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Norway

Jotunheimen National Park, Norway
Jotunheimen National Park. Photo: Pudelek (Marcin Szala), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

What is recorded in Norway

Species
13,468
Grid cells
182,863
Records
22,394,167
Years covered
1980-2026
  • Insects 12,841
  • Birds 350
  • Bony fish 170
  • Mammals 78
  • Sharks and rays 17
  • Amphibians 6
  • Reptiles 5
  • Chimaeras 1

These are species with at least one recorded territory in Norway, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.

Most recorded here

The species with the most open occurrence records in Norway, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.

Hooded Crow
bird
Not assessed · location generalised

Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix

547,521 records
Herring Gull
bird
Not assessed · location generalised

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

437,889 records
Mew Gull
bird
Not assessed · location generalised

Mew Gull

Larus canus

424,952 records
Common Goldeneye
bird
Not assessed · location generalised

Common Goldeneye

Bucephala clangula

360,680 records
Common Eider
bird
Not assessed · location generalised

Common Eider

Somateria mollissima

359,553 records
Great Tit
bird
Not assessed · location generalised

Great Tit

Parus major

327,447 records
Common Blackbird
bird
Not assessed · location generalised

Common Blackbird

Turdus merula

323,285 records
Fieldfare
bird
Not assessed · location generalised

Fieldfare

Turdus pilaris

307,843 records
Eurasian Oystercatcher
bird
Not assessed · location generalised

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

301,196 records
Eurasian Blue Tit
bird
Not assessed · location generalised

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

294,428 records
European Greenfinch
bird
Not assessed · location generalised

European Greenfinch

Chloris chloris

287,155 records
Eurasian Magpie
bird
Not assessed · location generalised

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

287,005 records
Regions and parks

No regions recorded yet

The reference database has no regions filed under Norway.

In the field guide

Nothing written up here yet

The field guide covers Norway on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.