Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
the Arctic
BIRDS
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchus
Brant Goose Branta bernicla
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
King Eider
Common Eider
Somateria spectabilis
Somateria mollissima
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Loons (Divers)
Red-throated Loon (Red-throated Diver) Gavia stellata Alcids
Little Auk (Dovekie) Alle alle
Common Murre Uria aalge
Thick-billed Murre (Brunnich's Guillemot) Uria lomvia
Razorbill Alca torda
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
Tubenoses
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Skuas and Jaegers
Great Skua
Stercorarius skua
Pomarine Jaeger (Skua) Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua) Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Jaeger (Skua) Stercorarius longicaudus
Gulls and Terns
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Shorebirds
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Red (Grey) Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
BIRDS continued Gamebirds
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta Longspurs & SnowBuntings
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
MAMMALS
Baleen Whales
Bowhead Whale Balaena mysticetus
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata X
Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae X
North Atlantic Right Whale
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus X
Toothed Whales
Beluga Delphinapterus leucas X
Killer Whale (Orca) Orcinus orca
Nothern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus Seals
Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus X
Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus
Habour Seal Phoca vitulina
Ringed Seal Pusa hispida
Atlantic Walrus Odobenus rosmarus
Land Mammals
*Polar Bear Ursus maritimus
Svalbard Reindeer Rangifer tarandus
Arctic Fox Alopex lagopus
Additional Amazing Wildlife Sightings
White-Beaked Dolphins Lagernorhynchus albirostris X