🇸🇯What animals live in Svalbard and Jan Mayen?

648,427 animal records from Svalbard and Jan Mayen cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 648,427 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Svalbard and Jan Mayen

	Animal	Group	Records
	Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus	Aves Laridae	21,951
	Atlantic cod Gadus morhua	— Gadidae	20,926
	Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Aves Anatidae	20,541
	Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	Aves Alcidae	14,669
	Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	Aves Laridae	14,370
	Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima	Aves Scolopacidae	13,879
	Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	Aves Anatidae	13,485
	Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	Aves Procellariidae	12,980
	Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	Aves Stercorariidae	12,123
	Calanus finmarchicus	Copepoda Calanidae	11,766
	Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	Aves Laridae	11,597
	Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis	Aves Calcariidae	11,450
	Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	Aves Alcidae	10,092
	Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	Aves Anatidae	8,955
	Dovekie Alle alle	Aves Alcidae	8,938
	King Somateria spectabilis	Aves Anatidae	7,881
	Capelin Mallotus villosus	— Osmeridae	7,660
	American plaice Hippoglossoides platessoides	— Pleuronectidae	7,267
	Calanus glacialis	Copepoda Calanidae	7,258
	Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	Aves Anatidae	6,908
	Arctic cod Boreogadus saida	— Gadidae	6,493
	Greenland Halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	— Pleuronectidae	6,404
	Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus	— Gadidae	5,939
	Metridia longa	Copepoda Metridinidae	5,607
	Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	Aves Charadriidae	5,555
	Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	Aves Gaviidae	5,407
	Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius	Aves Scolopacidae	5,274
	Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	Aves Alcidae	5,160
	Deepwater Redfish Sebastes mentella	— Sebastidae	4,931
	Atlantic Hook-ear Sculpin Artediellus atlanticus	— Cottidae	4,915
	Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea	Aves Laridae	4,901
	Calanus hyperboreus	Copepoda Calanidae	4,830
	Dunlin Calidris alpina	Aves Scolopacidae	4,718
	Great Skua Stercorarius skua	Aves Stercorariidae	4,684
	Brant Branta bernicla	Aves Anatidae	4,215
	daubed shanny Leptoclinus maculatus	— Stichaeidae	4,209
	reindeer Rangifer tarandus	Mammalia Cervidae	4,184
	Atlantic poacher Leptagonus decagonus	— Agonidae	3,802
	Starry ray Amblyraja radiata	Elasmobranchii Rajidae	3,768
	Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta	Aves Phasianidae	3,429
	Lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus	— Cyclopteridae	3,016
	Atlantic herring Clupea harengus	— Clupeidae	2,913
	Oithona similis	Copepoda Oithonidae	2,855
	blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou	— Gadidae	2,619
	Arrow worm Eukrohnia hamata	Sagittoidea Eukrohniidae	2,554
	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Aves Laridae	2,503
	Moustached Sculpin Triglops murrayi	— Cottidae	2,453
	Snake Blenny Lumpenus lampretaeformis	— Stichaeidae	2,352
	Atlantic wolffish Anarhichas lupus	— Anarhichadidae	2,337
	arrow worm Parasagitta elegans	Sagittoidea Sagittidae	2,226
	walrus Odobenus rosmarus	Mammalia Odobenidae	2,060
	Spotted Catfish Anarhichas minor	— Anarhichadidae	2,030
	Green-winged Teal Anas crecca	Aves Anatidae	1,977
	Discoconchoecia elegans	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	1,813
	helicid pteropod Limacina helicina	Gastropoda Limacinidae	1,774
	Northern wolffish Anarhichas denticulatus	— Anarhichadidae	1,730
	Vahl's eelpout Lycodes gracilis	— Zoarcidae	1,696
	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	1,615
	Themisto abyssorum	Malacostraca Hyperiidae	1,581
	Triconia borealis	Copepoda Oncaeidae	1,575