Svalbard Species List X= Seen in recent years Days Common Name Scientific Name X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 MAMMALS* 1 NEW WORLD VOLES Rodentia - Cricetidae 2 Common Vole Microtus arvalis 3 Southern Vole Microtus levis 4 DEER Artiodactyla - Cervidae 5 Svalbard Reindeer Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus X 6 CANIDS Carnivora - Canidae 7 Arctic Fox Vulpes lagopus X 8 BEARS Carnivora - Ursidae 9 Polar Bear Ursus maritimus X 10 SEALS Carnivora - Phocidae 11 Harbor Seal (Common Seal) Phoca vitulina X 12 Ringed Seal Pusa hispida X 13 Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus X 14 Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus X 15 Hooded Seal Cystophora cristata 16 WALRUSES Carnivora - Odobenidae 17 Walrus Odobenus rosmarus X 18 DELPHINIDS Cetacea - Delphinidae 19 Killer Whale (Orca) Orcinus orca 20 White-beaked Dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris 21 RORQUALS Cetacea - Balaenopteridae 22 Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus X 23 Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis 24 Northern Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis X 25 Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus X 26 Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae 27 BELUGA & NARWHAL Cetacea - Monodontidae 28 Beluga Delphinapterus leucas X 29 Narwhal Monodon monoceros 30 BEAKED WHALES Cetacea - Ziphiidae 31 Northern Bottle-nosed Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus 32 SPERM WHALES Cetacea - Physeteridae 33 Sperm Whale Physeter catodon 34 BOWHEAD & RIGHT WHALES Cetacea - Balaenidae 35 Bowhead Balaena mysticetus 36 BIRDS** 37 DUCKS, GEESE, & WATERFOWL Anseriformes - Anatidae 38 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 39 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 40 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Svalbard Species List Updated: August 2017 Page 1 of 3 X= Seen in recent years Days Common Name Scientific Name X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 41 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 42 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 43 Graylag Goose Anser anser 44 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus X 45 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 46 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 47 Brant (Brent Goose) Branta bernicla 48 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis X 49 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 50 Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw) Clangula hyemalis X 51 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus X 52 Common Scoter (Black Scoter) Melanitta nigra 53 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 54 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri 55 Common Eider Somateria mollissima X 56 King Eider Somateria spectabilis X 57 PHEASANTS, GROUSE, & ALLIES Galliformes - Phasianidae 58 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta X 59 LOONS Gaviiformes - Gaviidae 60 Red-throated Loon (Red-throated Diver) Gavia stellata X 61 Arctic Loon (Black-throated Diver) Gavia arctica 62 Common Loon (Great Northern Diver) Gavia immer 63 SHEARWATERS & PETRELS Procellariiformes - Procellariidae 64 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis X 65 BOOBIES & GANNETS Suliformes - Sulidae 66 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 67 OYSTERCATCHERS Charadriiformes - Haematopodidae 68 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 69 PLOVERS & LAPWINGS Charadriiformes - Charadriidae 70 European (Eurasian) Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria 71 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 72 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 73 SANDPIPERS & ALLIES Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae 74 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 75 Sanderling Calidris alba 76 Red Knot Calidris canutus 77 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima X 78 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 79 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 80 Red Phalarope (Grey Phalarope) Phalaropus fulicarius 81 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 82 SKUAS & JAEGERS Charadriiformes - Stercorariidae 83 Great Skua Stercorarius skua X 84 Pomarine Jaeger (Pomarine Skua) Stercorarius pomarinus 85 Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua) Stercorarius parasiticus X 86 Long-tailed Jaeger (Skua) Stercorarius longicaudus X 87 AUKS, MURRES, & PUFFINS Charadriiformes - Alcidae 88 Dovekie (Little Auk) Alle alle X 89 Common Murre (Common Guillemot) Uria aalge 90 Thick-billed Murre (Brünnich’s Guillemot) Uria lomvia lomvia X 91 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle X 92 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica X Svalbard Species List Updated: August 2017 Page 2 of 3 X= Seen in recent years Days Common Name Scientific Name X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 93 Razorbill Alca torda 94 GULLS, TERNS, & SKIMMERS Charadriiformes - Laridae 95 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla X 96 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea X 97 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 98 Lesser black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 99 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea 100 Mew Gull (Common Gull) Larus canus 101 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 102 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus X 103 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 104 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea X 105 FALCONS & CARACARAS Falconiformes - Falconidae 106 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus 107 LONGSPURS & SNOW BUNTINGS Passeriformes - Calcariidae 108 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis X 109 SWALLOWS Passeriformes - Hirundinidae 110 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 111 THRUSHES & ALLIES Passeriformes - Turdidae 112 Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula 113 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 114 Redwing Turdus iliacus 115 WAGTAILS & PIPITS Passeriformes - Motacillidae 116 White Wagtail Motacilla alba *Mammal taxonomy is by Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World **Bird taxonomy is by eBird 2015 Svalbard Species List Updated: August 2017 Page 3 of 3.