Netherlands
What is recorded in Netherlands
- Species
- 5,358
- Grid cells
- 28,091
- Records
- 6,698,873
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 4,913
- Birds 265
- Bony fish 113
- Mammals 45
- Sharks and rays 13
- Reptiles 6
- Amphibians 3
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Netherlands, 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 Netherlands, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
Western Marsh Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
Greylag Goose
Anser anser
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Common Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Common Wood Pigeon
Columba palumbus
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Netherlands.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Netherlands on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.