🇬🇱Animals recorded in Greenland

Which animals have been recorded in Greenland? 7,117 occurrence records cover 931 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 humpback whale, harp seal, walrus.

• 7,117 records
• 931 species
• 54 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include humpback whale, harp seal, walrus. 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 Greenland

	Animal	Group	Records
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	988
	harp seal Pagophilus groenlandicus	Mammalia Phocidae	663
	walrus Odobenus rosmarus	Mammalia Odobenidae	100
	Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Aves Anatidae	89
	Obtusoecia obtusata	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	63
	Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	Aves Laridae	54
	Hentschel's horny sponge Geodia hentscheli	Demospongiae Geodiidae	54
	Discoconchoecia elegans	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	51
	Dovekie Alle alle	Aves Alcidae	50
	narhwal Monodon monoceros	Mammalia Monodontidae	47
	boreal horny sponge Stylocordyla borealis	Demospongiae Stylocordylidae	47
	Geodia parva	Demospongiae Geodiidae	46
	Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	Aves Alcidae	45
	orca Orcinus orca	Mammalia Delphinidae	43
	arctic tadpole shrimp Lepidurus arcticus	Branchiopoda Triopsidae	42
	polar bear Ursus maritimus	Mammalia Ursidae	42
	fin whale Balaenoptera physalus	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	41
	Ostertagia gruehneri	Chromadorea Trichostrongylidae	41
	Polar Lebbeid Lebbeus polaris	Malacostraca Thoridae	40
	Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	Aves Procellariidae	40
	Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus	Mammalia Canidae	39
	Ophiura robusta	Ophiuroidea Ophiuridae	38
	Geodia macandrewii	Demospongiae Geodiidae	36
	Marshallagia marshalli	Chromadorea Trichostrongylidae	35
	punctate blade shrimp Spirontocaris phippsii	Malacostraca Thoridae	34
	Barrett's horny sponge Geodia barretti	Demospongiae Geodiidae	33
	Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus	Aves Laridae	31
	northern collared lemming Dicrostonyx groenlandicus	Mammalia Cricetidae	29
	Arctic Hare Lepus arcticus	Mammalia Leporidae	27
	Apherusa glacialis	Malacostraca Calliopiidae	26
	Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	Aves Alcidae	26
	Crevice Brittlestar Ophiopholis aculeata	Ophiuroidea Ophiopholidae	26
	bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus	Mammalia Balaenidae	24
	Tmetonyx cicada	Malacostraca Uristidae	24
	Circumpolar Eualid Eualus gaimardii	Malacostraca Thoridae	24
	Spiny Lebbeid Lebbeus groenlandicus	Malacostraca Thoridae	23
	Syrrhoe crenulata	Malacostraca Synopiidae	22
	Amphilochus manudens	Malacostraca Amphilochidae	20
	Odius carinatus	Malacostraca Odiidae	20
	Aeginella spinosa	Malacostraca Caprellidae	20
	Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea	Aves Fringillidae	20
	Pine woolly aphid Pineus pini	Insecta Adelgidae	19
	Northern Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis	Echinoidea Strongylocentrotidae	19
	Orchomene macroserratus	Malacostraca Tryphosidae	19
	sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus	Mammalia Physeteridae	19
	Arcturus baffini	Malacostraca Arcturidae	19
	Amphilochus tenuimanus	Malacostraca Amphilochidae	18
	Gitanopsis bispinosa	Malacostraca Amphilochidae	18
	Rhachotropis inflata	Malacostraca Eusiridae	18
	Tiron spiniferus	Malacostraca Synopiidae	18
	Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus	Aves Falconidae	18
	Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea	Aves Laridae	17
	Liljeborgia pallida	Malacostraca Liljeborgiidae	16
	Unciola laticornis	Malacostraca Unciolidae	16
	parrot shrimp Spirontocaris spinus	Malacostraca Thoridae	16
	Ischyrocerus megacheir	Malacostraca Ischyroceridae	16
	Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis	Aves Calcariidae	16
	Geodia atlantica	Demospongiae Geodiidae	16
	Caprella dubia	Malacostraca Caprellidae	16
	Harpinia propinqva	Malacostraca Phoxocephalidae	15