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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

Species

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Learn what each species is like, find out where it lives in the wild, and plan your next sighting — all in one place.

2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

Parks connected

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Apex predators187speciesGiants of nature57speciesThreatened species515speciesNight life768speciesBig cats39speciesPolar wildlife74speciesEndemic species6speciesThe Big Five6species

Conservation

Showing 53 species · Chréa

Showing 53 species · Chréa

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Least Concern

Montagu's Harrier

Circus pygargus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Spanish Fly

Lytta vesicatoria

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Lesser Kestrel

Falco naumanni

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Iberian Scarce Swallowtail

Iphiclides feisthamelii

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Megarian Banded Centipede

Scolopendra cingulata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Common Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium vulgare

NocturnalColonialTemperate forest
Not Evaluated

Mammoth Wasp

Megascolia maculata

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Humming-bird Hawk-moth

Macroglossum stellatarum

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Death's-head Hawk-moth

Acherontia atropos

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Common Genet

Genetta genetta

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Mole Cricket

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Conehead Mantis

Empusa pennata

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Pine Processionary

Thaumetopoea pityocampa

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

European Wolf Spider

Lycosa tarantula

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Steppe Spider

Latrodectus tredecimguttatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Crested Lark

Galerida cristata

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Horseshoe Whip Snake

Hemorrhois hippocrepis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis daurica

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Bonelli's Eagle

Aquila fasciata

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Not Evaluated

Mediterranean Social Spider

Stegodyphus lineatus

CarnivoreGrasslandArachnid
Least Concern

Sardinian Warbler

Curruca melanocephala

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Near Threatened

Dartford Warbler

Curruca undata

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Italian Three-toed Skink

Chalcides chalcides

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary
Vulnerable

Schreiber's Bent-winged Bat

Miniopterus schreibersii

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Blue Rock Thrush

Monticola solitarius

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Common House Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary
Vulnerable

Common Tortoise

Testudo graeca

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Eurasian Scops Owl

Otus scops

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary
Relevancia
A – Z
Western Montpellier SnakeLeast Concern

Western Montpellier Snake

Malpolon monspessulanus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
49 countries71 parks
Short-toed EagleLeast Concern

Short-toed Eagle

Circaetus gallicus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
50 countries142 parks
Glossy IbisLeast Concern

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
112 countries71 parks
Eurasian Stone-CurlewLeast Concern

Eurasian Stone-Curlew

Burhinus oedicnemus

CarnivoreNocturnalBird
49 countries72 parks
Least Concern

Booted Eagle

Hieraaetus pennatus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
54 countries142 parks
Least Concern

Woodchat Shrike

Lanius senator

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
14 countries86 parks
Least Concern

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial
77 countries70 parks
Least Concern

Spotless Starling

Sturnus unicolor

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial
10 countries55 parks
Least Concern

Yellow-legged Gull

Larus michahellis

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial
17 countries81 parks
Vulnerable

Lataste's Viper

Vipera latastei

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary
19 countries24 parks
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62 countries76 parks
54 countries129 parks
46 countries69 parks
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84 countries193 parks
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60 countries147 parks
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24 countries81 parks
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