Animals of Sint Maarten

25 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Sint Maarten on GBIF: 17 birds, 5 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 25 animals by group

Ducks, geese & swans 1

• Ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis

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
• Pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps

Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos 8

• American coot Fulica americana
• Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Great blue heron Ardea herodias
• Great egret Ardea alba
• Green heron Butorides virescens
• Snowy egret Egretta thula
• Western cattle egret Ardea ibis (introduced)

Pigeons & doves 2

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

Lizards, geckos & tuatara 1

• Green iguana Iguana iguana (introduced)

Rays, skates & chimaeras 1

• Southern stingray Dasyatis americana

Bony fish 1

• Great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda

Spiders, scorpions & other arachnids 1

• Argiope argentata Argiope argentata

Crabs, lobsters & shrimps 3

• Atlantic ghost crab Ocypode quadrata
• Grapsus grapsus Grapsus grapsus
• Panulirus argus Panulirus argus

Jellyfish, corals & anemones 1

• Pseudodiploria clivosa Pseudodiploria clivosa

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.