Species

Bird Species in Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Explore the birds of Svalbard and Jan Mayen and their seasonal observation frequencies. Upload your eBird life list to personalize the list and find your target species.

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Bird species and observation frequencies
SpeciesAnnual frequencyJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus
48.9%14.7%54.2%56.0%73.6%70.6%63.4%60.4%57.4%51.0%60.4%25.0%0.0%
Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
40.5%8.8%33.3%4.2%26.9%73.9%75.0%76.1%70.9%66.7%50.0%0.0%0.0%
Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
40.3%13.3%43.8%32.1%28.3%71.3%64.8%66.2%72.4%59.6%6.3%25.0%0.0%
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylle
37.6%14.0%35.4%49.4%48.8%55.6%64.4%62.5%50.3%17.3%28.6%25.0%0.0%
Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
27.6%0.0%0.0%20.2%36.2%50.6%58.7%50.5%32.1%22.6%34.9%25.0%0.0%
Thick-billed Murre
Uria lomvia
21.3%1.5%12.5%4.2%24.8%53.4%55.8%53.3%23.7%14.5%11.5%0.0%0.0%
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalis
18.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%37.1%39.3%44.8%40.7%21.9%17.5%0.0%25.0%0.0%
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%16.4%37.1%30.0%34.8%33.3%49.5%0.0%0.0%
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
16.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%3.2%52.4%55.8%56.5%27.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Dovekie
Alle alle
15.5%0.0%2.1%12.5%21.9%40.1%39.7%38.8%17.5%7.2%6.3%0.0%0.0%
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsis
15.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%26.8%43.8%33.2%28.9%16.8%7.8%25.0%0.0%
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
13.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%5.5%37.9%41.7%42.2%32.5%4.7%0.0%0.0%
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
8.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%16.0%24.6%27.6%27.9%6.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchus
7.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%27.2%25.4%12.4%16.8%10.2%1.6%0.0%0.0%
Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus muta
6.6%0.0%13.5%12.0%17.5%9.4%8.9%3.9%1.6%4.7%7.8%0.0%0.0%
King Eider
Somateria spectabilis
5.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%20.1%23.4%16.2%6.7%1.3%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellata
5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.0%19.9%16.8%16.6%5.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Great Skua
Stercorarius skua
5.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.6%21.3%13.2%13.4%11.0%5.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
4.6%0.0%11.5%0.0%2.9%7.9%13.4%10.4%4.4%3.6%1.6%0.0%0.0%
Ivory Gull
Pagophila eburnea
4.1%1.5%2.1%4.2%4.2%6.5%7.7%11.0%9.1%1.6%1.6%0.0%0.0%
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
3.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.3%14.9%11.8%8.0%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Brant
Branta bernicla
2.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%5.9%7.8%2.3%3.2%8.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
2.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%2.4%2.4%6.3%7.0%4.7%0.0%0.0%
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%7.4%4.9%3.9%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
1.5%0.0%2.1%0.0%2.3%6.4%2.1%2.0%2.2%1.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%7.8%6.4%1.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides
1.3%12.5%0.0%0.0%1.3%0.5%1.1%0.3%0.3%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.5%4.5%4.5%3.8%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Murre
Uria aalge
1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.4%3.1%2.5%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%3.9%2.7%1.5%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus
0.5%0.0%2.1%0.0%0.0%1.9%0.3%0.6%1.2%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Gyrfalcon
Falco rusticolus
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%
Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%1.7%0.5%0.1%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.0%1.4%0.7%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
0.5%0.0%2.1%0.0%0.0%2.5%0.6%0.2%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Sanderling
Calidris alba
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%2.8%1.4%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%1.4%2.0%0.9%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%1.1%0.3%0.4%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Redwing
Turdus iliacus
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.2%1.4%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
European Golden-Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%0.8%0.5%0.3%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%1.5%0.6%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Razorbill
Alca torda
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.2%0.4%0.7%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%1.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.9%0.2%0.1%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.6%0.4%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelope
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.8%0.4%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%1.0%0.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.3%0.1%0.2%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Loon
Gavia immer
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.1%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.5%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Eurasian Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Graylag Goose
Anser anser
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.2%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigra
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.5%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.1%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%0.3%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fusca
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Steller's Eider
Polysticta stelleri
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna grisea
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.2%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%0.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatus
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%
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%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%0.2%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%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White-tailed Eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
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%
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
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%
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
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%
Yellow-billed Loon
Gavia adamsii
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%
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritus
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%
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
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%
Greater Whitethroat
Curruca communis
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%
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
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%
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Gray Heron
Ardea cinerea
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%
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicus
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%
Merlin
Falco columbarius
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%
Common Swift
Apus apus
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%
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicus
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%
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
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%
Common Crane
Grus grus
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%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
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%
Rosy Starling
Pastor roseus
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%
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
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%
Tundra Bean-Goose
Anser serrirostris
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%
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%
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
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 Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
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 Merganser
Mergus merganser
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
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%
Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiacus
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%
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%
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%
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
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%
Rustic Bunting
Emberiza rustica
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%
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
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%
Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
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 Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
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%
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravis
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 Hoopoe
Upupa epops
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%
Eurasian Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
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%
Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
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%
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
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%
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
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%
European Robin
Erithacus rubecula
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%
Arctic Loon
Gavia arctica
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%
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
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%
Spectacled Eider
Somateria fischeri
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%
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
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-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
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 Lark
Eremophila alpestris
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%