Birds of Greenland
Greenland hosts 73 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Little AukAlle alle
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta
- Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- RazorbillAlca torda
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Ivory GullPagophila eburnea
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- GyrfalconFalco rusticolus
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.