Life recorded in Greenland

Every species with an occurrence record in Greenland, most-recorded first: 1,139,660 records from museums, herbaria, surveys and naturalists, aggregated by GBIF. Keep paging and you reach the rarest, recorded once.

1. 1Arctic charrSalvelinus alpinus · Salmonidae · 222,555 records
2. 2Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis · Procellariidae · 7,617 records
3. 3Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla · Laridae · 6,243 records
4. 4Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus · Laridae · 5,699 records
5. 5Turborotalita quinquelobaGlobigerinidae · 5,365 records
6. 6Lycoriella flavipedaSciaridae · 5,200 records
7. 7Calanus finmarchicusCalanidae · 4,711 records
8. 8Little AukAlle alle · Alcidae · 4,221 records
9. 9Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis · Calcariidae · 4,067 records
10. 10Neogloboquadrina pachydermaGloborotaliidae · 3,978 records
11. 11Black GuillemotCepphus grylle · Alcidae · 3,661 records
12. 12Arctic FoxVulpes lagopus · Canidae · 3,096 records
13. 13Common RavenCorvus corax · Corvidae · 2,901 records
14. 14Common EiderSomateria mollissima · Anatidae · 2,883 records
15. 15Iceland GullLarus glaucoides · Laridae · 2,770 records
16. 16Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia · Alcidae · 2,583 records
17. 17Glaucous Meadow-GrassPoa glauca · Poaceae · 2,580 records
18. 18Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus · Laridae · 2,574 records
19. 19river beautyChamaenerion latifolium · Onagraceae · 2,520 records
20. 20Nodding saxifrageSaxifraga cernua · Saxifragaceae · 2,463 records
21. 21Paraphaenocladius impensusChironomidae · 2,414 records
22. 22Bog BilberryVaccinium uliginosum · Ericaceae · 2,384 records
23. 23Grayleaf WillowSalix glauca · Salicaceae · 2,355 records
24. 24Bigelow's sedgeCarex bigelowii · Cyperaceae · 2,349 records
25. 25Arctic willowSalix arctica · Salicaceae · 2,244 records
26. 26Greenland HalibutReinhardtius hippoglossoides · Pleuronectidae · 2,222 records
27. 27Purple SaxifrageSaxifraga oppositifolia · Saxifragaceae · 2,212 records
28. 28Arctic bell-heatherCassiope tetragona · Ericaceae · 2,209 records
29. 29Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe · Muscicapidae · 2,126 records
30. 30northern woodrushLuzula confusa · Juncaceae · 2,115 records
31. 31Alpine Mouse-EarCerastium alpinum · Caryophyllaceae · 2,028 records
32. 32mountain trisetumKoeleria spicata · Poaceae · 1,977 records
33. 33Common RedpollAcanthis flammea · Fringillidae · 1,970 records
34. 34Calanus hyperboreusCalanidae · 1,909 records
35. 35Mountain SorrelOxyria digyna · Polygonaceae · 1,876 records
36. 36Goldie's starwortStellaria longipes · Caryophyllaceae · 1,871 records
37. 37White CottongrassEriophorum scheuchzeri · Cyperaceae · 1,864 records
38. 38spike sedgeCarex nardina · Cyperaceae · 1,859 records
39. 39Moss CampionSilene acaulis · Caryophyllaceae · 1,858 records
40. 40Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus · Calcariidae · 1,838 records
41. 41Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae · Balaenopteridae · 1,795 records
42. 42Calanus glacialisCalanidae · 1,770 records
43. 43Empetrum hermaphroditumEricaceae · 1,763 records
44. 44Globigerina bulloidesGlobigerinidae · 1,742 records
45. 45Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta · Phasianidae · 1,696 records
46. 46Entireleaf Mountain AvensDryas integrifolia · Rosaceae · 1,693 records
47. 47Dwarf WillowSalix herbacea · Salicaceae · 1,651 records
48. 48Papaver radicatumPapaveraceae · 1,651 records
49. 49Milky DrabaDraba lactea · Brassicaceae · 1,594 records
50. 50Arctic bluegrassPoa arctica · Poaceae · 1,592 records
51. 51Harp SealPagophilus groenlandicus · Phocidae · 1,580 records
52. 52hairy lousewortPedicularis hirsuta · Orobanchaceae · 1,577 records
53. 53Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense · Equisetaceae · 1,575 records
54. 54Dwarf BirchBetula nana · Betulaceae · 1,560 records
55. 55alpine fescueFestuca brachyphylla · Poaceae · 1,558 records
56. 56Arctic Mouse-EarCerastium arcticum · Caryophyllaceae · 1,553 records
57. 57Northern Singlespike SedgeCarex scirpoidea · Cyperaceae · 1,523 records
58. 58Arctic TernSterna paradisaea · Laridae · 1,493 records
59. 59Smooth Meadow GrassPoa pratensis · Poaceae · 1,480 records
60. 60Alpine Meadow-GrassPoa alpina · Poaceae · 1,474 records