Animals of Greenland

81 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Greenland on GBIF: 41 birds, 22 mammals, 15 sharks & fish, 3 insects & other invertebrates. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map

All 81 animals by group

Bears 1

• Polar bear Ursus maritimus

Foxes, jackals & wild dogs 1

• Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus

Seals, sea lions & walrus 5

• Bearded seal Erignathus barbatus
• Harp seal Pagophilus groenlandicus
• Hooded seal Cystophora cristata
• Ringed seal Pusa hispida
• Walrus Odobenus rosmarus

Whales & dolphins 12

• Beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas
• Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
• Bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus
• Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
• Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
• Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
• Long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas
• Narwhal Monodon monoceros
• Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus
• Orca Orcinus orca
• Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
• Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats 1

• Muskox Ovibos moschatus

Mice, rats & other rodents 1

• Northern collared lemming Dicrostonyx groenlandicus

Rabbits, hares & pikas 1

• Arctic hare Lepus arcticus

Birds of prey 2

• Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
• White-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla

Ducks, geese & swans 9

• Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis
• Canada goose Branta canadensis
• Common eider Somateria mollissima
• Greater white-fronted goose Anser albifrons
• King eider Somateria spectabilis
• Long-tailed duck Clangula hyemalis
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus
• Red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator

Waders, gulls, terns & auks 21

• Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea
• Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica
• Black guillemot Cepphus grylle
• Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
• Common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula
• Dunlin Calidris alpina
• Glaucous gull Larus hyperboreus
• Great black-backed gull Larus marinus
• Iceland gull Larus glaucoides
• Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
• Little auk Alle alle
• Long-tailed jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
• Parasitic jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
• Pomarine jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
• Purple sandpiper Calidris maritima
• Razorbill Alca torda
• Red knot Calidris canutus
• Red phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
• Red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
• Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Sanderling Calidris alba

Seabirds, divers & grebes 4

• Common loon Gavia immer
• Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
• Northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
• Red-throated loon Gavia stellata

Pheasants, grouse & game birds 1

• Rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta

Crows, jays & magpies 1

• Common raven Corvus corax

Songbirds & perching birds 3

• Lapland longspur Calcarius lapponicus
• Northern wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• Snow bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

Sharks 3

• Blue shark Prionace glauca
• Oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus
• Shortfin mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus

Rays, skates & chimaeras 1

• Pelagic stingray Pteroplatytrygon violacea

Bony fish 11

• Alepisaurus ferox Alepisaurus ferox
• Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus
• Atlantic cod Gadus morhua
• Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus
• Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus
• Blue antimora Antimora rostrata
• Bluntsnout smooth-head Xenodermichthys copei
• Myoxocephalus scorpius Myoxocephalus scorpius
• Sebastes norvegicus Sebastes norvegicus
• Spotted barracudina Arctozenus risso
• Striped marlin Kajikia audax

Crabs, lobsters & shrimps 1

• Abludomelita obtusata Abludomelita obtusata

Jellyfish, corals & anemones 2

• Stomphia coccinea Stomphia coccinea
• Urticina crassicornis Urticina crassicornis

Presence means at least a few wild records with coordinates (and a minimum share of the species’ records, to exclude vagrants and escapes) in GBIF data licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0. Some species may be missing where open data is scarce.