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Learn the wildlife of Svalbard & Jan Mayen

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

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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. Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea699
  2. Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus698
  3. Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis686
  4. Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis686
  5. Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla674
  6. Common Eider Somateria mollissima592
  7. Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia582
  8. Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis550
  9. Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle519
  10. Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima486

Plants

  1. Tufted saxifrage Saxifraga cespitosa1,098
  2. Purple Saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia1,028
  3. Moss Campion Silene acaulis630
  4. Polar Willow Salix polaris529
  5. Alpine sorrel Oxyria digyna517
  6. Eight-petal Mountain-Avens Dryas octopetala512
  7. Alpine bistort Bistorta vivipara389
  8. Marsh Saxifrage Saxifraga hirculus293
  9. Scheuchzer's cottongrass Eriophorum scheuchzeri265
  10. Nodding Saxifrage Saxifraga cernua259

Mammals

  1. Caribou Rangifer tarandus1,491
  2. Walrus Odobenus rosmarus819
  3. Arctic Fox Vulpes lagopus593
  4. Polar Bear Ursus maritimus583
  5. Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus242
  6. Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina222
  7. Beluga Delphinapterus leucas153
  8. Common Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata81
  9. Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae50
  10. Ringed Seal Pusa hispida50

Insects

  1. Yellow-faced Blowfly Cynomya mortuorum6
  2. Diamondback Moth Plutella xylostella5
  3. Blackbottle Protophormia terraenovae5
  4. Apatania zonella3
  5. Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum2
  6. Rhamphomyia caudata1
  7. Apamea schildei1

Fish

  1. Shorthorn Sculpin Myoxocephalus scorpius6
  2. Lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus5
  3. Arctic Cod Boreogadus saida5
  4. Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua3
  5. Atlantic Herring Clupea harengus3
  6. Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus3
  7. Snakeblenny Lumpenus lampretaeformis2
  8. Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus1
  9. Deepwater Redfish Sebastes mentella1
  10. Atlantic Wolffish Anarhichas lupus1

Mollusks

  1. Common Whelk Buccinum undatum29
  2. Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis7
  3. Naked Sea Butterfly Clione limacina5
  4. Ocean Quahog Arctica islandica4
  5. Icelandic Scallop Chlamys islandica4
  6. Arctic Hiatella Hiatella arctica3
  7. Truncate Softshell Clam Mya truncata3
  8. Mottled Red Chiton Tonicella marmorea3
  9. Rough Periwinkle Littorina saxatilis2
  10. Humped Ancula Sea Slug Ancula gibbosa1

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.

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