Biota of the Isle of Man

This is a list of the known wild biota of the Isle of Man.

Non-native species are marked *, extinct species are marked †. If this status is uncertain the species is also marked ?.

Each listing follows the following format: English name (where one exists), binomial/trinomial scientific name with authorities for uncommon species, Manx name (where one exists), status.

Amphibia (amphibians)

Salamandridae (salamanders and newts)

  • Great crested newt, Triturus cristatus (Jolgan-leaghyr-beg) *
  • Smooth newt, Triturus vulgaris (Jolgan-leaghyr-beg) *
  • Palmate newt, Triturus helveticus (Jolgan-leaghyr-beg) *

Anura (frogs and toads)

Aves (birds)

Gaviidae (divers)

  • Red-throated diver, Gavia stellata
  • Black-throated diver, Gavia arctica
  • Great northern diver, Gavia immer

Podicipedidae (grebes)

Hydrobatidae (petrels)

Procellariidae (shearwaters)

Sulidae (gannets and boobies)

Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)

  • Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo (Fannag)
  • Shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Fannag)

Ardeidae (egrets and herons)

Anatidae (swans, geese and ducks)

Accipitridae (hawks, eagles, kites and harriers)

Falconidae (falcons)

Phasianidae (partridges and quail)

Tetraonidae (grouse)

  • Black grouse, Tetrao tetrix† (extinct, native status uncertain but an introduced population is extinct)
  • Red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus† (native, extinct by 1835, reintroduced 1880 and still extant) (Kellagh Ruy / Kiark Freoaie – Heath Hen).

Phasianidae (pheasants)

Rallidae (rails and crakes)

Haematopodidae (oystercatchers)

Scolopacidae (waders)

Scolopacidae (woodcock and snipe)

Laridae (gulls)

Alcidae (auks)

Columbidae (pigeons)

Tytonidae (barn owls)

Strigidae (other owls)

Hirundinidae (swallows)

Motacillidae (wagtails)

Troglodytidae (wrens)

  • Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes (Drean)

Prunellidae (dunnock)

Turdidae (thrushes)

Sylviidae (warblers)

Paridae (tits)

Sturnidae (starlings)

Corvidae (corvids)

Passeridae (sparrows)

Fringillidae (finches)

Emberizidae (buntings)

Insecta (insects)

Neuroptera (lacewings)

  • Chrysops vulgaris
  • Chrysops ventralis
  • Hemerobius lutescens
  • Micromus veriegatus

Trichoptera (caddisflies)

  • Limnophilus auricula
  • Limnophilus flavicornis
  • Limnophilus elegans

Odonata (dragonflies)

Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets)

Dermaptera (earwigs)

Diptera (true flies)

Hymenoptera (bees, wasps and ants)

Pieridae (whites)

Lycaenidae (blues and coppers)

Satyridae (browns)

Nymphalidae (fritillaries and aristocrats)

Arctiidae (woolly worm moths)

Geometridae (geometers)

Sphingidae (hawkmoths)

Notodontidae (prominent moths)

Noctuidae (noctuids)

Hemiptera (true bugs)

Mammalia (mammals)

Chiroptera (bats)

As of 2020 research by the Manx Bat Group (https://manxbatgroup.org/) has found that there are at least nine species of Chiroptera found on the Isle of Man:

Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares)

  • Mountain hare, Lepus timidus †* (once extinct but now reintroduced, found only on the Northern Hills) (Mwaagh Slieu)
  • European hare, Lepus europaeus * (uncertain if introduced, found across the Isle of Man but note the Calf of Man) (Mwaagh Dhone)
  • European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus * (found across the Island and on the Calf of Man in good numbers) (Conning)

Insectivora (insect-eaters)

Rodentia (rodents)

Carnivora (carnivores)

Cervidae (deer)

  • Irish elk, Megaloceros giganteus (Feeaih Mooar) †

Pinnipedia (seals and walruses)

  • Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus (Raun Glass)
  • Common seal, Phoca vitulina (Raun) (occasional, not known to breed)

Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates or hoofed mammals)

Marsupialia (marsupials)

Cetacea (whales and dolphins)

Note that Manx nomenclature traditionally did not differentiate between species. Most whales are known as 'Muc Varrey' (sea pigs) or 'Perkin Mooar' and small dolphins as 'Doraid'.

Regularly seen species

Rarely seen species

Vagrant species

Extinct populations

Domestic animals

All sorts of domesticated species have been brought to the Isle of Man by humans over the millennia. Two notable landrace breeds have evolved distinctively on the island:

  • Manx cat, a domestic cat (Felis catus) with genetic abbreviation of the tail, which may range from no tail at all to essentially full-size. Developed as a standardised breed in the late 19th century, the Manx cat has become a popular breed worldwide, but is in danger of diseappearing on the island itself, as it is being out-bred by other cats imported over the last century by primarily English immigrants. The long-haired variety is called the Cymric cat in some breed registries, and was primarily developed in Canada, not the Isle of Man.
  • Manx Loaghtan, a variety of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) with brown wool and four horns, rare outside the island and considered "at risk" by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. The dwindling numbers of the sheep have also caused a local decline in the population of wild corvid birds called choughs – the sheep keep grasses short, making the insect prey of the birds easier to find, and the sheep dung attracts beetles preferred by the birds.

Mollusca (molluscs)

Stylommatophora (common land snails and slugs)

  • Limax cinereoniger (ash-black slug) found in remnant ancient woodland in 2011 after not being recorded for over 100 years.[16]

Order Trochida

Reptilia (reptiles)

Chondrichthyes (cartilagenous fish)

Osteichthyes (bony fish)


Arthropoda (arthropods)

The format here is common English name (if one exists), followed by scientific name, followed by authority in brackets. There are no Manx names.

Chirocephalidae

Arachnida (spiders)

218 species of Arachnids have been identified in the Isle of Man as of 1 January 2002.[18]

Pholcidae

Segestriidae

Dysderidae

Oonopidae

Mimetidae

Nesticidae

  • Nesticus cellulanus (Clerck)

Theridiidae

Linyphiidae

  • Ceratinella brevipes (Westring)
  • Ceratinella brevis (Wider)
  • Ceratinella scabrosa (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Walckenaeria acuminata (Blackwall)
  • Walckenaeria antica (Wider)
  • Walckenaeria nodosa (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Walckenaeria nudipalpis (Westring)
  • Walckenaeria monoceros (Wider)
  • Walckenaeria unicornis (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Walckenaeria kochi (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Walckenaeria cuspidata (Blackwall)
  • Walckenaeria vigilax (Blackwall)
  • Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall)
  • Dicymbium brevisetosum Locket
  • Dicymbium tibiale (Blackwall)
  • Entelecara erythropus (Westring)
  • Gnathonarium dentatum (Wider)
  • Gongylidium rufipes (Sundevall)
  • Dismodicus bifrons (Blackwall)
  • Hypomma bituberculatum (Wider)
  • Hypomma cornutum (Blackwall)
  • Metopobactrus prominulus (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Baryphyma trifrons (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Gonatium rubens (Blackwall)
  • Gonatium rubellum (Blackwall)
  • Maso sundevalli (Westring)
  • Peponocranium ludicrum (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Pocadicnemis pumila (Blackwall)
  • Pocadicnemis juncea Locket & Millidge
  • Oedothorax gibbosus (Blackwall)
  • Oedothorax fuscus (Blackwall)
  • Oedothorax agrestis (Blackwall)
  • Oedothorax retusus (Westring)
  • Oedothorax apicatus (Blackwall)
  • Trichopterna thorelli (Westring)
  • Pelecopsis mengei (Simon)
  • Pelecopsis parallela (Wider)
  • Silometopus ambiguus (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Silometopus elegans (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Cnephalocotes obscurus (Blackwall)
  • Tiso vagans (Blackwall)
  • Tapinocyba praecox (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Tapinocyba pallens (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Monocephalus fuscipes (Blackwall)
  • Monocephalus castenipes (Simon)
  • Lophomma punctatum (Blackwall)
  • Gongylidiellum vivum (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Micrargus subaequalis (Westring)
  • Micrargus herbigradus (Blackwall)
  • Erigonella hiemalis (Blackwall)
  • Savignia frontata (Blackwall)
  • Diplocephalus cristatus (Blackwall)
  • Diplocephalus permixtus (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Diplocephalus latifrons (Blackwall)
  • Diplocephalus picinus (Blackwall)
  • Araeoncus humilis (Blackwall)
  • Araeoncus crassiceps (Westring)
  • Erigone dentipalpis (Wider)
  • Erigone atra (Blackwall)
  • Erigone promiscua (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Erigone arctica (White)
  • Erigone longipalpis (Sundevall)
  • Drepanotylus uncatus (O.P.-Cambridge
  • Leptothrix hardyi (Blackwall)
  • Hilaira excisa (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Halorates reprobus (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Ostearius melanopygius (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Porrhomma pygmaeum (Blackwall)
  • Porrhomma convexum (Westring)
  • Agyneta subtilis (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Agyneta conigera (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Agyneta decora (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Agyneta cauta (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Agyneta olivacea (Emerton)
  • Agyneta ramosa Jackson
  • Meioneta rurestris (C.L. Koch)
  • Meioneta saxatilis (Blackwall)
  • Microneta viaria (Blackwall)
  • Centromerus sylvaticus (Blackwall)
  • Centromerus prudens (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Tallusia experta (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Centromerita bicolor (Blackwall)
  • Centromerita concinna (Thorell)
  • Saaristoa abnormis (Blackwall)
  • Bathyphantes approximatus (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Bathyphantes gracilis (Blackwall)
  • Bathyphantes parvulus (Westring)
  • Bathyphantes nigrinus (Westring)
  • Kaestneria pullata (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Diplostyla concolor (Wider)
  • Poeciloneta variegata (Blackwall)
  • Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall)
  • Tapinopa longidens (Wider)
  • Floronia bucculenta (Clerck)
  • Taranucnus setosus (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Labulla thoracica (Wider)
  • Stemonyphantes lineatus (Linnaeus)
  • Bolyphantes luteolus (Blackwall)
  • Lepthyphantes leprosus (Ohlert)
  • Lepthyphantes minutus (Blackwall)
  • Lepthyphantes alacris (Blackwall)
  • Lepthyphantes obscurus (Blackwall)
  • Lepthyphantes tenuis (Blackwall)
  • Lepthyphantes zimmermanni Bertkau
  • Lepthyphantes mengei (Kulczynski)
  • Lepthyphantes flavipes (Blackwall)
  • Lepthyphantes tenebricola (Wider)
  • Lepthyphantes ericaeus (Blackwall)
  • Linyphia triangularis (Clerck)
  • Neriene montana (Clerck)
  • Neriene clathrata (Sundevall)
  • Neriene peltata (Wider)
  • Microlinyphia pusilla (Sundevall)
  • Allomengea scopigera (Grube)

Tetragnathidae

Araneidae

Lycosidae

Pisauridae

Agelenidae

Cybaeidae

Hahniidae

Dictynidae

Amaurobiidae

Liocranidae

  • Agroeca proxima (O.P.-Cambridge)
  • Scotina gracilipes (Blackwall)
  • Phrurolithus festivus (C.L. Koch)

Clubionidae

Gnaphosidae

Philodromidae

Thomisidae

Salticidae


Plants

Pinophyta (conifers)

Cupressaceae (cypresses)

Magnoliopsida

Brassicales

Nymphaeaceae (waterlilies)


Fungi

Mycetozoa (slime moulds)

Fungi

  • Hymenoscyphus fraxineus ash dieback fungus (previously known as Chalara fraxinea). First identified on Great Britain in 2012 and the Isle of Man in 2017. Since then the fungus has rapidly spread throughout the island.[19]

Strophariaceae (dung fungi)

Sixty-two species of dung fungi have been recorded in the Isle of Man as of 13 April 2009 by Michael J. Richardson, a British mycologist. The following are from a sample of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) pellets collected at The Ayres on 6 January 2008.

Pezizales
  • Coprotus sexdecimsporus
  • Iodophanus carneus
Thelebolales
  • Thelebolus polysporus
Helotiales
  • Unguiculella tityrii
Sordariales
  • Arnium mendax
  • Bombardioidea stercoris
  • Coniochaeta hansenii
  • Podospora pleiospora
  • Schizothecium tetrasporum
  • Schizothecium vesticola
Microascales
  • Viennotidia fimicola
Pleosporales
  • Delitschia winteri
  • Sporormiella australis
  • Sporormiella grandispora
  • Sporormiella intermedia
  • Trichodelitschia minuta
Agaricales
  • Coprinus miser
  • Coprinus stercoreus
Mucorales
  • Pilaira moreaui

Myxomycetes


References

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