🇫🇴What animals live in the Faroe Islands?

269,750 animal records from the Faroe Islands cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 269,750 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in the Faroe Islands

	Animal	Group	Records
	Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	Aves Procellariidae	56,287
	Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	Aves Alcidae	17,109
	Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	Aves Laridae	12,056
	Yellow-fin Tunny Thunnus albacares	— Scombridae	6,468
	Common Murre Uria aalge	Aves Alcidae	5,746
	Calanus finmarchicus	Copepoda Calanidae	4,354
	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Aves Sturnidae	4,088
	Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Aves Anatidae	4,040
	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Aves Laridae	3,962
	Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	Aves Sulidae	3,831
	fin whale Balaenoptera physalus	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	3,624
	Hooded Crow Corvus cornix	Aves Corvidae	3,367
	European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	Aves Hydrobatidae	3,334
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	3,126
	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Aves Haematopodidae	3,118
	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Aves Laridae	2,994
	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Aves Anatidae	2,733
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	2,606
	Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	Aves Alcidae	2,345
	Atlantic mackerel, Mackerel Scomber scombrus	— Scombridae	2,242
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	1,966
	Metridia lucens	Copepoda Metridinidae	1,899
	Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	Aves Laridae	1,894
	Silvertip Shark Carcharhinus albimarginatus	Elasmobranchii Carcharhinidae	1,853
	Great Skua Stercorarius skua	Aves Stercorariidae	1,775
	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	1,718
	Graylag Goose Anser anser	Aves Anatidae	1,698
	European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	1,606
	Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus	Aves Procellariidae	1,584
	Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	Aves Anatidae	1,424
	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Aves Turdidae	1,400
	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Aves Troglodytidae	1,368
	Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus	Aves Motacillidae	1,306
	Mew Gull Larus canus	Aves Laridae	1,289
	Common Raven Corvus corax	Aves Corvidae	1,235
	Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Aves Scolopacidae	1,182
	Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe	Aves Muscicapidae	1,161
	Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	Aves Stercorariidae	1,117
	Sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus	Elasmobranchii Carcharhinidae	1,088
	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Aves Laridae	1,086
	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Aves Muscicapidae	1,021
	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Aves Motacillidae	992
	Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago	Aves Scolopacidae	974
	sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus	Aves Procellariidae	904
	Temora longicornis	Copepoda Temoridae	705
	Paraeuchaeta norvegica	Copepoda Euchaetidae	690
	Indo-Pacific sailfish Istiophorus platypterus	— Istiophoridae	675
	Redwing Turdus iliacus	Aves Turdidae	651
	Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Aves Anatidae	649
	Razorbill Alca torda	Aves Alcidae	646
	sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus	Mammalia Physeteridae	628
	European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria	Aves Charadriidae	608
	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Aves Scolopacidae	608
	Calanus helgolandicus	Copepoda Calanidae	600
	Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	Aves Anatidae	573
	Centropages typicus	Copepoda Centropagidae	570
	Dovekie Alle alle	Aves Alcidae	524
	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Aves Motacillidae	522
	Pleuromamma robusta	Copepoda Metridinidae	516
	Spot-tail shark, Spottail shark Carcharhinus sorrah	Elasmobranchii Carcharhinidae	514