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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.

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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Conservation

Showing 52 species · Fernando de Noronha

Showing 52 species · Fernando de Noronha

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Critically Endangered

Oceanic Whitetip Shark

Carcharhinus longimanus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Caribbean Reef Shark

Carcharhinus perezi

CarnivoreNocturnalEndangered

Silky Shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

CarnivoreVariable activityVulnerable

Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Near Threatened

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Near Threatened

Tiger Shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Sooty Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Green Moray

Gymnothorax funebris

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Masked Booby

Sula dactylatra

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Spinner Dolphin

Stenella longirostris

CarnivoreNocturnalOcean

Blue Marlin

Makaira nigricans

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Skipjack

Katsuwonus pelamis

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Atlantic Ghost Crab

Ocypode quadrata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Portuguese Man-of-war

Physalia physalis

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Long-spined Urchin

Diadema antillarum

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Spot-fin Porcupinefish

Diodon hystrix

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Man-of-war Fish

Nomeus gronovii

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Branching Fire Coral

Millepora alcicornis

CarnivoreColonialOcean

Blue Glaucus

Glaucus atlanticus

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean

Tropical Two-wing Flyingfish

Exocoetus volitans

CarnivoreIn schoolsFish

Cookie Cutter Shark

Isistius brasiliensis

CarnivoreNocturnalFish

Blainville's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon densirostris

CarnivoreFamily groupOcean

Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools

Striped Dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

CarnivoreOceanMammal

Critically Endangered

Scalloped Hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools

Bryde's Whale

Balaenoptera edeni

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Near Threatened

False Killer Whale

Pseudorca crassidens

CarnivoreNear ThreatenedOcean

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin

Stenella frontalis

CarnivoreOceanMammal

Live Sharksucker

Echeneis naucrates

CarnivoreFishOcean

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

150 countries70 parks400 dive sites

Giant Manta

Mobula birostris

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

108 countries19 parks28 dive sites

Sperm Whale

Physeter macrocephalus

CarnivoreVariable activityFamily group

154 countries38 parks20 dive sites

Near Threatened

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

32 countries14 parks15 dive sites

Critically Endangered

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

114 countries51 parks376 dive sites

Great Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

113 countries34 parks266 dive sites

Lemon Shark

Negaprion brevirostris

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

81 countries20 parks34 dive sites

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

67 countries7 parks109 dive sites

Galapagos Shark

Carcharhinus galapagensis

CarnivoreColonialFish

22 countries9 parks23 dive sites

Yellowfin Tuna

Thunnus albacares

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools

57 countries20 parks8 dive sites

59 countries

12 parks

14 dive sites

35 countries

20 parks

102 dive sites

56 countries

16 parks

14 dive sites

38 countries

13 parks

2 dive sites

128 countries

73 parks

41 dive sites

57 countries

27 parks

23 dive sites

76 countries

17 parks

2 dive sites

50 countries

21 parks

113 dive sites

68 countries

6 parks

83 countries41 parks47 dive sites

58 countries40 parks12 dive sites

87 countries89 parks7 dive sites

56 countries4 parks222 dive sites

40 countries29 parks104 dive sites

157 countries53 parks209 dive sites

108 countries27 parks108 dive sites

57 countries39 parks232 dive sites

141 countries82 parks411 dive sites

34 countries27 parks104 dive sites

73 countries36 parks81 dive sites

124 countries66 parks365 dive sites

121 countries4 parks3 dive sites

161 countries59 parks5 dive sites

128 countries66 parks89 dive sites

88 countries18 parks80 dive sites

47 countries17 parks18 dive sites

57 countries41 parks14 dive sites

56 countries50 parks9 dive sites

12 countries9 parks14 dive sites

123 countries75 parks365 dive sites