Greece
What is recorded in Greece
- Species
- 2,943
- Grid cells
- 10,738
- Records
- 385,810
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 2,410
- Bony fish 252
- Birds 187
- Reptiles 61
- Mammals 16
- Amphibians 11
- Sharks and rays 6
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Greece, 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 Greece, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellis
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
Pink drifts across Walvis Bay's lagoons after the rains.
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix
Pygmy Cormorant
Microcarbo pygmaeus
Crested Lark
Galerida cristata
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Eurasian Magpie
Pica pica
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephala
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Iduna pallida
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandra
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Oenanthe melanoleuca
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Greece.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Greece on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.