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.
| Country / region | Bird species count | Rank | Threatened bird species (2018) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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