Life recorded in South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

Every species with an occurrence record in South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, most-recorded first: 432,471 records from museums, herbaria, surveys and naturalists, aggregated by GBIF. Keep paging and you reach the rarest, recorded once.

1. 1Southern Elephant SealMirounga leonina · Phocidae · 44,156 records
2. 2Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophus · Spheniscidae · 37,981 records
3. 3Antarctic Fur SealArctocephalus gazella · Otariidae · 37,063 records
4. 4Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulans · Diomedeidae · 10,465 records
5. 5King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicus · Spheniscidae · 10,034 records
6. 6Black Browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris · Diomedeidae · 8,789 records
7. 7Antarctic krillEuphausia superba · Euphausiidae · 7,984 records
8. 8White Chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis · Procellariidae · 7,695 records
9. 9Northern Giant PetrelMacronectes halli · Procellariidae · 6,756 records
10. 10Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteus · Procellariidae · 6,490 records
11. 11Imperial ShagLeucocarbo atriceps · Phalacrocoracidae · 5,894 records
12. 12Antarctic TernSterna vittata · Laridae · 5,706 records
13. 13Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus · Stercorariidae · 5,666 records
14. 14Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus · Hydrobatidae · 5,598 records
15. 15Antarctic PrionPachyptila desolata · Procellariidae · 5,444 records
16. 16Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papua · Spheniscidae · 5,220 records
17. 17Cape PetrelDaption capense · Procellariidae · 5,187 records
18. 18Rhincalanus gigasRhincalanidae · 4,968 records
19. 19Kelp GullLarus dominicanus · Laridae · 4,951 records
20. 20Calanus simillimusCalanidae · 4,665 records
21. 21Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata · Diomedeidae · 4,589 records
22. 22Calanoides acutusCalanidae · 4,184 records
23. 23Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica · Anatidae · 4,023 records
24. 24Grey-Headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostoma · Diomedeidae · 3,980 records
25. 25Calanus propinquusCalanidae · 3,562 records
26. 26Snowy SheathbillChionis albus · Chionidae · 3,308 records
27. 27Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea · Procellariidae · 3,021 records
28. 28Paraeuchaeta antarcticaEuchaetidae · 2,976 records
29. 29South Georgia PipitAnthus antarcticus · Motacillidae · 2,929 records
30. 30Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropica · Hydrobatidae · 2,917 records
31. 31Fin WhaleBalaenoptera physalus · Balaenopteridae · 2,685 records
32. 32Snow PetrelPagodroma nivea · Procellariidae · 2,641 records
33. 33Calanus finmarchicusCalanidae · 1,951 records
34. 34Blue WhaleBalaenoptera musculus · Balaenopteridae · 1,912 records
35. 35Common Diving PetrelPelecanoides urinatrix · Pelecanoididae · 1,662 records
36. 36Rhombic lanternfishKrefftichthys anderssoni · Myctophidae · 1,555 records
37. 37Brauer's LanternfishGymnoscopelus braueri · Myctophidae · 1,481 records
38. 38Euphausia frigidaEuphausiidae · 1,417 records
39. 39Antarctic lanternfishElectrona antarctica · Myctophidae · 1,375 records
40. 40South Georgia Diving PetrelPelecanoides georgicus · Pelecanoididae · 1,309 records
41. 41Chinstrap PenguinPygoscelis antarcticus · Spheniscidae · 1,291 records
42. 42Oithona similisOithonidae · 1,227 records
43. 43Bolin's LanternfishProtomyctophum bolini · Myctophidae · 1,189 records
44. 44Paraeuchaeta bilobaEuchaetidae · 1,186 records
45. 45Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae · Balaenopteridae · 1,186 records
46. 46Euphausia triacanthaEuphausiidae · 1,120 records
47. 47Electron Subantarctic LanternfishElectrona carlsbergi · Myctophidae · 1,032 records
48. 48Soft Plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis · Procellariidae · 904 records
49. 49Drepanopus forcipatusClausocalanidae · 879 records
50. 50Themisto gaudichaudiiHyperiidae · 833 records
51. 51Southern FulmarFulmarus glacialoides · Procellariidae · 812 records
52. 52Kerguelen PetrelAphrodroma brevirostris · Procellariidae · 723 records
53. 53painted notothenNototheniops larseni · Nototheniidae · 593 records
54. 54Slender-Billed PrionPachyptila belcheri · Procellariidae · 588 records
55. 55Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur · Procellariidae · 561 records
56. 56Nichol's LanternfishGymnoscopelus nicholsi · Myctophidae · 519 records
57. 57Fraser's LanternfishGymnoscopelus fraseri · Myctophidae · 507 records
58. 58Oithona frigidaOithonidae · 499 records
59. 59Clausocalanus laticepsClausocalanidae · 490 records
60. 60Lissarca notorcadensisPhilobryidae · 477 records