Rank | Animal type | Species Breakdown | Votes |
1 | Macaw | Scarlet - 13; Blue and yellow - 10; Hyacinth - 9; Spix's - 3; Blue-throated - 2; Glaucous - 1; Great green - 1; Military - 1; Red and green - 1; any species - 3 | 44 |
2 | Toucan | Toco - 15; Keel-billed - 4; Red-billed - 2; Channel-billed - 1; any species - 1 | 23 |
3 | Howler monkey | Black - 16; Columbian red - 6 | 22 |
| Lion tamarin | Golden - 18; Golden-headed - 3; any species - 1 | 22 |
| "Simple" Tamarin | Emperor - 13; Cotton-top - 8; any species - 1 | 22 |
4 | Coati | South American - 16; White-nosed - 2; any species - 3 | 21 |
5 | Mara | Patagonian - 17; any species - 2 | 19 |
6 | Tamandua | Southern - 16; Northern - 1; any species - 1 | 18 |
7 | Ibis | Scarlet - 15; Black-faced - 2 | 17 |
| Spider monkey | Brown-headed - 4; Geoffroy's - 4; Red-faced - 3; Brown - 1; any species - 5 | 17 |
8 | Squirrel monkey | Guianan - 6; Bolivian - 3; Black - 1; any species - 6 | 16 |
9 | Armadillo | Giant - 8; Southern three-banded - 3; Pink fairy - 2; Big hairy - 1; Brazilian three-banded - 1 | 15 |
| Green anaconda | | 15 |
10 | Roseate spoonbill | | 14 |
11 | Duck | White-faced whistling - 5; Torrent - 2; Fulvous whistling - 2; Muscovy - 2; Fuegian streamer - 1 | 13 |
12 | Agouti | Azara's - 6; Red-rumped - 5; Central American - 1 | 12 |
| Poison/Dart poison frog | Blue - 8; Anthony's - 1; Strawberry - 1; Harlequin - 1; Dyeing - 1 | 12 |
| Brazilian porcupine | | 12 |
13 | Boa | Emerald tree - 8; Rainbow - 2 | 11 |
| Southern pudu | | 11 |
14 | Marmoset | Pygmy - 3; Goeldi's - 2; Common - 2; Silver - 1; Eastern pygmy - 1; any species - 1 | 10 |
| Southern screamer | | 10 |
15 | Two-toed sloth | Linnaeus - 7; Hoffmann's - 1; any species - 1 | 9 |
16 | Tapir | South American - 7; any species - 1 | 8 |
| Piranha | Red-bellied - 7; Black - 1 | 8 |
| Guanaco | | 8 |
| Vicuña | | 8 |
| Andean condor | | 8 |
17 | Penguin | Humboldt - 3; Galapagos - 2; Southern rockhopper - 1; Magellanic - 1 | 7 |
| Bat | Vampire - 5; Seba's short-tailed - 1; Mexican free-tailed - 1 | 7 |
| Toad | Cane - 2; Starry night - 2; Suriname 2; Purple harlequin - 1 | 7 |
| Harpy eagle | | 7 |
18 | Swan | Black-necked - 5; Coscobora - 1 | 6 |
| Basilisk | Plumed - 3; Helmeted - 2; Western - 1 | 6 |
| Manatee | West Indian - 4; Amazonian - 1; any species - 1 | 6 |
| Northern caiman lizard | | 6 |
| Kinkajou | | 6 |
19 | Deer | Marsh - 4; White-tailed - 1 | 5 |
| Iguana | Marine - 4; Galapagos pink land - 1 | 5 |
| Arapaima | | 5 |
| Hercules beetle | | 5 |
20 | Caiman | Black - 3; Smooth-fronted - 1 | 4 |
| Flamingo | Chilean - 3; Andean - 1 | 4 |
| Night monkey | Azara's - 2; Peruvian - 1; any species - 1 | 4 |
| Titi | Coppery - 2; White-eared - 1; Caquetá - 1 | 4 |
| Red-footed tortoise | | 4 |
| Eyelash viper | | 4 |
| Hoatzin | | 4 |
21 | Peccary | White-lipped - 2; Chaco - 1 | 3 |
| Curassow | Northern helmeted - 1; Alagoas - 1, Blue-billed - 1 | 3 |
| Capuchin | Tufted - 2; Buff-headed - 1 | 3 |
| Teal | Brazilian - 1; Puna - 1; Ringed - 1 | 3 |
| Seal | Southern elephant - 2; South American fur - 1 | 3 |
| Pacman/Horned frog | Argentine horned - 2; any species - 1 | 3 |
| Leafcutter ant | Hairy-headed - 1; any species - 2 | 3 |
| Dolphin | Amazon river - 2; Commerson's - 1 | 3 |
| Tayra | | 3 |
| Bald uakari | | 3 |
| Red-legged seriema | | 3 |
| Argentine black and white tegu | | 3 |
22 | Viscacha | Northern - 1; any species - 1 | 2 |
| Hummingbird | Giant - 1; any species - 1 | 2 |
| Tanager | Seven-colored - 1; any species - 1 | 2 |
| Owl | Burrowing - 1; Striped - 1 | 2 |
| Long-tailed chinchilla | | 2 |
| Pacarana | | 2 |
| Brown pelican | | 2 |
| Galapagos cormorant | | 2 |
| Jabiru stork | | 2 |
| Lowland paca | | 2 |
| Orinoco crocodile | | 2 |
| Grey fox | | 2 |
| Arrau turtle | | 2 |
| Amazon milk frog | | 2 |
| Tambaqui | | 2 |
| Electric eel | | 2 |
| Red-tailed catfish | | 2 |
| Common plecostomus | | 2 |
23 | Guinea pig | | 1 |
| Huemul | | 1 |
| Margay | | 1 |
| Coypu | | 1 |
| Silky anteater | | 1 |
| Andean mountain cat | | 1 |
| King vulture | | 1 |
| Sun conure | | 1 |
| Peregrine falcon | | 1 |
| Blue anole | | 1 |
| Mata mata | | 1 |
| Ornate bella moth | | 1 |
| Arowana | | 1 |
| Milk snake | | 1 |
| Yellow-spotted river turtle | | 1 |
| Greater grison | | 1 |
| Grey-winged trumpeter | | 1 |
| Northern helmeted curassow | | 1 |
| Giant wood-rail | | 1 |
| Golden conure | | 1 |
| Andean milksnake | | 1 |
| South American bushmaster | | 1 |
| Suriname grasshopper | | 1 |
| Golden-eyed stick insect | | 1 |
| Coral snake | | 1 |
| Glass frog | | 1 |
| Giant leaf frog | | 1 |
| Golden lancehead | | 1 |
| False water cobra | | 1 |
| Caecilian | | 1 |
| Lake Titicaca frog | | 1 |
| Velvet worm | | 1 |
| Mound-building termite | | 1 |
| Common degu | | 1 |
| Jaguarundi | | 1 |
| Colombian woolly monkey | | 1 |
| Red brocket | | 1 |
| Big-headed Amazon river turtle | | 1 |
| Forest Flame snake | | 1 |
| Glasswing | | 1 |
| Owl butterfly | | 1 |
| Amazon | | 1 |
| Curl-crested aracari | | 1 |
| Green oropendola | | 1 |
| Yellow-rumped cacique | | 1 |
| Venezuelan troupial | | 1 |
| Screaming piha | | 1 |
| Guianan -of-the-rock | | 1 |
| Long-wattled umbrellabird | | 1 |
| Sunbittern | | 1 |
| Grey tinamou | | 1 |
| Inca tern | | 1 |
| Grey gull | | 1 |
| Orinoco goose | | 1 |
| Galapagos sea lion | | 1 |
| Water opossum | | 1 |
| Pavonine quetzal | | 1 |
| Darwin's rhea | | 1 |