🇬🇱What animals live in Greenland?

476,096 animal records from Greenland cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 476,096 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Greenland

	Animal	Group	Records
	Alpine char, Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus	— Salmonidae	222,142
	Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	Aves Procellariidae	7,434
	Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	Aves Laridae	5,870
	Lycoriella flavipeda	Insecta Sciaridae	5,203
	Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus	Aves Laridae	5,195
	Calanus finmarchicus	Copepoda Calanidae	4,726
	Dovekie Alle alle	Aves Alcidae	3,789
	Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis	Aves Calcariidae	3,240
	Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	Aves Alcidae	2,956
	Common Raven Corvus corax	Aves Corvidae	2,653
	Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Aves Anatidae	2,631
	Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides	Aves Laridae	2,432
	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Aves Laridae	2,429
	Paraphaenocladius impensus	Insecta Chironomidae	2,414
	Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	Aves Alcidae	2,163
	Greenland Halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	— Pleuronectidae	2,138
	Calanus hyperboreus	Copepoda Calanidae	1,928
	Calanus glacialis	Copepoda Calanidae	1,779
	Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe	Aves Muscicapidae	1,777
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	1,763
	Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea	Aves Fringillidae	1,592
	harp seal Pagophilus groenlandicus	Mammalia Phocidae	1,472
	Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus	Aves Calcariidae	1,432
	Megaselia cirriventris	Insecta Phoridae	1,336
	Limnophyes brachytomus	Insecta Chironomidae	1,298
	Spilogona sanctipauli	Insecta Muscidae	1,283
	Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	Aves Laridae	1,230
	fin whale Balaenoptera physalus	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	1,227
	Atlantic cod, Cod Gadus morhua	— Gadidae	1,216
	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Aves Anatidae	1,203
	Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta	Aves Phasianidae	1,108
	Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	Aves Anatidae	1,101
	Doubleline Eelpout Lycodes eudipleurostictus	— Zoarcidae	1,078
	Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	Aves Gaviidae	1,073
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	977
	Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea	Aves Laridae	892
	King/Common Eider Somateria spectabilis	Aves Anatidae	877
	Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	Aves Stercorariidae	832
	Paraeuchaeta norvegica	Copepoda Euchaetidae	816
	Sympistis nigrita	Insecta Noctuidae	790
	ringed seal Pusa hispida	Mammalia Phocidae	788
	Shorthorn sculpin, Bull-rout Myoxocephalus scorpius	— Cottidae	787
	White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	Aves Accipitridae	724
	Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus	Aves Stercorariidae	718
	polar bear Ursus maritimus	Mammalia Ursidae	716
	Microplitis lugubris	Insecta Braconidae	712
	Metridia longa	Copepoda Metridinidae	698
	great shearwater Puffinus gravis	Aves Procellariidae	691
	Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	Aves Charadriidae	656
	muskox Ovibos moschatus	Mammalia Bovidae	627
	Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus	Aves Stercorariidae	617
	Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	Aves Anatidae	606
	Arctic cod Boreogadus saida	— Gadidae	605
	Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	Aves Scolopacidae	597
	halfnaked lycodes Lycodes seminudus	— Zoarcidae	590
	hooded seal Cystophora cristata	Mammalia Phocidae	585
	Diamesa chorea	Insecta Chironomidae	579
	Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	Aves Anatidae	578
	glacier lantern fish Benthosema glaciale	— Myctophidae	571
	Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus	Aves Falconidae	565