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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 102 species · Mar de Frisia (Baja Sajonia)

Showing 102 species · Mar de Frisia (Baja Sajonia)

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Pied AvocetLeast Concern

Pied Avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Vulnerable

Spurdog

Squalus acanthias

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools
Near Threatened

Rabbitfish

Chimaera monstrosa

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Near Threatened

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

Hexanchus griseus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Common Cockle

Cerastoderma edule

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

European Squid

Loligo vulgaris

CarnivoreNocturnalIn schools
Least Concern

Risso's Dolphin

Grampus griseus

CarnivoreNocturnalIn herds
Not Evaluated

Portuguese Man-of-war

Physalia physalis

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Not Evaluated

European Sand Cumacean

Cumopsis goodsir

OmnivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Hermit Crab

Pagurus bernhardus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Speckled Sea Louse

Eurydice pulchra

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Rugose Squat Lobster

Munida rugosa

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

European Hake

Merluccius merluccius

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Hagfish

Myxine glutinosa

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Velvet Swimming Crab

Necora puber

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Common Brittlestar

Ophiothrix fragilis

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Common Oyster

Ostrea edulis

HerbivoreVariable activityColonial
Not Evaluated

Sand Hopper

Talitrus saltator

OmnivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Atlantic Bobtail Squid

Sepiola atlantica

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Sand Gaper

Mya arenaria

OmnivoreSolitaryOcean
Not Evaluated

Ocean Quahog

Arctica islandica

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Long-legged Spider Crab

Macropodia rostrata

OmnivoreSolitaryOcean
Not Evaluated

Acorn Barnacle

Semibalanus balanoides

HerbivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Rough Barnacle

Balanus balanus

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Common Periwinkle

Littorina littorea

HerbivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Common Whelk

Buccinum undatum

CarnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Ghost Shrimp

Caprella linearis

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Least Concern

Smelt

Osmerus eperlanus

CarnivoreColonialFish
Not Evaluated

Purple Heart Urchin

Spatangus purpureus

OmnivoreSolitaryOcean
Not Evaluated

Bootlace Worm

Lineus longissimus

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean
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CodVulnerable

Cod

Gadus morhua

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools
24 countries47 parks27 dive sites
Three-spined SticklebackLeast Concern

Three-spined Stickleback

Gasterosteus aculeatus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
55 countries141 parks19 dive sites
Horse MackerelVulnerable

Horse Mackerel

Trachurus trachurus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools
44 countries47 parks103 dive sites
Lion's Mane JellyfishNot Evaluated

Lion's Mane Jellyfish

Cyanea capillata

SolitaryOceanCnidarian
17 countries47 parks28 dive sites
Blue SharkNear Threatened

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
128 countries73 parks41 dive sites
Greylag GooseLeast Concern

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds
47 countries50 parks
Barnacle GooseLeast Concern

Barnacle Goose

Branta leucopsis

HerbivoreDiurnalBird
12 countries25 parks
DunlinLeast Concern

Dunlin

Calidris alpina

CarnivoreDiurnalIn herds
59 countries38 parks
Eurasian OystercatcherNear Threatened

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

CarnivoreDiurnalNear Threatened
58 countries71 parks
Greater White-fronted GooseLeast Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds
49 countries28 parks
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Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
45 countries
66 parks
128 countries69 parks84 dive sites
34 countries22 parks3 dive sites
162 countries59 parks10 dive sites
21 countries21 parks37 dive sites
44 countries48 parks79 dive sites
161 countries59 parks91 dive sites
157 countries53 parks209 dive sites
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31 countries47 parks83 dive sites
37 countries49 parks83 dive sites
31 countries46 parks83 dive sites
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31 countries45 parks79 dive sites
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