Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals |
Reptiles | Vascular Plants
Total number of bird species, by country
Note, this data from Birdlife International dates to July 2019, but is the most recent available on a global scale. If you are aware of more up-to-date data, please contact us.
Colombia | 1,878 | 1 | 126 |
Peru | 1,858 | 2 | 119 |
Brazil | 1,813 | 3 | 175 |
Indonesia | 1,711 | 4 | 160 |
Ecuador | 1,622 | 5 | 106 |
Bolivia | 1,438 | 6 | 55 |
Venezuela | 1,394 | 7 | 52 |
China | 1,288 | 8 | 96 |
India | 1,211 | 9 | 93 |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | 1,107 | 10 | 7 |
Mexico | 1,104 | 11 | 71 |
Tanzania, United Republic of | 1,075 | 12 | 49 |
Kenya | 1,058 | 13 | 44 |
Myanmar | 1,031 | 14 | 56 |
Argentina | 1,004 | 15 | 52 |
Uganda | 999 | 16 | 30 |
Thailand | 934 | 17 | 62 |
Sudan | 917 | 18 | 26 |
Angola | 915 | 19 | 32 |
Cameroon | 885 | 20 | 29 |
Panama | 884 | 21 | 25 |
Nigeria | 864 | 22 | 21 |
United States (USA) | 860 | 23 | 91 |
Costa Rica | 857 | 24 | 27 |
Vietnam | 835 | 25 | 52 |
Nepal | 822 | 26 | 38 |
Ethiopia | 819 | 27 | 35 |
South Sudan | 804 | 28 | 21 |
Guyana | 795 | 29 | 16 |
South Africa | 762 | 30 | 54 |
Papua New Guinea | 744 | 31 | 39 |
Zambia | 733 | 32 | 20 |
Australia | 723 | 33 | 52 |
Central African Republic | 719 | 34 | 16 |
Malaysia | 718 | 35 | 63 |
Cayman Islands | 711 | 36 | 3 |
French Guiana | 709 | 37 | |
Guatemala | 709 | 37 | 17 |
Honduras | 704 | 38 | 14 |
Suriname | 700 | 39 | 9 |
Laos | 698 | 40 | 29 |
Paraguay | 691 | 41 | 27 |
Ghana | 681 | 42 | 23 |
Nicaragua | 677 | 43 | 17 |
Mozambique | 675 | 44 | 30 |
Cote d'lvoire | 670 | 45 | 25 |
Russian Federation | 661 | 46 | 57 |
Rwanda | 638 | 47 | 20 |
Malawi | 636 | 48 | 19 |
Guinea | 633 | 49 | 20 |
Zimbabwe | 627 | 50 | 19 |
Bhutan | 615 | 51 | 21 |
Pakistan | 611 | 52 | 33 |
Congo | 611 | 52 | 42 |
Bangladesh | 607 | 53 | 36 |
Gabon | 606 | 54 | 7 |
Namibia | 599 | 55 | 32 |
Burundi | 596 | 56 | 15 |
Philippines | 593 | 57 | 93 |
Sierra Leone | 582 | 58 | 16 |
Togo | 573 | 59 | 13 |
Somalia | 570 | 60 | 21 |
Mali | 566 | 61 | 17 |
Senegal | 556 | 62 | 19 |
Belize | 549 | 63 | 6 |
Benin | 548 | 64 | 12 |
Eritrea | 540 | 65 | 21 |
Liberia | 537 | 66 | 14 |
Botswana | 534 | 67 | 16 |
Chad | 524 | 68 | 16 |
Canada | 518 | 69 | 24 |
Cambodia | 512 | 70 | 31 |
El Salvador | 500 | 71 | 7 |
Iran | 474 | 72 | 28 |
Mauritania | 471 | 73 | 19 |
Swaziland | 463 | 74 | |
Guinea-Bissau | 456 | 75 | 12 |
Gambia | 455 | 76 | 14 |
Burkina Faso | 450 | 77 | 12 |
Japan | 446 | 78 | 49 |
Chile | 441 | 79 | 35 |
Kazakhstan | 440 | 80 | 27 |
Equatorial Guinea | 436 | 81 | 6 |
Niger | 436 | 81 | 13 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 414 | 82 | 5 |
British Indian Ocean Territory | 411 | 83 | |
Brunei Darussalam | 411 | 83 | 31 |
Uruguay | 408 | 84 | 22 |
Turkey | 392 | 85 | 20 |
Afghanistan | 391 | 86 | 16 |
Saudi Arabia | 390 | 87 | 18 |
Israel | 388 | 88 | 18 |
Spain | 382 | 89 | 19 |
Egypt | 378 | 90 | 14 |
Taiwan | 377 | 91 | |
Sri Lanka | 376 | 92 | 16 |
Iraq | 374 | 93 | 17 |
Singapore | 366 | 94 | 22 |
Turkmenistan | 365 | 95 | 19 |
Mongolia | 360 | 96 | 24 |
South Korea | 359 | 97 | 33 |
France | 357 | 98 | 16 |
Italy | 355 | 99 | 17 |
Uzbekistan | 352 | 100 | 19 |
Azerbaijan | 349 | 101 | 17 |
Syrian Arab Republic | 347 | 102 | 17 |
Greece | 346 | 103 | 17 |
Yemen | 342 | 104 | 16 |
Morocco | 341 | 105 | 18 |
Bulgaria | 335 | 106 | 17 |
Jordan | 331 | 107 | 14 |
Kyrgyzstan | 328 | 108 | 15 |
Tajikistan | 326 | 109 | 15 |
North Korea | 325 | 110 | 33 |
Oman | 323 | 111 | 13 |
Romania | 322 | 112 | 17 |
North Macedonia | 320 | 113 | 13 |
Ukraine | 317 | 114 | 17 |
Algeria | 317 | 114 | 15 |
Cuba | 317 | 114 | 19 |
Serbia | 312 | 115 | 13 |
Germany | 311 | 116 | 11 |
Montenegro | 310 | 117 | 13 |
Portugal | 310 | 117 | 15 |
Tunisia | 309 | 118 | 11 |
Croatia | 308 | 119 | 14 |
Austria | 304 | 120 | 13 |
Albania | 302 | 121 | 8 |
Armenia | 296 | 122 | 14 |
Lebanon | 295 | 123 | 11 |
Slovakia | 293 | 124 | |
United Arab Emirates | 293 | 124 | 13 |
Kuwait | 292 | 125 | 11 |
Poland | 290 | 126 | 11 |
Slovenia | 289 | 127 | 10 |
Djibouti | 287 | 128 | 12 |
Czech Republic | 286 | 129 | 9 |
Hungary | 285 | 130 | 13 |
Switzerland | 284 | 131 | 9 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 281 | 132 | 7 |
Georgia | 281 | 132 | 14 |
Sweden | 277 | 133 | 11 |
Denmark | 275 | 134 | 9 |
Cyprus | 275 | 134 | 7 |
Netherlands | 270 | 135 | 10 |
Puerto Rico | 268 | 136 | 11 |
Latvia | 267 | 137 | 11 |
United Kingdom | 266 | 138 | 11 |
Libya | 266 | 138 | 8 |
Bahamas | 264 | 139 | 10 |
Finland | 263 | 140 | 11 |
Belarus | 263 | 140 | 9 |
Belgium | 263 | 140 | 8 |
Haiti | 258 | 141 | 17 |
Norway | 254 | 142 | 11 |
Estonia | 253 | 143 | 9 |
Lesotho | 248 | 144 | 8 |
Madagascar | 247 | 145 | 37 |
Dominican Republic | 246 | 146 | 17 |
Solomon Islands | 245 | 147 | 24 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 242 | 148 | 4 |
Lithuania | 242 | 148 | 10 |
Moldova, Republic of | 237 | 149 | 11 |
East Timor (Timor-Leste) | 236 | 150 | |
Qatar | 233 | 151 | 9 |
New Zealand | 231 | 152 | 69 |
Bahrain | 222 | 153 | 7 |
Hong Kong | 218 | 154 | 21 |
Martinique | 217 | 155 | |
Saint Lucia | 208 | 156 | |
Ireland | 208 | 156 | 9 |
Barbados | 207 | 157 | 4 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 206 | 158 | 3 |
Dominica | 206 | 158 | 7 |
Malta | 205 | 159 | 5 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 201 | 160 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 199 | 161 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 199 | 161 | |
Montserrat | 197 | 162 | |
Luxemburg | 186 | 163 | 3 |
Jamaica | 186 | 163 | 11 |
Guadeloupe | 183 | 164 | |
Aruba | 182 | 165 | 2 |
Liechtenstein | 176 | 166 | 2 |
Western Sahara | 165 | 167 | |
Gibraltar | 163 | 168 | |
Bermuda | 152 | 169 | 3 |
Virgin Islands, U.S. | 148 | 170 | |
Virgin Islands, British | 147 | 171 | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 128 | 172 | 12 |
New Caledonia | 126 | 173 | 17 |
Andorra | 125 | 174 | 3 |
Falkland Island (Malvinas) | 122 | 175 | |
Faroe Islands | 121 | 176 | 6 |
Anguilla | 120 | 177 | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 116 | 178 | 17 |
Palau | 113 | 179 | 6 |
Grenada | 111 | 180 | 2 |
Iceland | 109 | 181 | 7 |
Fiji | 109 | 181 | 14 |
Guam | 106 | 182 | 14 |
Comoros | 100 | 183 | 14 |
Seychelles | 98 | 184 | 13 |
French Polynesia | 94 | 185 | 35 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 89 | 186 | 12 |
United States Minor Outlying Islands | 87 | 187 | |
Cape Verde | 87 | 187 | |
Vanuatu | 87 | 187 | 8 |
Maldives | 84 | 188 | 0 |
Mauritius | 78 | 189 | 12 |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 77 | 190 | |
Greenland | 73 | 191 | 6 |
Mayotte | 72 | 192 | |
Saint Helena | 66 | 193 | |
Marshall Islands | 62 | 194 | 4 |
Reunion | 56 | 195 | |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 54 | 196 | |
Tonga | 51 | 197 | 5 |
French Southern Territories (France) | 51 | 197 | |
Christmas Island | 48 | 198 | |
Samoa | 46 | 199 | 6 |
Norfolk Island | 44 | 200 | |
American Samoa | 43 | 201 | 8 |
Macau | 40 | 202 | 4 |
Kiribati | 39 | 203 | 6 |
Cook Islands | 39 | 203 | |
Wallis and Futuna | 36 | 204 | 15 |
Antarctica | 34 | 205 | |
Heard Islands and McDonald Islands | 28 | 206 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Island | 27 | 207 | |
Pitcairn | 24 | 208 | |
Monaco | 24 | 208 | 0 |
Niue | 24 | 208 | |
Nauru | 20 | 209 | |
San Marino | 18 | 210 | |
Tuvalu | 18 | 210 | 1 |
Bouvet Island | 13 | 211 | |
Tokelau | 10 | 212 | |
Holy See (Vatican City State) | 0 | 213 |
Source: Plant data is from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC), 2004. Species Data. Fish: Fishbase; Birds: Birdlife International; Amphibians: AmphibiaWeb; Mammals: IUCN; Reptiles: the Reptile Database.
Total | Amphibians | Birds | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants
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