Bird AlbumGreenland
Qaqortoq
36 species and 885 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–September, with up to 16 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Narsarsuaq58 km26 species
- Nanortalik78 km34 species
All 36 species recorded here
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Little Auk Alle alle
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Qaqortoq?
July–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 16 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Qaqortoq?
36 species, from 885 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.