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Svalbard and Jan Mayen
This checklist includes all bird species found in Svalbard and Jan Mayen , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2024. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Svalbard and Jan Mayen [map]
Other names: Svalbard
Description: Includes Spitzbergen
Number of globally threatened species: 22
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2012-01-20
Last modified: 2024-12-25
See also: http://artsobservasjoner.no
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| Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | Uncertain origin |
| Graylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Taiga Bean-Goose | Anser fabalis | |
| Tundra Bean-Goose | Anser serrirostris | |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | Uncertain origin |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | Introduced species |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Vulnerable |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Steller's Eider | Polysticta stelleri | Vulnerable |
| Spectacled Eider | Somateria fischeri | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Near-threatened |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | Vulnerable |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
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| Willow Ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus | |
| Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus muta | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
| European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
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| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| European Golden-Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
| Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Near-threatened |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Vulnerable |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Near-threatened |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | |
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| Tufted Puffin | Fratercula cirrhata | Rare/Accidental |
| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | Vulnerable |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | |
| Razorbill | Alca torda | |
| Dovekie | Alle alle | |
| Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | |
| Common Murre | Uria aalge | |
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| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
| Ross's Gull | Rhodostethia rosea | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Vulnerable |
| Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Rare/Accidental |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
| European Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
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| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
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| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
| Arctic Loon | Gavia arctica | |
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | |
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | Near-threatened |
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| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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| European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Vulnerable |
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| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
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| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Uncertain origin |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus | Uncertain origin |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
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| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Rare/Accidental |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Rare/Accidental |
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| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Vulnerable |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
| Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| Great Tit | Parus major | |
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| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
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| Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | Rare/Accidental |
| Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
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| Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes certhiola | Rare/Accidental |
| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | Rare/Accidental |
| River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| Hume's Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | Rare/Accidental |
| Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | Rare/Accidental |
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | Near-threatened |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | |
| Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | Rare/Accidental |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
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| Siberian Accentor | Prunella montanella | Rare/Accidental |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| Blyth's Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | Rare/Accidental |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | |
| Siberian Pipit | Anthus japonicus | Rare/Accidental |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
| Twite | Linaria flavirostris | |
| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | |
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| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | |
| Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | Rare/Accidental |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | |
| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica | Vulnerable |
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