List Of Birds Of Greenland
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Greenland. The avifauna of Greenland includes a total of 240 species, of which 170 are rare or accidental.
This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 6th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Accidental species are included in the total species counts for Greenland.
The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. Not all species fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring, native species.
- (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Greenland.
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Non-passerines: Loons . Grebes . Albatrosses . Shearwaters and Petrels . Storm-Petrels . Boobies and Gannets . Cormorants . Bitterns, Herons and Egrets . Ibises and Spoonbills . Ducks, Geese and Swans . Osprey . Hawks, Kites and Eagles . Caracaras and Falcons . Grouse . Cranes . Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots . Oystercatchers . Avocets and Stilts . Plovers and Lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Skuas and Jaegers . Gulls . Terns . Auks, Murres, and Puffins . Pigeons and Doves . Cuckoos and Anis . Typical owls . Nightjars . Swifts . Kingfishers . Woodpeckers and allies . |
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Passerines: Tyrant flycatchers . Larks . Swallows and Martins . Wagtails and Pipits . Kinglets . Waxwings . Wrens . Thrushes and allies . Old World warblers . Old World flycatchers . Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies . Starlings . Vireos . New World warblers . Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and allies . Saltators, Cardinals and allies . Troupials and allies . Siskins, Crossbills and allies . |
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