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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 13 species · Islas Gough e Inaccesible

Showing 13 species · Islas Gough e Inaccesible

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Least Concern

Common Diving-Petrel

Pelecanoides urinatrix

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Endangered

Grey-Headed Albatross

Thalassarche chrysostoma

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Cape Petrel

Daption capense

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Relevancia
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Black-browed AlbatrossLeast Concern

Black-browed Albatross

Thalassarche melanophris

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
17 countries19 parks
Ocean SunfishVulnerable

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
24 countries32 parks50 dive sites
Long-finned Pilot WhaleLeast Concern

Long-finned Pilot Whale

Globicephala melas

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs
39 countries56 parks33 dive sites
Least Concern

Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
26 countries62 parks28 dive sites
Vulnerable

Porbeagle

Lamna nasus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
128 countries45 parks29 dive sites
Endangered

Sei Whale

Balaenoptera borealis

CarnivoreEndangeredOcean
42 countries46 parks4 dive sites
Least Concern

Southern Giant Petrel

Macronectes giganteus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
11 countries25 parks
Vulnerable

Southern Rockhopper Penguin

Eudyptes chrysocome

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
11 countries15 parks
Least Concern

Greater Weever

Trachinus draco

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
31 countries30 parks
Not Evaluated

Pram Bug

Phronima sedentaria

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean
161 countries61 parks
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
12 countries11 parks
11 countries11 parks
16 countries22 parks