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Life recorded in Iceland

Every species with an occurrence record in Iceland, most-recorded first: 2,749,968 records from museums, herbaria, surveys and naturalists, aggregated by GBIF. Keep paging and you reach the rarest, recorded once.

All lifeBirdsMammalsRay-finned fishLizards & snakesAmphibiansInsectsSpiders & kinMolluscsFlowering plants (dicots)Monocots: grasses, palms, orchidsFernsMossesMushrooms & brackets
  1. 1RedwingTurdus iliacus · Turdidae · 70,994 records
  2. 2Common EiderSomateria mollissima · Anatidae · 63,612 records
  3. 3MallardAnas platyrhynchos · Anatidae · 63,124 records
  4. 4Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus · Laridae · 57,609 records
  5. 5Arctic TernSterna paradisaea · Laridae · 48,450 records
  6. 6Common RedshankTringa totanus · Scolopacidae · 47,799 records
  7. 7Greylag GooseAnser anser · Anatidae · 47,182 records
  8. 8Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis · Procellariidae · 46,726 records
  9. 9Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus · Laridae · 44,904 records
  10. 10Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus · Anatidae · 44,186 records
  11. 11Common RavenCorvus corax · Corvidae · 41,909 records
  12. 12Common SnipeGallinago gallinago · Scolopacidae · 41,630 records
  13. 13Herring GullLarus argentatus · Laridae · 40,235 records
  14. 14Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis · Motacillidae · 39,801 records
  15. 15Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus · Haematopodidae · 39,372 records
  16. 16Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator · Anatidae · 35,376 records
  17. 17Common RedpollAcanthis flammea · Fringillidae · 34,625 records
  18. 18European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria · Charadriidae · 34,326 records
  19. 19White WagtailMotacilla alba · Motacillidae · 34,102 records
  20. 20Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus · Laridae · 30,973 records
  21. 21Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope · Anatidae · 30,783 records
  22. 22Tufted DuckAythya fuligula · Anatidae · 29,379 records
  23. 23Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus · Laridae · 28,331 records
  24. 24WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus · Scolopacidae · 27,125 records
  25. 25Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla · Laridae · 25,360 records
  26. 26Common BlackbirdTurdus merula · Turdidae · 24,838 records
  27. 27Black GuillemotCepphus grylle · Alcidae · 24,602 records
  28. 28Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis · Anatidae · 24,131 records
  29. 29Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa · Scolopacidae · 24,113 records
  30. 30Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris · Sturnidae · 23,494 records
  31. 31Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo · Phalacrocoracidae · 20,452 records
  32. 32Iceland GullLarus glaucoides · Laridae · 20,435 records
  33. 33Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus · Scolopacidae · 19,705 records
  34. 34Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica · Alcidae · 19,603 records
  35. 35Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula · Charadriidae · 19,131 records
  36. 36Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta · Phasianidae · 18,760 records
  37. 37Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus · Stercorariidae · 18,452 records
  38. 38DunlinCalidris alpina · Scolopacidae · 17,350 records
  39. 39Red-throated LoonGavia stellata · Gaviidae · 17,252 records
  40. 40Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis · Calcariidae · 17,236 records
  41. 41Great Northern DiverGavia immer · Gaviidae · 16,843 records
  42. 42Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae · Balaenopteridae · 16,687 records
  43. 43Eurasian TealAnas crecca · Anatidae · 16,189 records
  44. 44Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus · Anatidae · 15,090 records
  45. 45Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres · Scolopacidae · 13,806 records
  46. 46Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima · Scolopacidae · 12,767 records
  47. 47Horned GrebePodiceps auritus · Podicipedidae · 12,303 records
  48. 48Northern GannetMorus bassanus · Sulidae · 11,821 records
  49. 49Greater ScaupAythya marila · Anatidae · 10,642 records
  50. 50Fin WhaleBalaenoptera physalus · Balaenopteridae · 10,562 records
  51. 51Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe · Muscicapidae · 10,333 records
  52. 52Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus · Anatidae · 10,211 records
  53. 53GadwallMareca strepera · Anatidae · 9,632 records
  54. 54Mew GullLarus canus · Laridae · 9,631 records
  55. 55Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes · Troglodytidae · 9,509 records
  56. 56Common MurreUria aalge · Alcidae · 9,445 records
  57. 57Calanus finmarchicusCalanidae · 9,080 records
  58. 58Great SkuaStercorarius skua · Stercorariidae · 8,974 records
  59. 59Rock PigeonColumba livia · Columbidae · 8,709 records
  60. 60Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides · Caryophyllaceae · 7,807 records
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