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Animals in Belgium

32 animal species on file have openly licensed sighting records from Belgium, 8 of them threatened. Records include captive animals and introduced populations.

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Species recorded: 32
Threatened: 8
Groups represented: 8
Sighting records: 1,036,331

None on record
1–7
8–12
13–17
18+

species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale

Which well-known animals are recorded in Belgium?

The most looked-up species with records here.

What kinds of animals are recorded in Belgium?

Mammals
red fox, grey wolf, lion, leopard …
7 species
Birds
mallard, european robin, bald eagle, peregrine falcon …
11 species
Reptiles
green turtle
1 species
Amphibians
fire salamander, common frog
2 species
Fish
atlantic salmon, great white shark, ocean sunfish
3 species
Insects
honey bee, seven-spot ladybird, emperor dragonfly, stag beetle
4 species
Molluscs
helix pomatia
1 species
Other invertebrates
common jellyfish, earthworm, common starfish
3 species

Which threatened animals are recorded in Belgium?

Species listed as Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The category is global, not specific to Belgium.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	Records here
Lion	Panthera leo	Felidae	Vulnerable	4
Leopard	Panthera pardus	Felidae	Vulnerable	1
Snowy owl	Bubo scandiacus	Strigidae	Vulnerable	989
Atlantic puffin	Fratercula arctica	Alcidae	Vulnerable	164
Fire salamander	Salamandra salamandra	Salamandridae	Vulnerable	7,376
Great white shark	Carcharodon carcharias	Lamnidae	Vulnerable	4
Ocean sunfish	Mola mola	Molidae	Vulnerable	7
Chimpanzee	Pan troglodytes	Hominidae	Endangered	5

All animals recorded in Belgium

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Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	Records here
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Anatidae	Least Concern	437,753
European robin	Erithacus rubecula	Muscicapidae	Least Concern	302,471
Red fox	Vulpes vulpes	Canidae	Least Concern	14,313
Grey wolf	Canis lupus	Canidae	Least Concern	2,985
Bald eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Accipitridae	Least Concern	23
Peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus	Falconidae	Least Concern	73,619
Lion	Panthera leo	Felidae	Vulnerable	4
Common kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	Alcedinidae	Least Concern	106,470
Common ostrich	Struthio camelus	Struthionidae	Least Concern	2
Leopard	Panthera pardus	Felidae	Vulnerable	1
Western barn owl	Tyto alba	Tytonidae	Least Concern	13,854
Atlantic salmon	Salmo salar	Salmonidae	Near Threatened	23,801
Honey bee	Apis mellifera	Apidae	Data Deficient	22,296
Snowy owl	Bubo scandiacus	Strigidae	Vulnerable	989
Eurasian beaver	Castor fiber	Castoridae	Least Concern	8,709
Atlantic puffin	Fratercula arctica	Alcidae	Vulnerable	164
Emperor penguin	Aptenodytes forsteri	Spheniscidae	Near Threatened	1
Fire salamander	Salamandra salamandra	Salamandridae	Vulnerable	7,376
Great white shark	Carcharodon carcharias	Lamnidae	Vulnerable	4
Green turtle	Chelonia mydas	Cheloniidae	Least Concern	1
Seven-spot ladybird	Coccinella septempunctata	Coccinellidae	Not recorded	14,238
Common frog	Rana temporaria	Ranidae	Least Concern	1,789
Common bottlenose dolphin	Tursiops truncatus	Delphinidae	Least Concern	58
Ocean sunfish	Mola mola	Molidae	Vulnerable	7
Chimpanzee	Pan troglodytes	Hominidae	Endangered	5
Scarlet macaw	Ara macao	Psittacidae	Least Concern	2
Emperor dragonfly	Anax imperator	Aeshnidae	Least Concern	2,328
Helix pomatia	Helix pomatia	Helicidae	Least Concern	405
Stag beetle	Lucanus cervus	Lucanidae	Not recorded	1,923
Common jellyfish	Aurelia aurita	Ulmaridae	Not recorded	178
Earthworm	Lumbricus terrestris	Lumbricidae	Not recorded	11
Common starfish	Asterias rubens	Asteriidae	Not recorded	551

Method: a species is listed if GBIF holds at least one CC0 or CC BY occurrence record for it in Belgium. Zoo animals, escapes and introduced populations are included, and native species nobody has recorded are missing. See the methodology.