Australia
What is recorded in Australia
- Species
- 22,224
- Grid cells
- 381,682
- Records
- 60,859,659
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 15,848
- Bony fish 3,605
- Reptiles 1,012
- Birds 829
- Mammals 368
- Sharks and rays 300
- Amphibians 252
- Chimaeras 10
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Australia, 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 Australia, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Australian Magpie
Gymnorhina tibicen
Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus moluccanus
Magpie-lark
Grallina cyanoleuca
Noisy Miner
Manorina melanocephala
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
Superb Fairywren
Malurus cyaneus
Willie Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys
Red Wattlebird
Anthochaera carunculata
Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis molucca
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Australia.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Australia on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.