🇫🇴Animals recorded in the Faroe Islands

Which animals have been recorded in the Faroe Islands? 748 occurrence records cover 288 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Geodia macandrewii, Geodia phlegraei, Barrett's horny sponge.

• 748 records
• 288 species
• 33 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Geodia macandrewii, Geodia phlegraei, Barrett's horny sponge. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in the Faroe Islands

	Animal	Group	Records
	Geodia macandrewii	Demospongiae Geodiidae	27
	Geodia phlegraei	Demospongiae Geodiidae	23
	Barrett's horny sponge Geodia barretti	Demospongiae Geodiidae	18
	Geodia atlantica	Demospongiae Geodiidae	18
	Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Aves Anatidae	13
	Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	Aves Alcidae	12
	Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	Aves Procellariidae	12
	Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	Aves Alcidae	11
	Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	Aves Laridae	11
	Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	Aves Laridae	10
	Arctic red prawn Eusergestes arcticus	Malacostraca Sergestidae	9
	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Aves Haematopodidae	9
	Liljeborgia fissicornis	Malacostraca Liljeborgiidae	8
	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Aves Laridae	8
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	8
	Spotted barracudina Arctozenus risso	— Paralepididae	8
	Common Murre Uria aalge	Aves Alcidae	8
	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Aves Anatidae	8
	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Aves Laridae	7
	Northern Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis	Echinoidea Strongylocentrotidae	7
	European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	7
	Phytomyza evanescens	Insecta Agromyzidae	6
	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Aves Sturnidae	6
	Craniella cranium	Demospongiae Tetillidae	6
	Poecillastra compressa	Demospongiae Vulcanellidae	6
	Echinoderes pterus	Cyclorhagida Echinoderidae	6
	Aphelochaeta abyssalis	Polychaeta Cirratulidae	5
	Higginsarctus signeae	Heterotardigrada Halechiniscidae	5
	Phytomyza affinis	Insecta Agromyzidae	5
	Metridia longa	Copepoda Metridinidae	5
	orca Orcinus orca	Mammalia Delphinidae	5
	Haploops setosa	Malacostraca Ampeliscidae	5
	Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	Aves Stercorariidae	5
	Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Aves Scolopacidae	5
	Derogenes varicus	Trematoda Derogenidae	5
	European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	Aves Hydrobatidae	5
	Blood Star Henricia sanguinolenta	Asteroidea Echinasteridae	5
	Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus	Mammalia Delphinidae	5
	dark Peter Agrypnia obsoleta	Insecta Phryganeidae	4
	Harpinia abyssi	Malacostraca Phoxocephalidae	4
	long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas	Mammalia Delphinidae	4
	Boroecia maxima	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	4
	Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe	Aves Muscicapidae	4
	Stegocephalus inflatus	Malacostraca Stegocephalidae	4
	Starkus mixtus	Malacostraca Typhlotanaidae	3
	Sandfly Rhyacophila dorsalis	Insecta Rhyacophilidae	3
	Colossendeis angusta	Pycnogonida Colossendeidae	3
	Astyra abyssi	Malacostraca Stilipedidae	3
	Solaster papposus	Asteroidea Solasteridae	3
	sea piglet Arrhis phyllonyx	Malacostraca Oedicerotidae	3
	Leptasterias muelleri	Asteroidea Asteriidae	3
	Hathrometra tenella	Crinoidea Antedonidae	3
	Crevice Brittlestar Ophiopholis aculeata	Ophiuroidea Ophiopholidae	3
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	3
	brittlestar Ophiura albida	Ophiuroidea Ophiuridae	3
	Leach's Oceanodroma leucorhoa	Aves Hydrobatidae	3
	Zoogonoides viviparus	Trematoda Zoogonidae	3
	Meromonakantha irregularis	Malacostraca Typhlotanaidae	3
	northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus	Mammalia Hyperoodontidae	3
	Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus	Aves Procellariidae	3