell's mustached bat Pteronotus parnellii
Birds of prey 4
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Turkey vulture Cathartes aura
Owls 1
- Short-eared owl Asio flammeus
Parrots 4
- Blue-and-yellow macaw Ara ararauna
- Monk parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Salmon-crested cockatoo Cacatua moluccensis
- White cockatoo Cacatua alba
Ducks, geese & swans 9
- American wigeon Mareca americana
- Blue-winged teal Spatula discors
- Eurasian teal
- Lesser scaup Aythya affinis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern pintail Anas acuta
- Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ring-necked duck Aythya collaris
- Ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Waders, gulls, terns & auks 19
- American golden plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black tern Chlidonias niger
- Common tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Laughing gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
- Lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red knot Calidris canutus
- Ring-billed gull Larus delawarensis
- Roseate tern Sterna dougallii
- Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularius
- White-rumped sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Seabirds, divers & grebes 6
- Brown booby Sula leucogaster
- Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-footed booby Sula sula
- White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos 16
- American coot Fulica americana
- American flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- American purple gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- American white ibis Eudocimus albus
- Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Great blue heron Ardea herodias
- Great egret Ardea alba
- Green heron Butorides virescens
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Little blue heron Egretta caerulea
- Scarlet ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Snowy egret Egretta thula
- Western cattle egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-crowned night heron Nyctanassa violacea
Pheasants, grouse & game birds 3
- Helmeted guinea fowl Numida meleagris
- Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red junglefowl Gallus gallus
Pigeons & doves 3
- Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Mourning dove Zenaida macroura
- Rock dove Columba livia
Woodpeckers, kingfishers, hornbills & toucans 1
- Belted kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Songbirds & perching birds 10
- Baltimore oriole Icterus galbula
- Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
- House sparrow Passer domesticus
- Indigo bunting Passerina cyanea
- Java sparrow Padda oryzivora
- Northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Sand martin Riparia riparia
- Scaly-breasted munia Lonchura punctulata
- Venezuelan troupial Icterus icterus
- Yellow-rumped warbler Setophaga coronata
Cuckoos, turacos & other birds 1
- Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Lizards, geckos & tuatara 2
- Green iguana Iguana iguana
- Tropical house gecko Hemidactylus mabouia
Frogs & toads 2
- Common coquí Eleutherodactylus coqui
- Cuban tree frog Osteopilus septentrionalis
Sharks 3
- Caribbean reef shark Carcharhinus perezi
- Lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris
- Nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum
Rays, skates & chimaeras 3
- Southern stingray Dasyatis americana
- Spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari
- Yellow stingray Urobatis jamaicensis
Bony fish 19
- Albacore Thunnus alalunga
- Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus
- Common remora Remora remora
- Escolar Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
- Great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda
- Green swordtail Xiphophorus hellerii
- Guppy Poecilia reticulata
- Hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus
- Long-spine porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus
- Mackerel scad Decapterus macarellus
- Mahi-mahi Coryphaena hippurus
- Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus
- Queen angelfish Holacanthus ciliaris
- Rainbow runner Elagatis bipinnulata
- Red lionfish Pterois volitans
- Royal gramma Gramma loreto
- Sergeant major Abudefduf saxatilis
- Swordfish Xiphias gladius
- Yellowtail snapper Ocyurus chrysurus
Butterflies & moths 1
- Galleria mellonella Galleria mellonella
Bees, wasps & ants 1
- Red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta
Grasshoppers, bugs & other insects 2
- American cockroach Periplaneta americana
- Hermetia illucens Hermetia illucens
Spiders, scorpions & other arachnids 5
- Argiope argentata Argiope argentata
- Gasteracantha cancriformis Gasteracantha cancriformis
- Heteropoda venatoria Heteropoda venatoria
- Latrodectus geometricus Latrodectus geometricus
- Trichonephila clavipes Trichonephila clavipes
Crabs, lobsters & shrimps 6
- Atlantic ghost crab Ocypode quadrata
- Cardisoma guanhumi Cardisoma guanhumi
- Caribbean hermit crab Coenobita clypeatus
- Cherax quadricarinatus Cherax quadricarinatus
- Grapsus grapsus Grapsus grapsus
- Panulirus argus Panulirus argus
Octopuses, squid & cuttlefish 1
- Caribbean reef squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea
Jellyfish, corals & anemones 4
- Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata
- Phyllorhiza punctata Phyllorhiza punctata
- Pseudodiploria clivosa Pseudodiploria clivosa
- Staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis
Starfish, sea urchins & relatives 3
- Diadema antillarum Diadema antillarum
- Eucidaris tribuloides Eucidaris tribuloides
- Oreaster reticulatus Oreaster reticulatus
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.