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Species documented

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Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Near Threatened

Parson's Chameleon

Calumma parsonii

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Floreana Giant Tortoise

Chelonoidis niger

EndemicHerbivoreDiurnal

Near Threatened

Steller Sea Lion

Eumetopias jubatus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Afro-Australian Fur Seal

Arctocephalus pusillus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Sooty Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

New Zealand Fur Seal

Arctocephalus forsteri

CarnivoreColonialOcean

Audouin's Gull

Ichthyaetus audouinii

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Imperial Shag

Leucocarbo atriceps

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Chinstrap Penguin

Pygoscelis antarcticus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Javan Chevrotain

Tragulus javanicus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Silvery Lutung

Trachypithecus cristatus

HerbivoreDiurnalFamily group

Macaroni Penguin

Eudyptes chrysolophus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Masked Booby

Sula dactylatra

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Aldabra Giant Tortoise

Aldabrachelys gigantea

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Atlantic White Tern

Gygis alba

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Scopoli's Shearwater

Calonectris diomedea

CarnivoreVariable activityColonial

Snowy Sheathbill

Chionis albus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

Critically Endangered

Kakapo

Strigops habroptilus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Kea

Nestor notabilis

OmnivoreDiurnalEndangered

Near Threatened

Bee Hummingbird

Mellisuga helenae

NectarivoreDiurnalSolitary

Wilson's Storm Petrel

Oceanites oceanicus

CarnivoreVariable activityColonial

Eastern Quoll

Dasyurus viverrinus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Weka

Gallirallus australis

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Yellow-lipped Sea Krait

Laticauda colubrina

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

African Penguin

Spheniscus demersus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

South American Fur Seal

Arctocephalus australis

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Northern Fur Seal

Callorhinus ursinus

CarnivoreVariable activityColonial

Southern Brown Kiwi

Apteryx australis

InsectivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Juan Fernandez Fur Seal

Arctocephalus philippii

CarnivoreColonialOcean

Peruvian Booby

Sula variegata

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Near Threatened

Guanay Cormorant

Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Hawaiian Monk Seal

Neomonachus schauinslandi

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Wandering Albatross

Diomedea exulans

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

CarnivoreCrepuscularIn pairs

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Yellow-legged Gull

Larus michahellis

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Eleonora's Falcon

Falco eleonorae

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Southern Giant Petrel

Macronectes giganteus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Southern Rockhopper Penguin

Eudyptes chrysocome

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus

CarnivoreVariable activityColonial

Cuban Brown Anole

Anolis sagrei

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Warbling White-eye

Zosterops japonicus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Pacific Boa

Candoia carinata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Royal Tern

Thalasseus maximus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Lesser Frigatebird

Fregata ariel

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

Kelp Gull

Larus dominicanus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Common Hill Myna

Gracula religiosa

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Manx Shearwater

Puffinus puffinus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Common Diving-Petrel

Pelecanoides urinatrix

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Edible-nest Swiftlet

Aerodramus fuciphagus

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Brown Tree Snake

Boiga irregularis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Strawberry Poison Frog

Oophaga pumilio

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Grey-Headed Albatross

Thalassarche chrysostoma

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Cape Gannet

Morus capensis

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva

InsectivoreDiurnalBird

Horned Puffin

Fratercula corniculata

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

CarnivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus jamaicensis

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Great Skua

Stercorarius skua

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

European Storm-Petrel

Hydrobates pelagicus

CarnivoreNocturnalVariable activity

Near Threatened

Nicobar Pigeon

Caloenas nicobarica

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Yelkouan Shearwater

Puffinus yelkouan

CarnivoreVariable activityColonial

Cape Petrel

Daption capense

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Bristle-thighed Curlew

Numenius tahitiensis

InsectivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Panther Chameleon

Furcifer pardalis

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Ancient Murrelet

Synthliboramphus antiquus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Near Threatened

Fiordland Penguin

Eudyptes pachyrhynchus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Yellow-eyed Penguin

Megadyptes antipodes

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Green Tree Python

Morelia viridis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Cuban Treefrog

Osteopilus septentrionalis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Moluccan Eclectus

Eclectus roratus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Nazca Booby

Sula granti

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Hispaniolan Solenodon

Solenodon paradoxus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Leaf Chameleon

Brookesia micra

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

North African Hedgehog

Atelerix algirus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Mainland Island Snake

Notechis scutatus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Barbary Ground Squirrel

Atlantoxerus getulus

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Brandt's Cormorant

Phalacrocorax penicillatus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Near Threatened

Cuban Amazon

Amazona leucocephala

HerbivoreDiurnalNear Threatened

Drill

Mandrillus leucophaeus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn herds

Hispaniola Boa

Chilabothrus striatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Black Colobus

Colobus satanas

HerbivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Common Coqui

Eleutherodactylus coqui

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Socotra Cormorant

Phalacrocorax nigrogularis

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Common Spotted Cuscus

Spilocuscus maculatus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

African Blue Tit

Cyanistes teneriffae

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Scripps's Murrelet

Synthliboramphus scrippsi

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Little Penguin

Eudyptula minor

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Near Threatened

Hispaniolan Trogon

Priotelus roseigaster

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Madagascar Tree Boa

Sanzinia madagascariensis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Cuban Boa

Chilabothrus angulifer

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Ceylon Caecilian

Ichthyophis glutinosus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Spotted Shag

Phalacrocorax punctatus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Common Phalanger

Phalanger orientalis

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Common Flat-tail Gecko

Uroplatus fimbriatus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Great Spotted Kiwi

Apteryx haastii

InsectivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Galapagos Fur Seal

Arctocephalus galapagoensis

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Galapagos Sea Lion

Zalophus wollebaeki

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Tenerife Wall Gecko

Tarentola delalandii

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Cuban Trogon

Priotelus temnurus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Darwin's Fox

Lycalopex fulvipes

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Acerodon jubatus

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Hispaniolan Amazon

Amazona ventralis

HerbivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Cuvier's Hutia

Plagiodontia aedium

HerbivoreNocturnalEndangered

Madeira Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus maderensis

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial

Sri Lanka Junglefowl

Gallus lafayettii

OmnivoreDiurnalBird

Desmarest's Hutia

Capromys pilorides

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

New Zealand Kaka

Nestor meridionalis

OmnivoreDiurnalEndangered

Canary Islands Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus canariensis

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Canary Shrew

Crocidura canariensis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Rufous-bellied Pademelon

Thylogale billardierii

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Sunda Porcupine

Hystrix javanica

HerbivoreNocturnalFamily group

Hispaniolan Rhinoceros Iguana

Cyclura cornuta

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Cuban Emerald

Chlorostilbon ricordii

NectarivoreDiurnalSolitary

Tenerife Lizard

Gallotia galloti

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Laurel Pigeon

Columba junoniae

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Near Threatened

Bolle's Pigeon

Columba bollii

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Hawaiian Petrel

Pterodroma sandwichensis

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Lau Banded Iguana

Brachylophus fasciatus

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Rock Shag

Leucocarbo magellanicus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Critically Endangered

Ricord's Rock Iguana

Cyclura ricordii

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Mongoose Lemur

Eulemur mongoz

HerbivoreDiurnalVariable activity

Dominica Boa

Boa nebulosa

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Puerto Rican Boa

Chilabothrus inornatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Cuban Crocodile

Crocodylus rhombifer

CarnivoreDiurnalIn packs

Boettger's Wall Gecko

Tarentola boettgeri

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Fiji Tree Frog

Platymantis vitiensis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Spectral Tarsier

Tarsius tarsier

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Puerto Rican Barn Owl

Tyto cavatica

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Critically Endangered

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Didunculus strigirostris

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Near Threatened

Royal Penguin

Eudyptes schlegeli

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Critically Endangered

Waved Albatross

Phoebastria irrorata

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Critically Endangered

Zapata Rail

Mustelirallus cerverai

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Fernandina's Flicker

Colaptes fernandinae

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Noronha Skink

Trachylepis atlantica

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Common Land Iguana

Conolophus subcristatus

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Quokka

Setonix brachyurus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Great Auk

Pinguinus impennis

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Guadalupe Junco

Junco insularis

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Comoro Blue-Pigeon

Alectroenas sganzini

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

OmnivoreNocturnalColonial

Jamaican Tody

Todus todus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Guadeloupe Woodpecker

Melanerpes herminieri

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Cocos Cuckoo

Coccyzus ferrugineus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Rarotonga Starling

Aplonis cinerascens

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Socotra Starling

Onychognathus frater

OmnivoreDiurnalBird

Puerto Rican Nightjar

Antrostomus noctitherus

InsectivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Lilford's Wall Lizard

Podarcis lilfordi

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Atlantic Lizard

Gallotia atlantica

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Golden Mantella

Mantella aurantiaca

InsectivoreDiurnalCritically Endangered

Yellow-shouldered Blackbird

Agelaius xanthomus

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

Cocos Tyrannulet

Nesotriccus ridgwayi

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Critically Endangered

Newell's Shearwater

Puffinus newelli

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Cocos Finch

Pinaroloxias inornata

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Large Ground-Finch

Geospiza magnirostris

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Critically Endangered

Masafuera Rayadito

Aphrastura masafuerae

InsectivoreDiurnalCritically Endangered

Elfin Woods Warbler

Setophaga angelae

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Critically Endangered

Radiated Tortoise

Astrochelys radiata

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Puerto Rican Emerald

Riccordia maugaeus

NectarivoreDiurnalSolitary

Southern Pintail

Anas eatoni

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Greater Bird-of-Paradise

Paradisaea apoda

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Black Rat

Rattus rattus

OmnivoreNocturnalColonial

Saint Lucia Amazon

Amazona versicolor

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Palawan Hornbill

Anthracoceros marchei

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Critically Endangered

Juan Fernandez Firecrown

Sephanoides fernandensis

NectarivoreDiurnalSolitary

Flightless Cormorant

Nannopterum harrisi

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Seychelles Parrot

Coracopsis barklyi

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Critically Endangered

Philippine Pangolin

Manis culionensis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Norfolk Parakeet

Cyanoramphus cookii

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Abbott's Booby

Papasula abbotti

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Thylacine

Thylacinus cynocephalus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Island Fox

Urocyon littoralis

OmnivoreVariable activityIn pairs

Aldabra Flying-fox

Pteropus aldabrensis

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Kagu

Rhynochetos jubatus

CarnivoreDiurnalNocturnal

Dodo

Raphus cucullatus

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Grand Cayman Blue Iguana

Cyclura lewisi

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Giant Moa

Dinornis robustus

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Tuatara

Sphenodon punctatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

Cicinnurus respublica

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Crested Gecko

Correlophus ciliatus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Pygmy Three-toed Sloth

Bradypus pygmaeus

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

Near Threatened

Long-nosed Potoroo

Potorous tridactylus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Human

Homo sapiens

OmnivoreDiurnalSavanna

Southern Elephant Seal

Mirounga leonina

CarnivoreVariable activityIn herds

13 countries20 parks4 dive sites

Atlantic Puffin

Fratercula arctica

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

21 countries27 parks5 dive sites

Komodo Dragon

Varanus komodoensis

EndemicCarnivoreDiurnal

1 country1 park1 dive site

Blue-footed Booby

Sula nebouxii

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

10 countries13 parks2 dive sites

Berthelot's Pipit

Anthus berthelotii

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

2 countries5 parks

Humboldt Penguin

Spheniscus humboldti

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

2 countries6 parks2 dive sites

Northern Gannet

Morus bassanus

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

20 countries28 parks1 dive site

Southern Royal Albatross

Diomedea epomophora

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

15 countries5 parks1 dive site

Black-browed Albatross

Thalassarche melanophris

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

17 countries19 parks

Mediterranean Monk Seal

Monachus monachus

CarnivoreDiurnalNocturnal

28 countries14 parks20 dive sites

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13 parks

2 dive sites

1 country

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