Eastern Greenland & Iceland Expedition
August 14 – August 23, 2024 Captain Ned Tutton
Discovery Leader Xavier Garcia Total Nautical Miles = 1334
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
BIRDS
Ducks, Geese and Swans
Pink-footed Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant Goose
Barnacle Goose
King Eider
Common Eider
Anser brachyrhynchus
Anser albifrons
Branta bernicla
Branta leucopsis
Somateria spectabilis
Somateria mollissima
Mallard Anas platyrhyncos
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Cormorants
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Loons (Divers)
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellata
Common Loon Gavia immer
Alcids
Little Auk (Dovekie)
Common Murre
Alle alle
Uria aalge
Thick-billed Murre (Brunnich's Guillemot) Uria lomvia
Razorbill
Alca torda
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
Atlantic Puffin
Tubenoses
Northern Fulmar
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Skuas and Jaegers
Great Skua
Pomarine Jaeger (Skua)
Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua)
Long-tailed Jaeger (Skua)
Gulls and Terns
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Herring Gull
Black-headed Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Arctic Tern
Fratercula arctica
Fulmarus glacialis
Ardenna gravis
Ardenna grisea
Stercorarius skua
Stercorarius pomarinus
Stercorarius parasiticus
Stercorarius longicaudus
Rissa tridactyla
Pagophila eburnea
Larus argentatus
Chicocephalus ridibundus
Larus glaucoides
Larus fuscus
Larus hyperboreus
Larus marinus
Sterna paradisaea
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BIRDS continued
Shorebirds
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
Red (Grey) Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Gamebirds
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
Hawks
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Falcons
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Owls
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Jays, Magpies, Crows and Ravens
Common Raven Corvus corax
Old World Flycatchers
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Thrushes
Redwing Turdus iliacus
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Wagtails and Pipits
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
American Pipit Anthus rubescens
Longspurs & SnowBuntings
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
MAMMALS
Baleen Whales
Bowhead Whale
Sei Whale
Common Minke Whale
Blue Whale
Fin Whale
Humpback Whale
North Atlantic Right Whale
Toothed Whales
Sperm Whale
Killer Whale (Orca)
Northern Bottlenose Whale
Beluga Whale
Narwhal
Long-finned Pilot Whale
White-beaked Dolphin
Harbour Porpoise
Seals
Bearded Seal
Harp Seal
Harbour Seal
Hooded Seal
Ringed Seal
Walrus
Land Mammals
*Polar Bear
Arctic Fox
Arctic Hare
Reindeer
Musk Ox
Additional Amazing Wildlife Sightings
Greylag Goose
Manx Shearwater
Gannet Northern
Arctic Wolf Spider
Arctic Mosquito
Balaena mysticetus
Balaenoptera borealis
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Balaenoptera musculus
Balaenoptera physalus X
Megaptera Novaeanglia X
Eubalaena glacialis
Physter macrocephalus
Orcinus orca
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Delphinapterus leucas
Monodon monoceros
Glonicephala melas
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Phocoena phocoena
Erignathus barbatus
Pagophilus groenlandicus
Phoca vitulina
Cystophora cristata
Pusa hispida
Odobenus rosmarus
Ursus maritimus
Alopex lagopus
Lepus arcticus
Rangifer tarandus spp.
Ovibos moschatus
Pardosa glacialis
Aedes nigripes