KnowKi

Learn the wildlife of any country

Learn the wildlife of Greenland

North & Central America

963 species have research-grade observations in Greenland on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

Start this trip in KnowKi →
Āki the kiwi, KnowKi's guide

Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis590
  2. Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus352
  3. Common Raven Corvus corax343
  4. Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla237
  5. Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis228
  6. Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus223
  7. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos205
  8. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe201
  9. Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides196
  10. Redpoll Acanthis flammea194

Plants

  1. Dwarf Fireweed Chamaenerion latifolium1,300
  2. Black crowberry Empetrum nigrum765
  3. Moss Campion Silene acaulis700
  4. Prickly Saxifrage Saxifraga tricuspidata700
  5. Alpine bistort Bistorta vivipara656
  6. Bog bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum635
  7. Giesecke's harebell Campanula giesekiana635
  8. Scheuchzer's cottongrass Eriophorum scheuchzeri630
  9. Arctic willow Salix arctica523
  10. Alpine Mouse-ear Cerastium alpinum514

Mammals

  1. Muskox Ovibos moschatus456
  2. Arctic Hare Lepus arcticus218
  3. Arctic Fox Vulpes lagopus201
  4. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae191
  5. Caribou Rangifer tarandus167
  6. Polar Bear Ursus maritimus109
  7. Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus54
  8. Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus49
  9. Ringed Seal Pusa hispida36
  10. Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus27

Insects

  1. Transverse Lady Beetle Coccinella transversoguttata48
  2. Arctic Fritillary Boloria chariclea45
  3. Hecla Sulphur Colias hecla24
  4. Polaris Fritillary Boloria polaris17
  5. Colymbetes dolabratus12
  6. Great Brocade Eurois occulta11
  7. Arctic Mosquito Aedes nigripes9
  8. Blackbottle Protophormia terraenovae8
  9. Polar Bumble Bee Bombus polaris7
  10. Yellow-margined Marsh Fly Helophilus lapponicus7

Spiders and kin

  1. Saddleback Harvestman Mitopus morio12
  2. Groenland Wolf Spider Pardosa groenlandica7
  3. Willow Bead Gall Mite Aculus tetanothrix7
  4. Intertidal Red Mite Neomolgus littoralis6

Fish

  1. Shorthorn Sculpin Myoxocephalus scorpius77
  2. Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus44
  3. Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua41
  4. Greenland Cod Gadus ogac25
  5. Atlantic Capelin Mallotus villosus24
  6. Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus15
  7. Atlantic Wolffish Anarhichas lupus14
  8. Banded Gunnel Pholis fasciata13
  9. American Plaice Hippoglossoides platessoides12
  10. Lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus7

Mollusks

  1. Naked Sea Butterfly Clione limacina66
  2. Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis48
  3. Helicid Pteropod Limacina helicina14
  4. Bushy-backed Nudibranch Dendronotus frondosus10
  5. Barnacle-eating dorid Onchidoris bilamellata8
  6. Arctic Hiatella Hiatella arctica8
  7. Greenland Smoothcockle Serripes groenlandicus8
  8. Tortoiseshell Limpet Testudinalia testudinalis8
  9. Rough Periwinkle Littorina saxatilis6
  10. Fuzzy Onchidoris Onchidoris muricata5

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

Start this trip in KnowKi →

Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.