Gabon
What is recorded in Gabon
- Species
- 1,198
- Grid cells
- 3,679
- Records
- 38,728
- Years covered
- 1981-2026
- Insects 500
- Birds 334
- Bony fish 165
- Amphibians 76
- Mammals 76
- Reptiles 44
- Sharks and rays 3
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Gabon, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in Gabon, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Palm-nut Vulture
Gypohierax angolensis
Grey Parrot
Psittacus erithacus
African Thrush
Turdus pelios
African Pied Hornbill
Lophoceros fasciatus
Rosy Bee-eater
Merops malimbicus
Hybomys De Peters
Hybomys univittatus
Piping Hornbill
Bycanistes fistulator
Long-legged Pipit
Anthus pallidiventris
Reichenbach's Sunbird
Anabathmis reichenbachii
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Merops variegatus
Black-casqued Hornbill
Ceratogymna atrata
Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Gabon.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Gabon on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.