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Life recorded in Canada

Every species with an occurrence record in Canada, most-recorded first: 221,982,982 records from museums, herbaria, surveys and naturalists, aggregated by GBIF. Keep paging and you reach the rarest, recorded once.

All lifeBirdsMammalsRay-finned fishLizards & snakesAmphibiansInsectsSpiders & kinMolluscsFlowering plants (dicots)Monocots: grasses, palms, orchidsFernsMossesMushrooms & brackets
  1. 1American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos · Corvidae · 5,629,755 records
  2. 2Black-Capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus · Paridae · 5,529,205 records
  3. 3American RobinTurdus migratorius · Turdidae · 5,088,536 records
  4. 4Song SparrowMelospiza melodia · Passerellidae · 4,071,485 records
  5. 5MallardAnas platyrhynchos · Anatidae · 3,860,599 records
  6. 6Canada GooseBranta canadensis · Anatidae · 3,742,247 records
  7. 7American GoldfinchSpinus tristis · Fringillidae · 3,670,760 records
  8. 8Blue JayCyanocitta cristata · Corvidae · 3,465,054 records
  9. 9Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris · Sturnidae · 3,291,153 records
  10. 10Red-Winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus · Icteridae · 3,264,770 records
  11. 11Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis · Laridae · 2,864,393 records
  12. 12Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens · Picidae · 2,760,173 records
  13. 13Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis · Passerellidae · 2,744,483 records
  14. 14Mourning DoveZenaida macroura · Columbidae · 2,646,071 records
  15. 15Northern FlickerColaptes auratus · Picidae · 2,510,188 records
  16. 16Common RavenCorvus corax · Corvidae · 2,499,965 records
  17. 17Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula · Icteridae · 2,324,515 records
  18. 18Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis · Cardinalidae · 2,254,386 records
  19. 19CodGadus morhua · Gadidae · 2,234,212 records
  20. 20House SparrowPasser domesticus · Passeridae · 2,079,759 records
  21. 21Pacific herringClupea pallasii · Clupeidae · 2,016,652 records
  22. 22White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis · Sittidae · 1,830,211 records
  23. 23Red-Breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis · Sittidae · 1,827,733 records
  24. 24White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis · Passerellidae · 1,777,351 records
  25. 25American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus · Laridae · 1,773,965 records
  26. 26Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus · Picidae · 1,689,130 records
  27. 27Rock PigeonColumba livia · Columbidae · 1,674,941 records
  28. 28Great Blue HeronArdea herodias · Ardeidae · 1,638,996 records
  29. 29Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata · Parulidae · 1,559,079 records
  30. 30Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus · Phalacrocoracidae · 1,539,439 records
  31. 31Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor · Hirundinidae · 1,475,062 records
  32. 32Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus · Accipitridae · 1,452,563 records
  33. 33House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus · Fringillidae · 1,434,834 records
  34. 34Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina · Passerellidae · 1,433,804 records
  35. 35Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia · Parulidae · 1,360,067 records
  36. 36Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum · Bombycillidae · 1,351,746 records
  37. 37Turkey VultureCathartes aura · Cathartidae · 1,333,433 records
  38. 38KilldeerCharadrius vociferus · Charadriidae · 1,187,892 records
  39. 39Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas · Parulidae · 1,163,499 records
  40. 40Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus · Vireonidae · 1,113,882 records
  41. 41Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis · Accipitridae · 1,083,074 records
  42. 42GoosanderMergus merganser · Anatidae · 1,069,027 records
  43. 43Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula · Anatidae · 1,055,798 records
  44. 44Ruby-Crowned KingletRegulus calendula · Regulidae · 1,051,931 records
  45. 45Barn SwallowHirundo rustica · Hirundinidae · 1,013,628 records
  46. 46BuffleheadBucephala albeola · Anatidae · 973,381 records
  47. 47Pine SiskinSpinus pinus · Fringillidae · 973,179 records
  48. 48American Black DuckAnas rubripes · Anatidae · 961,110 records
  49. 49Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon · Alcedinidae · 938,496 records
  50. 50Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater · Icteridae · 933,553 records
  51. 51Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus · Fringillidae · 932,609 records
  52. 52American LobsterHomarus americanus · Nephropidae · 909,790 records
  53. 53Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis · Mimidae · 885,922 records
  54. 54White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys · Passerellidae · 883,157 records
  55. 55Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis · Passerellidae · 876,874 records
  56. 56Golden Crowned KingletRegulus satrapa · Regulidae · 866,235 records
  57. 57Great Northern DiverGavia immer · Gaviidae · 822,442 records
  58. 58Bull-routMyoxocephalus scorpius · Cottidae · 820,073 records
  59. 59American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla · Parulidae · 815,898 records
  60. 60Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus · Laridae · 808,974 records
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