Species

Bird Species in Greenland

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Bird species and observation frequencies
SpeciesAnnual frequencyJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Common Raven
Corvus corax
57.0%71.4%65.7%63.5%79.2%51.8%32.2%35.8%38.6%44.1%74.2%81.3%46.7%
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus
47.5%26.8%38.3%37.5%44.8%46.6%37.1%43.2%51.1%58.3%68.9%70.8%46.7%
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides
40.8%39.3%52.1%34.4%46.9%29.8%23.7%23.8%25.8%22.6%62.8%81.3%46.7%
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
39.0%35.7%61.5%39.6%43.8%21.0%14.4%20.2%22.6%23.8%58.6%75.0%51.7%
Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
35.5%35.7%78.0%57.3%44.8%23.1%14.4%14.3%13.0%10.9%48.5%47.9%38.3%
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
29.0%19.6%56.7%28.2%33.3%21.6%20.1%10.9%9.6%10.0%51.0%39.6%46.7%
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalis
27.4%32.1%8.4%9.4%41.7%53.1%34.5%38.8%31.3%29.9%22.0%18.8%8.4%
Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
24.3%53.6%20.6%26.1%16.7%10.3%14.4%20.5%13.9%18.1%37.4%27.1%33.3%
Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
21.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%12.5%22.5%44.8%39.5%42.2%38.7%14.2%2.1%23.3%
Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
19.3%0.0%2.8%8.3%0.0%18.8%36.4%31.1%38.6%38.9%21.6%16.7%18.3%
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylle
19.0%26.8%40.6%6.3%3.2%12.4%21.5%19.8%15.2%10.3%9.2%33.3%30.0%
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
18.8%32.1%51.2%6.3%22.9%10.7%8.3%4.8%2.7%5.3%27.3%29.2%25.0%
White-tailed Eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla
18.8%28.6%44.0%0.1%26.0%8.7%4.9%4.7%3.8%5.5%25.2%43.8%30.0%
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
15.4%10.8%45.6%18.8%10.4%4.9%2.4%1.5%3.4%3.2%20.4%33.3%30.0%
King Eider
Somateria spectabilis
15.2%16.1%44.6%15.7%25.0%2.7%2.1%2.1%1.3%1.6%18.9%18.8%33.3%
Dovekie
Alle alle
11.6%3.6%26.5%11.5%0.0%9.4%15.5%9.1%11.4%7.6%8.7%4.2%31.7%
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
10.9%23.2%37.7%0.0%4.2%4.5%5.8%4.4%1.8%1.8%13.3%4.2%30.0%
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
9.0%0.0%0.0%4.2%14.6%23.9%19.8%17.0%15.9%6.7%2.3%4.2%0.0%
Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
8.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.1%21.5%18.1%22.7%23.5%14.8%2.5%0.0%0.0%
Thick-billed Murre
Uria lomvia
7.6%0.0%18.8%4.2%0.0%8.7%16.3%12.1%7.7%4.7%0.0%4.2%15.0%
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicus
5.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%11.7%18.0%20.3%11.6%7.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
4.3%0.0%18.1%0.0%4.2%0.4%3.2%1.5%2.6%5.3%4.2%4.2%8.3%
Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus muta
3.1%0.0%2.8%0.0%6.3%5.6%2.2%1.8%2.4%2.9%4.2%4.2%5.0%
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
2.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%10.5%8.0%4.0%3.9%4.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus
2.5%0.0%15.0%0.0%0.0%4.4%1.4%0.7%0.2%0.3%4.2%4.2%0.0%
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.6%5.4%5.5%7.6%4.8%2.3%0.0%0.0%
Gyrfalcon
Falco rusticolus
2.4%3.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.8%0.5%1.4%4.3%6.8%2.1%8.4%
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellata
2.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.6%4.3%8.7%8.5%3.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravis
2.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%4.3%4.7%8.7%3.9%2.3%0.0%0.0%
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
1.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%2.9%4.8%10.8%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ivory Gull
Pagophila eburnea
1.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.2%1.9%5.0%2.1%1.8%2.8%2.3%0.0%0.0%
Common Loon
Gavia immer
1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%4.5%4.5%4.2%4.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%7.7%6.6%2.8%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.3%5.3%4.2%5.1%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.2%2.7%0.5%0.8%0.6%0.3%0.0%0.0%8.3%
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.6%1.7%2.3%4.1%2.5%0.1%0.0%5.0%
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%1.5%2.8%4.2%7.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
1.5%0.0%2.5%3.1%0.0%0.3%1.1%1.7%3.5%1.3%0.0%4.2%0.0%
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%2.3%5.0%6.4%3.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
1.4%0.0%5.0%0.0%1.0%0.9%0.0%0.1%0.2%0.2%4.8%4.2%0.0%
Common Murre
Uria aalge
1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.2%2.7%2.9%0.7%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%
Razorbill
Alca torda
1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%3.6%3.1%1.2%0.3%0.0%0.0%5.0%
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsis
1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.5%1.1%2.3%3.3%1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchus
1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.2%0.9%1.7%2.8%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna grisea
1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%1.5%4.2%3.7%2.3%0.0%0.0%
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%2.1%1.6%1.2%3.8%2.3%0.0%0.0%
Redwing
Turdus iliacus
0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%1.4%2.0%0.3%0.5%2.3%0.0%0.0%
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%0.4%1.5%1.3%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
0.5%0.0%5.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Sanderling
Calidris alba
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%1.8%2.0%1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.3%0.0%0.1%0.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%
Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.4%4.8%0.0%0.0%
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.2%0.0%
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.6%1.3%0.3%0.5%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.3%0.9%0.4%0.3%2.5%0.0%0.0%
American Wigeon
Mareca americana
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.2%0.0%0.0%
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%4.2%0.0%0.0%
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.8%0.9%0.5%1.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
0.4%0.0%3.1%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%2.6%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%1.0%0.2%0.9%1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.4%1.1%1.3%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Great Skua
Stercorarius skua
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.4%0.4%0.6%0.8%0.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.8%1.6%1.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelope
0.2%0.0%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
European Golden-Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.4%0.7%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
American Pipit
Anthus rubescens
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.3%0.7%0.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiacus
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.2%1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Brant
Branta bernicla
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.2%0.3%0.3%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.5%0.5%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsii
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Merlin
Falco columbarius
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.8%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
American Black Duck
Anas rubripes
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Eurasian Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ross's Gull
Rhodostethia rosea
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Tufted Puffin
Fratercula cirrhata
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Horned Puffin
Fratercula corniculata
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates leucorhous
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Sandhill Crane
Antigone canadensis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Gull
Larus canus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Rook
Corvus frugilegus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
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Northern Yellow Warbler
Setophaga aestiva
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Pine Siskin
Spinus pinus
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